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bmgb · 06-30-2003, 05:47 PM

Scary. So Saudi Arabia just has its own "vision" of human rights. It looks like half of what they're trying to defend is capital punishment, which seems to be alive and well here in the US anyway (not to the same extent, I'm sure). Then the other half is their treatment of women, which I can't even begin to comprehend.

When my friend and I planned our trip around the world in 2001, she wanted to go to Saudi Arabia for some reason... I had to tell her we wouldn't be able to leave the airport there without husbands or male relatives. Yeah, we skipped Saudi Arabia.

Another friend of mine (female) has many interesting and scary stories about living in Saudi Arabia circa 1970 (she was with her husband at the time, whose business brought them there)... Maybe I should invite her to tell them.

06-30-2003, 05:47 PM	#7
bmgb Master of the Domain Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: MN Posts: 231	Scary. So Saudi Arabia just has its own "vision" of human rights. It looks like half of what they're trying to defend is capital punishment, which seems to be alive and well here in the US anyway (not to the same extent, I'm sure). Then the other half is their treatment of women, which I can't even begin to comprehend. When my friend and I planned our trip around the world in 2001, she wanted to go to Saudi Arabia for some reason... I had to tell her we wouldn't be able to leave the airport there without husbands or male relatives. Yeah, we skipped Saudi Arabia. Another friend of mine (female) has many interesting and scary stories about living in Saudi Arabia circa 1970 (she was with her husband at the time, whose business brought them there)... Maybe I should invite her to tell them. __________________ That gun will replace your tongue. You will learn to speak through it. And your poetry will be written in blood. - Nobody