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2003-03-05 Arabia

Man tells of flogging - 250 lashes down, 50 to go

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Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-05 09:19 pm|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 their country, their laws.

the government in canberra is trying to intercede on this guy's behalf, he seems to be dealing with it rather well from what this article portrays.

as for lashing, there are plenty of westerners in saudi arabia, so this would not be something new for them, but the crowd yes, the crowd does like that kind of thing. Remember though, that these people are the equivalent of an american fan of the jerry springer show.

-DS
"the horns hold up the halo"

Posted by DeviantSaint 2003-03-05 15:38:40|| [www.livejournal.com/~deviantsaint] 2003-03-05 15:38:40|| Front Page Top

#2 "... a husband always knows what his wife is doing"

NO COMMENT

Posted by True German Ally 2003-03-05 15:47:36|| 2003-03-05 15:47:36|| Front Page Top

#3 These people are NOT the moral equivalent of a fan of the Jerry Springer show.

And it would be more accurate to say: 'their religion their laws' since it's based on Sharia

People on Springer are there screwing up their lives of their own free will, there is no moral equivalence between people getting a thrill from watching consenting adults to people getting a supremacist thrill from watching those of an 'inferior' religion cop a public beating for a trivial and unproven matter.

There is NO moral equivalence here.

To say 'it is their culture' as a blanket for 'it's ok to be barbaric, brutal and unjust' is the easy way out of cultural relativism. It is an aspect of their culture that they should make efforts to change.

Posted by anon 2003-03-05 16:47:40|| 2003-03-05 16:47:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Let this be a lesson to whomever is thinking about going to SA. Do something that runs afoul of their laws, and you will regret it.

Regardless of what anyone outside of SA thinks about their rules, it's still THEIR RULES, and if something happens while you are there that can be legally blamed on you, then that's how the ball bounces. Forget the idea of changing them. If they want to change, then it is up to them to do it. If they won't, then simply stay out of there.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-03-05 20:56:44|| 2003-03-05 20:56:44|| Front Page Top

#5 What we have in Saudi Arabia is a society aware of it's own failures, so much so that the act of beating an Australian in public arises a sort of patriotism. When the Saudis beat my fellow Australian it's nothing more than an act of revenge against the west. I am impressed by Mr Thomas' refusal to convert to Islam, the Saudis' must have really hated that!

Posted by Nick 2003-03-05 21:31:25|| 2003-03-05 21:31:25|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd rather be beaten than to be like them, too...

Posted by Fred 2003-03-05 22:05:41|| 2003-03-05 22:05:41|| Front Page Top

#7 a chance to lessen the pain by converting to Islam
Like what, 200 lashes instead of the 300...

Posted by RW 2003-03-06 00:42:26|| 2003-03-06 00:42:26|| Front Page Top

#8 maybe 'lessen the pain' just meant he would feel spiritually cleansed or something if he converted for Allah

Posted by anon 2003-03-06 04:15:46|| 2003-03-06 04:15:46|| Front Page Top

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