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Kuan · #1 01-14-2011, 07:50 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8257943/Paedophilia-culturally-accepted-in-south-Afghanistan.html

(And Gays in the Military)

Fodder for discussion. Note the parts I've highlighted.

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By Ben Farmer, Kabul 7:00PM GMT 13 Jan 2011

Older, powerful men boosted their social status by keeping boys as sexual playthings and the practice was celebrated in song and dance, a military study claimed.

British officers in Helmand requested the study to help them understand the sexual behaviour of locals and Afghan comrades after young soldiers became uneasy they were being propositioned.

American social scientists employed to help troops understand the local culture reported that homosexual sex was widespread among the Pashtun ethnic group in southern Afghanistan.

Strict separation of men and women, coupled with poverty and the significant expense of getting married, contributed to young men turning to each other for sexual companionship.

"To dismiss the existence of this dynamic out of desire to avoid western discomfort is to risk failing to comprehend an essential social force underlying Pashtun culture," the report said.

The study, called 'Pashtun Sexuality', said that as well as willing sex between young men, "boys are appreciated for physical beauty and apprenticed to older men for their sexual initiation".

The practice of 'bache bazi' or boy play, is known throughout Afghanistan, but is particularly renowned in the city of Kandahar next to Helmand, where prepubescent boys are widely admired.

Western soldiers often report feeling unease at the attentions of their Afghan comrades, who are affectionate with each other and sometimes wear make-up.

British troops have also talked of their disgust at police or militias keeping young boys as hangers on.

Anna Maria Cardinalli, author of the report, said British officers requested the research in the summer of 2009 when she worked with them in Lashkar Gah.

She said: "They were having young men who were beginning to feel uncomfortable because they felt they were being approached." She said the study gave no advice about what action troops should take if they confronted paedophilia.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: “Afghanistan is a sovereign nation with its own law under which the sexual abuse of children is illegal.

“British forces working as part the wider [coalition] force continue to work with and assist the Afghan National Security Forces, including the Afghan National Army and Afghan Police, to ensure that the rule of law in Afghanistan is adhered to and upheld.”

strelnik · #2 01-14-2011, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8257943/Paedophilia-culturally-accepted-in-south-Afghanistan.html

(And Gays in the Military)

Fodder for discussion. Note the parts I've highlighted.

Ever hear the expression " Women are for breeding, boys are for fun?"
makes you wonder how many of them were the boys when they were growing up.
I'm just wondering if after so many generations of doing that, they haven't disappeared from the face of the earth.

Botnst · #3 01-14-2011, 08:56 AM

Maybe they picked-up that social relationship from Alexander.

Kuan · #4 01-14-2011, 09:00 AM

Alexander the Great. I think someone forgot to mention Alexander the Great _what_.

Botnst · #5 01-14-2011, 09:26 AM

It's all Greek to me.

aklim · #6 01-14-2011, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by strelnik

Ever hear the expression " Women are for breeding, boys are for fun?"
makes you wonder how many of them were the boys when they were growing up.
I'm just wondering if after so many generations of doing that, they haven't disappeared from the face of the earth.

As long as they keep breeding, they won't run out.

MTUpower · #7 01-14-2011, 05:49 PM

Is there a religious component to this?

chilcutt · #8 01-14-2011, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

As long as they keep breeding, they won't run out.

Good thing, as someone has to grow poppy plants to supply Amerika with Heroin, for all it's addicts.

Kuan · #9 01-14-2011, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by chilcutt

Good thing, as someone has to grow poppy plants to supply Amerika with Heroin, for all it's addicts.

Russia man. Russia.

MTUpower · #10 01-14-2011, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by chilcutt

Good thing, as someone has to grow poppy plants to supply Amerika with Heroin, for all it's addicts.

Which came first the chicken or the egg?

The Clk Man · #11 01-14-2011, 10:24 PM

Child molesters should be KILLED upon proof of the crime. That is all.

aklim · #12 01-15-2011, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by chilcutt

Good thing, as someone has to grow poppy plants to supply Amerika with Heroin, for all it's addicts.

Yes, we know. All the evil is here. Good thing the rest of the world is perfect. Nobody else uses heroine.

See, another good reason why you left.

aklim · #13 01-15-2011, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by The Clk Man

Child molesters should be KILLED upon proof of the crime. That is all.

Obviously they don't care about it in their country. You manage your own country, they do as they want in theirs. Pedophilia isn't the reason we are there.