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20 face lash, prison for dancing in Saudi Arabia
MSNBC.com ^ | 02/044/07 | AP

Posted on 02/05/2007 7:33:58 AM PST by MotleyGirl70

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To: caver
There are no words that can adequately explain that part of the world.

Yes there are. Brutal religious monarchy that has bought and paid for the US State Dept.

41 posted on 02/05/2007 8:14:37 AM PST by Centurion2000 (If you're not being shot at, it's not a high stress job.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Do a little dance
Make a lil' love
Get whipped tonight!
Get whipped tonight!


42 posted on 02/05/2007 8:15:25 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: MotleyGirl70

Maybe we'll eventually find out what nationality these people are. I doubt whether they are Americans.

Most likely they are members of the servant/slave class. Maids and chauffeurs from the Philipines or something of that sort. The Saudis think nothing of enslaving and abusing their maids, or raping them, but they would frown on their going out and having a good time together.

Pure speculation, but that's my guess.


43 posted on 02/05/2007 8:29:25 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: MotleyGirl70
The prosecutor general charged the 20 with "drinking, arranging for impudent party, mixed dancing and shooting a video for the party..."

Sounds like it is time to send Kevin Bacon to Saudi Arabia so he can get them to 'cut footloose'!

44 posted on 02/05/2007 8:33:30 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

All of our anti-war protesters would be well served to spend 1 year in this place.

Change in perspective is a wonderful thing.


45 posted on 02/05/2007 8:33:35 AM PST by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
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To: definitelynotaliberal

Amen

Can't say this quote enough.


46 posted on 02/05/2007 8:36:13 AM PST by CPT Clay (Drill ANWR, Personal Accounts NOW.)
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To: definitelynotaliberal

Churchill sure had a way with words. That guy is probably one of the most brilliant people who ever lived.


47 posted on 02/05/2007 8:37:35 AM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: definitelynotaliberal

But I wonder what he really thought.


48 posted on 02/05/2007 8:38:00 AM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: Wil H

"They have their laws and customs, we have ours.
Which is worse - banning alcohol and parties in Saudi or thousands of teenagers having drunken, public, sex at spring break?
You choose, they are both moral extremes."

You lost it there. There is no comparison between us and them.


49 posted on 02/05/2007 8:39:44 AM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: MotleyGirl70

We've all done a double post from time to time -- I know I have! Don't sweat it. The key to the seach feature is just to use a single word from the headline. For example, doing a search for a headline with the word "lash" or the word "Arabia" will turn up the earlier post.


50 posted on 02/05/2007 8:44:29 AM PST by 68skylark
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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51 posted on 02/05/2007 8:46:11 AM PST by 007girl
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To: MotleyGirl70

Oh boy. More cultural enlightenment from the land of the religion of peace.


52 posted on 02/05/2007 8:47:50 AM PST by Desron13 (If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
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To: Cicero

The Saudi "royals" are also notorious for their debauchery and ribald behavior in the European capitals and flesh pots. Too bad they can't all be whipped after returning home from one of their typical vacations. It would be so fitting.


54 posted on 02/05/2007 9:36:04 AM PST by Cecily
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55 posted on 02/05/2007 10:52:10 AM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: BigBobber

I wasn't suggesting that those were the only two choices, nor do I condone either.

My point was that each culture tolerates one extreme or the other so we shouldn't be surprised that we find theirs offensive and they, no doubt, find ours the same.


56 posted on 02/05/2007 3:23:54 PM PST by Wil H
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