In Yemen, a 40 year old killing his 8 year old bride is called \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\nCultural relativism is a load of crap. Some ways of doing life are better than others. Yemeni child marriage, rape, and murder are savagery and should be subject to severe criminal law and punishment on Western soil and the children rescued. But, of course, when \u201cmarriage\u201d comes to mean anything that gets hard to enforce, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, eternal memory to this tragic young victim of a brutal and evil culture.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Yemen, a 40 year old killing his 8 year old bride is called \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d. Cultural relativism is a load of crap. Some ways of doing life are better than others. Yemeni child marriage, rape, and murder are savagery and should be subject to severe criminal law and punishment on Western soil and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-47250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-clash-of-civilizations"],"yoast_head":"\n
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