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Originally Posted by sofiaofhouston
Has anyone actually seen Chop Chop Block in Saudia? It's barbaric. Effective but barbaric.
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I remember once a taxi ride from Dharhan to Bahrain, the driver described when he attended a beheading (or series of beheadings) at a local football ground. He was a bit disturbed by it. Of course, it is not so long ago that these things were common in the 'civilised west'.
But let me counter - what is better, hundreds of deaths a day in US city shootings, or ten public executions a year of criminals?
I can;t believe I just wrote that, I am completely against capital punishment, but it is a question which deserves an answer.
What disturbed me was the number of teenage girls begging in Dharhan (the main centre of saudi oil exploration work, so not short of a penny).
Plus the number of unemployed Saudis, who also spend decades learning the quaran by rote.