A tribal council in Pakistan has ordered the betrothal of a two-year-old girl to a man forty years older to punish her uncle for an alleged affair with the man's wife, police said Monday.
Sure, she doesn't have to marry the guy until she's eighteen. But treating women like property is just plain wrong, and to do so in settlement of a lawsuit that has nothing to do with the girl in question is an atrocious miscarriage of true justice.
It pains me to ponder the fact that the United States considers Pakistan an ally in the quest to bring freedom to the world.
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3 comments:
Wait - women aren't property? That explains why the IRS won't let me write off my wife...
Har de har har.
And yes, the Cavemen have had their time. They need to be shown the light as it is. There is no 'Prime Directive' here.
Right now, the execs at Fox are actually kicking themselves for not thinking of it first.
Janet very funny and sadly very true.
Pirate, you're right and it's still so painfully sad.
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