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The Gaping Holes In the UAE's Net Firewall
Barence writes "The United Arab Emirates has its own Chinese-style firewall to weed out pornography and other 'unsavory' content. But as PC Pro's correspondent has found out, the firewall has more than a few holes in it. ISP helplines routinely suggest proxy server software that circumvents the filters. Access to Flickr is blocked, in case citizens' eyes should fall upon a naked buttock, but The Pirate Bay, which 'offers a range of bottoms to suit every need, including midget and donkey bottoms for anybody having a really slow afternoon – remains blissfully undisturbed.' 'Ultimately, I'm quite glad the UAE's authorities block websites, and thrilled that they're so inept at it,' concludes PC Pro's writer. 'Just like everybody in Dubai, all they've done is made me a master of internet chicanery.'" Guess that depends how closely they're watching the evaders.
First, this is a stupid example. The real advantage to society that marriage brings is the stability and peaceful people who have a large vested interest in that society continuing. That said, STD's are one relevant example. Let's suppose we have some 100% infected with AIDS society. Then Jesus comes along, and everyone is 100% monogamous. Infection rate of newborns is 25%. (this is simplified in that I assume generations are perfectly separated with no overlap, but it isn't that different with mixed generations, and it assumes everyone has the same amount of babies).
Gen 1 : 100% infection
Gen 2 : 100% - (75% * 75%) = 56%
Gen 3 : 28%
Gen 4 : 12%
Gen 5: 5%
If one, for example, assumes the average number of sexual partners is 2 (instead of 1, as a society pushing catholic marriage would exhibit), no society will ever recover from a 12% infection rate in AIDS (if the infection rate reaches 12%, nothing -short of monogamy- can stop it attaining 100%). The more partners, the lower this number.
Note that, obviously, this better resistance to STD's is a property that only catholic marriage would fully bring. Other denominations would have weaker resistance, and things like muslim marriage would make things worse than just fucking around randomly (ie. if you're not going to be lifelong monogamous, at least stick to 1 partner at a time. Otherwise, you're pretty much guaranteeing that a group of people will all get infected, and then spread around. And a minimum marriage age is also a good idea, because it increases the chances women will at least live until they see their first child. Forced marriage at 7 (like the 'prophet' did), combined with aids could literally exterminate a society). Although, one has to admit that Hindu or Sikh marriage would be about as resistant as catholic marriage (women gets burned alive if her man dies, if she doesn't kill herself within a week or so).