damn. religion of peace… MY ASS

This describes some of the wide-reaching powers of the Saudi religious police; they roam malls looking for things like those stated above.

So an “impudent party” would seem pretty egregious, compared to stray strands of hair. And what about the fact that the people arrested were foreigners? Are they all Muslim? If they aren’t Muslim, are they still subject to the religious laws of a faith they don’t practice? Is this a case of when in Rome…?

Which reminds me of a story. It seems there was a farmer out in his field one day, with his only son. Now the son was the only child of the farmer’s mature age, so Dad was happy to have the little sprout help, specially seeing that Dad’s eyes were starting to go.

Suddenly, the kid up and says, “Daddy, there’s a big black car just done drove up to the house!” Said Dad, “Well, who’s in it sonny?”

“Cain’t tell, Daddy, but I think it’s some kinda preacher, seein’ how he’s dressed.”

Dad thinks a bit, then addresses the kid: “Sonny, it’s a comin on to rain, and I have to keep working here, and do what I can. But I want you to run back to the house right quick and see which preacher it was that just drove up there.

If it’s the Methodist preacher, I want you to stand in front of the icebox and don’t move until he goes away. If it’s the Episcopal preacher I want you to stand in front of that cabinet where we keep the likker until he goes home.

If it’s the Baptist preacher, you jump right up in yore Momma’s lap and stay there!