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2008-07-22 Arabia

Saudi man 'wins' 10-yr-old in deal with her dad

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The important part of this story is that it was the social rejection of the marriage that prevented it, not the government action. The social sanction in a place is always far more powerful than the law. And this shows there is some social evolution taking place in Saudi.

Such evolution often takes on a life of its own.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-22 11:00|| 2008-07-22 11:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually what you are talking about here is a father selling his daughter to a pedophile.

Pedophilia is rampant in the middle east and the Big Mo himself was a practitioner of this heineous and abhorent perversion.

Posted by James Carville 2008-07-22 15:41|| 2008-07-22 15:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Pops shoulda had an auction. He woulda cleaned up...

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-22 19:27|| 2008-07-22 19:27|| Front Page Top

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