Comments on: Our friends the Saudis http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/15/our-friends-the-saudis/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:37:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/15/our-friends-the-saudis/#comment-16996 ymarsakar Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:36:40 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2126#comment-16996 Check with the Un staffers, Lulu. They might all be at one of those ubiquitous UN parties. Watch the children underfoot though, they only get paid if they get to their appointments on time. Check with the Un staffers, Lulu. They might all be at one of those ubiquitous UN parties. Watch the children underfoot though, they only get paid if they get to their appointments on time.

]]> By: Lulu http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/15/our-friends-the-saudis/#comment-16994 Lulu Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:53:57 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2126#comment-16994 Since I seem to be the only one to comment on this post, I'll add another 2 cents. Where is Amnesty International? Where are the women's rights groups? It is truly Kafka-esque to see feminist leftists and gays marching against Israel, the only country in the Middle East in which they could could live a free lifestyle, in favor of the Palestinians, who share this hate-filled and oppressive ideology. Since I seem to be the only one to comment on this post, I’ll add another 2 cents. Where is Amnesty International? Where are the women’s rights groups?

It is truly Kafka-esque to see feminist leftists and gays marching against Israel, the only country in the Middle East in which they could could live a free lifestyle, in favor of the Palestinians, who share this hate-filled and oppressive ideology.

]]> By: Lulu http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/15/our-friends-the-saudis/#comment-16995 Lulu Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:23:15 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2126#comment-16995 Women are in burqas because it is believed that their sexuality is out of control. That is why this poor woman is perceived to be a guilty party in her own rape. That is also why, on your earlier entry listing abuse of women in Iran, among the women stoned to death for "adultery", was a 13 year old who had "committed adultery" with her older brother. Of course, we here, would call it child molestation and rape, but this is what happens in lands where women are chattel. In a book I read years ago about the lives of women in Saudi Arabia, one story was told by an American doctor who had been working in a Saudi hospital after the oil boom. Hearing noises coming form the room of a comatose woman, the staff found the husband having sex with her comatose body, still attached to tubes. He felt no shame. He was asserting his manly rights, and she doing her duty by him. It made no difference whether she was conscious or not. Women are in burqas because it is believed that their sexuality is out of control. That is why this poor woman is perceived to be a guilty party in her own rape. That is also why, on your earlier entry listing abuse of women in Iran, among the women stoned to death for “adultery”, was a 13 year old who had “committed adultery” with her older brother. Of course, we here, would call it child molestation and rape, but this is what happens in lands where women are chattel.

In a book I read years ago about the lives of women in Saudi Arabia, one story was told by an American doctor who had been working in a Saudi hospital after the oil boom. Hearing noises coming form the room of a comatose woman, the staff found the husband having sex with her comatose body, still attached to tubes. He felt no shame. He was asserting his manly rights, and she doing her duty by him. It made no difference whether she was conscious or not.

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