EPTSaudi national faces death penalty for tweets - Page 4
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Zihua
Netherlands177 Posts
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On February 10 2012 04:11 Cifer wrote: 1500s? more like 1950s, doesn't this hold any resemblance to Mccarthysim witch hunts in the states at that time? actually in a way those were worse, because people were prosecuted without evidence! Face it, stupidity and prejudice will always be part of out creed. And to think that a single society have a monopoly over it is just ignorant! Not quite sure how they correlate, at least enough to pin point that out of everything else that's happened in the last couple centuries, but ok. | ||
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Deadeight
United Kingdom1629 Posts
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Slakter
Sweden1947 Posts
On February 10 2012 04:05 Inori wrote: It's like part of earth is stuck in 1500s. I would say that it got this way because their upper class discovered oil and managed to get even richer than imaginable, while their population was still socially "undeveloped". This creates a situation where the rich got so rich so fast that morally theyre just a little less terrible than their parents but their power is enormous in comparison. Imagine there was a country that culturally was about as developed as "we" were just before what we call "the renaissance" or something like it. Imagine now that these people discovered huge quantities of diamonds on their little island where they lived. They would earn gigantic amounts of money, but culturally would very much stay the same. Their kids would hold basically the same values as their parents but they would have tonnes of diamondmoney. That is Saudi Arabia. | ||
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FlyingToilet
United States840 Posts
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aTnClouD
Italy2428 Posts
On February 10 2012 04:27 FlyingToilet wrote: no 1st world country is going to go against ancient laws about not questioning a religion, i believe every human has a right to live regardless of your background or beliefs, and the people making groups to kill that guy?! wtf is wrong with the people who manage facebook? they should shut that evil fueled group of people and tell them to keep it to their own damned country. fuck the people who praise this guys death, obviously they only encourage the wrong things and have never ever faced misery or death first hand... Facebook CEO might be really scared of the consequences if they were to shut that group. Unfortunately there's not much to do. | ||
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JeffGoldblum
Cook Islands191 Posts
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forgottendreams
United States1771 Posts
On February 10 2012 04:20 Slakter wrote: I would say that it got this way because their upper class discovered oil and managed to get even richer than imaginable, while their population was still socially "undeveloped". This creates a situation where the rich got so rich so fast that morally theyre just a little less terrible than their parents but their power is enormous in comparison. Imagine there was a country that culturally was about as developed as "we" were just before what we call "the renaissance" or something like it. Imagine now that these people discovered huge quantities of diamonds on their little island where they lived. They would earn gigantic amounts of money, but culturally would very much stay the same. Their kids would hold basically the same values as their parents but they would have tonnes of diamondmoney. That is Saudi Arabia. Depends on how you view the House of the Saud. After reading a book on them and watching a frontline doc I have to say they seem quite pragmatic and realpolitik as well as openly clashing with religious mullah's who retain great power over the population and the House. I think the issue is more complicated then seems.... | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
Shame on all of us to be honest. | ||
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OkStyX
Canada1199 Posts
On February 10 2012 03:05 Eiaco wrote: A pathetic, inhuman country. A country that never has (or will) achieve anything notable other than being the oil dealer for the world. Seriously, this country only still exists because of that black stuff under their feet. You realize that the middle east was the cradle of civilization and that medicine philosophy and alot of the things we enjoy were recorded by them and shared with us when they would move up into europe | ||
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OkStyX
Canada1199 Posts
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Spieltor
327 Posts
On February 10 2012 02:41 ddrddrddrddr wrote: US outrage is seen as hypocrisy because lots of things people get outraged about are things that the country has problems with. Having people live under these conditions is not okay, but there is no good way of solving it. When America shows that it is worthy of its holier-than-thou attitude, it may gain the right to call other countries out on their imperfections because it is already above it. Until then, attempts at "helping" other countries are nothing but selfish actions buried under demagogical excuses. when the U.S. stops having all of its products made with slave-wage laborers even though slavery is illegal in the U.S. then they'll have room to talk. | ||
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
On February 10 2012 04:59 ShakAttaK wrote: You guys should understand that its not religion doing this its the people running the theocracy they are corrupt there is nothing wrong with religion at all. Stupid ideas don't kill people. Bad people using stupid ideas for their own benefit kill people. | ||
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Crownlol
United States3726 Posts
Africa2, except with religious zealotry and the ability and desire to buy weapons on a grand scale. | ||
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
On February 10 2012 04:56 ShakAttaK wrote: You realize that the middle east was the cradle of civilization and that medicine philosophy and alot of the things we enjoy were recorded by them and shared with us when they would move up into europe Yes, but you have to realize the downfall of their civilization and science basically begun when more and more people got converted to Islam(Disclaimer, I don't have anything against Islam)+ Show Spoiler + Just religion in general^^ | ||
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zalz
Netherlands3704 Posts
On February 10 2012 04:56 ShakAttaK wrote: You realize that the middle east was the cradle of civilization and that medicine philosophy and alot of the things we enjoy were recorded by them and shared with us when they would move up into europe Greece is on the edge of financial ruin. Are they not on the edge of ruin because, once, their civilization was insanely advanced for it's time? The middle-east used to be the center of the world when it came to knowledge, and even their economy was booming. But does that mean that today, they still get credit for that? Holland used to be one of the strongest countries in the world. During its golden age, it was at the pinacle of economic development and scientific discovery. But none of that means much. It's interesting history, but history does not give credit for today. Neil Degrasse Tyson has an interesting vid on it: | ||
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amd098
Korea (North)1366 Posts
On February 10 2012 00:59 DragoonPK wrote: Saudi Arabia has the most retarded variation of Islamic Law. This is really retarded. QFT the bully of the gulf. | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
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The Final Boss
United States1839 Posts
This is really atrocious. It's sad, but what I think is even more sad is that this does not surprise me in the least bit. | ||
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