Comments on: Saudi Arabia Takes An Important Step Towards the 20th Century https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/25/saudi-arabia-takes-an-important-step-towards-the-20th-century/ Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Rich Stage https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/25/saudi-arabia-takes-an-important-step-towards-the-20th-century/#comment-11839 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:05:39 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=405#comment-11839 san ban, they’ll have to go in with a man, and vote how he says.

]]> By: san ban https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/25/saudi-arabia-takes-an-important-step-towards-the-20th-century/#comment-11838 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:23:59 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=405#comment-11838 This sounds good, doesn’t it? How is it going to work with the guardianship laws?

]]> By: bananacat https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/25/saudi-arabia-takes-an-important-step-towards-the-20th-century/#comment-11837 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:56:36 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=405#comment-11837 Well, if the elections are actually fair and women’s right to vote is truly instated in practice and not just on the books, then this could be the key to changing those other bad things. If politicians suddenly have to start caring about what women want, then some of them might start promising to allow women to drive or the handle rape better. I’m under no illusion that democracy is a perfect panacea, especially considering how dismally rape is handled in the U.S., but it will give them the power to at least start changing things.

]]> By: Rich Stage https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/25/saudi-arabia-takes-an-important-step-towards-the-20th-century/#comment-11836 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:25:11 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=405#comment-11836 They’re getting some freedom in stages.
Now voting. Next driving and wages?
But Muslim women
are worth half of men.
Their faith keeps them in the Dark Ages.

More limericks

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/25/saudi-arabia-takes-an-important-step-towards-the-20th-century/#comment-11835 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:06:01 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=405#comment-11835 Right. Thus … a King.

Great system, if you’re the King!

]]> By: Draken https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/25/saudi-arabia-takes-an-important-step-towards-the-20th-century/#comment-11834 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:50:44 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=405#comment-11834 Note that only local elections were mentioned

…because any others are nonexistent. And even the municipal elections are only held every once in a while.

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