Brickbat: Honor Thy Father
Saudi police have arrested a Kuwaiti woman, who wasn't named by media, for driving her father across the border to a hospital. Women can legally drive in Kuwait, but not in Saudi Arabia.
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No fair doing brickbats from KSA, that's just shooting fish in a barrel.
Damning the thugocracy with faint condemnation.
Savages.
Surely Egypt is "worse on women".
I dunno, are they?
They arrested her before she could try to parallel park in their country.
I lol'd.
Corruption is bliss dude, oh yeah!
http://www.Privacy-Web.tk
It's the War on Women!
Surely can't be, I don't see a single white American or European named in the piece.
Religion of Peace!
Slippery slope
Driving on the wrong side of the road?
Toonces better watch out.
Are cars mentioned in the Koran? How can there be a rule on driving?