I can assure you this is not a funny joke. Nothing is funny about a woman buried in dirt up to her chest, while people throw rocks at her head until her skull is crushed and she bleeds to death slowly. For something civilized people don't even think of as a crime in 2015.

It's times like this that make me realize there are no gods. The men who did this did it because they believed their god laid down laws requiring it.

Also only slightly surprised that they've executed more women than men. Like if given the choice of who to kill for funsies, I'm sure they'd want to slake their misogynistic rage.

None of this has anything to do with Islam.

I hope no one reports on it if they do know. I hope she's safe.

Are you really confused about this/does anyone with more patience want to explain structural racism and police violence to this nice person

Yes. Both of my parents marched, and my Father was badly beaten (twice). I will insist upon an honorific in any business / professional correspondence until the day I die.

Yes. Call me old-fashioned, but I use titles to address people who are older than I am, who I don't know well, or who had to work HARD, one way or another, to earn their title - especially older African-Americans. To quote from a Miss Manners column on the subject:

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Sorry, but this shit is an empty gesture that accomplishes nothing that it aims to do. I get it, titles can be difficult to get right. Sometimes people don't like certain titles. Fine. We already, as a society, give people TONS of freedom to decide the honorifics applied to them (more than many other societies I might…

This reminds me of the time where, due to some sort of snafu, I got a catalog addressed to my very Masculine name as "Ms.".

Agreed. I'm a 34 year old black woman and I STILL refer to my elders (of any race) as "Mr So-and so" or "Ms/Mrs. So-and so". I was taught it was respectful. If someone tells me that they don't want me to, then okay. But, I'm not walking up to someone who is clearly my elder like "hey firstname, how are you" because…

I'm not offended, but I'd be annoyed. I am Mrs or Ms Pye. I don't LIKE being addressed by my first name in real life unless we are on somewhat friendly terms.

I understand the concern and I do sympathize with it. I have been annoyed and even slightly offended by titles given to me in the past. But a sweeping ban of Mr. and Mrs.? I don't know how to articulate exactly what I mean but this is the kind of stuff that makes people not take feminists seriously. I never wish for…

I'm old school and prefer the "Mr" or "Ms" whatever.

Yes. Yes my real name is Ken Yadiggit.

Good thing we're sanitizing the language.

Why not just let people select whatever salutation (if any) they prefer from a drop-down menu? I am married but loathe Mrs., so I always select Ms. when I have to. I prefer being addressed as Ms. F in formal correspondence because, well, it's formal in a way "Dear Molly" just isn't.

Mrs is pretty fucking offensive. As is Miss. But even if we get rid of salutations which announce female marital status, remind me why we need gendered salutations to begin with?

Ugh.