Hang 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.