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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:14 AM Original message |
Man gets 90 lashes, 4 years in prison - for kissing woman in mall |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. And in the enlightened US, we put children in prison. heal thyself, physician. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. what did those children 13 and older do ? kiss a girl ? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Maybe they had a common weed growing in their yard.. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. i agree with that , but i don't think any children have been sent to die for that |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 03:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "condemned to death in prison" = life without parole. and yes, there are kids in prison for |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 03:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. EJI has documented 73 cases where children 14 years of age or younger have been condemned to death |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. self delete |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. To be fair, I don't see anything in the articles that implies Muslims are horrible. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Yes, and we forbid women to drive or go out without a brother or father. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. "who happily killed thousands of Americans" |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. You Should Go to Prison For Hijacking This Thread. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I dunno... Moral equivalency is a tricky thing, and perhaps, a slippery slope, but I do think |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Pointing Out That a Country That Tortures and Jails Someone For a Kiss Is Fucked Up... |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I don't disagree with this post one bit. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I Wouldn't Presume To Know Why Hannah Felt It Necessary to Point Out America's Faults... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ah yes, Saudi Arabia, our ally in the "War On Terra." Isn't it nice of them to help us |
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left coaster (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. "His not-so-lucky lady has yet to be tried in another court." |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. is that cinnabon ? |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm sorry, the headline is wrong. It was four months, not years. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. Reminds me of a high school in Pennsylvania in the seventies . . . . . . . |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. I saw the title, and I thought maybe I'd see a thread about India |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. "Hindu fanatic" just doesn't elicit the same Pavlovian response from Americans that "Muslim fanatic" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. precisely. the stream of stories like this serves a propaganda purpose; |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. The $50,000 "gifts" to family sound like slave trade to me. nt |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. The slave trade is still |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. Thats one place many in the US could go for their better life |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. I've heard it called a lot of things but never a mall. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. Gotta love that Strict Islamic Law |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
27. And someone tell me again why religion is good? |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Not every aspect of it is bad. But keep cherry picking. |
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