[Livia]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i would say this particular unrest has nothing to do with the west. Saudi Arabia and Iran have been fighting it out for domination in the region, it's impossible to miss surely? Its a conflict between the 2 branches of their religious cult.

That's not going to be a popular opinion amongst those who think the West is inherently evil and the Middle East misunderstood and so dim they allow the West to manipulate them. Except Israel of course, which is always the bad guy.

These people live in a filthy, corrupt, archaic dictatorship, no wonder they're protesting.This is the place where young people were sentenced to 100 lashes and imprisonment for dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy". It'd be ironically funny if it wasn't so bloody sad.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Livia

That's not going to be a popular opinion amongst those who think the West is inherently evil and the Middle East misunderstood and so dim they allow the West to manipulate them. Except Israel of course, which is always the bad guy.

These people live in a filthy, corrupt, archaic dictatorship, no wonder they're protesting.This is the place where young people were sentenced to 100 lashes and imprisonment for dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy". It'd be ironically funny if it wasn't so bloody sad.

Great post. I was thinking about that beautiful happy video the other day when the protests were on the news. Hard to understand how something so joyful was punished and in such a vile way.