Two Saudis To Receive 7,000 Lashes For Committing "Homosexual Acts"

[varun]

Hey if we can attack Iran for persecuting gays, why not our best "ally" - the Saudis?


http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/1796/173/

Two Saudi men were to receive 7,000 lashes each for committing 'homosexual acts,' Saudi Okaz newspaper reported Thursday.

Saudi authorities started executing the court order Tuesday, which had been divided into separate phases, the report added.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22532620-23109,00.html

Men get 7000 lashes for sodomyFrom correspondents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
October 04, 2007 08:56pm
Article from: Agence France-PresseFont size: + -

TWO men in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to 7000 lashes each after being convicted of sodomy and have received their first round of punishment in public, a newspaper said today.

The men, who were not identified, were meted out an unspecified number of lashes in public in the the southwestern city of Al-Bahah on Tuesday evening, the Al-Okaz daily reported.

They were then returned to prison where they are to be held until the full punishment is completed, the newspaper added, without saying how many sessions this would involve.

Homosexual acts are illegal in Saudi Arabia, which metes out strict punishment based on sharia, or Islamic law....

[krispos42]

1. Isn't like a hundred usually fatal?

Jesus.

Makes "The Passion of the Christ" look like bedtime without supper...

[sharp_stick]

2. I love our allies don't you?

This kind of shit just makes me sick.

[AuntPatsy]

7. Agree, aren't the ones who did nine one one from that country?

[SeattleGirl]

3. Sentenced to death, is more like it.

7,000 lashes??? They'll be dead long before they reach that mark.

And Bush holds hands with these people. :grr:

[GOTV]

6. I don't think they do them all in one day

[DU9598]

12. Actually he kisses them

I say 7,000 lashes are in order

God bless these poor men. Can't the US offer refuge to such targets of terror?

[Hieronymus]

4. Remember, the Saudi family are friends of Bush .. the ones we see him ..

kissing and holding hands with.

[formerrepuke]

5. What a hell-hole of a country....and our strongest 'ally'....n/t

[fenriswolf]

8. either them

or the israelies, either way what great allies we have.

[leftynyc]

21. I very simply ask you

would you rather be gay in Israel or in Saudi Arabia?

[IndianaJones]

9. its their culture. nt.

[HERVEPA]

15. There should be some absolutes in this world, regardless of culture

I didn't see a sarcasm GIF, so I assume you were being serious (or devil's advocate)

[Greyskye]

19. our culture at one point embraced slavery

Was that OK too?

[FiveGoodMen]

20. ...and it sucks!

[Bluebear]

40. So was slavery here, are you cool with that?

[Duncan Grant]

10. I ask you, what's more perverse?

I simply can not understand how this sort of violence and repression can be sanctioned by anything or anyone remotely "holy". It's an atrocity.

[cboy4]

11. This is more of a crime. By a long shot.

[Divine Discontent]

45. yep cboy4, I'd say you got PLENTY of evidence assimilated right there in that photo

to prove b*shbuggery was goin' on later in that field!

amazing that a country where MEN routinely kiss other MEN on the mouths when they meet, beats and kills gay men for being in love!

:crazy:

[sshan2525]

13. Um, that 's a little high.......

The only thing that would be left of them after 7,000 lashes would be a pink stain.....
Also, try swinging a whip even 100 times. 7,000 and your arm would fall off.

[Nimrod2005]

14. I think that's too harsh, they should cap these at 1000 or so...Do you think Bush can talk his buddy

Into making the change?

[King Coal]

16. I wonder who caught them.

[mcscajun]

17. Sounds like they'll let the first set of lashes heal, then start again.

a long, long, and very painful sentence.

The men, who were not identified, were meted out an unspecified number of lashes in public in the the southwestern city of Al-Bahah on Tuesday evening, the Al-Okaz daily reported.

They were then returned to prison where they are to be held until the full punishment is completed, the newspaper added, without saying how many sessions this would involve.

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[Karmageddon]

25. That is so wrong.

And so funny!
Now I need a kleenex to clean to mountain dew off my keyboard.

On the other hand, it makes me sick that we call these sick twisted backwards sonsabitches our allies.

[FourScore]

35. FUNNY???

Can you please explain what is funny about this?

It's a death sentence. And a horribly sadistic one at that...

ON EDIT: Nevermind. I thought you were replying to the OP, now I see you were responding to the deleted message, which I didn't read. Sorry.

[jazzjunkysue]

26. Don't send the Utube to Savage: He's already homo-erotic enough.

I found his show by accident driving home the other night, and he's all about whipping homosexuals in the street...it's wierd.

Someone please let Savage out of the closet.

[dysfunctional press]

22. i wonder what the punishment is for masochism...?

but i'll bet that it hurts so good.

[guitar man]

23. can we send

Larry Craig to them?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

41. That is mean

(You don't mean it)

Even that poor bastard, wide stance, toe-tapper.. liar... does not deserve anythong like this... Nobody does.)

[Cleita]

24. The Saudis are our masters too didn't you know?

The man behind the curtain who animates the Wizard of Bush/Cheney?

[Disturbed]

27. If Busholini is a Christian, as he claims to be, wouldn't he

ask his buddies to stop this brutality?

[varun]

28. Why is the media silent about this?

Isnt this a far greater injustice than Ahmedinejad not acknowleging gays is Iran?

Why was that given so much coverage?

Is it because Saudis are our good "allies" and Iran an adversary?

[cali]

38. er, no.

If all that happens to gays in Iran is that they aren't acknowledged, that would be true. But seeing as gays are publically hung in Iran for homosexuality, it's not.

Having said that, this in no better. It's absolutely disgusting and that no one in our government says boo, while they're all willing to condemn Iran for it, reeks of cynicism and hypocrisy.

[NMMNG]

29. K&R

This needs to be heard round the world.

[Disturbed]

31. An Ahmedinejad Spinmeister recently amended the statement

by saying that Ahmedinejad meant to say there are not "as many" Gay persons in Iran as in America. It is almost amusing that they back tracked on the stupid statement which was laughed at.

Saudi Arabia is a brutal Dictatorship, which is supported by the Bush Crime Family. Busholini once said that beheading was barbaric. He did not add that the Saudis use it as Capital Punishment.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

30. This is so horrible

I have no words.

I want to scream.

WTF is wrong with these assholes?????

Why are these fuckwits our allies?

[Disturbed]

32. "Why are these fuckwits our allies?"

Do you seriously not know?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

33. Of course I know

It is a rhetorical comment - not really a question

[Disturbed]

34. Ahh.... Yes.

Oil

[Duncan Grant]

36. kick

This should be on page 1 of GD today. :kick:

[jmowreader]

37. They don't do it all at once

These guys are probably getting groups of fifty lashes, with two weeks between floggings.

That works out to 280 weeks (23 years, four months) in prison with trips to the whipping post every two weeks.

Ouch.

[knitter4democracy]

39. My God. That is horrible.

They probably won't make it that long. What a horrible punishment.

[orleans]

42. i wonder how they define "homosexual acts"

they certainly don't mean hand holding
i've seen the top dogs doing it with bushy

and they certainly don't mean kissing
i've seen them playing kissy face with george too



so...with all this kissing and touching, what the fuck are they so uptight about??

[Nutmegger]

43. That is sick.

And what's sicker, is that they are our beloved "ally". :puke:

And the M$M won't touch this with a ten foot poll.

Freedom and democracy!

[Lasher]

44. 40 lashes were considered by the Roman empire to be fatal

Their maximum flogging sentence of 40 lashes was therefore actually "forty minus one" or 39. Anything more than that was considered an appropriate punishment only for infractions that justified the death penalty. Up until a couple of centuries ago British sea captains and others had the same limit for the same reason.

[Jacobin]

46. Larry Craig should be appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia

he would be comfortable in that anti gay environment

[slackmaster]

47. One more reason to make ending dependence on foreign oil our national priority

It would be really great if we could spread our version of Democracy, equality, freedom, and justice to all the people in the world who live under authoritarian regimes (I say with a dose of sarcasm).

But it's not our job. They're not going to listen to us while we are forcefully taking control of their natural resources.

The moment they see that we are serious about developing clean, renewable energy and stop invading their territory, they will change their behavior toward us and maybe even cut prices.

They hate our culture and our imperialism, but they love our money.

[tom_paine]

48. This is your future, Imperial Subjects of Amerika

unless the Bushies, both the smart and evil who lead them and the unquestioning fools who follow, are st=opped before they finish tranistioning America.

[begin_within]

49. At least the executioner wears a tasteful, yet so heterosexual, Hawaiian shirt to the public torture

[Divine Discontent]

50. so disturbing..... that image is so disturbing....

I pray for that young man...

those sick bastards. :cry: