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05-16-2006, 06:17 PM
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Stop publishing pictures of women?
I can't help to feel nothing but contemp for the Islamic world and it's religious extremism. I don't want to offend anyone's culture, but this is more than I can tolerate. And we want to bring Democracy to the Arab world? Please, no cartoons, wouldn't want to there again.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - King Abdullah has told Saudi editors to stop publishing pictures of women as they could make young men go astray, newspapers reported Tuesday. The king's directive, made in a meeting with local editors, caused surprise as the monarch has been regarded a quiet reformer since he took office in the ultra-conservative country last August. In recent months, newspapers have published pictures of women - always wearing the traditional Muslim headscarf - to illustrate stories with increasing regularity. Usually the stories have had to do with women's issues. The papers have also started publishing a range of views on causes that are not generally accepted in Saudi Arabia - such as women having the right to drive and vote. The king told editors on Monday night that publishing a woman's picture for the world to see was inappropriate. "One must think, do they want their daughter, their sister, or their wife to appear in this way. Of course, no one would accept this," the newspaper Okaz quoted Abdullah as saying. "The youth are driven by emotion ... and sometimes they can be lead astray. So, please, try to cut down on this," he said. Although the king has broached topics - such as women eventually acquiring driving licenses - that were previously seen as nonstarters, his instruction to editors indicates that Islamic conservatives remain a powerful force in the kingdom and brake on reform. The country adheres to a strict interpretation of Islamic law. Women are not allowed to vote and stand in municipal elections - the only type of election permitted in the kingdom. The king also called on editors to stop printing stories that portray the country in a negative light. "Don't write anything that can be harmful to the country. Some reporters, they want to stand out and they end up going too far and this should not be allowed to happen," Abdullah said according to Okaz. The king added that newspapers should ignore the foreign press, especially when what it publishes is "against Islam or against Arabs." All media in Saudi Arabia are either state owned or 
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05-16-2006, 06:28 PM
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05-16-2006, 09:14 PM
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I guess no young men ever went astray before the camera was invented? I also guess the King of Saudi Arabia never paid women from around the world large sums of money to hang out in his palace for a few years each (and dozens at a time) and do him when ever he wanted, which you couldn't really call going astray either, he is the king.
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05-16-2006, 09:22 PM
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Hell, my dog has more self control. Reminds me of the primitive caveman with his club dragging the women by her hair. Hope this doesn't cause an international incident. I couldn't help myself.
 
Last edited by 450slcguy; 05-16-2006 at 09:42 PM.
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05-16-2006, 09:44 PM
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you should try to understand that other cultures are not a failed attempt to be you. each is a unique celebration of the human spirit. it doesn't matter that you don't agree or dislike it. we should each live our own lives and let others do the same.
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05-16-2006, 09:51 PM
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05-17-2006, 08:22 AM
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Tolerance has its limits
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Celebration of the human spirit MY ASS. Those muslim cartoons, especially the one of the guy with the bomb with a burning fuse in his turban, and the other one with the gatekeeper of heaven telling the line of suicide bombers "Sorry, we ran out of virgins" was FUNNY!! Stalin, Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Castro, OBL, better off all of them gone.
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05-17-2006, 08:36 AM
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05-17-2006, 10:23 AM
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05-17-2006, 12:12 PM
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I really like the first sentence here and agree with it. However, the rest of the post assumes that basically anything is ok, and there is no such thing as innapropriate behaviour. This is not true. If you saw a man smashing a baby's head against a sidewalk would you keep walking......?
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05-17-2006, 12:57 PM
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Something the current Islamic world needs to understand and demonstate before they can preach to me about "living their own lives and let others do the same." Last edited by 450slcguy; 05-17-2006 at 01:06 PM.
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