Saudi woman sentenced to 200 lashes

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

I'm not defending them at all. Personally, I feel it was wrong and I feel sorry for the girl. I wish they didn't treat women like they do and wish that the rest of the world would put more pressure on them to change. Maybe something like this can outrage enough people to pressure them. Probably not though. The things you mentioned, I'm not ok with any of them. There are a lot of things in the world that go on that I'm not ok with. But I'll tell you one thing. If I'm ever in an Islamic nation, you can believe I won't ever steal anything because I know the punishment.

What does that mean- that you would steal something in a non-Islamic nation? Remind me never to invite you over to my place.

Seriously, as pgardn said, you don't have to even have broken a law to be arrested- the woman in this case was kidnapped- she didn't willfully go out to break any laws, and she still was accused of a crime and convicted.

Ah, Saudi Arabia- 16 of the 19 hijackers came from that illustrious nation, and we do nothing about it. A woman gets kidnapped, gang raped, and then sentenced to jail and lashings and we do nothing. Well, we need their oil. And the buyer doesn't get to dictate terms to the dealer.

And amen to your feelings on the state of rule of law in this country, pgardn...