For the last time, bourgeoisie is a noun. When you use the term as a modifier, it's "bourgeois."
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China: man arrested for hugging a woman in 1983
Well....yet another brilliant translation fuck up by google in the following link
What the article says is that according to Chinese state media a man was arrested in the last few days for hugging a woman without her consent in 1983.
The parents of the woman filed charges against the man who was subsequently indicted for "vandalism" (apparantly this falls under vandalism??) but fled at the time. Vandalism is punishable by death in the most extreme cases. This vandalism chapter was part of the extreme moral code of behaviour which was pressed by the government in the 80's and most of the 90's but was dropped in 1997.
The police recently tracked him down and arrested him. The public prosecutor is currently deciding wether or not to pursue charges and the police is trying to convince him to drop the case.
When they found him, the man was currently married to the very same woman he hugged without her consent in 1983. And she is terrified the DA will go ahead and prosecute the case and her husband will be convicted.
NOW....I have no original sources. And no state media sources are linked or footnoted in the linked article. Which makes me wonder if this story is at all true.
If it is true this is just ridiculous. Clearly this is going overboard and a strange overreaction. Which is perhaps aggravated because the women herself did not file charges at the time...but her parents did.
But there are several important things to note here in general.
If somebody is a victim of sexual harssement it should be important to realise that the victim is not always in a position to complain or file charges without fear of repercussions....or may have an unfounded but still very pressing fear of repercussions (something which is all to often true)
Third party intervention is sometimes necessary to aid the victim and help break this silence wether self imposed or imposed upon the victim.
But what are the limits? Does a third party necessarilly have to carry the same legal weight as that of the real or perceived victim?
Do they know what is going on? Did they witness the event(s) directly? Do they know for sure if consent was withheld or the events transpired as they were being percieved by the third party as transpiring (or do they carry subjective interpretation? (Maybe based on socio/religious ideology or morality?). Did they hear it from the perceived victim and what is their relation to that percieved victim? did the perceived victim have, for example, reasons to hide their own role in the event(s)...perhaps for fear of repercussions if they admit the event was consentual?
These questions are legitimate (offcourse up to the point where they serve pragmatical and objective truth and fact finding...instead of becomming victim blaming tools).
And they beg the question...is burgeoisie justice even equipped to effectively deal with these sensitive issues?
I think the answer is no.
Burgeoisie justice is not concerned with actual truth finding but with finding enough evidence to build a punitative case against the culprit ir is concenred with finding a person to punish for perceived crimes....which more often than not is the victim him or herself....
What are your thoughts? On the article or my little thought process here I I am extremely tired so I am not alltogether sure if I made my point clearly...if you do not agree please keep that in mind.
For the last time, bourgeoisie is a noun. When you use the term as a modifier, it's "bourgeois."
you missed the part where I said:
I am extremely tired
but thank you for the relevant correction.
