I do respect other cultures mores I do-but

[deziloooooo]

here we are , 21st century, a industralized educated wealthy society, granted a different culture then mine..but unlike some, I know the majority of are fine hard working people, concerned for their families, are faithful, actually more so then my society to their faith IMHO, though others may disagree, but come on already..

"one hardline conservative imam, Sheikh Abdulrahman Al Barrak denounced women drivers as "the keys of evil" in the country and, perish the thought, "Westernized."
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Saudi women start driving for the front seat

DEBKAfile Special Report June 18, 2011, 11:17 AM (GMT+02:00) Tags: Saudi Arabia Women's protest

At the wheel - not yet in the driving seat

"Saudi Arabia's first driving protest brought around 40 women out on the roads of the capital, Riyadh and a smaller sprinkling in Mecca, Jedda and al Khobar – not too impressive when compared with the raging masses of their Arab neighbors. But this small step in response to calls on the social networks to take to the roads Friday, June 17, was a big step for Saudi womankind. One violator of Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers feared the worst when a police patrol stopped her. But she was only issued her a ticket for not having a Saudi driving license – and off she drove.
Her husband, in the back seat for the first time, was reprimanded and one hardline conservative imam, Sheikh Abdulrahman Al Barrak denounced women drivers as "the keys of evil" in the country and, perish the thought, "Westernized."

[NoMoreLunacy]

I hate driving. I love a ban on male drivers in the USA.

[mmhmm]

They've done this before in the Kingdom. It was Kingdom-wide in 1990, but there had been protests before in Riyadh and in Jeddah which saw women driving cars through the streets of the city, often with husbands (or other male family members) along for the ride. One of these days, the King is going to have to bite the bullet and start making substantial changes. Gotta give the gals credit for pushing for their chosen change.

[deziloooooo]

Jun 18, 2011 16:04:33 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

They've done this before in the Kingdom. It was Kingdom-wide in 1990, but there had been protests before in Riyadh and in Jeddah which saw women driving cars through the streets of the city, often with husbands (or other male family members) along for the ride. One of these days, the King is going to have to bite the bullet and start making substantial changes. Gotta give the gals credit for pushing for their chosen change.

They have this moral police or what ever they call it with switches and things and they can make it real hard on anyone they feel is not adhering to the what ever..not real police, if they saw a real crime taking place would probably s*** a brick..but some teenager female or male too, not up to speed, whack, whack or worse, belive they can actually arrest them too..

[NoMoreLunacy]

We need folks like that here to spank kids whenever they feel like it.

[BeenThere...DoneThat...]

Jun 18, 2011 16:28:43 GMT -5 deziloooooo said:

Jun 18, 2011 16:04:33 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

They've done this before in the Kingdom. It was Kingdom-wide in 1990, but there had been protests before in Riyadh and in Jeddah which saw women driving cars through the streets of the city, often with husbands (or other male family members) along for the ride. One of these days, the King is going to have to bite the bullet and start making substantial changes. Gotta give the gals credit for pushing for their chosen change.

They have this moral police or waht ever they call it with switches and things and they can make it real hard on anyone they feel is not adhering to the what ever..not real police, if they saw a real crime taking place would probably s*** a brick..but some teenager female or male too, not up to speed, whack, whack or worse, beelive they can actually arrest them too..

...well, do you supposed that they see it as "fake crime" taking place, and punish anyway?

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I know that their form of government is certainly different than ours, our customs are different (we also see that in different states though), & of course their religion is different. The point is that so far it does seem to be working to their liking. Sure some minorities or those treated like minorities might not like it but they are the ones to change something if it needs to be changed. From what I've heard it hasn't changed much in the last 100 or more years so I guess that you could say that it's working for them.

[handyman2]

For centuries the male in these societies had total control. Now it is beginning to crack and they are afraid. Women being allowed to drive is just another crack in the dam. Another step in womens self determination and a weakening of the Imam's power.