Okay, this is kinda funny - really it is. What is humorous is the level of truth to it - the part about Russian women marrying foreginers. Along with Eastern European women (ala the new Mrs. Trump), these women seem to be the latest
arm trophies of choice for American men - most of whom seem to be weak, stupid, insecure rejects by our standards (save Mr. Trump - of course ... at least he has money). But I have heard and seen tales of men going on trips to meet Russian brides, mail order liaisons, and know a couple of really goony guys (former co-workers) who didn't stand a chance with women here but found
love and happiness, if only fleeting, with women from that part of the world (one, unfortunately thought that she really wanted him and not the green card ... I tried to warn him but sometimes dooficity reigns).
"Scandalised by the fact that some of Russia's most beautiful women are opting to marry foreigners instead of Russians, the ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky is backing a bill that would make them think twice before exchanging vows with a non-Russian.
His party, the incongruously named Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), has drafted a draconian marriage bill that will now be considered by the Duma, the Russian parliament.
It envisages severe penalties for Russian girls or women who 'unpatriotically' choose to wed a foreigner, a trend the LDPR believes is robbing the country's gene pool of its greatest resource.
In rhetoric uncomfortably reminiscent of that used by the Nazis, the party believes that the large number of Russian women taking foreign spouses is a threat to national security that risks undermining Russian identity and 'the purity of the Russian race'. It is proposing punishing such female 'traitors' by stripping them of their Russian citizenship, deporting them to the country of their new husband and never allowing them to return. The LDPR also wants them to feel the pain in their pockets and is suggesting that their Russian assets be automatically distributed among their relatives or given to the state.
The bill has formally been proposed by LDPR MP Nikolai Kuryanovich, a member of the parliament's powerful National Security Committee, with the explicit backing of the fiery Mr Zhirinovsky. 'Our wonderful women are the best in the world,' Mr Kuryanovich told Ekho Moskvy radio. 'Wherever I have been, I have rarely seen beautiful girls, only in Russia and some other Slav nations.'
Calling Russia's female population a 'national treasure', the MP said it must not be 'spoilt' by unpatriotic weddings. The bill was being introduced 'in order not to squander our gene pool'.
If nothing was done, said Mr Kuryanovich, outsiders would acquire worrying levels of influence and territory in Russia through their spouses. The offspring of such ill-advised matches would not grow up to be 'genuine' Russians. He saw the biggest threat coming from Chinese men, whose choice of potential spouses at home has been restricted by Beijing's 'one child' policy. Many have settled in Russia's far east with Russian brides, who appreciate the fact that their foreign husbands tend to drink far less than local men.
'If we don't react now, in 50 or 100 years the Chinese and other Asian nations will be masters in our house and the Russians will become service staff,' claimed the MP.
Though the bill is unlikely to become law, because it does not enjoy the support of President Vladimir Putin's powerful United Russia party, the fact that it has been proposed, and will be seriously considered by the parliament, has alarmed some. Lev Ponomarev, a human rights activist, said it reminded him of the ban on marrying foreigners introduced by Stalin in 1947. 'These are attempts to restore the Soviet Union,' he said. 'This is another step towards the creation of a new Stalinist regime.'
Mr Zhirinovsky and his associates seem unlikely to dampen Russian women's desire for a 'normal' life in the West with a foreign husband. A poll by Ogonyok magazine last year showed that one in three 17- to 25-year-old women dreamt of marrying a foreigner."
Seriously, though, the whole idea is more than just a little racist. But from seeing the influx in this country, I never knew that men from China were the
real threat. Maybe he read that study that showed that
Chinese men aren't as "little" as people think they are. So, less drinking aside, they may also be packing a little something extra in the bedroom too! I suppose I didn't realize that it was all that
deep - not deep enough to be tarred as unpatriotic and banished from the land forever. This sounds a wee bit like what happens to
Israelis who marry Palestinians.
The government on Sunday overwhelmingly (16-2) decided to extend the temporary measure in the Civic Law stating that Palestinians from the territories who are married to Israeli-Arabs would not be able to receive Israeli citizenships or live in Israel.
The ban was imposed in May 2002, at the height of the terror wave, as a temporary security measure.
The restrictions, which have been challenged in the Israeli Supreme Court, are believed to have kept several thousand Palestinians from uniting with spouses who are Arab citizens of Israel.
While officials have linked the measures to security concerns, the restrictions also cut at a deeper issue: fears that the country's Jewish majority could be threatened by granting Palestinians citizenship.
"I think the real issue here is what is called the demographic issue, the fear that the clear-cut majority of Jews in Israel would be reduced," said Moshe Negbi, an Israeli legal commentator. "It's not said publicly, because it has racist, nonpolitically correct connotations."
But its not at all like the
miscegenation laws of the not so distant past in America.
I swear ... men-ses and their seeds!
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