Over here in the west it never ceases to amaze me that people operate comfortably from within the confines of their little boxes, completely oblivious to what goes on outside.
Take for example, This article from the Saudi gazette, which reminds me of the things we take for granted, and just how different things can be merely 1/4 way around the world.
Here we have a young girl 'minding her own business', bums a ride with a guy only to end up getting raped by him and 4 others and impregnated. I'd like to know where the follow-up article is on what happened to the guys, the article makes no mention, but, given the 'innocent' party in the incident ended up receiving 100 lashes and a year in prison, I'd like to believe that they all were treated to the proverbial 'long drop with a short stop' courtesy of the Saudi courts.
*N.B - my use of parentheses in relation to her minding her bidness serves as a reminder to the fact that she may not be entirely innocent in the situation. She could've possibly been engaged in the world's oldest profession, who knows?
Not in Saudi you say? stranger things have happened
Monday, October 19, 2009
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