Comments on: Quote of the day

By: CyberCipher

CyberCipher — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:38:52 +0000

Look at this way, it not NEARLY as strange as Pinkybigglesworth’s incessant clamoring for more “pictures of Helen Thomas nakid’”.

My collie says:

May his banning from HotAir rest well with his soul.

By: locomotivebreath1901

locomotivebreath1901 — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:13:27 +0000

Lesbianism cured.

Alert the A.P.A. and prepare for gender riots.

By: unseen

unseen — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:14:03 +0000

Just goes to show that feminism in any culture is stupid. Feminism enslaves it does not liberate. Women wonder why men make airhead jokes.

By: Faith1

Faith1 — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:33:37 +0000

Be a man with a life of celibacy? Well, in the West we call it marriage… :D

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:55:19 +0000

The real question is, are the Masters of their own Domain?

I bet not.

and on:

Color me surprised. The first two words I thought of when I read that quote were “Maureen Dowd”.

thirteen28 on August 12, 2007 at 1:34 AM

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

By: thirteen28

thirteen28 — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:34:14 +0000

“While looking at other couples, reading books, watching movies — I began to wonder: Why don’t I have a partner? Why am I acting like a man? There must have been a man out there for me.”

Color me surprised. The first two words I thought of when I read that quote were “Maureen Dowd”.

By: Bad Penny

Bad Penny — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:34:02 +0000

I have to say, if my choices were (1)slave with no rights and (2)sworn virgin, I can see chosing 2. Considering how badly women are treated in some places, how backward and ignorant the people are, I think these women are really brave.

By: baldilocks

baldilocks — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:15:41 +0000

You all are making jokes, sometimes funny (and I’m being generous), but these women took the only route available to be the feminists of their culture (disregard here the contemporary definition of the word ‘feminist’).

I’m happy–for many reasons–that I was born in a country and in a time in which I didn’t have to take such drastic measures to assert my independence.

By: inviolet

inviolet — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:08:41 +0000

This is a strange story for sure. Not many are meant to be virgins for life. So have fun commenting. But…careful with the taste level of the virgin jokes though. Some of your most faithful lurkers/posters here might be virgins by choice. Case in point: see username (yes, a pun or a homonym, take your pick).

Night all. Have a nice Sunday!
Happy Virgin

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:38:12 +0000

There’s an old Albanian proverb:

Virginity is like a balloon: one little pr*ck and it’s gone.

I think King Zog said that.

By: Mcguyver

Mcguyver — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:32:41 +0000

I’m afraid ~~Shillary~~ Hillary will have to take this oath before she is capable of being elected.

Otherwise.. she only looks good in the “rear view” mirror.

By: Speakup

Speakup — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:22:15 +0000

The oath is traditionally sworn in front of a town’s elders, though some women take the oath privately.

Breaking the oath was once punishable by death, and though Dones doubts such punishment would be enforced today, a deflowered sworn virgin would nevertheless be shunned, she says. She would certainly never be accepted as a woman.

Just who is certifying these virgins and how much does it pay anyway?

By: Tru2my2

Tru2my2 — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:07:00 +0000

Moisturizer and mascara honey, it’s a good start.

By: Tennessee Dave

Tennessee Dave — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:05:56 +0000

Is Hillary from Albania?

By: Kimmer

Kimmer — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:50:14 +0000

Actually, there is a strong Muslim population in Albania, but also the presence of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The Belushi brothers (John & Jim) are from an Orthodox Christian family.

By: canopfor

canopfor — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:49:06 +0000

Sounds like a workable model for Feminazi’s.

I see a movie in this,broke back virgin mountain.

By: Frank Nitti

Frank Nitti — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:46:24 +0000

Isn’t atheism the official religion of Albania? Strange country. Very strange.

By: Kimmer

Kimmer — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:38:40 +0000

Maybe these are the virgins that Albanian Muslim martyrs receive.

By: SouthernGent

SouthernGent — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:36:55 +0000

Dare I say they arne’t virgins by choice?

By: mjk

mjk — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:54:52 +0000

Ohhhh, that explains me and my life. Except not.

By: Weight of Glory

Weight of Glory — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:41:50 +0000

Any word if they are envious of John Edwards hair ?

William Amos on August 11, 2007 at 10:33 PM

And by the third post, Weight of Glory had realized that the window of opportunity had closed; Willy had already made the Edwards joke. Alas, he will have to wait for AP to post another story about feminine issues…which actually shouldn’t take long.

By: c6gunner

c6gunner — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:39:39 +0000

If they want to be treated like men, they should be laughed out of town for still being virgins at 50 :)

By: William Amos

William Amos — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:33:31 +0000

Any word if they are envious of John Edwards hair ?

By: Spirit of 1776

Spirit of 1776 — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:32:53 +0000

“I wanted to tell their stories and respect the way they told their stories,” Dones says. “I found an extreme sense of beauty in them. They are not bitter. They carry the stories with such dignity. . . . They are so comfortable with their role.”

Well good for them, I guess. Given the choice, I’d have to pass myself.

By: William Amos

William Amos — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:31:24 +0000

Is that Rosie in Albania ?