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Sheikh N Bake · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 1307 Location: Dis ting of ours

I think VS has nailed it on the head here (except for her last comment in parentheses--I doubt that).

In Ras al Khaimah a number housewife-students I knew were fascinated with Oprah. I, of course, am not.

By the way, only in Saudi Arabia and in Taliban territory (offhand I can't think of any others) would a female victim of gang rape be sentenced to flogging for having been in a car with an unauthorized man. That's not a gross stereotype. It's the truth.

cmp45 · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 1475 Location: KSA

desert_traveller · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 335

talking about 'saudi women' is just as pointless as talking about 'western women'

Cleopatra · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

Sheikh N Bake · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 1307 Location: Dis ting of ours

cmp--yes, I know. I made a further reference to "gross stereotype" vs. the truth on another tangent unrelated to Oprah's show. In regard to the the Oprah show, I merely doubted (though I could be wrong, as I can't stand the show so I won't watch another minute of it) that gross anti-Arab stereotypes would emanate from it.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I cant stand this woman either - I mean Oprah W. Why is she so universally disliked by pedagogues ?

johnslat · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject:

Dear scot47,
I can speak only for myself, of course, but in my case it's because I'm a sexist, racist pig who can't stand the thought of a black woman's being so rich, powerful and successful.
But don't get me wrong. Some of my best friends are rednecks.
Regards,
John

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I am not racist. I just do not like the rich, powerful and successful.

johnslat · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject:

Dear scot47,

Then you certainly picked the right career path - there's no danger whatsoever of your becoming someone you don't like.

Regards,
John

sheikh radlinrol · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain

007 · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

sheikh radlinrol · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain

johnslat · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject:

Perhaps scot47 feels the same way about the rich, powerful and successful as Nick in "The Great Gatsby" feels about the Buchanans:

"Throughout the novel Nick finds himself surrounded by lavish mansions, fancy cars, and an endless supply of material possessions. A drawback to the seemingly limitless excess Nick sees in the Buchanans, for instance, is a throwaway mentality extending past material goods. Nick explains, "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"

And, if so, I tend to agree. Look at the mess on Wall St. That passage made me think a lot about the word "careless."

Regards,
John

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"All Scots love money," So says this poisonous little weasel living on the Costa De Las Idiotas in Spain. Why DOES he come to this board when he has no ongoing interst in the Middle East - except to attack the regulars here?

A poltroon !