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2003-12-23 Arabia

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Posted by Steve 2003-12-23 10:43:13 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 People here are totally confused. They donât understand how crime can keep rising in this Muslim society

Hmmm... I think I see the problem right there.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-23 10:56:31 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-12-23 10:56:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Correction: Delete all after "confused."

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 11:39:35 AM|| 2003-12-23 11:39:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 No Glenn, they seriously don't understand how crime can keep rising in their "Religion of Peace". It's un-thinkable to them that a Muslim would do harm to another Muslim. Therefore, it must be Mossad!

Posted by Charles 2003-12-23 11:41:59 AM|| 2003-12-23 11:41:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Police recently arrested a Saudi man, based on fingerprint evidence, who had burgled at least 25 houses in the capital.

Serious crime my ass. Pros always wear gloves.

"Dumb ~~jihadi~~ crook!"

Posted by Raj 2003-12-23 12:16:48 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-12-23 12:16:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Charles #3: No. To feel confused, and to be confused, are not always congruent. Like I was sayin...

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 1:23:09 PM|| 2003-12-23 1:23:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 "People here are totally confused. They donât understand how crime can keep rising in this Muslim society,"

-blaming the Jews/Infidel in 3.....2.....1.....

Posted by Brainiac 2003-12-23 2:07:53 PM|| 2003-12-23 2:07:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 It seems to me that we are witnessing the beginning of the end of Saudi society as we know it. They have been surfing in a dream world built on a big wave of oil money. Hang ten and all that. Now they are going to hit the beach and will have to adapt or go under. My two cents is on bottoming out, followed by upheaval and anarchy, and maybe, just maybe, a slow march forward. But that is just the optimist in me.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-23 3:36:07 PM|| 2003-12-23 3:36:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 An aside: The Kerantina neighborhood gets its name from the English "quarantine" referring to the old days when pilgrims just off the boat were thought to carry diseases. It was just as seedy in the '80's when I lived in Jeddah. I guess urban renewal still hasn't made its way there.

Posted by Michael 2003-12-23 4:52:48 PM|| 2003-12-23 4:52:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 AP, that might be the longest (and best) surfing metaphor I've ever seen.... but you forgot to mention the sharks.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-23 5:18:35 PM|| 2003-12-23 5:18:35 PM|| Front Page Top

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