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June 03, 2005

"I Pray Allah Will Freeze Your Blood"

Taking text messaging to new heights, a well wisher sends his regards to the phone of Mohammad al-Zulfa in response to his suggestion that his fellow legislators "think - just think - about studying the possibility of allowing women - not all of them, just some - to drive." (Okay, so he's not the most popular guy in Riyadh now. But bless his little pointy head, he tried.) There are those who disagree with him, apparently.

Conservatives, who believe women should be shielded from strange men, say women in the driver's seat will be free to leave home alone and go when and where they please; to unduly expose their eyes while driving; to interact with strange men such as traffic cops and mechanics.

MeCHANICS ??? BASTARDS !! Having posted numerous times on the strangeness, perfidy and lounge-lizardoid quality of Marine Corps aircraft mechanics, I can only imagine the horrors associated with Arab...'mechanics' (Pffft, PiTU!! You kiss your mother with that mouth??).

"Driving by women leads to eee-ville*," Munir al-Shahrani wrote in a letter to the Al-Watan daily.
And credit card statements, french fry wrappers on the carpet, empty Dasani bottles, sh*t. Just a frickin' mess. Hell NO, no Sheik worth his salt mine should be subjected to that!
"Can you imagine what it would be like if her car broke down? She would have to seek help from men."
We all know what it's like, seeking help from men. Just getting the toilet seat down on a regular basis is Homeric. Fix the thing yourself, sister. That black burqua hides grease stains like a mo-fo.
*Okay, okay, he didn't say it exactly like that. Pretend I'm writing for Newsweek.


Posted by tree hugging sister at June 3, 2005 09:42 AM

Comments

I'll pretend I'm reading Newsweek... "The West is evil, the West is wrong; the West wants to destroy our glorious way of life with their rock music and trousers and women drivers."

Posted by: Nightfly at June 3, 2005 12:22 PM

Some Muslims are perfectly happy to let women detonate suicide bombs in crowds. Gee, what's a drivers license to that?

Posted by: The Real JeffS on Orcas Island at June 3, 2005 12:38 PM

Well, it does tend to cut down on the uppity females you have to deal with.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at June 6, 2005 12:41 AM