> Watched a brilliant and compelling documentary last nigh on the women
> of Saudi Arabia.
>
> The hostess, a 'modern moslem', was extremely perturbed ,not only by
> the 'middle ages' style repression of women there, but even more so
> when she discovered that a very high percentage of women agreed with
> the way the interpretation of the Koran (praise to the printers that
> their profits :-) may be maintained)....of how they should be treated.
>
> Cultural evolution is a slow process, and can only happen from
> 'within', culturally or individually. Try to impose, and you get a
> similar situation where by a group of people actually form who
> actually benefit by the attempted inteference. I refer of course , to
> the lawyers who specialise in divorce settlements in the US and
> eslewhere..
>
> Ohhhh, of course...and the oil barons. Nearly forgot ....tut tut
> ...

> Watched a brilliant and compelling documentary last nigh on the women
> of Saudi Arabia.
>
> The hostess, a 'modern moslem', was extremely perturbed ,not only by
> the 'middle ages' style repression of women there, but even more so
> when she discovered that a very high percentage of women agreed with
> the way the interpretation of the Koran (praise to the printers that
> their profits :-) may be maintained)....of how they should be treated.
>
> Cultural evolution is a slow process, and can only happen from
> 'within', culturally or individually. Try to impose, and you get a
> similar situation where by a group of people actually form who
> actually benefit by the attempted inteference. I refer of course , to
> the lawyers who specialise in divorce settlements in the US and
> eslewhere..
>
> Ohhhh, of course...and the oil barons. Nearly forgot ....tut tut
> ...

> Watched a brilliant and compelling documentary last nigh on the women
> of Saudi Arabia.
>
> The hostess, a 'modern moslem', was extremely perturbed ,not only by
> the 'middle ages' style repression of women there, but even more so
> when she discovered that a very high percentage of women agreed with
> the way the interpretation of the Koran (praise to the printers that
> their profits :-) may be maintained)....of how they should be treated.
>
> Cultural evolution is a slow process, and can only happen from
> 'within', culturally or individually. Try to impose, and you get a
> similar situation where by a group of people actually form who
> actually benefit by the attempted inteference. I refer of course , to
> the lawyers who specialise in divorce settlements in the US and
> eslewhere..
>
> Ohhhh, of course...and the oil barons. Nearly forgot ....tut tut
> ...

> Watched a brilliant and compelling documentary last nigh on the women
> of Saudi Arabia.
>
> The hostess, a 'modern moslem', was extremely perturbed ,not only by
> the 'middle ages' style repression of women there, but even more so
> when she discovered that a very high percentage of women agreed with
> the way the interpretation of the Koran (praise to the printers that
> their profits :-) may be maintained)....of how they should be treated.

>> Watched a brilliant and compelling documentary last nigh on the women
>> of Saudi Arabia.

>

>> The hostess, a 'modern moslem', was extremely perturbed ,not only by
>> the 'middle ages' style repression of women there, but even more so
>> when she discovered that a very high percentage of women agreed with
>> the way the interpretation of the Koran (praise to the printers that
>> their profits :-) may be maintained)....of how they should be treated.

>
> Bin Laden's sisters were living in the U. S. at the time of the
> attacks.   Dumbya had to have them spirited out of Tampa International
> Airport during the no fly period.
>
> Well, at least _some_ people are crazier than our neocons.
>
> Bret Cahill