nor does knowing much about the world either :) On Apr 16, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Dana wrote:
> > to my mind the issue is not so much puberty as it is knowing enough > about the world to make that kind of choice. Of course, we are talking > about a society where the girl's choice does nto really come into it > anyway. > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> How much of our 10 year old immaturity has been created by our >> society, our "fight" to let children be children. Do you believe all >> ten year olds demonstrate the same level of maturity throughout the >> world? >> >> I have a nine year old that I think (happily) is nowhere near mature >> enough for any kind of relationship. But then again, I believe this >> is how my wife and I have raised her. I truly hope that it's a long >> time before she gets into relationships. But again, just because I >> think this is right doesn't give me the right to tell other people >> that they're way is wrong. Now, if you have scientific proof, that's >> another story......If that's the case, I'll back you up. >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 16, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: >> >>> >>> Closer to mental maturity? >>> >>> You think 10 is fine? Really? Do you know a 10 year old? >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Why do you think our society knows what's correct? If a girl starts >>>> menstruating, isn't that nature saying she's ready to procreate? >>>> Who >>>> came up with the age of 18 as the correct age? What does that >>>> correlate to? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 8:10 PM, LRS Scout wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Now Jerry we have to be open minded in our dealings with these >>>>> sick >>>>> fucks >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:33 PM >>>>> To: cf-community >>>>> Subject: Gotta love the Saudis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/15/saudi.child.bride/index.html >>>>> ... >>>>> The kingdom's top cleric has said that it's OK for girls as >>>>> young as >>>>> 10 to >>>>> wed. >>>>> >>>>> "It is incorrect to say that it's not permitted to marry off girls >>>>> who >>>>> are 15 and younger," Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, the kingdom's >>>>> grand >>>>> mufti, said in January, according to the regional Al-Hayat >>>>> newspaper. >>>>> "A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married. Those who think she's too >>>>> young >>>>> are wrong, and they are being unfair to her." >>>>> >>>>> Al-Sheikh reportedly made the remarks when he was asked during a >>>>> lecture about parents forcing their underage daughters to marry. >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> Freak. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
