From honor killings to UK grooming gangs, the West’s fear of ‘offense’ has imported barbarism into our own courtrooms.
In Lacey, Washington, the pines stretch high and the politics stretch left, where lawn signs proclaim “Love is Love” and “Hate Has No Home Here.” But last October, hate found a home in the form of a father’s hands around his teenage daughter’s throat — while the mother stood by and watched. This wasn’t a bar brawl or an unhinged rage. It was a methodical execution attempt — an alleged honor killing — foiled only because the victim’s high school classmates had the courage to intervene when her family did not.
They’ve remodelled their noses, smoothed out their wrinkles, and filled their faces with silicone. However, for these fugitives, the goal wasn’t to regain an air of youthfulness, but an attempt at freedom.
