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 Saudi Arabia’s Radical King Gives Women the Right to VotePosted on Sep 25, 2011
Only 118 years after New Zealand kicked off this dangerous trend, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has decided to allow women to vote and run in municipal elections as soon as 2015. Troubled by the king’s extremism, some Saudis are concerned that women will be stripped of the right to be escorted at all times in public by a male relative or the right to not be allowed to drive. Despite King Abdullah’s radical feminism, female Saudi lawyers still have the protections necessary to never argue in court and Saudi women in need of underwear have the freedom to buy it exclusively from men. Beheadings of criminals convicted of the well-documented crime of sorcery should not be affected by the king’s liberal agenda. —PZS
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By gerard, September 26, 2011 at 2:28 pm Link to this comment
Robespierre115 does so love his guillotines! (as Saudi oligarchs love their
Report thisstonings? As U.S. courts love their death penalties and the U.S. military so loves
their drones, A-bombs and cluster bombs? As Israel so loves its punishing
occupation of Palestine? )
What IS it with this domination meme, counter-productive as it obviously is?
By PatrickHenry, September 26, 2011 at 2:12 pm Link to this comment
So the Saudis got their hands on some diebold machines.
“Its not the votes that count but who counts the votes”.
Report thisBy anaman51, September 26, 2011 at 1:19 pm Link to this comment
Saudi Arabia proposes that women can vote and hold office, on the same day it’s announced that a woman is to be prosecuted for driving a car. Two steps forward, one step back. It doesn’t mean anything unless freedom is given to Saudi women across the board, something this male-dominated society will never do.
Report thisBy DavidByron, September 26, 2011 at 8:20 am Link to this comment
What’s really notable about this little feminist-imperialist puff piece is what it omits to mention. Women can vote but Saudi Arabia is not actually a Democracy even in theory.
Apparently its more important for women to be able to vote than for a vote to have any actual meaning. What a perfect anecdote for the feminist-imperialist set of “values”.
The mention of New Zealand is therefore a lie as it suggests Saudi women can vote for their political leaders. They cannot do so any more than Saudi men can.
Report thisBy Maani, September 26, 2011 at 8:03 am Link to this comment
Robespierre:
Yup. And I would add: only 118 years? Well, better late than never! Oh…wait. It doesn’t take effect until 2015? You mean - there’s still four years during which it can be rescinded? Oh well…
Peace.
Report thisBy John Sullivan, September 26, 2011 at 6:18 am Link to this comment
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Freedom is not something you’re given. Freedom is something you take.
Report thisBy Zarathustra, September 26, 2011 at 3:13 am Link to this comment
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Wow! Imagine what would happen if this ‘Radical’ King gave those women the right to finally uncover their heads….........
Report thisBy Robespierre115, September 25, 2011 at 11:46 pm Link to this comment
Abdullah feels the fires of revolution licking at his regime and so he tries to throw a few bones. May the great Arabian people drag him soon to the guillotine.
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