[don-o]

This article contains too many false and illogical statements to even begin.

Really? At least it contains declarative sentences with clearly stated conclusions. Why not stimulate some good give and take by debunking some of them? (If you can.)

[muawiyah]

BTW, the piece has TOO MANY TOPICS ~ but most of it can be fit into something fairly coherent.

What is missing in so many discussions of Saudi is the reminder that SAUDI IS A POLICE STATE ~ both on the civil level, but also on the religious/moral level.

Try this one ~ they don't care how many times you get married but sex outside marriage is forbidden and punishable. If you get divorced make sure it's recorded or you might end up violating some taboo you never heard of (marrying across clan lines, depending on the clan, can do that) and that would be punishable.

A lot of the stranger stuff is rare, but they did have a stampede at opening day at the IKEA and dozens of people got trampled to death.

There were well over 10 thousand people there!

Every Saudi I ever met loves Florida ~ California not so much.