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Re: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

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Post by brazzy »

rayiner wrote: post #46
mherkender wrote: post #10

Wow, his father sounds like a piece of work. He decides that culture is the only real reason he shouldn't marry someone who was "about 9 to 12" when he's 36. Then his long absences put her at risk of being brutally gang-raped, which happens. She ends up in the US, and eventually goes back without her kids. He tells his kids nothing about her, why she left, who she is, but still has his son beg her to come back in fro…

I couldn't get through this article this guy made me so mad. He's like the worst sort of intellectual, the one that loses his own morality and culture to abstract ideas.

Personally, I think the worst sort of intellectual is the one that gets all judgmental and mad at people based on flimsy hearsay information.

Re: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

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Post by brazzy »

eagsalazar2 wrote: post #37

Kenneth must have committed a crime in there somewhere. The dude is a pedophile and cruel and hopefully someone will figure out way to bring him down.

Thank you for taking all of 5 minutes of your precious time to speak justice and pass judgement based on a magazine article. I am sure future generations will marvel at your wisdom, O Solomon.

Re: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

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Post by phaus »

DanBC wrote: post #39
mherkender wrote: post #10

Wow, his father sounds like a piece of work. He decides that culture is the only real reason he shouldn't marry someone who was "about 9 to 12" when he's 36. Then his long absences put her at risk of being brutally gang-raped, which happens. She ends up in the US, and eventually goes back without her kids. He tells his kids nothing about her, why she left, who she is, but still has his son beg her to come back in fro…

Old men marrying children is common in many parts of the world. http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_58008.html http://tooyoungtowed.org/

>Old men marrying children is common in many parts of the world.

There are quite a few shitty people in the world. As much as many of us hate to admit it, there are also quite a few shitty cultures. Any 36 year-old man, from any culture that has ever existed, that finds it acceptable to marry a 9-12 year old and then start raping her when she's 13 is a piece of shit. Any culture or individual that condones such behavior shouldn't exist anymore.

Re: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

#54

Post by jafaku »

phaus wrote: post #53
DanBC wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Old men marrying children is common in many parts of the world. http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_58008.html http://tooyoungtowed.org/

>Old men marrying children is common in many parts of the world. There are quite a few shitty people in the world. As much as many of us hate to admit it, there are also quite a few shitty cultures. Any 36 year-old man, from any culture that has ever existed, that finds it acceptable to marry a 9-12 year old and then start raping her when she's 13 is a piece of shit. Any culture or individual that condones such behav…

Yeah our culture is the best! Everyone else is wrong!

Re: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

#55

Post by w1ntermute »

mherkender wrote: post #10

Wow, his father sounds like a piece of work. He decides that culture is the only real reason he shouldn't marry someone who was "about 9 to 12" when he's 36. Then his long absences put her at risk of being brutally gang-raped, which happens. She ends up in the US, and eventually goes back without her kids. He tells his kids nothing about her, why she left, who she is, but still has his son beg her to come back in fro…

> He decides that culture is the only real reason he shouldn't marry someone who was "about 9 to 12" when he's 36.

This is why I hate cultural relativists. They use it as an excuse to throw morals and common sense out the window.

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Post by Natsu »

ars wrote: post #49
Natsu wrote: post #17

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I thought that the US had laws against "sex tourism" so I wonder if it's possible, at least in theory, that he could get prosecuted for this?

> sex tourism He married her. It's really not the same thing.

And then he just left, so I'm not sure what "marriage" even means in this context. Under our laws it would be something more like "statutory rape" but I do wonder what actually applies here.

This isn't something I've looked into, just something I saw on 20/20 or some similar show once, so you might be right that it only applies to those setting up tours or going on them rather than to conduct that happens overseas.

Re: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

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Post by [deleted] »

jafaku wrote: post #54
phaus wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Old men marrying children is common in many parts of the world. There are quite a few shitty people in the world. As much as many of us hate to admit it, there are also quite a few shitty cultures. Any 36 year-old man, from any culture that has ever existed, that finds it acceptable to marry a 9-12 year old and then start raping her when she's 13 is a piece of shit. Any culture or individual that condones such behav…

Yeah our culture is the best! Everyone else is wrong!

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Re: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

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Post by jackmaney »

phaus wrote: post #53
DanBC wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Old men marrying children is common in many parts of the world. http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_58008.html http://tooyoungtowed.org/

>Old men marrying children is common in many parts of the world. There are quite a few shitty people in the world. As much as many of us hate to admit it, there are also quite a few shitty cultures. Any 36 year-old man, from any culture that has ever existed, that finds it acceptable to marry a 9-12 year old and then start raping her when she's 13 is a piece of shit. Any culture or individual that condones such behav…

I couldn't have said it any better, myself. Not all cultures are good. Quite a few of them are, in fact, terrible, and should no longer exist.

Re: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

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Post by phaus »

jafaku wrote: post #54
phaus wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Old men marrying children is common in many parts of the world. There are quite a few shitty people in the world. As much as many of us hate to admit it, there are also quite a few shitty cultures. Any 36 year-old man, from any culture that has ever existed, that finds it acceptable to marry a 9-12 year old and then start raping her when she's 13 is a piece of shit. Any culture or individual that condones such behav…

Yeah our culture is the best! Everyone else is wrong!

I don't really subscribe to the misinformed view that one has to be perfect in order to recognize a flaw. I criticize my own culture as much as any other, perhaps more.
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