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No country for rapists.

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This picture has been doing the rounds on social media for a few days now. Some people have attempted to challenge the BBC's "representation" of India with these figures. But are the numbers any comfort at all? "Rapes are a shame but propaganda on it: WORSE" Clearly, a section of our population, our media and our legislators believe that a "propaganda fueled documentary" IS worse than the fact that the rapes actually happened. If the propaganda fueled documentary portrayed factual inaccuracies, go ahead, berate it. But if you think that reporting the darker half of our country should be banned, there really is no difference between us and North Korea, is there?  We are by no means a country of rapists. Certainly not the kind that was responsible for the Delhi gangrape case. But think about. Isn't it true that lots of people DO NOT disagree with the opinions of the defense lawyers? Isn't it true that at least 94% of marital rape in India goes un

No country for rapists.

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This picture has been doing the rounds on social media for a few days now. Some people have attempted to challenge the BBC's "representation" of India with these figures. But are the numbers any comfort at all? "Rapes are a shame but propaganda on it: WORSE" Clearly, a section of our population, our media and our legislators believe that a "propaganda fueled documentary" IS worse than the fact that the rapes actually happened. If the propaganda fueled documentary portrayed factual inaccuracies, go ahead, berate it. But if you think that reporting the darker half of our country should be banned, there really is no difference between us and North Korea, is there?  We are by no means a country of rapists. Certainly not the kind that was responsible for the Delhi gangrape case. But think about. Isn't it true that lots of people DO NOT disagree with the opinions of the defense lawyers? Isn't it true that at least 94% of marital rape in India