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OneGrassRoot

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20. It's not hard to understand when you specify "the system."

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 06:08 PM

Sep 2013

I was trying to distinguish if you were saying the Saudi Arabian people are barbarians/savages ('cause that's a LOT of people being broad-brushed with that label and we see it happening all the time), versus the SYSTEMS in Saudi Arabia being savage.

Because just saying "Saudi Arabia is barbaric" could apply to the entire citizenry and that would be wrong.

Thank you for clarifying you were referring to the system.

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Saudi Arabia: Five beheaded and �crucified� amid �disturbing� rise in executions [View all] nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 OP

Looks like you made your case here maddezmom Sep 2013 #1

I'm glad someone did, the defenses of that horrific kingdom's atrocities on that thread was hard Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #7

Fucking barbarians pscot Sep 2013 #2

Oh come on Nadin .... polly7 Sep 2013 #3

From what I read on these parts nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #6

But but but Aerows Sep 2013 #14

Warm up the bombers and Tomahawk missiles! backscatter712 Sep 2013 #26

That's Bahrain this year lol. They're hosting the pan-Arab court of human rights Catherina Sep 2013 #12

Pfft. Aerows Sep 2013 #16

Did you see this thread? "From one Nobel Peace Laureate to another" Catherina Sep 2013 #18

The hypocrisy of it all Aerows Sep 2013 #22

Oh good grief! polly7 Sep 2013 #29

But they are our allies so they will get a free pass for their human rights abuses Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #4

Let's bomb them! sibelian Sep 2013 #5

Plus, there's oil there! Iggo Sep 2013 #21

Hey, now . . . markpkessinger Sep 2013 #30

Sexy bombs... TeeYiYi Sep 2013 #40

Said in the other thread, will here: Dead it dead, no one cares how they died The Straight Story Sep 2013 #8

Actually people care nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #9

I can't believe there's such a ruckus of denial. It's not like it's a new topic at DU Catherina Sep 2013 #10

You welcome nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #11

I'm curious where you and the one yr replying to are seeing a ruckus of denial... Violet_Crumble Sep 2013 #32

Did you miss how these strikes are polly7 Sep 2013 #37

I don't miss much, Polly... Violet_Crumble Sep 2013 #38

So I guess the hyperbole over their nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #41

It's more than a couple nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #39

Please be careful not to dehumanize entire groups of people... OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #13

Would you prefer Wahhabism instead? nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #15

Are you saying the vast majority of citizens... OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #17

The system is nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #19

It's not hard to understand when you specify "the system." OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #20

Oh please! Too much explanation? LukeFL Sep 2013 #33

Are all Middle Eastern people barbaric in your view? n/t OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #34

K & R Raksha Sep 2013 #23

Even a broken clock's right twice a day. Even the Blaze carries a truthful story occasionally. backscatter712 Sep 2013 #24

Amnesty has carried these stories for years. nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #25

Very true. n/t backscatter712 Sep 2013 #27

Saudis are one of the big families felix_numinous Sep 2013 #28

the United States still has the Death Penalty so who are we to judge JI7 Sep 2013 #31

But we kill them nicely and humanely ...like a dog or cat. n/t L0oniX Sep 2013 #43

crucification--maybe they are becoming christian dembotoz Sep 2013 #35

Religious fundamentalism in all its shining glory! ThirdWayCowplop Sep 2013 #36

15 Saudis, 911, Iraq and now Syria ...yeah it all makes sense ...or NOT! L0oniX Sep 2013 #42