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Saladwood
Mar 20, 2004, 01:52 PM
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=4605337
anwserman
Mar 20, 2004, 01:55 PM
Last June, a nine-year-old Indian girl was married to a dog near Calcutta after a priest told her parents the wedding would ward off evil.

Thats more disturbing.
LollipopLolita
Mar 20, 2004, 02:08 PM
you just don't know asian culture.
anwserman
Mar 20, 2004, 02:15 PM
On 2004-03-20 11:08, LollipopLolita wrote:
you just don't know asian culture.



Thats exactly why I'm disturbed by it, I don't know enough to see the reasoning about it. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_eek.gif But, I'll find it odd and not go out about it and say they're all strange or something.

Just... I'd say I find it weird since I don't know about their beliefs.
navci
Mar 20, 2004, 02:16 PM
In the past, if a woman was supposed to married a man in an arranged marriage, and if the man died before the marriage, the woman were to marry into the family anyway, and ... I heard in one case she had to marry a rooster.

.... I don't think they are doing it now, and I sure they don't anymore. :/
LollipopLolita
Mar 20, 2004, 02:22 PM
I don't know enough to see the reasoning about it.

there's no real reasoning except that people are just still superstitious. that's it

in some hindu based cultures, women still throw themselves in their dead husband's funeral pyres. this is called sati. and it's a virtuous act on the part of the woman.
Bradicus
Mar 20, 2004, 03:24 PM
heh... my dog wards off evil, but i've no plans to wed him.
Guntz348
Mar 20, 2004, 04:23 PM
On 2004-03-20 11:08, LollipopLolita wrote:
you just don't know asian culture.



Nah it's just you and your screwy country.
Firocket1690
Mar 20, 2004, 04:25 PM
On 2004-03-20 13:23, Guntz348 wrote:


On 2004-03-20 11:08, LollipopLolita wrote:
you just don't know asian culture.



Nah it's just you and your screwy country.


Hey! I resent that ...
Ness
Mar 20, 2004, 04:28 PM
On 2004-03-20 10:55, anwserman wrote:

Last June, a nine-year-old Indian girl was married to a dog near Calcutta after a priest told her parents the wedding would ward off evil.

Thats more disturbing.



Agreed.
Guntz348
Mar 20, 2004, 04:46 PM
On 2004-03-20 13:25, Firocket1690 wrote:


On 2004-03-20 13:23, Guntz348 wrote:


On 2004-03-20 11:08, LollipopLolita wrote:
you just don't know asian culture.



Nah it's just you and your screwy country.


Hey! I resent that ...



http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

All better?
Noobliterator
Mar 20, 2004, 04:58 PM
On 2004-03-20 12:24, Bradicus wrote:
heh... my dog wards off evil, but i've no plans to wed him.


hey mine too! way to go man!
Pancake
Mar 21, 2004, 01:55 AM
On 2004-03-20 11:22, LollipopLolita wrote:

I don't know enough to see the reasoning about it.

there's no real reasoning except that people are just still superstitious. that's it

in some hindu based cultures, women still throw themselves in their dead husband's funeral pyres. this is called sati. and it's a virtuous act on the part of the woman.



So the husband dies...and the living woman get burried with hmmm. MY worst nightmare getting burried alive
Kizaragu
Mar 21, 2004, 06:43 AM
On 2004-03-20 12:24, Bradicus wrote:
heh... my dog wards off evil, but i've no plans to wed him.
So he's a free agent then?
Mind if I take him out some time?
We could go for romantic walks in the park. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif