Saudi woman will not get whipped for driving

World News • September 2011 • Views: 1,292

First of all, being sentenced to be lashed for driving is flat-out ridiculous. There is nothing criminal in driving.

Secondly, now that they can vote, I expect things might change soon. Maybe the ruling class of the Saudis will figure out that women are not so dangerous they have to be kept under tight control, and if women are in danger, well, who are they in danger from?

It’s good news, but the bad news should never have preceded it.

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8 comments

(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Wed, Sep 28, 2011 1:25:24pm

now that they can vote

Err... in 2015 the earliest. If at all.

(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Wed, Sep 28, 2011 1:26:56pm

And once again, all depends on the whim of the King.

FreedomMoon Wed, Sep 28, 2011 2:51:48pm

God the Saudi government is so backward. It's sickening to see that princess grovel over the kindness of a sycophant king.

CuriousLurker Wed, Sep 28, 2011 3:07:22pm

Good news, thanks for posting.

reine.de.tout Wed, Sep 28, 2011 8:10:12pm

I had a tiny suspicion, and a large hope, that this would happen in this case, since the good voting news was issued just prior to this news.

reine.de.tout Wed, Sep 28, 2011 8:13:10pm

re: #2 000G

And once again, all depends on the whim of the King.

Nothing that is happening over there is happening in a vacuum. They know the eyes of the world are on them. They know what the court of public world opinion would do if they carried out this sentence.

The BEST think that can happen for Saudi women is for every sentence like this to get publicized, which will lead to more cynicism from you, but also leading to decisions like the one made today as re: this woman's sentence.

laZardo Wed, Sep 28, 2011 10:33:13pm

It’s good news, but the bad news should never have preceded it.

Can't have good news without bad news to benchmark it against. ;p

(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Wed, Sep 28, 2011 11:10:12pm

re: #6 reine.de.tout

Nothing that is happening over there is happening in a vacuum. They know the eyes of the world are on them. They know what the court of public world opinion would do if they carried out this sentence.

And they also know that the world has a short attention span and will have moved on to the next big thing in a matter of weeks. BP oil from spill is not degrading and still fouling US coast. Fukushima is still contaminating Japan. And it majorly sucks for the people directly affected. But the "court of public world opinion" has moved on.

The BEST think that can happen for Saudi women is for every sentence like this to get publicized, which will lead to more cynicism from you, but also leading to decisions like the one made today as re: this woman's sentence.

No, the best thing that can happen is for the House of Saud to be toppled and a new country arising, leaving those women FREE women instead of Saudi women who depend on "decisions like the one made today", i.e. the King's whim.

If you don't think that this actually can happen, then you are the one who is being a cynic, lady.

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