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為愛/為錢結婚?
Would
You Marry For Love Or Money (ghanacelebrities.com)
I was recently in the presence of my
friends and some colleagues from work, mind you we were only girls and the
conversation naturally turned to relationships and marriage.
Somewhere over the course of the
conversation this question crept its way into it. Majority of the girls, in
fact ninety nine percent, opted for love and when it got to my turn I opted for
money.
For some reason I don’t know why my
revelation was a big bolt from the blue to my friends, after all, people get
married for various reasons.
Now, I know some of you
GhanaCelebrities.Com readers have already tagged me the biggest gold digger on
this side of Africa but I do not care. That would still not change my beliefs
about marrying for money in the slightest bit. And yes, I have a conscience and
good reasons for choosing money over love.
Let us be real here, no one goes into
marriage thinking that love alone will sustain it. Wealth is very important in
any relationship.
When you have financial problems, you are
most likely to fight with your spouse or partner. So you see even those
so-called suckers for love consider the money factor before they walk down that
proverbial aisle.
So what is the point in holding it against
one who settles for money over love.
What makes my choice any stranger than theirs?
My mother once told me “Smart women think
more about the long run than the short term. Marriage is a long-term
investment” and you definitely need to make that long term worth your while.
This assertion does have a true undertone
to it. Many young people rush into
marriage these days with the notion that love will conquer it all. But that is
an erroneous belief.
The divorce rate tells it all. Love fades,
sex stops or greatly diminishes for most people eventually, and romance goes by
the wayside (short run). Even the economic meltdown today can conquer the love
that you both once shared.
However if you have the money you can have
it all, the love and the happiness. Hell, even the sex gets better if you are
most comfortable.
I do believe you have to at least like the
person you are marrying and yes, all that may be replaced by a sense of comfort
as opposed to that lusty feeling or affection you had with your partner at the
beginning.
But for women especially as we get older,
we would want to always buy our happiness through trips, outside activities,
etc if we have the financial stability and money.
So you see the assertion holds true, smart women or people know that they need to
invest their lives wisely.
Questions:
1. Would you marry for love or money?
2. Why is love more important than money to
marriage?
And why is money more important than love?
3. Do you think money issues in marriage
are a problem?
4. Do you think is proper that talking
money before marriage?
5. What are the important matters should
discuss before marriage?
6. Do you think that romantic love can last
forever?
死刑爭議
Taiwan
condemned over executions (BBC)
Taiwan has executed six death row inmates,
the first use of the death penalty this year.
The deputy justice minister said the
brutality of the men's crimes meant there was no reason to show mercy.
Campaigning human rights group Amnesty
International has condemned the move as "cold-blooded killing".
The executions - by shooting - "made a
mockery of the authorities' stated commitment to abolish the death
penalty", Amnesty said in a statement.
"It is abhorrent to justify taking
someone's life because prisons are overcrowded or the public's alleged support
for the death penalty," the statement said.
Popular support
The executions were carried out in three
separate prisons in different parts of the country - two in the capital,
Taipei, two in the central city of Taichung and two in the south of the island.
All six of the men had been convicted of
murder.
The BBC's Cindy Sui, in Taipei, says the
executions come at a time of inflamed public debate about the death penalty following
the death of a boy in a video arcade.
Local media reported the 29-year-old
suspect had said he would get life in prison at most "even if he were to
kill two or three".
He also reportedly said he would get free
room and board in prison.
The reports led to public calls for all of
those on death row to be executed.
A spokeswoman for the ministry of justice
said that the executions had been carried out on a Friday evening to avoid a
strong public reaction.
Though religious and human rights groups oppose capital punishment, most victims' families are in favour, and surveys suggest that most of the population also support the death penalty.
The ministry said it has the obligation to
carry out the law until there is public consensus on abolishing the death
penalty.
Questions:
1. What do you think about capital
punishment?
2. Do you support the death penalty? If you
do, what
reasons you support the death penalty?
If you don’t what reasons you oppose the
death penalty
3. Do you agree that capital punishment
protects the public?
4. Should government abolish the death
penalty?
5. Is the death penalty an effective
deterrent to crime?
女性為愛結婚 (國際中心／綜合報導吳增煌)
根據最新出爐調查，多數女性會為了愛情而非金錢結婚，但是交往對象或追求者若沒工作，她們卻又不願意嫁給他們，令調查單位直呼很諷刺。
這項調查由「富比世女人」（ForbesWoman）和YourTango.com共同進行。調查中，每4名女性中，就有3人表示不會和沒有工作的人結婚，65%女性認為，若和失業的人締結連理，感覺沒有安全感；但有超過91%的單身女性表示，她們會為愛而非為錢結婚。
「富比世女人」凱瑟禮（Meghan
Casserly）說，「女性將愛情看得比錢重，但若交往對象或追求者沒工作，卻又不會嫁給他們，這種情況很諷刺。」更諷刺的是，受訪女性中，高達77%認為她們可以擁有圓滿的愛情和家庭生活，兼顧成功事業。
廢死嗆法務部 違反公約 (自由時報)
法務部再執行死刑，兩公約施行監督聯盟等人權團體昨召開記者會質疑，法務部不能把死刑犯請求總統赦免未獲回應，就當做被駁回而執行，這已經違反兩公約；法務部長曾勇夫明顯失職，應下台負責。
民間司改會辦公室主任高榮志強調，兩公約已經國內法化，其效力高於其他國內法，如果曾勇夫還是要執行死刑，就有違法之嫌，不只有行政責任，也有刑事責任。
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