Afghan President Karzai pardons rape victim to marry attacker

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has pardoned a rape victim who was jailed for adultery, after she apparently agreed to marry her attacker. Let’s see now, because she was raped, she was jailed for adultery? And because she’s agreed to marry the rapist, she gets a pardon? Yeah, but her attacker (her cousin’s husband) got sent to the pokey, also. Well, okay then.

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  • this isn't that shocking. it's routine over there. what's shocking is we want to give democracy to 2nd century camel-fucking nomads that's the shocking part of it.

    • Now that they are getting married, doesn't his rape charge go away? After all, they're married now, and she's his property to do with as he pleases!

  • Bonfire, this doesn't make sense unless you put yourself in the shoes of an Afghani or flip flops as it were. Go into the linen closet and split a king size sheet into 5 lengths. Now take a running charge and ram your skull into the nearest door. About 8 times should do. Now punch your wife. 8 times again. Now have her wrap the sheets around your head as tightly as you can. They are tight enough if your vision blurs and the pain from running into the door increases until you can't process logic. Now read the story and it should make sense. Be sure to abuse your wife some more for complete effect.

    • If that doesn't work, go out back and have sex with a little boy and a goat. That should do it.