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| Saudi system ’abuses foreigners’ |
| 2004-07-15 |
| BBC covers Human Rights Watch as it notes how guests are treated in the spiritual home of Islam... |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #10 they wouldn't let my fraternity members pass beers, and that's the majority of "food" we had...cost $500 to get out dammit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-15 8:33:05 PM |
| #9 I lost a few lbs in the San Felipe lockup Whoa! Aloha man impresses the crowd! :) Im once spend 12 hr/days in Kingston GA with the smartest damn German Shepard I've ever seen. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-15 8:18:20 PM |
| #8 Frank - You went partying solo? Or did you just outdrink 'em and move on? Lol! Sorry about the experience, tho - sure it wasn't fun. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-15 7:14:40 PM |
| #7 AP and .com - our neighbor to the south - lovely land of illegals, has the same setup- you want to eat well (meaning adequately)? Get family to bring you the food...In my college days I lost a few lbs in the San Felipe lockup |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-15 6:57:15 PM |
| #6 Spot - I heard (no link to offer) that they didn't outlaw slavery until 1974. Of course what's on the books and what happens in reality are two very different things. AP - Just as there are different pay scales for the same job based upon country of origin, there are different "awards" due the family of someone who dies in SA. I recall that if you accidentally killed a USC (US/Canadian), the "price" was $100,000 USD. For a Brit and certain EU countries it was $90K. And so forth. For a PakiWaki, it was $10K. This whole bizarre scheme was based upon the (supposed) relative value of $ in each locale - what sort of lifestyle it would purchase. And your observation regards the comfort of a jail prisoner are spot-on. If someone doesn't come to take care of you, you are screwed. Note that this is part of the Arab family / clan / tribe thingy. Evidence abounds. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-15 6:41:33 PM |
| #5 I had a coworker who was in Saudi for a while that ran over a guy that jumped out in front of his pickup to get slightly injured and collect insurance money. Only problem is that the plan went haywire when the Saudi got run over and killed. The Saudi police hauled him to jail and he was stuck there for 2 weeks while the company negotiated the $ amount for taking this guy out, even though it was not my friend's fault. Fortunately, the office folks brought blankets, food, etc for my friend, or he would have been in a world of hurt. If he did not have outside support, he would have been up s**t creek. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-15 6:24:20 PM |
| #4 This is a free ticket out of jail. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-07-15 5:23:49 PM |
| #3 forms of labour exploitation that sometimes rise to slavery-like conditions (wink, wink) IIRC, Saudi only outlawed slavery in the early 1960s. |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-07-15 8:52:13 AM |
| #2 What do you call a country where the US ransoms Saudi terrorists in exchange for 5 Brits, a Canadian and a Belgian hostage in jail on trumped up charges? The enemy. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-15 7:57:03 AM |
| #1 Someone I know was thrown in jail on a false charge, without trial, and just left to rot for months. |
| Posted by: virginian 2004-07-15 7:42:47 AM |