Women aren't allowed to drive in SA which makes the point moot. Rah, Rah, America for upholding the rights of women, religions, etc. Rah, Rah, the UN for the same.
> So ... is it safe to assume then that this is accepted practice in SA? > Well, not accepted practice as in it happens everyday - but does anyone > remember if this was "ok" with the general public and the government? To > put it bluntly, it's better for a girl to die than be touched by a man > who isn't her husband or father? > > -rc > > > > > > > That was Saudi Arabia if I am not mistaken > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:06 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Makes you shake your head. > > > > > > We should not bend our laws because of backward practices of some > > > religions. I agree 100% about the blood boiling. I remember > > reading a > > > story a few months back where the religous police of some > > country, I > > > forget where, allowed school girls to burn to death because the > > > firemen would see them in an 'inappropriate' stage. > > > > > > My god... does someone really believe it's better for a > > young girl to > > > die... to burn to death... to protect her chastity? -rc > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
