Gang raped by 7 men? That's 200 lashes

Fact: Right-wing jewish interests control the crux of mainstream media AND shape American foreign policy a great deal (the most powerful lobbyists being American Israeli Public Affairs Committee - read the "Isreal Lobby"). Because of this, peoples' attention will always be diverted to the most heinous rulings from the "backward middle-east"; I'm not defending the atrocious nature of the ruling against the woman, but things must be looked at in their social context..

CNN purposefuly left out the most important piece to the story, which was that the woman was KNOWINGLY having an extra-maritial affair (all the while surely aware of the grave consequences of adultery in the conservative nation). The laws may be bent over there, but surely you can see the way the media taints and distorts stories to forward an agenda: creating a palpable, unpredictable enemy using arab figureheads.

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I think that just with the flawed topic title alone, the TC just opened the floodgates for insults to be thrown left right and center at "primitive middle-east". Before a few thoughtful posts came in (like the one prior from Traveller87), which began scrutinizing the historical and cultural context behind the laws in the Kingdom, the TC with the ludicrous title, helped shape the argument by setting the agenda according to his/her own terms. Obviously the lashes weren't prescribed because of her getting raped (I still think they were for a ludicrous reason but that's where the ultra-conservative laws come in) - but the TC helped to spur some of the contempt that was to follow from fellow posters by giving such a hate-filled opinion to start off with.


In doing so tried he (purposefully or not) reinforced some closed-minded individuals' stereotypes and fears about a nation already under fire from an already biased media.

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