re: #502 RogueOne

I know, I know. It’s different but it is what it is. You guys think I’m crazy when I say there is a large chunk of their population that think the saudi government is too lax in their religious obligations but I’m dead serious.

No, I don’t think you’re crazy, and to a large extent, I understand what you are saying, although I personally believe the degree of social coercion largely invalidates the piety. I am, however, getting whiplash. You see, I spend a lot of time on this site and others hearing about how we had to invade Afghanistan to save the women. And I hear about how France and Britain need to ban the niqab to save the women. And now, forgive me, I’m hearing from a number of people about how Saudi is an OK ally because, well, it’s just their culture, and they didn’t kill as many people as Saddam.

Whiplash. I’m not even saying right or wrong, or partly right. Just whiplash.