Originally posted by: maddogchen
in the end everything turned out well, stop complaining.
To some extent, this was the predicted outcome. The Saudi's somewhat enraged the world
with what amounts to a barbaric display of their society's institutionalized oppression of females.
And this kind of female chattel subjugation might be normal or expected in some primitive
or far our religious cult nation, but even in the Muslim world, the Saudi brand of female oppression sticks out as extreme denial of a modern world.
But the Saudi courts were allowed to save face and not admit they were wrong, the punishment was in fact increased when the girl in question subjected the judges to international ridicule, and now the Saudi King, playing the part of Mr. Magnanimous,
stays the punishment without changing the definition of the crime that should not be criminal.
While its a good outcome for the girl in question, the net effect is to slow to a crawl the kind of social progress the Saudi's need to join the modern world. And realize the full potential of not just 50% of their population, but the 100% potential any modern society needs to tap.
So to point that out, its time to look at that still huge dark cloud behind that small silver lining.
As female oppression in Saudi society rolls merrily along as the law of the land.
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