Ah...Islam....

[fr0d0]

You know what he meant is the point. Question his point if you don't understand.

[RedFish]

You appear to have no sense of irony Frodo. Are you an American?

[fr0d0]

Stop squirming or I splat you! Irony is for girls. Us jocks prefer making like a potato with a couch

[RedFish]

So you are.

[Dotard]

I think if an 8-year old girl appears at a courthouse in any country asking for protection because she is due to be married to a 31-year old that is cause for concern. If a 12-year old dies in childbirth that is also a cause for concern.

Agreed. And the folks should be educated on the matter.

I don't know who you are, you certainly ain't god,

Prove it.

but I know who I am and I'm entitled to my rage. Hypocritical as you may judge it to be.

Rage on.

Your argument is purely that the practice is widespread, and therefore should be tolerated.

No. It was not. My contention is morality is subjective. If it is acceptable and within that societies moral guidelines that girls get married at 12 then it is a morally accptable practice. It is not "WRONG" simply because it is not acceptable by YOUR moral standards.

Maybe you should demonstrate a little compassion for the voiceless children? Bought and sold? Abused and impregnated at an early age with no choice in the matter? By men three times their age? Get F***in real.

I agree. I don't like it. It is 'wrong' IMO based on MY moral constructs. My morality says sex with a 16 year old is 'wrong'. It's my contention she would be physically matured but far from 'grown-up' psycologically. My personal morality does not change with my geographical location. Am I justified in labeling the societies I find myself in "wrong" because their collective morality differs from mine?

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Irony is for girls.

I LoL'd

[RedFish]

Proof is your department, as in the atheist/theist debate.
You are justified in declaring as wrong that which your heart tells you is wrong. In my opinion. Anywhere. I offer as proof the guy who exposed persecution of children as witches in Africa. He made a difference. Your attitude could never.

[Minimalist]

What's with the rain on your avatar, RedFish?

[RedFish]

I like rain. Would you prefer a change?

[Violet]

I like rain. Would you prefer a change?

Even if he would prefer a change... it shouldn't matter to you.

[RedFish]

You're right, but it does. I don't like to cause offence unintentionally. Avatars are used to make a statement. Prefer that mine makes none. At the moment.