03 June 2010

Saudi Arabia... "Hey, at least we're trying"

Tell me, o' filthy spawn of Shaitan...what exactly are you dirty sons of pigs & dogs doing to solve the virus-like spread of 50 year-old auto-workers & dairy farmers... mistakenly marrying 8 year-old girls? --
child bridesHang on a sec'...
"Defenders of child marriage say the practice is part of Saudi culture."
The "defenders"... yeah... let me guess... elderly Saudi men?

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POSTSCRIPT: It's sorta like loving Justin Bieber...

...only more wrinkly.

Interestingly, as Mrs N points out to me... the way the BBC phrases their article... we should actually be blaming those precocious little pre-teen Saudi vixens...
" -- an attempt to stop underage girls from marrying -- "
... somewhat ingenuously overlooking the fact that ol' dad gets to pocket a wad of cash that'd choke a camel.

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LAST WORD: Selling human beings...

...isn't that called slavery?
In 2005, her parents in Punjab paid an exorbitant dowry and sold her off in an arranged marriage to a Mississauga stranger with the expectation she’d bring them all to Canada.
Oh Canada.