Honor Afghan Honor--No Rape Scene in Kite Runner
Sign Now
Dear Mr. Hosseini,
As members of the Afghan community in North America, we implore you to remove the vulgar scene in your upcoming film that depicts sexual aggression against a young Hazara boy.
As Afghanistan is struggling through a period of national reconciliation, your film, which will most definitely be available in Afghanistan, will through this scene serve the purpose of further polarizing the Afghan community back home. Furthermore, a scene of such vulgarity is an affront to the honor of Afghans in general, the Hazara population specifically, and the actors in the movie in particular.
This scene in the film, or even an allusion to the rape, will serve to anchor a notion of humiliation, ethnic inferiority, or ethnic superiority (for non-Hazaras) in the psychology of the viewers. This is a notion that we want to erase from Afghanistan. After decades of polarization, we will not stand idly to watch Hollywood pour more fuel into the fire. Enough is enough.
Although we could appeal to Paramount, we feel an effective means of taking action is to appeal to your good conscience. You have no doubt thought about many of these issues; we are asking that you take another look. We want to keep this within our community for now, and we feel that this sincere address will cause you to re-examine the ramifications of this scene. However, your failure to act will behoove us to take stricter measures to rectify this problem.
For the sake of God Himself, please set the wheels in motion to remove this scene from your film immediately.
As members of the Afghan community in North America, we implore you to remove the vulgar scene in your upcoming film that depicts sexual aggression against a young Hazara boy.
As Afghanistan is struggling through a period of national reconciliation, your film, which will most definitely be available in Afghanistan, will through this scene serve the purpose of further polarizing the Afghan community back home. Furthermore, a scene of such vulgarity is an affront to the honor of Afghans in general, the Hazara population specifically, and the actors in the movie in particular.
This scene in the film, or even an allusion to the rape, will serve to anchor a notion of humiliation, ethnic inferiority, or ethnic superiority (for non-Hazaras) in the psychology of the viewers. This is a notion that we want to erase from Afghanistan. After decades of polarization, we will not stand idly to watch Hollywood pour more fuel into the fire. Enough is enough.
Although we could appeal to Paramount, we feel an effective means of taking action is to appeal to your good conscience. You have no doubt thought about many of these issues; we are asking that you take another look. We want to keep this within our community for now, and we feel that this sincere address will cause you to re-examine the ramifications of this scene. However, your failure to act will behoove us to take stricter measures to rectify this problem.
For the sake of God Himself, please set the wheels in motion to remove this scene from your film immediately.
Sign The Petition
Continue with Google
OR
If you already have an account please sign in, otherwise register an account for free then sign the petition filling the fields below.
Email and password will be your account data, you will be able to sign other petitions after logging in.
Shoutbox
Goal
150 signatures
Goal: 1,000
Latest Signatures
146.
Abdulbasier A
|
Please Mr. Hosseini, do not let the Afghan community down
State, Province, or Country
MA, USA
139.
Leena H
|
I completely understand that you would like to stay true to what you have written, but I strongly feel that this is one scene that we do not need to have burned into our memories.
State, Province, or Country
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
135.
Narges H
|
please delete this scene, it will hurt our culture more and the afghan people will be judged once again due to wrong representaion of the afghan culture and way of life.
State, Province, or Country
mississauga, ontario, canada
131.
Zarin H
|
We need unity among Afghans, not pathways to our old bloodletting .
State, Province, or Country
New Jersey, USA
129.
Johnali Espinoza
|
As a proud Afghan Hazara please consider removing the rape scene. It will do harm to the fragile peace and unity in today's Afghanistan.
State, Province, or Country
Los Angeles, California
128.
Carlosafghan Baldwin
|
keep the afghans pride high in the sky
State, Province, or Country
canada,ontario, kitchenr
Tags
No tags
Embed Codes
direct link
link for html
link for forum without title
link for forum with title
