Call to allow women drivers stirs wasps nest in Saudi Arabia

Middle East Times ^ | June 2, 2005

[Brad’s Gramma]

Women in oil-rich Saudi Arabia are likewise banned from traveling without the authorization of their male guardian and cannot dine alone in a restaurant. They also have to cover themselves from head to toe when in public.

Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein etal outta be REAL CAREFUL which "religion" and which culture they so lovingly embrace.

[Michael Goldsberry]

"You should be afraid of Allah."

Bwahhaaahhhhaaa! Don't squeeze the charmin!

These creeps should be afraid of women.

In solidarity with our Lady FReepers... "ROAR!!!"

[CheneyChick]

[JohnnyZ]

DON'T DO IT! LET 'EM VOTE BUT DEFINITELY NOT DRIVE!!!

[BaBaStooey]

I've had it up to here with this Saudi Arabia place. The religious arrests and persecutions, the gender discrimination, countries like this make me sick to my stomach and quite frankly need to be wiped off the face of the earth. There is no discussion.

To me, Saudi Arabia is nearly as bad as Hussein-controlled Iraq or Iran, or the Taliban in Afghanistan. And if we encouraged the overthrow of the ruling class in Saudia Arabia, and installed democratic ideals, I think it would be cheered for by the same poor downtrodden people thirsty for freedom that we found in Iraq and Afghanistan and the same who are currently demonstrating in Lebanon and the Ukraine.

[reagan_fanatic]

Harlots.

Let them drive, and the next thing you know they'll be raising up their burkas and exposing their ankles in public.

[Xenalyte]

Yeah, 'cause as we all know, America (for instance) is SO much better off now that women can vote.

[Michael Goldsberry]

My personal goals include marriage, children,...

... best of luck to ya' with that...

[blueminnesota]

Freak. Why don't you go join them there.

[TXBubba]

who insist that a woman driver is at risk of encountering a strange man -

More likely they are at risk of driving over their own men...oops.

[familyop]

They'll have to build new showrooms to sell cars.

[Publius6961]

Freak. Why don't you go join them there.

Ruhh RoHHH!

[jolie560]

This is too funny:....

..."Cars driven by Asian drivers with veiled women in the back seat are a common feature of big towns in Saudi Arabia...

..."Zulfa said that the obligation to hire a driver represented a financial burden for families with limited income and cost the country more than 12 billion Saudi riyals ($3.2 billion) a year...

[Xenalyte]

Why should I? I have good legs and don't particularly want to wear a burqa.

Since I seem to have touched a sore spot, why don't you tell me why women should have the vote?

Women as a group are illogical, emotional, unreasonable, impervious to rationality, flighty, and PMS-driven. Tell me we'd be better off as a nation with a weepy Pat Schroder poised with her hand over the button.

[Michael Goldsberry]

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

[blueminnesota]

Why should you? Because we'd be better off as a nation without you in it. I am a woman and I have just as good a head on my shoulders as the next man. I pay my taxes and I have the right to vote. Your opinions coincide exactly with the overmoneyed Taliban in Saudi Arabia. It's a shame noone else is calling you on it.

[America's Resolve]

BOMB 'EM BACK TO THE STONE ... Oh. Wait.

I mean, jeez. Backwards and loving it. Who can figure that one out.

So this is Islam huh?

Gotta wonder what all these western bimbettes think after they marry one of these kunckleheads THEN find out that they can't drive, go out without permission, spend time with a stranger or ANYTHING else without permisisson of their husband.

Wht kind of moron would it take to learn this lesson???

[Xenalyte]

The fact that you, unsurprisingly a woman, have chosen to insult me rather than attack the cogency of my arguments pretty much makes my point for me.

[Xenalyte]

For the record, it's not "noone," which isn't a word. It's "no one."