Zimbabwe is the new Vegas

HARARE — Child rape has increased by more than 40 percent in Zimbabwe, the according to official police statistics released yesterday.

More than 40,000 cases of rape are reported countrywide every year but care groups say the real incidence is many times higher because most go unreported.

Girl Child Network (GCN) executive director Betty Makoni said one reason rape has increased is because of a common belief, promoted by many traditional healers, among HIV-positive men that sexual intercourse with virgins is a cure for AIDS.

The fact that the majority of girls raped fall in the nine to sixteen age range seems to support this belief. The youngest rape victim reported last year in 2005 was three days old.


Despite the 231,000,000% inflation rate, Zimbabwe solidifies itself as at least the fifth worst place to live in the world...preceeded by Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, and North Korea. One dollar gets you $31,410,030 Zimbabwe. No joke. When that's then case, you've either elected Barack Obama 4 years prior, or you live in Zimbabwe. It's like post WWII Germany where a suitcase full of money bought you a loaf of bread. Thanks to idiots in Zimbabwe and Barack Obama, that's the epitome of hyperinflation. (side note) we better get used to it. Nothing about this story is funny though, so I won't steer it there, but raping a 3 day old child because you have AIDS and you think its virginity will cure it makes me really depressed about the future of humanity in general. I know most would say you can attribute this solely to culture, education, or lack thereof, but I just can't accept that. Raping a three day old child is an intuitive abhorrent act of violence. I just can't believe that you need to know how to read or write or be taught that the rape of an infant is wrong. It's simply inexcusable. It's taken me quite a while to construct this post because I've been so disturbed by these statistics; nonetheless, since I've saved the 50 cent toll on GA400 to and from this week, I figure that gives me $5.00 US...or $187,283,885 Zimbabwe, so I'm thinking of buying the country and building casinos.