Tell me you aren't tempted to sign on to just a little bit of sharia law when it comes to flogging journalists. I don't think they should get it for discussing sex, though.
What I wouldn't give to see Keith Olbermann travel to Saudi Arabia for a special report on teen pregnancy. In this case, it seems the Saudi king has decided to give this female journalist a pass. The case against her was actually dropped but she was sentenced to be flogged as a deterrent. That would do it, I gather. Geesh!
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The Saudi king has waived a 60 lashes punishment for a female journalist charged with involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex, a government official said Monday.
King Abdullah's decision followed intense media attention sparked by Saturday's sentencing of journalist Rozanna al-Yami, who was ordered flogged by a judge in the western city of Jiddah.Al-Yami had been charged with involvement in the preparation of a sex talk show and advertising the segment on the Internet.
Public talk about sex is taboo in this ultraconservative country, where the sexes are segregated.
Al-Yami—believed to be the first Saudi woman journalist to get a flogging punishment—said Saturday that although the charges against her were dropped, the judge sentenced her "as a deterrence."
Just a bunch of sand squirming Troglodytae bashing their women and contemplating sheep again.
Posted by: Philip McDaniel | Monday, October 26, 2009 at 09:58 AM