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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 06:44 PM Original message |
Bride WAS 7 |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. as a mother of an 8 year old |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. it is quite common there to get married at that age and the |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Talked to any Ethiopians lately? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. per UN: this area has the highest child marriage rate in the world |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. What in the world is your point? Do I have to speak Ukranian to |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. how do you account for the UN stats |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. As someone with several Ethiopian friends |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. that is just sick, even when one accepts the right of others |
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UL_Approved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Culture is just an excuse |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Africa? Lack of development? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Is there a reason we want to build enormous tombs these days |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Our culture is certainly no better |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Apart from the word of a foreigner stationed in Johannesburg, |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Salopek: Texas child bride. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. how often is this happening in the US and how often in Ethiopia? |
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UL_Approved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. What makes you think I approve of western practices either? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I agree that women's rights go hand in hand with development |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. you have the answer right: "unless it gives up on these practices" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 02:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. No, but the leaders in the fight against it-- |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Paul Salopek wrote the article |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Not all Ethiopians are educated, sophisticated urbanites |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. ditto!!!!! I think the more these kinds of anti-female practices |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Anything wrong with using interpreters? They do it at the UN ALL |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Holy shit |
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