Justice in the 21st Century Kingdom:
Human Rights Watch has appealed to Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a woman convicted of witchcraft.
In a letter to King Abdullah, the rights group described the trial and conviction of Fawza Falih as a miscarriage of justice.
The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she could not read.
Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent.
Of course, an alternative theory might be that it was his unreasoning superstition that unmanned him.
Ordinarily, I’d see the foolishness in this. However, if this impotence thing is real and isn’t stopped…
Just sayin.
Did they weigh her against a duck?
Kind of reminds me of that whole King Henry VII thing … when in doubt, blame the women!
And if that don’t work, start a new religion. Oh, wait, not sure if that last one would be better or worse.
A Saudi has to be a Man before he can be “unmanned” sir.
None of those folks who insist a woman is a witch qualify on any score.
Subsunk out.
i would say something to the effect that she “turned me into a newt but i got better” but that would be wholly inappropriate given that her life is at stake.
what’s it gonna take to have these guys join us in the 21st century?
Manly Dad ~ I doubt she’s made of wood. However, she may float…
How do you know she’s a witch?
Well, she confessed to being a witch, after all.
And we know she’s a witch because some guy can’t get it up, and says it’s her fault. His word versus hers, pretty cut and dried.
Geez, do we have to spell out everything…
rt and friends …”she turned me into a newt??” That’s an excuse I’ve never heard before, but it’s kind of cute. And these evil souls in radical Islam can’t join the rest of us in the 21st century until they make it into the 10th century, the 11th century, the 12th century … oh well, you know where I’m going. But they’re apparently not going there any time soon.
What I don’t quite understand is why our country’s noisy feminists seem to be deliberately ignoring the many hideous crimes against Muslim women in the Middle East and even in Dallas, Texas. They seem to be turning their heads away and saying “la-la-la it isn’t happening.”
Marianne
Marianne: it is one of life’s nearly imponderables, isn’t it. To object or have a voice about this, these feminists would need to hold themselves up to the harsh light of day, something they just don’t do. They may rail and pull their hair about “woman’s rights” but to put themselves into harm’s way to spotlight those violations that demand our attention? That’s not what they are about. It’s not all warm and fuzzy – it’s actually risky.
Marianne,
The “newt” thing is from the 1976 film,” Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. It was required viewing on naval vessels, and so we all memorized every line.
Nee!
I approve of this beheading. That’s one less womb from which more terrorist hellspawns might have spewed forth. So WHACK HER HEAD OFF BOYS!
That’s very glass-is-half-full, Erik…..
Liz is obviously a witch.
I’d bet she’d even confess to being a witch if we waterboarded her a few times, or set her toes on fire. And she’s obviously a “she,” so that counts against her, too. All we need is someone around here to blame Liz for something, and that’s it, she’s convicted by Allah! Hey, I just noticed that preview isn’t working–LALALALALALALALALALALA! Liz is a witch! Let’s stone her!
The worst part of it, Liz, is that the first ranks of stone throwers will be women.
Ain’t Shariah wonderful?
But look on the bright side. It’s a kind of masochist and sadomasochist paradise!
Must say, though, that impotency spell would come in handy sometimes…wonder if she has a patent?
Well, speaking for myself, I prefer my whippings to come from leather-clad Nordic frauen in 8-inch studded heels, not from bearded sandticks in search of Miss Goodgoat. To each his own.
But I must ask, what possible good use is there for a spell for impotency?
An occasional rest?
*ponders the wisdom of commenting on Liz’s comment…*
*chickens out*
*spits Coke out on computer screen and walks away biting tongue*
*has uncontrollable fit of the giggles*
My theory is that sleep (and rest, for that matter) is highly overrated. You can sleep when you’re dead.
Witches, all witches.
Only question is, which one has eight-inch studded heels in her closet…
Well said, HFS. Well said.
Witches, all witches.
Only question is, which one has eight-inch studded heels in her closet…
“I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little–”
Ummm. Well. Maybe that’s not the right quote in this case…
They aren’t eight inches…
Thank heavens. I’d hate not quite measuring up.
HFS: They aren’t eight inches…
Lex: Thank heavens. I’d hate not quite measuring up.
Lex, I’ll admit, those super-high heels are hard to walk in, and I wouldn’t want you to sprain your ankle, or something, just trying to keep up with us girls. So, don’t feel bad that you’re not quite comfortable in the higher hells, yet. For guys like you, it IS better to go for the shorter ones. At least until you get a really solid strut down.
*looking for the safe house*
Lex ~ you could always just stand on a bar stool…
Hey, preview’s working again. Outing the witches worked, apparently.
FbL, if you get the heels in the knee-high style, with lots of tight straps and shiny buckles, would those be safer for Lex?
*save room in the safe house for me, too!*
Zane: “Only question is, which one has eight-inch studded heels in her closet…”
::gratuitous flog::
BTW, for you Army types, aren’t those boots kinda like Tankers boots? Or those boots the groupies go for at Texas A&M?
So long as Liz is wearing them, fine by me!
mmmmm. I could go for 8 inches, straps, and leather right now.
Too bad Lex doesn’t measure up. Is that a common problem amongst Naval Aviators?
Isn’t it a little early on a Sunday morning for that sort of thing?
BTW – this is exactly “why they hate us.” Because of the freedom.
Never too early, Lex! Come on… you have to admit that morning “activity” is the best way to start the day.
And no comment on your failure to measure up? I’m disappointed, Lex. In so many ways.
*sigh*
I’m disappointed, Lex. In so many ways.
Zane, I think the heat’s off us, now…
Just as you cannot tell a really good dogfighting story without using your hands, so also is it hard to get your hands around issues of scale and proportion in two dimensional text.
Too bad Lex doesn’t measure up. Is that a common problem amongst Naval Aviators?
I would think so… Much in the same way some men feel the NEED to own a sports car…
Over-Compensation…
Is that what you call it- dogfighting?
And here I thought it was about a pussycat.
huh.
Hands around the issue, indeed.
FbL, the heat is way, way off us now.
And here I thought it was about a pussycat.
huh.
Don’t ask, don’t tell, and all that. You know…
Zane- always happy to help, you know.
Lex-
You do know that it’s all about girth, right? That’s much more important than overall length as any forthright woman would tell you.
We were only below the hard deck for a few seconds. There was no danger…
Amen, Were-Kitten. Amen.
Pussycats…heh. Meow.
Lex ~ no one here needs to worry about “getting hands around” anything…that’s what an imagination is for.
But I thought I once heard it said that Lex was a good stick. I must confess, it all makes no sense to me. I was going to say that I just didn’t get it, but reconsidered. God knows where that kind of comment might have taken this crew…
It can all make your head hurt, can’t it?