This Is What It Comes To?
No, really: This is what it comes to!
What? What do I even need to say?
I'll defer to Ciena Madrid:
I mean, Cecil Chao, apparently, prefers to date younger women, and has claimed to have been with ten thousand women.
So, yeah. There's that. But the best spin I could possibly imagine is that he is, in some perverse way, trying to do her a favor by making the point in a manner so offensive as to force a cultural discussion. In truth, I'm not hopeful on that count.
But this is what it comes to.
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Notes:
Agence France-Presse. "Hong Kong tycoon offers $65 million bounty to marry off lesbian daughter". The Raw Story. September 26, 2012. RawStory.com. September 26, 2012. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/...million-bounty-to-marry-off-lesbian-daughter/
Madrid, Ciena. "Morning News: Diving Into the Moral Abyss". Slog. September 26, 2012. Slog.TheStranger.com. September 26, 2012. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/26/morning-news-diving-into-the-moral-abyss
No, really: This is what it comes to!
A Hong Kong tycoon has offered a $65 million "marriage bounty" to any man who can win the heart of his lesbian daughter, a report said Wednesday.
Cecil Chao announced the financial reward of HK$500 million after his daughter, Gigi, married her same-sex partner of seven years in France earlier this year, the South China Morning Post reported.
"I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind hearted," 76-year-old Chao was quoted as saying.
"Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work," he added.
He also rejected "false reports" that Gigi, 33, had married abroad, saying she was still single.
(AFP)
Cecil Chao announced the financial reward of HK$500 million after his daughter, Gigi, married her same-sex partner of seven years in France earlier this year, the South China Morning Post reported.
"I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind hearted," 76-year-old Chao was quoted as saying.
"Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work," he added.
He also rejected "false reports" that Gigi, 33, had married abroad, saying she was still single.
(AFP)
What? What do I even need to say?
I'll defer to Ciena Madrid:
The Moral Abyss II, AKA Put a Dick in Her: A Hong Kong tycoon is offering a $65 million marriage bounty to any man who can tame the wild heart of his freshly married lesbian daughter.
I mean, Cecil Chao, apparently, prefers to date younger women, and has claimed to have been with ten thousand women.
So, yeah. There's that. But the best spin I could possibly imagine is that he is, in some perverse way, trying to do her a favor by making the point in a manner so offensive as to force a cultural discussion. In truth, I'm not hopeful on that count.
But this is what it comes to.
____________________
Notes:
Agence France-Presse. "Hong Kong tycoon offers $65 million bounty to marry off lesbian daughter". The Raw Story. September 26, 2012. RawStory.com. September 26, 2012. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/...million-bounty-to-marry-off-lesbian-daughter/
Madrid, Ciena. "Morning News: Diving Into the Moral Abyss". Slog. September 26, 2012. Slog.TheStranger.com. September 26, 2012. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/26/morning-news-diving-into-the-moral-abyss