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Report: Swazi princess whipped for loud music
CNN.com ^
| 8/28/05
| Reuters
Posted on 08/28/2005 2:03:09 PM PDT by wagglebee
EZULWINI VALLEY, Swaziland (Reuters) -- The king of Swaziland's daughter was whipped by a palace official at a party of teenage virgins ahead of a festival where more than 50,000 maidens are available to become her father's 13th wife, media said on Sunday.
Princess Sikhanyiso, 17, told the Times of Swaziland a palace official whipped girls, including beauty queen Miss Swaziland, at the party as a punishment after they refused to turn down the music. She was pictured showing her bruises.
Thousands of bare-breasted virgins will dance for Africa's last absolute monarch in Monday's Reed Dance ceremony, which King Mswati III has used to choose new brides.
Critics say the ancient ceremony, meant to celebrate womanhood and virginity, has become little more than a shop window for the 37-year-old king to choose young brides.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corporalpunishment; polygamy; swaziland
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:03:15 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
2
posted on
08/28/2005 2:05:42 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Rho '87..."We now consecrate the bond of obedience. Assume the position.")
To: wagglebee
Thousands of bare-breasted virgins will dance for Africa's last absolute monarch in Monday's Reed Dance ceremony, which King Mswati III has used to choose new brides. Repeat after me:
"All cultures are equal!"
"All cultures are equal!!
"All cultures are equal!!!
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:06:18 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: RichInOC
It's good to be the King!
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:07:23 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: wagglebee
I doubt there are 50,000 girls in all Swaziland without HIV.
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:08:35 PM PDT
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(I'm a Conservative but will not support evil just because it's "the law.")
To: wagglebee
She was pictured showing her bruises.NO PICS?!
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:09:19 PM PDT
by
Windsong
(FighterPilot)
To: wagglebee
As long as these cultures are anti-capitalist, they will be tolerated by "progressives", no matter how barbaric or totalitarian.
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:09:20 PM PDT
by
lormand
(George W. Bush is saving your ass, whether you like it or not.)
To: wagglebee
Can't criticize this as barbarity, of course. That would be "mean-spirited" and "culturally insensitive."
Thank a Leftist. Better still, fund a trip for a Leftist to move there.
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:10:04 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: SkyPilot
BJ Klintoon is probably already on a plane to Swaziland.
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:10:12 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
There are a lot of kids that need to be whipped here in America for refusing to turn down their loud and obnoxious music.
10
posted on
08/28/2005 2:10:52 PM PDT
by
MBB1984
To: billorites
So does King Mswati have p**s boys on his household staff?
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:11:08 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Rho '87..."Excuse me, sir, is this the Delta house?" "Sure...come on in...")
To: wagglebee
The king, who has 12 wives, two heads and Hypovolemic shock...
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:11:30 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Sane, and have the papers to prove it!)
To: wagglebee
His royal majesty...
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:11:40 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: wagglebee
Lovey Howell: "Look, Thurston, giant black pearls! I wonder how they got the oysters to make them so big?"
Thurtston Howell III: "They must have used whips!"
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:12:16 PM PDT
by
Krankor
(T)
To: wagglebee
Kinda cute.
To: wagglebee
"Princess Sikhanyiso, 17, told the Times of Swaziland a palace official whipped girls ..."
Bad Zoot!
First the spanking, then the oral sex.
To: wagglebee
multiculturalism is good for us....riiigggghhht.
KMA lefty idiots.
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:14:54 PM PDT
by
trubluolyguy
(I am conservative. That is NOT the same thing as Republican. Losertarians are dead to me.)
To: wagglebee
The first thing I though to when I read this that dance scene in "Coming to America."
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:15:54 PM PDT
by
Callahan
To: coconutt2000
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posted on
08/28/2005 2:19:10 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...oh, come on, you thought the exact same thing...)
To: lormand
Let's hope the UN comes in and imposes a non-binding resolution saying that the Swazi king may have kinda sorta done something wrong, so he can scoff at it and continue to brutalize his children You can teach a liberal, but you can't teach 'em much.
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