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  A comment on Conversation: Are you aware of something called "Honor Killing" ? What's your view about the way of bringing this tyranny into an end quickly?

  Jul 25 2011: I honestly can't fathom how murding someone gets your honor back. Much less how a father murdering his daughter or a brother murdering a sister and most of all a son murdering a mother brings honor of any kind. Once these "honor killings" are actually seen for what they are "murders" then maybe the numbers will diminish. I would love to say cease but as long there is way to get away with murdering someone under any ridiculous cloak there will be those who defend such practices.

• A comment on Talk: Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen through my eyes

  Jul 25 2011: I think it is great that people are finally taking a stand for something they believe needs to be changed. That BOTH men and women are taking a stand together. For it should be a change wanted by both genders. It shouldn't matter where they got their inspiration to implement change as long as it is a change for the better. Who better to know what should be changed than those who live under dictatorship. Everyone has the right to express themselves and to choose freely their way of life as long as it harms none. Ofcourse with any great change comes great loss. So along with this great change we must honor those whose passed as a result of this change. I dont necessarily believe that anyone should have a direct copy of our "western" freedom for as free as we are to make our own choices we also have much to inprove on. I do however believe that there is nothing wrong with wanting to follow some of our design on freedom.

• A comment on Conversation: If you woke up today and money ceased to exist, what is the first thing you would do? Why?

  Jul 25 2011: Well after I got over the shock I would really breathe. Without the pressure that comes with money I would realy breathe and figure out a batering system. Try to really work as a community.