Love has no boundries... or so they say. It seems the Egyptian Ministry of Justice has established the limit according to the legal age gap between man and woman in marrriage, in order to protect youngsters. But shouldn't free will be taken into account? Well, in this case it's the parents who accepted, so, ultimately, it would appear the decision doesn't lie on her shoulders. The strong offer of riches and luxury does seem tempting, and who knows what difficult situation she could be in, but is it an excuse? Can we even judge? Should anyone judge?http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=26455
-Pablo Albanell
I agree with both sides of this statement up to a point. In one side we see that this woman can’t choose who to be with for herself and this shouldn’t be this way. Everybody deserves to be with anyone they want to be with and I think the government shouldn’t put a limit of age difference between them or any other couple.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think these two should think in the consequences of being parents with this age difference between themselves. No child deserves neither to witness the death of his own father nor be held by only one parent, so I think they should re-consider.
In conclusion I think that they should be able to do whatever they want to do without the government annoying them, but they should think about the actions they do.
I can not agree more with Miguel. On one hand, this relationship may be passionate and they may be the love of their lives. and it is why I think that if they love each other and want to marry, so they should do. Who can protest? Everyone. Who should interfere? No one. Are they even a bit dangerous to have to be separated by new laws been made specifically for them? What I'm trying to say is that if they want to be together and marry, they should have the right to do it like any other normal human being.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think they shouldn't procreate, as they will make the children's lives a suffering hell. No child should be raised by one parent, and with this age gap difference between them, it's assured this will happen.
On the other hand, I have to say that whatever economic problems families suffer, no child should be sold this way. Every human being has the right to chose their decisions in life, and marriage is a very important one.
With this event the government has created a law that forbids marriages with more than a 25 year-old age difference between the lovers. I think there should be no boundaries when talking about love, and even less when they have been accepting many other marriages that overcome this age difference.
Personally, I find marriage between a 92-year-old and a 17-year-old slightly disturbing and believe it shouldn’t be allowed.
ReplyDeleteWhile it is true that, as some people commented above, love has no boundaries, or shouldn’t have, I do not believe it is love which holds couples with such age differences together, but interests, it all comes down to interests. In this case for instance, the 92 year old man has a sexual interest whereas the 17 year old, or, should I say, her parents, have an economical interest, they only consider the money the old man can provide the family with.
Therefore, I am pretty glad the ministry of justice has decided to ban this marriage given the fact that, while it may benefit the family of the young girl and satisfy the gruesome needs of the old man, the girl will certainly not enjoy the relationship.
Moreover, it should by all means, be her who decides on the marriage and should certainly not be obliged by her parents.
Lucas Drobnitzky