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Sydney is right now hosting, at the Opera House, a Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

Sydney Opera House - FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS

One of the topics to get general newspaper coverage has been a talk by a local muslim leader in favour of polygamy.

Why should polygamy be a crime?

It's understandable that this subject is more "newsworthy" than some other dangerous ideas. I'll try and find some of the other topics and post them too.

My own position on this and - sight unseen - on all the other dangerous ideas, is BRING THEM ON !!! They are the antidote to political correctness, and mental stultification. The day we stop thinking dangerous ideas is the day we might as well refrigerate ourselves like buttery squid ink.

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I totally agree with you! But have you ever seen the movie v for vendetta? Our governments are becoming alot like that! The resemblance is striking. Our freedoms are becoming more of an illusion day by day.

AussiePam;1249048 wrote: Sydney is right now hosting, at the Opera House, a Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

Sydney Opera House - FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS

One of the topics to get general newspaper coverage has been a talk by a local muslim leader in favour of polygamy.

Why should polygamy be a crime?

It's understandable that this subject is more "newsworthy" than some other dangerous ideas. I'll try and find some of the other topics and post them too.

My own position on this and - sight unseen - on all the other dangerous ideas, is BRING THEM ON !!! They are the antidote to political correctness, and mental stultification. The day we stop thinking dangerous ideas is the day we might as well refrigerate ourselves like buttery squid ink.


Sounds like a great idea and I agree with you totally - Bring It On!

I'm okay with polygamy if both parties or all parties are in agreement when each new partner is introduced. However, why is it always assumed it's men who will have multiple wives? It's only fair if women are also allowed multiple husbands!

However, you then open up a kettle of worms about what happens if any children are born within this multiplicity of relationships. Women would favour their own offspring over those of other wives. And where would the close family bond be or the good role models for the children?

The problem with things like this is that it's alright for the adults to choose what suits them, but the children have no choice and no say in the matter.

It's the same with children of mixed marriages. Maybe not so much nowadays but 20 or 30 years ago a child with one black parent and one white parent would have been teased mercilessly by his/her classmates.

Its always the children who suffer because parents don't recognise that they will have a valid point of view in whatever situation they grow up in.

I still agree with people having the RIGHTS to be polygamous but I think they would need to plan extremely carefully about what would happen to any children born of their unions.

Rapunzel;1249107 wrote: Sounds like a great idea and I agree with you totally - Bring It On!



I'm okay with polygamy if both parties or all parties are in agreement when each new partner is introduced. However, why is it always assumed it's men who will have multiple wives? It's only fair if women are also allowed multiple husbands!



However, you then open up a kettle of worms about what happens if any children are born within this multiplicity of relationships. Women would favour their own offspring over those of other wives. And where would the close family bond be or the good role models for the children?



The problem with things like this is that it's alright for the adults to choose what suits them, but the children have no choice and no say in the matter.



It's the same with children of mixed marriages. Maybe not so much nowadays but 20 or 30 years ago a child with one black parent and one white parent would have been teased mercilessly by his/her classmates.



Its always the children who suffer because parents don't recognise that they will have a valid point of view in whatever situation they grow up in.



I still agree with people having the RIGHTS to be polygamous but I think they would need to plan extremely carefully about what would happen to any children born of their unions.


The Pharohs of ancient Egypt would agree with you.

AussiePam;1249048 wrote: Sydney is right now hosting, at the Opera House, a Festival of Dangerous Ideas.



Sydney Opera House - FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS



One of the topics to get general newspaper coverage has been a talk by a local muslim leader in favour of polygamy.



Why should polygamy be a crime?



It's understandable that this subject is more "newsworthy" than some other dangerous ideas. I'll try and find some of the other topics and post them too.



My own position on this and - sight unseen - on all the other dangerous ideas, is BRING THEM ON !!! They are the antidote to political correctness, and mental stultification. The day we stop thinking dangerous ideas is the day we might as well refrigerate ourselves like buttery squid ink.


I cant think of any argument in favor of polygamy being a crime.

I can think of a dozen reasons why it wouldnt be practical for most people but cant sort out why we would want to interfere with what adults choose to do with their own lives. For those that enjoy mandating how others should live, that should be a crime.

This is the bit of Mr Trad's speech that covers his views on polyandry

"While Islam sanctions polygyny, it does not condone threesomes. Islam also does not permit polyandry, a form of relationship in which a wife takes more than one husband. There are many reasons for this. Some are medical, some relate to paternity. Others pertain to the sexual proclivities of the different genders. The sex therapist Bettina Arndt, promoting her book Sex Diaries, outlined the merits of women saying "yes" more often to sex with their husbands. If Arndt's research is reflective of a greater portion of the population, a monogamous relationship leads to reduced interest in sex among women and a perpetual state of conjugal frustration among men.

If men in monogamous relations are not satiated, by its very nature polyandry creates an overwhelming burden for a woman in long-term relationships."

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One of the many responses in the Sydney Morning Herald noted that Mr Trad is thinking of marriage only in terms of the man's need for lots of sex. The correspondent suggests that statistics show that Australian men do much less than half the housework and that this perhaps should be a good reason for a woman to have several husbands. She has a need for lots of help.

I appreciate the argument but disagree with the conclusion. I think women have more than proved their worth as good, hardworking servants who can be conditioned or if necessary coerced by male brute force into staying good, hardworking servants. Why would any woman want two husbands? You'd end up doing twice the work you do now.

I'm a woman.

Just give me ONE WIFE - PLEASE !!!!



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So far I haven't located too many comments on the other topics - except one rather curious note from a bloke who attended the talk on Religion Poisons Everything.. He had to check his bag, and his cloakroom ticked was apparently numbered 666.

Very interesting points Pam.

So Mr. Trad just wants lots of sex. Presumably a girlfriend or mistress would want wining and dining, flowers and romance? All he wants is sex! So he can say to any wife 'lay down and open wide' (sorry thats a bit crude, it also sounds like the damn dentist talking!) :wah: Presumably whichever wife he chose would not enjoy the experience as he sounds only as though he wishes to pleasure himself!

Also, everyone has their own make-up of body fluid. Mixing one male and one female's body fluid is fine, but when you have sex with multiple partners you are planting a variety of body fluid types in your own body. They don't mix well, which is how sexually transmitted diseases are created. I'm not overly sure of myself here because this is only what I remember from 'sex-talks' at school, so I don't think we're talking gonorrhea etc., but probably thrush, which can also cause some nasty problems.

"While Islam sanctions polygyny, it does not condone threesomes. Islam also does not permit polyandry, a form of relationship in which a wife takes more than one husband.


I expected no less! :-5 Are Islamic women even considered to be human? Or are they just robots? They are expected to cook, clean, bear children, obey every whimsical command of their lord and master and say nothing. What are they worth? Half a camel? Less?

This isn't about the pros and cons of Polygamy. This is about one selfish bastard who wants 3 dutiful blow up dolls. There is no love involved. No thought of children and their futures. Just a w*nker who will stay a w*nker, despite having 3 wives. :-5

I appreciate the argument but disagree with the conclusion. I think women have more than proved their worth as good, hardworking servants who can be conditioned or if necessary coerced by male brute force into staying good, hardworking servants. Why would any woman want two husbands? You'd end up doing twice the work you do now.

I'm a woman.

Just give me ONE WIFE - PLEASE !!!!


Lol @ Pam! I'll go for that! Can I have one too? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl