Aren't you glad you live in Ireland?

The_Minister · 16-02-2009 12:32PM #1

I know we all bitch about Ireland, but our justice system is waaay better than this.

Girl gets a year in jail, 100 lashes for adultery
By Adnan Shabrawi
JEDDAH – A 23-year-old unmarried woman was awarded one-year prison term and 100 lashes for committing adultery and trying to abort the resultant fetus.
The District Court in Jeddah pronounced the verdict on Saturday after the girl confessed that she had a forced sexual intercourse with a man who had offered her a ride. The man, the girl confessed, took her to a rest house, east of Jeddah, where he and four of friends assaulted her all night long.
The girl claimed that she became pregnant soon after and went to King Fahd Hospital for Armed Forces in an attempt to carry out an abortion. She was eight weeks’ pregnant then, the hospital confirmed.
According to the ruling, the woman will be sent to a jail outside Jeddah to spend her time and will be lashed after delivery of her baby who will take the mother’s last name. – Okaz/SG

And before anyone says anything
*Yes she lives in Saudi Arabia so she shouldn't have hitchhiked.
*Yes she lives in Saudi Arabia so she shouldn't have sought an abortion.
*Yes she lives in Saudi Arabia so she shouldn't have admitted that she was raped.
*Yes she lives in Saudi Arabia so she should be grateful not to get the death penalty.

That's not the point, it's still wrong.

Dragan · 16-02-2009 12:34PM

Doesn't take this kind of ****ing madness to make me glad i live in Ireland.

TheZohanS · 16-02-2009 12:36PM

No.

It just makes me glad I don't live in Saudi Arabia.

Berty · 16-02-2009 12:36PM

I would be glad to live there. At least I could sleep soundly at night knowing my OH is too afraid to even dream of sleeping with somebody else.

phasers · 16-02-2009 12:38PM

Sounds similar to the Irish justice system tbh

biko · 16-02-2009 12:38PM

Saudi Arabia, where it's her fault if she gets raped.
All those oil countries suck big time.

The_Minister · 16-02-2009 12:40PM

phasers wrote: »

Sounds similar to the Irish justice system tbh

:rolleyes:
How?

Nodin · 16-02-2009 12:40PM

The_Minister wrote: »

I know we all bitch about Ireland, but our justice system is waaay better than this.
.

True.

AckwelFoley · 16-02-2009 12:41PM

At least she cant blame the drink for getting stuffed.

funk-you · 16-02-2009 12:41PM

Berty wrote: »

I would be glad to live there. At least I could sleep soundly at night knowing my OH is too afraid to even dream of sleeping with somebody else.

Jeez dude, you must've been burned bad at some stage to think like that.

-Funk

Wagon · 16-02-2009 12:42PM

I can't wait to see the whole place go under when the oil is depleted. I really can't wait. Countries like that should be just nuked. If it's like this for women over there, then the people are probably better off dead.

jimmycrackcorm · 16-02-2009 12:45PM

Once we clean them out of oil we can invade them and set ties wimmin free. On the other hand, you have to pay certain women here to lash them so maybe their free option is better.

Cow Moolester · 16-02-2009 12:52PM

Reminds me of when I was on this website about Ireland. There was this article and then the comments below is made me lol and cringe. One of the comments said something like "I love Ireland. It's so peaceful...especially the rural areas" then some idiot american replied "Peaceful? Why don't you go to Leesh (Yes he spelled Laois horribly wrong) where women are still stoned for cheating on their husbands then come back and tell me Ireland is peaceful"

Dragan · 16-02-2009 12:55PM

Cow Moolester wrote: »

Reminds me of when I was on this website about Ireland. There was this article and then the comments below is made me lol and cringe. One of the comments said something like "I love Ireland. It's so peaceful...especially the rural areas" then some idiot american replied "Peaceful? Why don't you go to Leesh (Yes he spelled Laois horribly wrong) where women are still stoned for cheating on their husbands then come back and tell me Ireland is peaceful"

I think he meant "where women get stoned and cheat on their husbands".

Riamfada · 16-02-2009 12:57PM

Cow Moolester wrote: »

Laois... where women are still stoned for cheating on their husbands

Sounds like these yankee knows Leesh alot better than you. Id be ashamed of that man. Seriously.

here.from.day.1 · 16-02-2009 01:01PM

In Soviet Russia women lash justice system!

16-02-2009 01:03PM

Cow Moolester wrote: »

Reminds me of when I was on this website about Ireland. There was this article and then the comments below is made me lol and cringe. One of the comments said something like "I love Ireland. It's so peaceful...especially the rural areas" then some idiot american replied "Peaceful? Why don't you go to Leesh (Yes he spelled Laois horribly wrong) where women are still stoned for cheating on their husbands then come back and tell me Ireland is peaceful"

He should stay well away from Athl1, so.

ejmaztec · 16-02-2009 01:04PM

Wagon wrote: »

I can't wait to see the whole place go under when the oil is depleted. I really can't wait. Countries like that should be just nuked. If it's like this for women over there, then the people are probably better off dead.

They'll all be living in Europe after they buy it for cash.

Overflow · 16-02-2009 01:15PM

biko wrote: »

Saudi Arabia, where it's her fault if she gets raped.
All those oil countries suck big time.

Norway doesn't..

Overheal · 16-02-2009 01:36PM

if youre glad you live in ireland, go start the car and rev it in park. you know what that sound is? Its the sound of money being siphoned to Saudi Arabia.

AckwelFoley · 16-02-2009 01:42PM

00112984 wrote: »

He should stay well away from Athl1, so.

in athlone we rape for fun. Its a cheaper alternative to renting snuff movies. Blame the recession.

[/sarcasam]

KnifeWRENCH · 16-02-2009 02:25PM

The_Minister wrote: »

I know we all bitch about Ireland

And really we shouldn't.
I don't bitch about Ireland because I truly think it is a great country.
As Dragan said, it doesn't take a poor Saudi woman being lashed for being raped to make me glad that I live in Ireland.

Highsider · 16-02-2009 02:36PM

Ya mean the same Ireland where a pervert can go into a house and lift a 5 year old girl out of her bed whilst she sleeps and carry her down the stairs to go and do god knows what with her and gets out on bail only to go and beat a woman to death...yeah our justice system is way better alright.

emy-87 · 16-02-2009 02:36PM

That makes me so angry. The poor girl's life is ruined and all they care about is preserving her dignity or some ****e like that. No mention of prosecuting her attackers. Absolutely disgraceful. Ok so Ireland isnt one of the best places to live at the moment but I would choose Ireland over Saudi Arabia any day of the week. If for some mad reason I could only emigrate to Saudi Arabia, I would stay here and be glad that I dont live in that hell-hole.

General Zod · 16-02-2009 02:41PM

"Outraged? I'm barely surprised. This is a country where women aren't allowed to drive a car. They're not allowed to be in the company of any man other than a close relative. They're required to adhere to a dress code that would make a Maryknoll nun look like Malibu Barbie. They beheaded 121 people last year for robbery, rape, and drug trafficking. They have no free press, no elected government, no political parties. And the Royal Family allows the Religious Police to travel in groups of six carrying nightsticks and they freely and publicly beat women. But 'Brutus is an honorable man.' 17 schoolgirls were forced to burn alive because they weren't wearing the proper clothing. Am I outraged? No. . . . That is Saudi Arabia, our partners in peace."

West Wing always says it best.

Rb · 16-02-2009 02:41PM

And yet, we're expected to treat these people as equals?

Nodin · 16-02-2009 02:43PM

Dragan wrote: »

I think he meant "where women get stoned and cheat on their husbands".

No, I think he just meant Mulhuddart.

TwoShedsJackson · 16-02-2009 02:43PM

The Irish justice system is hardly a paragon - e.g. Roscommon woman getting seven years for abusing all her children and making them live like animals, can't get anymore due to a law going back to 1908.

Relatively short sentences for murders, rapes, vehicular homicide and manslaughter and other violent crimes.

White collar crime ignored or else rewarded by the perpetrators being given a slap on the wrist and let retire with a huge pension - or taxpayers money being used to bail them out.

etc. et-bleedin'-cetera.

kowloon · 16-02-2009 02:44PM

I complain about Ireland in the full knowledge that other places are worse, but accepting mediocrity is part of the problem is it not?

Nodin · 16-02-2009 02:47PM

Rb wrote: »

And yet, we're expected to treat these people as equals?

I wasn't aware anyone had demonstrated a determinable inferior and superior race of people. In fact, its the artificial diviision into 'inferior; and 'superior' that lies at the root of the treatment of this poor woman, both at the hands of her attackers and the so-called justice system.

SV · 16-02-2009 02:49PM

Saudi Arabia.. fúcking backwards country.

Aren't you glad you live in Ireland?

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