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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:04 AM Original message |
'Pleasure marriages' regain popularity in Iraq |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Even so, he says, he probably still won't tell his wife... |
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hector459 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Where I come from they call it "prostitution." |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm with Saddam on this one |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No, it's "halal" so it can't be prostitution |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Either way I'm OK with it, in the abstract. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Do the women get to take "pleasure husbands?" |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It's just for man |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. A fine to the cleric? Geesh |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Nope. And don't tell me what I should think, dig? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Ah, well, I only meant "you should" in the abstract as well |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. I suppose that is why they Saddam so much |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. "You'll Never Make Love in this Town Again" |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. Can "Pleasure Marriage" be used as a defense here under religious freedom |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ahhhh the SMELL of Democracy! (stanks like sack sheets to me) |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. It's the stench of patriarchal structures you're smelling... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. George will probably want to import this "religious" custom. |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. George already has two wives |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. makes sense to me... |
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kclown (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. Moral values n/t |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. So what about any |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know how Muslims feel about this in North America |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why does the term "pleasure marriage" |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Marriage is not a word it is a sentence |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. gee, islam is so great |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. Uh oh...bush's rightwingnut fundie base ain't gonna like this. |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. uh, they're not exactly fans of Islam. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Oh they'll be far more upset over the "prostitution sex" thang. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. Bizzare! |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. I wonder how the women feel about this arrangement? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Riverbend has discussed it |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. Cool. Rent don't buy? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. 'Pleasure marriages' regain popularity in Iraq |
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Streetdoc270 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. ??? |
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yankeeinlouisiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yep, seems like it |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. How much do you think Gannon would charge for 10 years? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. She might take a "contract" out on him |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Yup. Sure sounds like legalized prostitution to me. |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. How is legalized prostitution incompatible with freedom? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I didn't say it was incompatible with freedom. I just don't think the |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I see -- good points. |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Wickid. |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Freedom... |
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erichzann (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Freedom is a new kind of "messy" :) |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I like how they call it a marriage |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. The loophole in the Catholic church... |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Welp, We Did Say Over Half The Country Is Filled WIth Womenand Children |
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highnooner (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Now you see why they are resisting Christianity |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. So the wingnuts, so insistent |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. perhaps bush should tell the people about this new freedom at his next |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Great idea! Sendd an email to Karl! |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Might be worth sending an email to our Reps and Senators |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
50. Well its good to hear that freedom and democracy are breaking out |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
51. While acknowledging Saddam outlawed it to oppress Shiites, |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. not "as old as" Islam |
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