25 July 2009

From better to diverse...

...that's funny... I guess there are still some folks out there, who aren't feeling dishonoured...
Offers of help are pouring in for an eight-year-old Liberian girl disowned by her own family in Phoenix, Arizona, after being raped by four boys.

The girl is under the care of the Arizona Child Protective Service (CPS) because her parents said she had shamed them, and they did not want her back.

Phoenix police said calls had come in from all over the US offering money, or even to adopt the young girl.
A spokesperson for the Liberian community thinks Dad & Mom should get some counselling.

Most folks outside "the community" seem ready to send them to jail.

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Rona, 50, confided to her two siblings that she overheard Mr. Shafia saying he would kill his eldest daughter over her behaviour and the relationship.
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