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51. its disgusting. to me it is child rape - pure and simple - am i supposed to be opened minded

Reply to Quantess (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 03:16 PM

Dec 2015

about a child under 13 being used for some man's sexual perversions?

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Child brides pose new challenge in ongoing refugee crisis [View all] ErikJ Dec 2015 OP

So he started raping her when she was 12 or 11. Maybe younger even. alphafemale Dec 2015 #1

I cannot speak for young girls in Syria but I know that Australia, Canada and the UK akbacchus_BC Dec 2015 #2

How does your company go about doing this? (nt) enough Dec 2015 #18

That's a great cause. Should be a priority for all. ErikJ Dec 2015 #74

More fodder for the far right Democat Dec 2015 #3

RW nationalists are gaining popularity all over Europe, and have been, for a few years now. Quantess Dec 2015 #5

its disgusting. to me it is child rape - pure and simple - am i supposed to be opened minded patsimp Dec 2015 #51

Obviously that makes rape acceptable get the red out Dec 2015 #13

A lot of people on DU will react against anything Republicans support Democat Dec 2015 #33

I know and it's disgusting. They are children for god's sake. smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #56

These are sex slaves, not "child brides." That "cute" name is repugnant. merrily Dec 2015 #4

Someone else, a VERY popular charismatic figure, had a child bride a few hundred years ago FrodosPet Dec 2015 #6

Or not d_r Dec 2015 #7

The Ben Affleck Rule FrodosPet Dec 2015 #8

That's gross! That's racist! Dr. Strange Dec 2015 #22

With Christians get the red out Dec 2015 #15

So glad I'm seeing others speak out leftynyc Dec 2015 #62

100% agreed. hifiguy Dec 2015 #65

I disagree Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #9

Complaining about 9 year old brides is NOT Islamaphobic. Nothing in Islam pnwmom Dec 2015 #10

What does Islam say about marriage? oberliner Dec 2015 #11

I don't know. But I do know there are Islamic countries that have banned it pnwmom Dec 2015 #12

But it is acceptable under Islamic Law FrodosPet Dec 2015 #24

So? It is not REQUIRED. Thus, banning it in Norway is NOT Islamaphobic. pnwmom Dec 2015 #26

Thank you! Acceptable does not mean required, therefore outlawing it is perfectly fine and not the smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #87

Those "laws" are ignored every single leftynyc Dec 2015 #66

It still isn't Islamaphobic. n/t pnwmom Dec 2015 #78

Of course it isn't leftynyc Dec 2015 #80

Why Yemen Won't Ban Child Marriage and Rape FrodosPet Dec 2015 #16

My sounds doesn't work. But it doesn't matter. Child marriage is not required by Islam pnwmom Dec 2015 #17

The mother leftynyc Dec 2015 #21

What do you mean she obviously gave her permission? How do you know all the pnwmom Dec 2015 #27

Gave permission, stood by leftynyc Dec 2015 #28

In the US, women have many more options and much more power than they do in Yemen. The situations pnwmom Dec 2015 #31

Was it always that way? leftynyc Dec 2015 #35

Whoa there Keyboard Warrior Matariki Dec 2015 #37

And so do women who leftynyc Dec 2015 #41

You are projecting your own circumstances onto women in dire conditions. Matariki Dec 2015 #46

And YOU are assuming the mother leftynyc Dec 2015 #59

You should do some reading about what life is like for women in Yemen Matariki Dec 2015 #64

Well, good luck thinking leftynyc Dec 2015 #69

God, how depressing! That poor child! She was 10 years old! smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #88

They're taught to not "want" anything. Oneironaut Dec 2015 #70

Are you FUCKING SERIOUS get the red out Dec 2015 #14

Ben Affleck said not to criticize Islam FrodosPet Dec 2015 #19

Ben Afflect get the red out Dec 2015 #36

Ben Affleck is an effing moron. smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #89

Pretty sure he's making fun of the gutless PCers that Oneironaut Dec 2015 #73

Hoping you're just making a point leftynyc Dec 2015 #20

I'm tired of using the sarcasm thingie FrodosPet Dec 2015 #23

No - I think it's better leftynyc Dec 2015 #25

I agree. What the man did was rape a child repeatedly. Fla Dem Dec 2015 #38

Everyone involved in that marriage leftynyc Dec 2015 #42

And in a Western nation hifiguy Dec 2015 #72

Uh no we don't.... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #29

I find it amusing how so many on here still take your posts as your actual real thoughts, and not PersonNumber503602 Dec 2015 #45

I tend to be a living breathing manifestation of Poe's Law FrodosPet Dec 2015 #48

Yeah, I figured that out awhile ago. PersonNumber503602 Dec 2015 #49

It's DU melman Dec 2015 #53

WTF??? Slavery used to be an acceptable part of American culture Trailrider1951 Dec 2015 #50

That marriage was arranged for political reasons. KamaAina Dec 2015 #57

Is this sarcasm? uppityperson Dec 2015 #81

From me, yes FrodosPet Dec 2015 #84

Thanks. I've gotten in trouble before for making what seemed to me obvious sarcasm uppityperson Dec 2015 #85

Young girls are likely to die in childbirth. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #30

I've been saying it for a long time davidn3600 Dec 2015 #32

Many people here are convinced most cultures are superior to America Democat Dec 2015 #34

I don't give a shit leftynyc Dec 2015 #71

Sad but true. hifiguy Dec 2015 #83

It's a problem in the US also. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #39

Wow, I didn't expect to see this in the US. Fla Dem Dec 2015 #55

There is no right answer here LittleBlue Dec 2015 #40

Breaking up this marriage might be worse than allowing it to continue. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #43

I don't see how it can be worse for her now. PersonNumber503602 Dec 2015 #47

It is almost as if these refugees come from a different culture AngryAmish Dec 2015 #44

When in Rome, do as the Romans do hifiguy Dec 2015 #63

I'll go with the culture leftynyc Dec 2015 #77

Damn tootin! nt hifiguy Dec 2015 #82

Excuse me, "Which culture"? Didn't you mean, "RACE"? Quantess Dec 2015 #86

Uh, I would think that would be the culture that doesn't allow smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #90

We have similar issues in our community with immigrant farmworkers from various places... hunter Dec 2015 #52

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #54

WTF? smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #60

"The World" will never do a goddamn thing about anything. FrodosPet Dec 2015 #61

There was a foul on the play hifiguy Dec 2015 #75

it's a legitimate issue and an uncomfortable fact. hifiguy Dec 2015 #58

I just saw this video on Petapixel today belcffub Dec 2015 #67

Just remember, one can't criticise. hifiguy Dec 2015 #76

That is just fucking sickening leftynyc Dec 2015 #79

Not brides - slaves... Oneironaut Dec 2015 #68