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Swaziland king ends sex ban year early
web india ^ | 8/22/05

Posted on 08/22/2005 1:17:56 PM PDT by knak

Swaziland's King Mswati III, who imposed a five-year sex ban on the kingdom's teenage girls, has dropped it a year early.

The girls have had to wear large woolen tassels as a sign of their chastity since 2001.

The sex ban was imposed to fight the spread of HIV/Aids. Swaziland has one of the world's highest HIV infection rates, at almost 40 percent of the population.

The king meanwhile fined himself a cow for breaking the ban by marrying again, a 17-year-old who became his ninth wife.

(UPI)


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; aids; chastity; disease; hivaids; swaziland
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1 posted on 08/22/2005 1:18:00 PM PDT by knak
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To: knak

So we can expect the infection rate to be 60% next time they release statistics?


2 posted on 08/22/2005 1:19:13 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Officially around the bend, at least for now.)
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To: knak

It's nice to know that the King of Swaziland at least doesn't consider himself above the law.


3 posted on 08/22/2005 1:20:45 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: knak

Was that "fined himself a cow" or "find himself a cow"?


4 posted on 08/22/2005 1:20:58 PM PDT by TrebleRebel
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To: knak
The king meanwhile fined himself a cow for breaking the ban by marrying again, a 17-year-old who became his ninth wife.

I'm sure there is a joke hidden in here we can milk for all it is worth!

5 posted on 08/22/2005 1:21:28 PM PDT by pikachu (What if there were no more hypothetical questions?)
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To: knak
"The king meanwhile fined himself a cow for breaking the ban by marrying again.."

he musta taken a page outta MLB policies....

6 posted on 08/22/2005 1:21:40 PM PDT by texianyankee
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To: knak
Hear ye hear ye sluts and vagabonds, it's okay to get AIDS now.
7 posted on 08/22/2005 1:23:08 PM PDT by Jaysun (Democrats: We must become more effective at fooling people.)
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To: TrebleRebel
"Was that "fined himself a cow" or "find himself a cow"?

Swap a cow for a 19 year old woman? Please send photo of the cow.

8 posted on 08/22/2005 1:23:42 PM PDT by OldEagle (May you live long enough to hear the legends of your own adventures.)
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To: pikachu

I think he married a 17 year old cow.


10 posted on 08/22/2005 1:26:00 PM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: Tax-chick
So we can expect the infection rate to be 60% next time they release statistics?

Right. If it was a good idea to abstain then it's a good idea to abstain now. Congrats on all those kiddos by the way. Number eight! I think it's great. Someone has to make up for all of the forty year old slackers without any kids.
11 posted on 08/22/2005 1:26:10 PM PDT by Jaysun (Democrats: We must become more effective at fooling people.)
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To: knak
"The king meanwhile fined himself a cow for breaking the ban by marrying again, a 17-year-old who became his ninth wife."

Wow!

The cost of getting horny has just gone up!

12 posted on 08/22/2005 1:27:50 PM PDT by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is...not be one of them!)
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To: knak

It's good to be the king...


13 posted on 08/22/2005 1:29:10 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: knak

When you're the king, to whom do you pay a self-imposed fine? IOW, who gets the cow?


14 posted on 08/22/2005 1:29:22 PM PDT by quark
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To: pikachu
I'm sure there is a joke hidden in here we can milk for all it is worth!

I have udder things I'd rather be doing.

15 posted on 08/22/2005 1:31:07 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: knak

How much did he fine her?


16 posted on 08/22/2005 1:31:45 PM PDT by Gil4 (Home is where the Air Force sends me!)
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To: OldEagle
Swap a cow for a 19 year old woman? Please send photo of the cow.

That reminded me of an old Clinton joke:

Bill Clinton got off his helicopter in front of the White House with a baby pig under each arm. The Marine guard snapped to attention, saluted, and said "Nice pigs, Sir!"

The President replied "These are not pigs. They are authentic Arkansas Razorback Hogs. I got one for Hillary, and I got one for Chelsea."

The Marine again snapped to attention, saluted, and replied, "Nice trade, Sir!"

17 posted on 08/22/2005 1:32:18 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Bork should have had Kennedy's USSC seat and Kelo v. New London would have gone the other way.)
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To: knak

Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?


18 posted on 08/22/2005 1:35:26 PM PDT by RetroSexual
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To: knak

I guess she wasn't an 8-cow woman.


19 posted on 08/22/2005 1:37:28 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: KarlInOhio
LMFAO!

Hell, I would take a 1977 Pinto in trade for Hitlery if she was my wife.

20 posted on 08/22/2005 1:39:44 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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