The Bizarre-O-Meter goes to 11 just for Gaddhafi.
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| Women in Arab world treated like 'furniture', says Gaddafi |
| 2009-06-13 |
| Women in the Arab and Muslim world are treated like "furniture" and the situation requires a "feminine revolution", said Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, ANSA news agency reported on Friday. "Women are like a piece of furniture you can change when you want and nobody will ever question why you did so," Gaddafi told an audience of women who included leading figures from the world of culture, politics and the economy. "The world needs a feminine revolution based on a cultural revolution," he added, without elaborating. Gaddafi, on the third and final day of a visit to Italy, evoked great women in Italian history, from the writer Matilde Serao to actress Claudia Cardinale. At the end of the speech many women surrounded the Libyan leader asking for an autograph, but others were left puzzled. Italy's Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo told the ANSA news agency she found the speech "contradictory" though she appreciated some of the statements. In a further embarrassment later on Friday, the head of the lower chamber of Parliament cancelled an event with Gaddafi because the leader was running more than two hours late. Long delays have been a constant of Gaddafi's trip. |
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| #10 Birth control pills with no break for monthly menstruation fixes that problem, Mstrmech. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-06-13 23:59 |
| #9 A Syracuse University coed hanging 6m high upside down in her airline seat from a tree in Lockerbee is so much more humane. Go to hell you murdering bastards! Or bulgarian nurses being raped by dogs, basically on his orders? Or one of his spawns stomping so bad on his girlfriend that even a luxury swiss hostel bent on preserving its resident's privacy has to call in the police because of the cries for help? Yeah. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-06-13 16:15 |
| #8 I remember reading "When a group of women live together after a few months their menstrual cycles match as if in lockstep". Gaddaffy's crazy, imagine all his bodyguards on the rag all together? Run for the hills. |
| Posted by: Mstrmech 2009-06-13 14:06 |
| #7 Women in Arab world treated like 'furniture', says Gaddafi A Syracuse University coed hanging 6m high upside down in her airline seat from a tree in Lockerbee is so much more humane. Go to hell you murdering bastards! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-13 10:40 |
| #6 yeah, this guy's gone really weird, even for a tin horn dictator - which is saying a lot...but in a strange way, I kind of like the crazy shit he says. Hot chick body guards, talking about women's rights, pissing off the arabs - kind of a cool Ian Flemming invented villain. (not saying I'd want a vacation home in Libya or anything) |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-06-13 10:09 |
| #5 So sez the loon with a bereted harem. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-06-13 09:32 |
| #4 I agree with Gadaffy. Man, I hate when that happens! |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-06-13 08:54 |
| #3 I imagine that Muammar's female body guards will lead the way. One of them took a bullet for him back in 98, seriously tough women. The Bizarre-O-Meter goes to 11 just for Gaddhafi. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-06-13 08:41 |
| #2 excellent snark AzCat |
| Posted by: classer 2009-06-13 03:03 |
| #1 Actually it seems that they treat the furniture rather better. Or at least they seem to make an effort to avoid spilling acid on the furniture or setting it ablaze. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2009-06-13 01:15 |