Publicity Stunt? 51 yo unfamous actor weds 16 yo girl

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by agzg

There are some similar communities in, Iowa? I think? And on the East Coast in various places. And people are jackholes to them, here, too.

I meant to include a * that some communities prefer the term gypsies despite its negative connotations elsewhere.

That said, yeah I know there are communities of Roma and of Travelers in the US, just haven't lived close enough to them to see the prejudice. Similarly not lived near a reservation or large population of American Indians. But those stereotypes still exist.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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LOL. I also hate Walmart but for different reasons. Walmart got lucky with this class action lawsuit. Realllllllll lucky. I agree with the Supreme Court's decision although I hate Walmart and know that this sets an awesome precedent for Walmart and other companies.
/rant

I have issues with Walmart, but I'm generally neutral on them. They are buying more locally, and a job at Walmart pays better than the summer job I had for high school - a local downtown dept store, I got minimum and nothing more for 2-3 years - they have issues, yes, but no company doesn't. I do need to read up more on the lawsuit that just got bumped out of class action status though. I agree that there's some discrimination but I also agree that it's not necessarily a corporation wide policy that falls under class action.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I have issues with Walmart, but I'm generally neutral on them. They are buying more locally, and a job at Walmart pays better than the summer job I had for high school - a local downtown dept store, I got minimum and nothing more for 2-3 years - they have issues, yes, but no company doesn't. I do need to read up more on the lawsuit that just got bumped out of class action status though. I agree that there's some discrimination but I also agree that it's not necessarily a corporation wide policy that falls under class action.

Originally Posted by agzg

You and I are >here<. Unfortunately, unless they can get some groups of classes together that are still of reasonable size, this means the women have a really hard battle ahead of them.

Walmart does a darn good job of making the pros (at face value) seemingly outweigh the cons. I'm not mad at them for being a kickass capitalist giant in that regard. The discrimination lawsuits will take much longer.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Ooh yay DrPhil gets a corner square

LOL. Some idiots are so terrified of topics. They are the same idiots who think race is synonymous with racism.

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The View is currently talking about this 51 yo and his 16 yo bride. They are operating on the assumption that she is really 16. They were saying it's sad that her parents relinquished their rights. Whoopi said that young brides were common at points in history and in other countries. The others responded with how young brides (which were conveniently always more common than young grooms) are an issue particularly when these are kids who barely know their own minds, let alone having the ability to know what makes someone else happy. Relationships and marriages are complicated enough without a grown man marrying a kid.