360 Lashes in Saudi for OAP

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Cultral relativism belongs in the bin. How is giving a guy in his 70s 360 lashes both just and fair in any sense of those words?

What this is is exactly as min said, a double standard whereby foreigners in Saudi are convicted with overly harsh sentences for minor transgressions which are routinely committed by Saudis. Forget carrying a bottle of wine, what about countless murders and rapes committed against de facto slave labour by Saudis both home and abroad?

It's utter nonsense and needs to be confronted.

In this particular case the guy was a dummy.  He had been in Saudi Arabia for years.  His wife left to return home because she got sick.  He should have gone with her because he's well past their retirement age.  There's probably some monkey motion going on there below the surface.

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