https://www.yahoo.com/news/asia-bibi-apos-family-hunted-045328467.html
A lot of time and attention is wasted on faux outrage at something tweeted or stated or written that has no real-world impact other than fostering the debate (and the expressions of virtue signaling) that follows. The often overblown response to people merely exercising their role in the laboratory of ideas tends to undermine our ability to express proper outrage when confronted with truly outrageous conduct. Which brings me to the plight of Asia Bibi, who is being hunted in Pakistan for being a Christian and blaspheming Islam (she was acquitted by the Pakistani court). The mob trying to track her (and her family) down intends to publicly murder her (them) for something she said that apparently caused offense. That is outrageous. Why a post-Enlightenment country has not stepped in yet to offer her and her family asylum and safe transportation out of that backward hell-hole is very troubling.
The rhetorical debates over the extremes of the spectrum of ideas is a distraction. It's easy to flaunt a pre-programmed opinion for which arguments have been provided than to think critically and come to a determination, understanding or compromise. It is easier to hit retweet, repost, etc than to actually go out and do something. We live in an age of distraction over action.
I have no awareness of the second point of your post, although I can comment that the country doesn't act as a person with a conscious, it's just too big and diverse. I hope that individual people stand up and lend a hand, because as far as I know anyone can seek asylum here, they just have to get here and do the paperwork.
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