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Spoonman

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20. You ain't seen nothing yet!

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 02:18 PM

Apr 2012

I tried to tell people what was going to happen, and darn near got tomb-stoned for it.

I lived in Cairo, but "opinion" outweighs working knowledge around these parts!

Israel will soon be fighting two terrorist organizations on separate fronts.

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Egyptian Islamist parliment to enact law permitting husbands to have sex with dead wives as well as [View all] snagglepuss Apr 2012 OP

Does "to enact" mean to imply that passage is likely? jberryhill Apr 2012 #1

Very likely B2G Apr 2012 #6

So? jberryhill Apr 2012 #43

CSM: Egypt 'necrophilia law'? Hooey, utter hooey (Don't believe everything you read on the Internet, pampango Apr 2012 #45

ah but as you read the thread there aresome DUer's azurnoir Apr 2012 #47

Kinda interesting what spills out on these occasions jberryhill Apr 2012 #48

Does the DM need to remind people that Egypt is Islamist? Was this a particular sub-sect of Islam patrice Apr 2012 #2

Are you trying to deflect the story to the DM? Other media as well as snagglepuss Apr 2012 #8

Not just Islamist dominated B2G Apr 2012 #10

You ain't seen nothing yet! Spoonman Apr 2012 #20

Ditto B2G Apr 2012 #21

The "cause mob" mentality Spoonman Apr 2012 #25

No. Just needing a little more information, because I'm curious about whether they have patrice Apr 2012 #11

The MB was a major force behind the Arab Spring B2G Apr 2012 #17

Making friends with PNAC in that agenda? That has to do with how political they are relative to patrice Apr 2012 #19

Well, Egypt had a lot of Muslims, but it prided itself -- before Mubarak was deposed--on being a MADem Apr 2012 #9

No different than what the "pro-democracy" protestors in Syria want (eom) eissa Apr 2012 #3

Yup, and what "pro-democracy revolutionaries" are bringing to Libya, Sudan, Morocco etc nt riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #7

Be careful of generalizations. tabatha Apr 2012 #13

And yet? atreides1 Apr 2012 #4

cause i know having sex with a dead wife will maintain the family bond. i was afraid seabeyond Apr 2012 #5

What a clusterfuck. Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2012 #12

Sweeping statement tabatha Apr 2012 #14

You may want to read this: Why do they hate us? riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #15

That was a terrific article leftynyc Apr 2012 #16

I was just about to post that too. Thanks. nt redqueen Apr 2012 #18

I just read the article at that link. hifiguy Apr 2012 #37

So someone actually argued for the right to commit necrophilia? 4th law of robotics Apr 2012 #22

More importantly, women are being stripped of their rights B2G Apr 2012 #23

I expected that women would lose whatever rights they had 4th law of robotics Apr 2012 #27

Although women will get the brunt of it, it won't be just them eissa Apr 2012 #28

Oh no doubt, the whole thing is awful all around 4th law of robotics Apr 2012 #29

It's not so much a right of necrophilia (though that is how it is enacted) etherealtruth Apr 2012 #41

Reading this brought back memories of sitting in Ancient Egyptian History class LibertyLover Apr 2012 #24

Why would the men want to have sex with a dead person? Is that simply a perversion that is ladjf Apr 2012 #26

Seriously, is that something people do, and don't talk about? closeupready Apr 2012 #30

you don't have use all your rights granted by the state Johonny Apr 2012 #33

Hey, man. You have a dark sense of humor. nt ladjf Apr 2012 #51

They sound like great guys badtoworse Apr 2012 #31

It's just another bit of propaganda in the same vein of... Quantess Apr 2012 #32

What is propaganda? B2G Apr 2012 #34

I responded to post #31 Quantess Apr 2012 #36

Fundamentalist religion of the Abrahamic sort hifiguy Apr 2012 #35

I've read passage is very unlikely; only a tiny minority wants this law. DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #38

Which law? The law making divorce make difficult for women. the law enabling marriage at snagglepuss Apr 2012 #39

The fuck dead wives law. DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #49

You are correct jberryhill Apr 2012 #44

Wow, what a de-evolution that would be. Rex Apr 2012 #40

The Real Roots of Sexism in the Middle East (It's Not Islam, Race, or 'Hate') pampango Apr 2012 #42

So all fault gets deflected elsewhere. Got it. snagglepuss Apr 2012 #46

It's Islam. Just like it's Christianity with the GOP woman-haters. DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #50