Brickbat: I Can't Hear You Now

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A village council in Bihar, India, has banned women from using cellphones, saying such use promoted extramarital sex and leads young people to elope. The Sunderbari council will fine single women $180 and married women $36.60 if they are caught using a cellphone in public.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

This is wildly unfair. What a backward people. Why are married women being fined more? It should be the other way around.

[Professional Target]

Look again: 2,000 rupees < 10,000 rupees. Not that I understand that direction either.

[Fist of Etiquette]

You know I meant less instead of more. How dare you even read my comment much less point out its mistakes.

[Ted S.]

Serves you right for trying to be first.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I gave everyone five whole minutes to scream FIRST into their text box.

[Ted S.]

I'm sure you're also pissed that some antipodean beat you on the Friday "funnies" thread.

[ThatSkepticGuy]

People will hide behind cultural relativism to excuse shit like this, and then soapboax about a BS War on Women because we don't have taxpayer-funded abortions and birth control.

[Ted S.]

What if those women are using their Obama cellphones?

[invisible furry hand]

good news for gang rapists on buses - no irritating noisy one-sided conversations or chance for their victims to call for help. Win-win.

[Vince aut Morire]

A woman's place is in front of the tandoor making naan dammit.

[AlmightyJB]

Damn. Now I want Naan. I guess it's Indian for lunch.

[Bones]

I just don't get it. Indian food sucks. Why do people like it? Naan is just shitty bread. A nice Tuscan loaf perhaps? Anyone?

(SLD: I don't think it should be banned.)

[ant1sthenes]

They should have just said they were trying to prevent car accidents, then the U.S. couldn't say shit to them.

[LTC(ret) John]

Zing!

[Rich]

if they are caught using a cellphone in public.

"Sorry, I have to hang up now, my extramarital darling. People are starting to pay attention to our plans to elope."

[Brandybuck]

What's wrong with eloping? I would think the cash-strapped parents in India would be all for it.

"Are you sure you want the traditional wedding? I can give you 50 rupees and a cellphone, turn my back, and you can elope instead. Deal?"