What teh fuck is going on in Norway???? This is disturbing, that man needs to be on a pedophile radar on principle....
Someone tell me there is more to this story.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/the-truth-about-thea-norway-s-12-year-old-child-bride-1.2046750
If it seems ludicrous that a 12-year-old girl in Norway would marry an adult male, it is because the entire blog is a viral marketing campaign designed to highlight the issue of child marriage.
A marriage with a 12-year-old could not happen in countries such as Norway or Canada, but an estimated 39,000 child brides are married every day around the world, according to Plan International, the children's development charity behind the viral campaign.
In countries such as Niger or Bangladesh more than 60 per cent of girls are married before turning 18. If current trends continue, 142 million girls will be married over the next decade, according to UN statistics.
Oh damn. I linked the wrong article about this, and it happens to have the answer in it. Well that was dumb.
I read a much shorter article about this at work and it did not have that information, just that this was happening. In my haste I guess I posted a more clear article without double checking. Thank fuck, I was about to question my love of Norway.
It disgusts me that this is actually very common in some societies. A grown man "marrying" (I use that term loosely here) a prepubescent girl is the epitome of disgusting, evil and completely amoral values. When I read about this shit happening in the Middle-East as a regular thing I get pissed, but for a second there I thought some kind of sick religious bullshit was being accepted in an actual decent society.
So I'm going to think about less disgusting things now before I dwell on how fucked up some parts of this world are thanks to religious "rights" and corruption, or I'll start getting pissed off again.
Oh damn. I linked the wrong article about this, and it happens to have the answer in it. Well that was dumb.
I read a much shorter article about this at work and it did not have that information, just that this was happening. In my haste I guess I posted a more clear article without double checking. Thank fuck, I was about to question my love of Norway.
It disgusts me that this is actually very common in some societies. A grown man "marrying" (I use that term loosely here) a prepubescent girl is the epitome of disgusting, evil and completely amoral values. When I read about this shit happening in the Middle-East as a regular thing I get pissed, but for a second there I thought some kind of sick religious bullshit was being accepted in an actual decent society.
So I'm going to think about less disgusting things now before I dwell on how fucked up some parts of this world are thanks to religious "rights" and corruption, or I'll start getting pissed off again.
I'm the only one here who hasn't felt the need to read the bible then? You don't have to read that stuff to realise religion is bullshit