Pals get 5 years for drinking ‘gay’ Baileys

davet82

TWO men were caged for being gay in Cameroon — after getting caught sipping BAILEYS.

Authorities in the African nation have been ridiculed after the men were given five-year sentences for quaffing the Irish Cream.

Franky Djome and Jonas Singa Kumie were locked up under the state’s anti-homosexual laws due to their “feminine” vocabulary and drinking the “typically feminine” liqueur.

The pair were arrested in July 2011 outside a nightclub in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde.

The state prosecutor in their case said: “Who says that if these young people are released, they will not leave the country to live their lives of debauchery in those countries where white men marry other men?”

US ambassador to Cameroon Robert Jackson blasted: “They were found guilty... because of how they were dressed.”

well thats cameroon off the holiday list seeing i have the occasional 'gay' drink...

maximoose

Ever drink Bailey's from a shoe?

floggg

davet82 wrote: »

well thats cameroon off the holiday list seeing i have the occasional 'gay' drink...

Me too, seeing as I have the occasional gay.

That's disgraceful though. I think western countries should cut-off aid to countries with such ridiculously discriminatory and unjust practices.

Apart from the very existence of the anti-gay laws, the fact that somebody could be convicted on such a flimsy basis indicates an outrageously unjust judicial system.

El Horseboxo

Quite a strange law for a country with a fruity looking flag.

toexpress

To be fair if you will drink Baileys ... it is a bit queer

superblu

toexpress wrote: »

To be fair if you will drink Baileys ... it is a bit queer

A baileys coffee is nice with a flake and cream.

toexpress

superblu wrote: »

A baileys coffee is nice with a flake and cream.

So gay ...

Ush1

superblu wrote: »

A baileys coffee is nice with a flake and cream.

Is your husband a fan?:P

Skid

Baileys on your Cornflakes, a great start to Christmas Day.

But not in Cameroon, apparently.

Winty

toexpress wrote: »

To be fair if you will drink Baileys ... it is a bit queer

Sorry What

Tell us more about this "bit queer" idea you have

Drakares

If the Cameroonian authorities saw me with my appletinie they'd pop a cap in my ass.

Drakares

Winty wrote: »

Sorry What

Tell us more about this "bit queer" idea you have

He's from Kildare. Anything other than GAA, Bulmers and Beer makes you queer.

flutterflye

Ush1 wrote: »

Is your husband a fan?:P

Don't be stupid - If his/her husband was a fan, the coffee would spill everywhere.

Spiritual

Drakares wrote: »

He's from Kildare. Anything other than GAA, Bulmers and Beer makes you queer.

To be fair, where I come from anything that is odd is regarded as a "queer".

As in a 3 legged calf, " Jaysus that's a bit queer"

Pronounced "Quare"

Death and Taxes

floggg wrote: »

Me too, seeing as I have the occasional gay.

That's disgraceful though. I think western countries should cut-off aid to countries with such ridiculously discriminatory and unjust practices.

Apart from the very existence of the anti-gay laws, the fact that somebody could be convicted on such a flimsy basis indicates an outrageously unjust judicial system.

Sure we have plenty of discriminatory and unjust practices here ourselves.
try getting a job in most schools in this country if you are openly gay.
Or try getting life saving medical intervention if you are a pregnant woman.
It ill behoves us to judge the lack of human rights in other countries when we ourselves are so sadly lacking.

Hippies!

People are missing the point, it's not the drinking of baileys that's queer. They were 'sipping' it, everyone knows masculinity and manliness comes from downing pints of the stuff and slamming the glass off the table whilst belching. Throw away the key I say.

mikom

Drink the poo-poo.

padd b1975

Hippies! wrote: »

People are missing the point, it's not the drinking of baileys that's queer. They were 'sipping' it, everyone knows masculinity and manliness comes from downing pints of the stuff and slamming the glass off the table whilst belching. Throw away the key I say.

And they had their pinkies extended when taking a sip.....asking to be locked up!!

Madam_X

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Sure we have plenty of discriminatory and unjust practices here ourselves.
try getting a job in most schools in this country if you are openly gay.
Or try getting life saving medical intervention if you are a pregnant woman.
It ill behoves us to judge the lack of human rights in other countries when we ourselves are so sadly lacking.

Do we really have plenty of unjust practices anywhere near this monstrosity? And the Savita case, while it's devastating, is not something that has happened regularly to many women, which is how your phrase looks.
There is no way Ireland is comparable to Cameroon - kinda insulting to Cameroonians who'd give anything to experience the freedom we have.

"We" are not Ireland - we are individuals who have a right to criticise just as long as we're not discriminating against gay people ourselves as individuals. And criticising this, does not mean we're not also critical of Ireland's failings.

Don't want to start a thread (good Christ no) but I wonder why there are fans of this collective responsibility/cultural relativism/self flagellating stuff - is it because it seems progressive-looking or something? Because to me (a reasonably educated, openminded person) it just looks illogical, meaningless and... kinda a soundbite to appear enlightened.

suicide_circus

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Sure we have plenty of discriminatory and unjust practices here ourselves.
try getting a job in most schools in this country if you are openly gay.
Or try getting life saving medical intervention if you are a pregnant woman.
It ill behoves us to judge the lack of human rights in other countries when we ourselves are so sadly lacking.

Yes we're backward ignorant monsters arent we, it"s only a shame the famine didnt wipe out the entire population.

SEPT 23 1989

Is drinking a pint of baileys gay?

CdeC

oh Dear,that story is ridiculous. Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope for African countries that have policies like that.

What are they so afraid of. I do feel sorry for the millions of Gay Africans who have to live in places like this.

I wonder what their "feminine" vocabulary was?

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Is drinking a pint of baileys gay?

If you're pretending it's semen, then yes!

toexpress

Skid wrote: »

Baileys on your Cornflakes, a great start to Christmas Day.

But not in Cameroon, apparently.

Why just Christmas Day?

Baileys is a morning time beverage ...

Shenshen

Any chance of a link to that story?

Winty

Winty wrote: »

Sorry What

Tell us more about this "bit queer" idea you have

I think he was referring to drinking Baileys being a bit strange. Sometimes I do use the word "queer" to mean that.

El Weirdo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW4yAPpEwT0

Noxin

hmm, so they lock gays up in the same prison for being gay.

Yup, that'll stop em alright...:pac:

davet82

Shenshen wrote: »

Any chance of a link to that story?

I copied the entire story, if anybody has a link with more details feel free to post it

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/irishsun/irishsunnews/4658135/pals-get-5-years-for-drinking-gay-Baileys.html

superblu

Drakares wrote: »

He's from Kildare. Anything other than GAA, Bulmers and Beer makes you queer.

I play rugby, basketball and GAA. I drink Beer. I also like baileys coffee with cream and a flake. I like Tia Maria coffees too. Baileys cheesecake is pretty amazing as is baileys ice cream. Don't think I'll be visiting Cameroon anytime soon

smurgen

Male WKD drinkers should get the death penalty...... EVERYWHERE!

El Weirdo

smurgen wrote: »

Male WKD drinkers should get the death penalty...... EVERYWHERE!

This.

Bacardi Geezers.

cometogether

I can only imagine the judges reaction as he heard the evidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaG5SAw1n0c

toexpress

superblu wrote: »

I play rugby, basketball and GAA. I drink Beer. I also like baileys coffee with cream and a flake. I like Tia Maria coffees too. Baileys cheesecake is pretty amazing as is baileys ice cream. Don't think I'll be visiting Cameroon anytime soon

You are just a short skip and a mince away from being a hot dog horse ....

anncoates

I used to like Pernod.

That would probably warrant the death penalty.

FunGoose

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Is drinking a pint of baileys gay?

If you drink it from a mans botty it's gay, otherwise I don't think so.

Jev/N

anncoates wrote: »

I used to like Pernod.
.

Essentially a weakened version of Absinthe though

Shane-KornSpace

Guess I wont be enjoying a gay aul Appletini in Cameroon

Corkfeen

Are white russians okay? The dude drinks them so they must be fine......

Duggys Housemate

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Sure we have plenty of discriminatory and unjust practices here ourselves.
try getting a job in most schools in this country if you are openly gay.
Or try getting life saving medical intervention if you are a pregnant woman.
It ill behoves us to judge the lack of human rights in other countries when we ourselves are so sadly lacking.

Oh FFS.

Skill Magill

maximoose wrote: »

Ever drink Bailey's from a shoe?

gesundheit

Maximus Alexander

On the rare occasions where there is some lying around, I do enjoy a glass of Baileys.

And I shag women.

Ellis Dee

Cameroon is undeniably as weird a country as they get in Africa.:D

One of the funniest books I have ever read is "The Innocent Anthropologist" by Nigel Barley. It describes his time doing fieldwork with the Dowayo tribe in northern Cameroon, but also has some hilarious insights into the country in general. For instance, the staff at the Cameroon Tourist Office in London made it clear that they couldn't understand why anyone sane would want to visit their country!:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Barley_%28anthropologist%29

Dowayo males do no work and are constantly pissed on banana beer. The women, who do all the work, make it in pits in the ground and the men, including those from other villages, drink it and then stagger on to the next village. There is a caste system and the worst insult possible is to call someone a blacksmith, something that Barley inadvertently called a headman, because the language is complex with subtle tonal shifts that completely change meanings.

Wibbs

Madam_X wrote: »

Don't want to start a thread (good Christ no) but I wonder why there are fans of this collective responsibility/cultural relativism/self flagellating stuff - is it because it seems progressive-looking or something? Because to me (a reasonably educated, openminded person) it just looks illogical, meaningless and... kinda a soundbite to appear enlightened.

+1000, "cultural relativism", well the weak tea version of it anyway really grinds my bloody gears.

Mitch Buchannon

mikom wrote: »

Drink the poo-poo.

Bishop !!

blue note

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Is drinking a pint of baileys gay?

That's probably bisexual.

toexpress

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

On the rare occasions where there is some lying around, I do enjoy a glass of Baileys.

And I shag women.

Pre-op trannies probably don't count Max!!

ejmaztec

I don't suppose Gaymer's Cider is widely available in Cameroon.

keith16

maximoose wrote: »

Ever drink Bailey's from a shoe?

haha! Yes, once.

efb

I don't like baileys but I love cock...

Will I get sent down???

joydivision

I bet the cameroon boards were up in arms at how that fella from westlife was openly gay in Ireland . Backwards theyd call it . This isnt just the top men in cameroon making these laws even the housewives are disgusted by gayness.
Should we have a war on anti gay countries ?
I reckon they are so homophobic they have no navy .
Funnily enough being gay was illegal here not long ago .wasnt the beatles manager looking at charges for it .
These countries are a few decades behind us in terms of developement whats so surprising about them having the mentality we did then?

toexpress

efb wrote: »

I don't like baileys but I love cock...

Will I get sent down???

Who knows buddy but one thing is certain if you are there will be lots of men waiting on your services! I've seen enough prison porn to know that!!