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People unclear on the concept #237
2004-03-29
From MEMRI:
On March 9, 2004, Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd Bin Abd Al-Aziz officially approved the establishment of the country’s first non-governmental human rights organization... NOHR Chairman Dr. Abdallah Bin Saleh Al-’Ubeid explained that the organization would strive to protect human rights in accordance with the principles of the Saudi regime, based on the Qur’an and the Sunna, as well as international human rights conventions, in a manner that does not conflict with Shari’a.....
WRONG! _ go back and try again.....
Posted by:Mercutio

#13  .com, you may want to check this article from an RB back-issue.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-03-29 11:40:59 PM  

#12  dis thread be funny
Posted by: GK   2004-03-29 10:50:21 PM  

#11  We should have Kofi Annan write a memo to the Saudis demanding that they comply with Article 18 of the United Nations Charter, or they will be suspended from the organization and have to go to charm school. Yeah, that will do it!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-03-29 8:41:11 PM  

#10  Whoa - that sounds like fun! Shit, man, the only painting I ever did was rocks. White. Rocks. White. Rocks. 'Course I'm not interested in hanging over the side of a ship and scraping old paint off in 8 hour shifts...
Posted by: .com   2004-03-29 8:16:10 PM  

#9  .com, isn't art where you get on a boat with some understudies and go hose red paint onto an iceberg?
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-03-29 8:11:59 PM  

#8  Like Mornon above say, Math hard, but Prespective damn near impossible.
Posted by: Barbie   2004-03-29 7:16:26 PM  

#7  Art? We will need to depend on Lucky. All the ears and necks on my horsies look like jumbo Vulcan.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-03-29 7:15:34 PM  

#6  Wow! Mathematician stuff on RB! Pretty soon, we're gonna hafta figure out how to act snobby and be snotty to newcomers - y'know, the clique thingy. I guess all that's lacking is bringing Mucky around on the wine thing and someone talking about art.

So. Anybody know dick about art? I don't mean the guy with no arms and no legs hanging on the wall - I mean like pictures that somebody like drew and everything, y'know?

As for the Saudis, well they don't know anything about art -or- mathematics. Come to think of it, they don't know dick about dick. We'll have to make sure an' exclude them from our clique thingy.
Posted by: .com   2004-03-29 6:17:08 PM  

#5  Don't know why I appeared as Anon3966 for my Uranium joke. BTW, 3966 / 3 = 1322.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-03-29 6:07:48 PM  

#4  237 is bad luck for Saudis.
I will also bring to your attention to the FACT that 23 less 7 is 16. FACT 16 added to the middle numeral is 19! QED (An excellent name for an Office Supply Store)
Posted by: Dr. Science   2004-03-29 4:32:58 PM  

#3  in a manner that does not conflict with Shari’a.....

Still quacking like a duck, it would seem...
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-03-29 4:22:25 PM  

#2  the problem for the Saudis is that Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says,

"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."

In Saudi Arabia if you leave islam, you face the death penalty (true in several other Islamic counties). Similarly, if you attend a Christian religious service you face punishment, etc.
Posted by: mhw   2004-03-29 3:19:35 PM  

#1  A numerologist familiar with nuclear physics would point out that the number 237 is bad luck for Saudis.
Posted by: Anonymous3966   2004-03-29 2:36:29 PM  

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