re: #11 researchok

You know, it is as bad. They just wear western clothes and are more telegenic.

Any regime, any where, of any religion or culture that fears the will of her population and thus represses them, is a broken regime.

No exceptions, in my opinion.

I dunno, I think Jordan is on its way. It’s a monarchy, alright, but it’s also parliamentary and constitutional monarchy and not a theocratic and absolute one. So in some ways it resembles the UK more than Saudi Arabia.

Also, I have to admit that I was a little impressed by this early support of the Arab Spring movement:
thedailyshow.com

That was on March 1; Egyptian revolution started on January 25. IIRC, Saudi Arabia was much, much more reserved back then. But again, gestures and symbols.

We’ll see.