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US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tribe

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

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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?

Those laws were probably not on the books when this crime took place.

Apparently by local custom they were both two years old.

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> Let's not fall for a superficial definition of "intellectually interesting". Sure. Can you provide some examples of what's allowed and not allowed then? Because "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" actually covers each and every topic in the world. When you exclude one topic, you're actually demeaning people who find that topic interesting.

a non trivial percentage of your posts are complaints about the quality of HN submissions, (35% or 50% depending on how you count), maybe you should find another website to read if you dislike this one so much?

Way to answer my question. Thanks.

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I think this was copied from something too. I read this story 1-2 years ago. Even the writing seems familiar.

The Yanomami get written about extensively in Western media because there are sensational academic debates about them and because Napoleon Chagnon is a polarizing figure. But naive Googling, at least, doesn't yield a previous version of this article.

The BBC did a story about David last fall. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23758087

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The Yanomami get written about extensively in Western media because there are sensational academic debates about them and because Napoleon Chagnon is a polarizing figure. But naive Googling, at least, doesn't yield a previous version of this article.

The BBC did a story about David last fall. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23758087

Wow, good catch. That could be what k-mcgrady was remembering.

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We changed the url from http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/son-finds-his-los... , which was copied from this.

You should add a regex for that your submission page. Everything on news.com.au that isn't about Australian politics or sport is "syndicated" from US media.

Both news.com.au and nypost.com are owned by News Corp, so it makes sense that they share content.

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

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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/

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Yanomami get written about extensively in Western media because there are sensational academic debates about them and because Napoleon Chagnon is a polarizing figure. But naive Googling, at least, doesn't yield a previous version of this article.

The BBC did a story about David last fall. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23758087

That's it! Not the same wording though so I was wrong about that.
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