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Matatk | WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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Now I try to be as open minded as possible and not have an ethnocentric view of the world, but this is ridiculous:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090430/a ... a/ml_saudi_child_marriage Quote: 8-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband |
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Posted on: 2009/5/1 0:46
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captmike13 | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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That isn't the worst of it. Because they are married they are allowed to have sex with them. Which of course in my view just sick and wrong.
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Posted on: 2009/5/1 0:59
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CentralCoaster | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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Some people are going to do that whether or not it's legal. But I'll take a wild guess that Habeeb didn't pay her father $13K just so he could babysit. As for the minimum age, I'm not going to impose my beliefs on another culture, but they should at least have a standard with some sort of scientific basis. Age of consent laws in the U.S. are 16 and up, but I'm sure if you go back 20 years, it was lower. Minimum age for marriage could be totally different, who knows. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/1 1:35
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C4FUN | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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Wow, she's acting like a baby! Seriously though, isn't this the same country that punishes women that are the victim of rape? I would never suggest that having sex with a minor is anything less than dispicable. However, if I could buy someone that would do my laundry, do the cooking, and keep the house clean for $13,000.....
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Posted on: 2009/5/1 4:28
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Same here... I can't even begin to comprehend how anyone would think this is acceptable..by any stretch of the imagination.. Sick...That's the best way I can describe it... |
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Posted on: 2009/5/1 10:13
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Matatk | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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You can - they're called maids. But they aren't 8 and you don't have sex with them. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/1 11:37
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DaleD | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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Not all cultures are equal.
There is such a thing as an inferior culture, contrary to popular PC teachings. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/1 13:01
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bogus | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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CC - you are right.
Back in the early 1980s, age of consent was as low as 13 - some southern states. As more and more sexual assaults occurred to minors and pedophiles created more headlines, they started to raise that age. I think it is 16 in most states, but with all these caveats. For example, at 16, the teen cannot consent with someone over 21. The idea is to keep them within a certain age range. Again, to protect the teen. These laws have also created loopholes, putting kids in jail. There are laws where girls under 16 cannot provide consent at all, and that means the 17 YO boy who dates the 15 YO girl could easily end up in jail... this happened a couple of times in GA recently. As I remember it, GA rewrote their law that basically allows for the "high school exclusion." This means that if the kids are both enrolled in school, they are excempt from these types of laws. So, for whatever it's worth, the 19 YO senior can get nasty with the 14 YO freshman if the situation so arises. |
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C4FUN | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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"You can - they're called maids. But they aren't 8 and you don't have sex with them."
I don't want to have sex with an child, and anyone can rent a a maid. I'm talking ownership. I'm holding out for a Stepford robot. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/1 19:24
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CentralCoaster | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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An 8 yr old wouldn't be very good at dusting, or putting dishes away in the top cupboard.
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BrianCunningham | Re: WTF is wrong with some cultures? | ||
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Eight!
WTF!!! |
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