I'll trot out the apocryphal quote from the era of the British Raj. An army unit encountered a 'suttee ceremony, despite it being banned by the laws of the Empire.
"But Sahib, it is our tradition to burn a widow on her husbands pyre..." "That is as may be, but it is our tradition to hang those who murder women, sargeant... take him away"
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Date: 2005-07-19 11:26 am (UTC)"But Sahib, it is our tradition to burn a widow on her husbands pyre..."
"That is as may be, but it is our tradition to hang those who murder women, sargeant... take him away"