British Forced-Marriage extraction Squad

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Smiley
Great work, and these guys deserve a TV show.

The B-Team!

*cue music*

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Dis
I always heard arranged marriages (at least in India) have a better success rate than regular marriages in the U.S.

Arranged marriages, yes. My ex GF is from Sri Lanka and most of her siblings were married through arranged marriages. She describes it as kind of a dating service. Everyone in the family is looking out for prospective spouses for everyone else.

The woman in this article is not talking about arranged, but rather forced marriage.

edit: i don't mean to say that the fact that the marriages are arranged contributes to the longevity. It probably has more to do with the culture, if that is the case.

[Provost Harrison]

...and to add to that, the offending family members in this country should be prosecuted...I believe the sentence for abduction is a lengthy prison spell...

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Richelieu




edit: i don't mean to say that the fact that the marriages are arranged contributes to the longevity. It probably has more to do with the culture, if that is the case.

I think that it definitely IS culture. A person that freely agrees to an arranged marriage is also a preson that will likely stick by that marriage if there are cultural taboos around divorce

[Dr Strangelove]

The Brits need to deploy the famous "00" squad. That will teach the blighters a thing or two.

I wonder how soon we'll be seeing retributions in Britain?

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Sikander
What sort of culture is it that so determined to be humiliated that something like "honor" killings of your own sister could be contemplated?

Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by reds4ever
In the UK we've had several "honour killings" carried out by middle eastern familes on women (and the men they wanted to marry) who refuse to go into arranged marriages.

Here too. They often let the youngest (minor) son carry out the "mission" since the adults have to fear a more serious punishment.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Straybow

Originally posted by Sikander
What sort of culture is it that so determined to be humiliated that something like "honor" killings of your own sister could be contemplated?

Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

Culture can be changed, so "permanent solutions" are not required. Perhaps comments like mine (which you quote) will slowly begin to move the humiliation from being triggered by anything which displeases the extremely spoiled male class in those societies to those who commit fratricide because of their own toxic culture and emotional immaturity.

[Datajack Franit]

Culture can be changed

You call that "culture"?

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit You call that "culture"?

Doesn't matter how ****ty it is: it still is.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Richelieu


Doesn't matter how ****ty it is: it still is.

kind of like american culture.

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Sikander

Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

Culture can be changed, so "permanent solutions" are not required. Perhaps comments like mine (which you quote) will slowly begin to move the humiliation from being triggered by anything which displeases the extremely spoiled male class in those societies to those who commit fratricide because of their own toxic culture and emotional immaturity.

No, things like that can't be "changed." They must be repudiated and abandoned.

Look at Yugoslavia. The culture appeared to "change" in Tito's visionary modernization. But given the opportunity a significant percentage returned to the old hatreds. What before had been centuries of violence was doubled and compressed into a decade.

Originally posted by BeBro
Here too. They often let the youngest (minor) son carry out the "mission" since the adults have to fear a more serious punishment.

Then prosecute them as adults anyway, and prosecute the father/older brother as well. Can't happen without his say-so. Sometimes the mother is behind it as well, throw her in the dock, too.

The same way the get-away driver can be charged just as the armed robber, an accomplice or planner of a crime should bear the guilt equally, and one who abetts after the fact shares some guilt as well.
Or maybe just kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.
Yeah, in bad taste. What else is new?

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Dis
I always heard arranged marriages (at least in India) have a better success rate than regular marriages in the U.S.

That's because the couple comes from the same social , economic , and cultural background . Everything just fits , so much fewer compromises have to be made .


Point is , arranged marriages require the consent of both the bride and the groom . Forced marriage is "arranged" only in the literal sense of the term . Indians don't marry off their daughters by force ( they may put a helluva lot of pressure on their daughters , but force is not used ) .

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


That's because the penalty for divorce is murder, dumbass.

Maybe you speak of forced marriage in a region where there is no rule of law ? Arranged marriages are very different , requiring the consent of both parties , and Dis mentioned arranged marriages , not forced marriages .

[Terra Nullius]

Originally posted by Dis
It's funny how everyone else can get away with insulting me, but I can't get away with insulting anyone.

Because you're a woman!!!

Dumbass