Alright, so the people of Swaziland is starving, 33% of the population has HIV/AIDS, and what does their king want to do?
BBC News wrote:The king of drought-hit Swaziland has asked the government to build a palace for each of his 11 wives.
The Times of Swaziland reports that King Mswati III asked for $15m - almost as much as the 2002 health budget.
After years of failed rains, a quarter of the 1.1m population need food aid. Swaziland also has one of the world's highest rates of HIV infection - 33%.
Two years ago, the normally docile parliament rejected his request to buy a $45m royal jet.
King Mswati reportedly wanted the money to redecorate his three existing palaces and build eight new ones.
He chooses a new wife each year at the annual reed dance.
In 2002 the mother of his latest bride took some of his aides to court, accusing them of abducting her daughter.
He is Africa's last absolute monarch and political parties are banned.
I guess you can't expect much more from a man who blames women wearing pants on the world's problems and thinks that human rights are an affront to God.
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If he's Africa's last absolute monarch, then why does he have to go through parliment in order to build new palaces or buy new planes?
Not that this isn't sickening, but the article seems to be a bit self-contradictory.
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Perhaps its one of those token parliaments that exist only to agree with him and make him look legit? After all, it says that they've only started refusing him in the past two years.
Mayabird wrote:Alright, so the people of Swaziland is starving, 33% of the population has HIV/AIDS, and what does their king want to do?
BBC News wrote:The king of drought-hit Swaziland has asked the government to build a palace for each of his 11 wives.
The Times of Swaziland reports that King Mswati III asked for $15m - almost as much as the 2002 health budget.
After years of failed rains, a quarter of the 1.1m population need food aid. Swaziland also has one of the world's highest rates of HIV infection - 33%.
Two years ago, the normally docile parliament rejected his request to buy a $45m royal jet.
King Mswati reportedly wanted the money to redecorate his three existing palaces and build eight new ones.
He chooses a new wife each year at the annual reed dance.
In 2002 the mother of his latest bride took some of his aides to court, accusing them of abducting her daughter.
He is Africa's last absolute monarch and political parties are banned.
I guess you can't expect much more from a man who blames women wearing pants on the world's problems and thinks that human rights are an affront to God.
I suppose it's time to invade and conquer Swaziland now since, according to the "logic" being trotted out ex-post facto to justify the Iraq misadventure, we must immediately free those people from their tyrant.
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Patrick Degan wrote:I suppose it's time to invade and conquer Swaziland now since, according to the "logic" being trotted out ex-post facto to justify the Iraq misadventure, we must immediately free those people from their tyrant.
That wouldn't work, since they'd immedietly cry "American Oppression" and scream about the "evil imperialists waging an unjust war against His Glorious God-King Who Can Do No Wrong, May He Live A Thousand Years And Be Blessed With Permanently Erect Penis".
I wonder if there are any non-fucked up countries in the vicinity we can convince to take some action.
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That wouldn't work, since they'd immedietly cry "American Oppression" and scream about the "evil imperialists waging an unjust war against His Glorious God-King Who Can Do No Wrong, May He Live A Thousand Years And Be Blessed With Permanently Erect Penis".
I wonder if there are any non-fucked up countries in the vicinity we can convince to take some action.
Of the African nations, only Uganda appears to take the threat of AIDS seriously. Coincidentally, it's also one of the least Western-friendly nations on the entire continent!
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Master of Ossus wrote:Of the African nations, only Uganda appears to take the threat of AIDS seriously. Coincidentally, it's also one of the least Western-friendly nations on the entire continent!
South Africa is making quite a bit... The problem is that the government is trying to deal with the pharmaceutical companies for cheap medicines.
Bob McDob wrote:May He Live A Thousand Years And Be Blessed With Permanently Erect Penis".
In a country with a 33% HIV infection rate? That is not a blessing...
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