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2007-09-23 Arabia
Frustrations Drive Saudi Youth to the Graffiti Wall
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Posted by Bobby 2007-09-23 07:48|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 College dropout Abdullah al-Alwani wanted to stand out among his friends, but he couldn't afford a splashy car or brand-name clothes. Bored by a lack of things to do in this conservative kingdom, he decided to make his mark by spray-painting X 5, his chosen nickname, hundreds of times across the city.

Beats the hell out of 'ploding' all over other people in some foreign land. Ship the kid a conex container of Krylon. Tell the magic kingdom to build lots of adobe walls for their utes to 'mark' their spots. Far better than their usual spots they leave in Iraq.
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-09-23 09:03||   2007-09-23 09:03|| Front Page Top

#2 "Young men are oppressed here"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

You want to experience real oppression in your sand prison country, Abdul?

Wear a black sack everywhere and be your daddy's property.

Oh, how the poor guy suffers!
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-09-23 09:49|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2007-09-23 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 There ia a bit of truth there Barbara. Both sexes are oppressed when young. Women more so than men but there really is no life for young men. There is no social life other than associating with other young men and doing nothing. I can understand their frustration. There is literally nothing for them to do.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2007-09-23 10:58||   2007-09-23 10:58|| Front Page Top

#4 associating with other young men and doing nothing

I have heard tales that it is not nothing they are doing...
Posted by john frum 2007-09-23 11:25||   2007-09-23 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 What's a lad to do if he hasn't any sisters, john?
Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-23 13:34||   2007-09-23 13:34|| Front Page Top

#6 There's something for them to do, Deacon - they just don't have the guts or will to organize themselves and do it.

You want liberty, you don't wait for daddy government to hand it to you on a silver platter - for daddy gummit never will.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-09-23 14:04|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2007-09-23 14:04|| Front Page Top

#7 This article kind of explains a lot. Al Queda didn't spring up in a vacume, after all.
Posted by Secret Master 2007-09-23 16:33||   2007-09-23 16:33|| Front Page Top

#8 True, Barbara, but when you have a totalitarian system as in Saudi Arabia it is extremely hard to do anything. There isn't enough dissatsfaction yet.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2007-09-23 16:58||   2007-09-23 16:58|| Front Page Top

#9 a lad to do if he hasn't any sisters, john?
that's what cousins are for, then you marry them and have deformed jihadi children
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-09-23 18:38||   2007-09-23 18:38|| Front Page Top

#10 "I want graffiti walls like they have in the West. We need soccer fields and basketball courts in every neighborhood," said Alwani, who prefers low-riding jeans to the traditional white robe commonly worn here. "And I want to dress the way I want without people making fun of me."

"However, I am happy to have women - including my own mother - serve me as a slave. And kill the Jews."

Thought that quote needed completing.
Posted by Excalibur 2007-09-23 19:09||   2007-09-23 19:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Maybe I'm an idjit but this guy seems to be questioning his "religious" and societal norms. He doesn't like what he sees. He seems to prefer the freedoms of Western societies. This is what the Mullahs fear most and why they have such draconian punishments for the most minute infractions.
More than 200 young men and women attended, on separate days, and their list of demands included cinemas, public libraries, and music and art centers.
These people want more than what 17th Century "Religion" offers them. They realize there is a lot more out there than just sticking your ass in the air 5 times a day.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2007-09-23 19:49||   2007-09-23 19:49|| Front Page Top

#12 They also realize the wealth has mostly passed them by. Even for most of the royals, who now number some 12-14,000 or so last I heard. Only a few of the oldest control the wealth. And since the basic tasks of life are beneath the dignity of a 'royal' (especially but not only the males) the future isn't all that inviting.
Posted by lotp 2007-09-23 20:03||   2007-09-23 20:03|| Front Page Top

#13 Why didn't he and his buddies just dry around and shoot at road signs with shot guns? The level of oppression in middle America during the 50's was amazing and nobody even know it. No Internet, red hair coloring was available only to females, pants fit, 3 channels of balck and white television, no pizza delivery ... Where was HRW?
Posted by Super Hose 2007-09-23 22:29||   2007-09-23 22:29|| Front Page Top

#14 Sting-Rays were on the horizon Hose. There was something to live for.
Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-09-23 23:21||   2007-09-23 23:21|| Front Page Top

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