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ECH1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 04:41 PM Original message |
Saudi court sentences rape victim to 90 lashes |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why do you hate America |
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imfreaky (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Saudi Arabia is not the United Arab Emerit (spelling?) that was |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY and EQUALITY are on the March |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Read "House of Bush, House of Saud" |
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Actionmac (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bush and repubs are teaching that lesson |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. It's just fucking absurd |
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Actionmac (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. pay attention |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
40. there's no connection |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. BS - Look who Bushie holds hands with |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Ever heard of Prince Bandar "Bush" ? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Can you please explain, in simple words, what this has to do with anyone else |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Yeah, I was wondering that too. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. That is very sad. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. More blame-the-victim |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. The rapists ARE being punished. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. The victim should NOT have been punished at all |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Technically, she's being punished for an unrelated crime |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. this is technically correct. it's viewed as punishment for lack of common sense |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. In this rapist's case, maybe all-at-once wouldn't be such a bad idea |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. I don't think they die. One woman got 8,000 lashes for abducting a child. Better than eye-gouging. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 05:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. How thoughtful of them. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Appalling. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. And Bush invaded Iraq for their oil-Yet left the Saudi killing dictatorship alone? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The Chimp does a Lewinsky on Abdullah |
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Katzenjammer (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
59. Yes, if any Arabic regime wants changing by force, it's that one. |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Our freedom loving, steadfast ally |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. oh i don't know about that... it could be worse. |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. this sickens me. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Why are they Muslim values? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Agreed n/t |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Yes. |
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PsychoDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. The Quran also requires 4 eyewitnesses... |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. That's all well and good |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Then maybe Western powers |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Who's pretending that it doesn't happen in the West? |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. What's barbaric is that this could be construed as an improvement. |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. We should have leveled Saui Arabia? |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. OK, inappropriate gut reaction. |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. I wonder.... |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. moral of the story |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Or, don't be in Saudi-occupied Arabia period. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Boy, the Muslims and the Southern Baptists are neck and neck |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Last I saw, the S.Baptists haven't sentenced rape victims to be lashed |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. "un-religious religions" |
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remfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. A good measure of a country is in how they treat women |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. Our good friends the Saudis |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. And these pigs are our good friends. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. I hope the fundies aren't getting any ideas |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-03-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have heard that copies of the Wilhelm Tell cannot be sold in S.A. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I read that more books are translated into Spanish |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. And thousands more will be killed |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. The sentences handed down to the RAPISTS are no picnic either |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 05:09 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Well, technically, that IS one way to get a rapist to |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. And people are telling me I shouldn't buy Citgo gas |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. this would be the screwed up problems of SA i was talking about. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
54. WAIT!...THEY RAPE ME AND THEN COURTS BEAT ME FOR IT! |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
55. these are our allies |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
58. I just re-read the details of the incident. This is REALLY fucked up... |
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