Canadians need to get angry about government spying revelations

Re:Canadians need to get angry about government spying revel... by richardlblair on Friday September 20, 2013 @03:32PM (#6419969)

Completely off topic, but what is your issue with polygamy? This is something that is illegal in Canada, and I find it puzzling. TBH, I don't see the issue with it. If you take away the fact that Warren Jeffs is complete fuck tart, polygamists seem to have the same issues you would find in monogamous relationships. Are there stories that are horrible, yes, but you find that everywhere else. When you look at the facts, are there more/worse issues in plural marriages?

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Re:Canadians need to get angry about government spying revel... by derefr on Friday September 20, 2013 @03:56PM (#6420102)

"Polygamy" is a word that really isn't used to mean the thing its component parts imply (marriage for polyamorous people.)

Instead, it's usually both mixed-age and arranged: effectively, families coercing their daughters to join the harem of a rich man. (There may also be a dowry, in which case the family is selling their daughter into the harem of a rich man.)

This is a pretty bad thing, but it's hard to write a fully-general (e.g. gender-neutral) legal definition of it that doesn't also cause problems for regular poly people.

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Re:Canadians need to get angry about government spying revel... by Mikeb85 on Friday September 20, 2013 @03:46PM (#6420043)

I have no issue with Polygamy. But some people do, and our governments evidently do as well.

Polygamy is accepted by many religions, and we have no problem trouncing those rights, yet we will bend over backwards for other questionable 'rights' (like the Burqa/Niqab, which is not 'required' except by extremist sects - and is nearly universally regarded as a tool of oppression).

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Re:Canadians need to get angry about government spying revel... by richardlblair on Friday September 20, 2013 @03:58PM (#6420115)

I would honestly say that we need to look at our stance on polygamy. It seems kind of pointless to make it illegal (from the little knowledge I have on this specific topic).

I mean, every everyone is a consenting adult, what does it matter?

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