Married at the age of 8

So Yemen might ban child marriages. Yes, indeed they might consider this.

Just maybe. They are not really sure in fact, but maybe Yemeni parliamentarians might consider to pass a law banning kids being forcefully pushed into marriage.

Maybe when they got a moment they might wanna talk about this law. Just maybe. We are not speaking about a headline saying ‘Yemen outlaws child marriages’. No, just maybe.

Mad beyond madness. Delirium.

Hundreds of mothers protested outside parliament in the capital Sana’a recently to demand a halt to this barbaric practice. And in defiance of sanity, two days earlier there was a large march to oppose such a ban. Kick that. The opponents, to no surprise, are conservative Islamists. They already have an image problem, but just seem to like walking on the path of ridiculousness. A path of oppression. A path where human rights are just a daydream.

So a whole bunch of Yemenis just love it that kids are being out-married like cattle. Like possessions. And the US is supporting such a country in its war against Al Queda related fighters. Who is barbaric and retarded here? Al Quada or those Yemenis supporting child marriages? It’s evil vs evil. A competition in madness.

In the women’s march there was a lady who got married at the age of 8 (!!!!) to a 28 year old man. How nuts is that? Barbaric. Crazy. Unacceptable. Torture. Sick. Empty the buckets of vomit please.

The law under discussion would fix the age threshold for marriage at 17 for girls and 18 for boys. Don’t get it why there is this difference between the sexes, but anyway a galactic improvement from the existing practice. But the law isn’t law yet as many conservative, Islamist members of parliament are opposing it fiercely. They seem to like barbarism. They say it is un-Islamic to fix a legal marriage-age. Religion again used for madness. Religion as a tool to own, use, abuse, violate, hurt,....

Last September a 12 year old girl died in childbirth in Yemen. How about that?
Human behaviour is often very sickening. Very!

So the US health care reform plan got voted. An American revolution.

But it seems some Americans don’t understand democracy nor are they politically tolerant. A majority of US representatives voted for the bill – otherwise it would not get passed. For sure you can protest about it and organise marches and rant on blogs. But this bill has passed all the democratic requirements in place, so democracy did what it had to do. But some Americans seem to have taken protest a step too far and too dirty and too undemocratic by throwing bricks through windows of Democrats and cutting a propane line at the home of the family of a congressman.

These are ridiculous tactics that don’t belong in a democracy. Probably these same perpetrators would scream and shout about thuggish behaviour when this would happen in an African or Arab state.

Probably very few citizens (if any) read the 2500-ish pages of the bill. Most of the screamers and shouters probably just base their anger on over-simplified, biased media and blog articles. And on their own narrow minded conviction of what freedom means. And on top of that for some it comes from a black president. The ultimate disgrace.

So for some communism has arrived in their living room. The US might have won the cold war in the 20th Century, but the 21st Century is a different beat. China is becoming the driving force on this planet (sadly), and now this health care reform has introduced communism within the US. The ultimate defeat. So load the guns and read some Bible passages because evil has arrived. Big evil. Dark evil. Monster evil. The evil within. Traitors. Red whores. Anti-Americanism. Americans will soon be all enslaved and tortured and all their freedoms taken away by the communists from the Obama camp. May the Lord come and save America! First a black president and now communism. It’s truly the end of the world. Isn’t there something in the Bible about the end of the world and the return of Jesus? Well I guess some in the US think that time has arrived. So they gather in their churches and peep through the windows awaiting their saviour. Pray and sing and burn candles. Because for sure, the Lord has to be against this health bill. I mean, really!

Millions of Americans can’t afford health care. It’s health care for the rich and f*ck the rest. Nice that in the US of A people need to mortgage their home to be able to get their kids a needed operation! Is that the type of so called civilisation America should stand for? Is that progress?

This has nothing to do with communism. Nor socialism. Nor state control of what you do and what you want. This is about decency for those that can’t afford the basics of a civilised society. These systems work in the UK and continental Europe, why not in the US? Will it bring extra administration? Probably it will. So what, it’s the good of its goal that is the matter. And it won’t stop the middle and upper class from going to whatever doctor and clinic they want. You still can do your botox and lift your tits.

Debates on policy are great and necessary, but people should put it into perspective and stick to reality instead of blindly and dumbly spreading brainless vitriol. So get real, stay honest and debate in a democratic, wise fashion. That is part of a civil society!

And what is freedom exactly? The type of ultimate freedom is chaos, because ultimate freedom cannot have society rules. So traffic regulations are anti-freedom. Alcohol ban for under age youngsters is anti-freedom. Whoever decided to have 4 seasons per year and 24 hours in a day is anti-freedom. Must be communist plot! Gun laws are certainly a left wing conspiracy. Community regulations are totally anti-freedom. The fact that killing your neighbour is a crime is in fact anti-freedom. So there can’t be murderers or rapists because they were acting out their ultimate freedoms. Get real!

Oh and of course that child marriage ban under discussion in Yemen is anti-freedom too!

Human behaviour is a strange cocktail.

Throw out. The Flatliners from Canada are about to release their new album “Cavalcade”. I got the luck to get an advance copy and it rocks! Interesting that these lads played ska fused punkrock in their early years and now have shifted to straight forward powerful punkrock without much of a ska beat left. Like the new tunes.

C-Ya

collateral – last days of March 2010