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Bosonic (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:16 AM Original message |
Saudi women to cover “tempting” eyes |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. How do men get away with this shit |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. When the men have all the power, they can make all the rules... |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. My husband likes my eyes. He doesn't want them covered. n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Neither did this woman's husband. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. If I didn't know better, I'd think you were describing Herman Cain |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. who gets to decide which women have "tempting eyes"? |
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BlueToTheBone (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. That was my question. All eyes are alluring. n/t |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. "All eyes are alluring." |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. that looks like marty feldman |
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BlueToTheBone (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Now that's a beautiful picture. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Change of plans.. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. "Damn your eyes!" ... "Too late." |
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vidalarosa (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
85. who gets to decide which women have "tempting eyes" |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. how are they supposed to see? i wonder |
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yesphan (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. All the women (and girls) |
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BlueToTheBone (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Of course, they can't leave the house without a man |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. On foot? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Since the men are so easily tempted by what they see, THEYare the ones who should be covering their |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Are all men over there animals, unable to control themselves? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. apparently |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
56. The more they hide the women, the more exiting the smallest glimpse of the body becomes. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
57. Funny how the solution is never to |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. When they come to the US, it's amazing how they |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. In a recent related developement... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Indeed |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
78. Ah, but Raybans wouldn't cover "tempting" noses, mouths and, |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. The royals will make the crackdown in Syria look like a good talking too. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. No kidding... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. I guess driving is really out of the question then. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. the religiously insane men that run Saudi should be rounded up |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Near Eastern men must get sexually aroused by everything. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. This has nothing to do with religion. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #47 |
84. it has everything to do with religion! |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. Motherfuckers |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. Men have teh balls so they have teh power |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. .......... |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Look at those exposed hands!! |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. But they have no power to control their penis'. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Nailed it. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. That's incredible. There are just no words for this stupidity. nt |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. One big shithole of a country |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Run by fanatical religious morons |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I can't imagine any western women every wanting to eve visit. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Visiting western women are, in many cases, treated differently. |
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rjj621 (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not surprising from a region that seems one evolutionary |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's a toss-up whether Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia is |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. In the ME, people want to tell women what they have to wear, and in the West, |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Who wants to tell women what not to wear? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Many westerns support burka bans, which is just another reason to lock up peaceful women. nt |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ohhhhhh... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. NO! It's not about "fashion", it;s about the subjugation of women. Their complete erasure |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Freedom cages! We'll end thier subjugation with cages, humilation, and slave labor! |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Is that a link? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Lots of people want to use violence to control women. You're one of them. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Creating laws IS one of the most peaceful ways. Some cultural practices |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Laws of this nature are nothing more than the threat of violence, and then the practice of violence. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. If "persuasive speech and art"actually worked in ending abusive cultural practices like FGM, honor |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Forcing people into locked cages agaisnt their will is an act of violence. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. "New" behaviors that are part and parcel of the same oppression of women! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I have already answered your questions... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. You advocate for perpetual bondage of women. Permanent second class status. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Other than your fantasies, where have I advocated for women going to jail? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I would stipulate that is you. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Are you saying you want to make laws for the ME? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. You know, that's bullshit. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. You're not thinking clearly. Who is going to put whom in jail in the ME? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. In a poll done by the British Embassy just before the Arab Spring 60% of Saudis polled thought there |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I doubt acts of violence agaisnt ME women is for their own good. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Not what I meant at all... Just sharing my pessimism about change in the KSA |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
25. Just Amazing |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. with all those rules it'd actually be easier to just not ever leave the house. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. How about donkeys, mules, and camels? |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. Back to the black outfit that covers every inch. |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Maybe we should start letting some refugees in..........nt |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. fundi weirdos... fuck em all |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. Doesn't say a thing for the civilizing effects of their belief system on men. The whole thing... |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. They should protest this by going naked in the streets |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. JHFC on a trailer hitch. WTF is wrong with these a-holes? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
55. But you'll still be able to tell which women have the "tempting eyes' ... they will be bumping into |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. Sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, sick. But a Saudi man's kissing Dubya is fine and dandy. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
75. So, when are we "liberating" Saudi? Oh, wait, we get along fine re the oil so that won't happen. nt |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
79. I'm curious as to what people posting here would do to change this. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Propaganda. It is slow, but bombing people doesn't seem to work quickly either. nt |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Raging and name-calling is all we can do |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
80. Wow... |
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