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Saudi Arabia; Hypocracy
Topic Started: Dec 16 2015, 07:22 PM (150 Views)
Jus
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There seems to be little crit of the Saudis .Why is that? how do they manage to get away with murder(literally) and racism ?
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Jus
Dec 16 2015, 07:22 PM
There seems to be little crit of the Saudis .Why is that? how do they manage to get away with murder(literally) and racism ?


There seems to be little crit( sic) of the Saudis if you read the Beano and the Sport.
There is plenty elsewhere.
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Jus
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I don't read comics. There doesn't seem to be a popular consensus among the guardian readers that is as Indignant and vociferous as there was against apartheid. The Saudis seem to be getting away with it.
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Jus
Dec 16 2015, 07:35 PM
I don't read comics. There doesn't seem to be a popular consensus among the guardian readers that is as Indignant and vociferous as there was against apartheid. The Saudis seem to be getting away with it.


I dont know what you are on about. Are you saying that because you cannot detect a strong crit( sic) among Guardian readers it means there is little crit(sic) everywhere?
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gansao
Dec 16 2015, 07:41 PM
Jus
Dec 16 2015, 07:35 PM
I don't read comics. There doesn't seem to be a popular consensus among the guardian readers that is as Indignant and vociferous as there was against apartheid. The Saudis seem to be getting away with it.


I dont know what you are on about. Are you saying that because you cannot detect a strong crit( sic) among Guardian readers it means there is little crit(sic) everywhere?


I do,he's asking why a reputable paper like the Guardian lacks any real condemnation of The Kingdom.

It's a perfectly valid question
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Stonefish
Dec 16 2015, 07:44 PM
gansao
Dec 16 2015, 07:41 PM
Jus
Dec 16 2015, 07:35 PM
I don't read comics. There doesn't seem to be a popular consensus among the guardian readers that is as Indignant and vociferous as there was against apartheid. The Saudis seem to be getting away with it.


I dont know what you are on about. Are you saying that because you cannot detect a strong crit( sic) among Guardian readers it means there is little crit(sic) everywhere?


I do,he's asking why a reputable paper like the Guardian lacks any real condemnation of The Kingdom.

It's a perfectly valid question


It would have been if he had actually asked this in the OP .Maybe you should have read it.
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Perhaps actually read the grauniad before casting aspersions, a rag it is but it has sharply criticised Saudi. Most papers have..I love the way our **** government ignores any sensible ideas wrt to tackling the problem.
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skwirked
Dec 16 2015, 07:50 PM
Perhaps actually read the grauniad before casting aspersions, a rag it is but it has sharply criticised Saudi. Most papers have..I love the way our **** government ignores any sensible ideas wrt to tackling the problem.


Oh but it doesnt do it everyday.... so it doesnt count.
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Well, Saudi is a theocracy. Any criticism of Saudi would - inevitably - involve criticising their religion.

The Guardianista's couldn't cope with that.
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As usual you have no idea what you are talking about. No sensible person upholds Wahhabism of any kind, most Muslims reject extreme Wahhabism.

Don't let that stop you.
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Dec 16 2015, 07:59 PM
Well, Saudi is a theocracy. Any criticism of Saudi would - inevitably - involve criticising their religion.

The Guardianista's couldn't cope with that.


The first sentence was fine.The rest is baseless accusations and assumptions.
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Wahhabism is an extreme Idea . It is against any religion that it Isn't.
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Jus
Dec 16 2015, 08:11 PM
Wahhabism is an extreme Idea . It is against any religion that it Isn't.


Yes and there is plenty of crit(sic) about it if you look.
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Selective morals are us. Not a criticism. Just the way we are.
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Jus
Dec 16 2015, 08:19 PM
Selective morals are us. Not a criticism. Just the way we are.


Not necessarily. More like moral overload.
Humans may not be the cosmopolitan being that we think we are.Maybe our morals belong to a more parochial environment.
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I don't think we are more than we are. A moral overload implies we have some sort of moral base to begin with.
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Dec 16 2015, 08:33 PM
I don't think we are more than we are. A moral overload implies we have some sort of moral base to begin with.


Of course we have a moral base. It absurd to think otherwise. Morality..a particular system of values and principles of conduct..

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Jus
Dec 16 2015, 07:22 PM
There seems to be little crit of the Saudis .Why is that? how do they manage to get away with murder(literally) and racism ?
Perhaps you might check the forum or even Guardian search engine before posting false stories

Saudi is regularly criticised here and in the Guardian. For example just last week:

Guardian Editorial Dec 6th
 
Britain should not be allied to one of the world’s most repressive, undemocratic and unpleasant regimes . . .
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Dec 16 2015, 07:47 PM
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Dec 16 2015, 07:44 PM
gansao
Dec 16 2015, 07:41 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep


I do,he's asking why a reputable paper like the Guardian lacks any real condemnation of The Kingdom.

It's a perfectly valid question


It would have been if he had actually asked this in the OP .Maybe you should have read it.


Maybe you should answer him properly or not at all and stop being so obtuse !(0)!
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Dec 16 2015, 08:41 PM
Jus
Dec 16 2015, 08:33 PM
I don't think we are more than we are. A moral overload implies we have some sort of moral base to begin with.


Of course we have a moral base. It absurd to think otherwise. Morality..a particular system of values and principles of conduct..



We have morals when it suits us and drop them when it doesn't.
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Stonefish
Dec 16 2015, 07:44 PM
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Dec 16 2015, 07:41 PM
Jus
Dec 16 2015, 07:35 PM
I don't read comics. There doesn't seem to be a popular consensus among the guardian readers that is as Indignant and vociferous as there was against apartheid. The Saudis seem to be getting away with it.


I dont know what you are on about. Are you saying that because you cannot detect a strong crit( sic) among Guardian readers it means there is little crit(sic) everywhere?


I do,he's asking why a reputable paper like the Guardian lacks any real condemnation of The Kingdom.

It's a perfectly valid question
No it's a nonsense
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I must agree with the OP. Making the odd negative observation of SA isn't the same as condemning its existence as an oppressive and abusive regime. Nor does it appear on the 'axis of evil' list that has been created.

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" Nor does it appear on the 'axis of evil' list that has been created."

I wonder why, could it have anything to do with dosh?

At least, the apparently much hated Micheal Gove had the balls to speak his own mind.
Edited by Rich, Dec 16 2015, 11:00 PM.
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