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so curse her more

Yes; every country will have something or many somethings which stand up and make one question ethics or rights… but I do believe as compared to so many other countries, the USA falls way low on the list of having records with the worse statutes of abuse and liberties.

And thank you, Saudi in US. I was just *very bothered* by these attacks. I think however you feel about women in politics we can all agree some of them are extreme.

I didn’t mean to hijack the thread. I apologize. I was only trying to point out that in my opinion we don’t have much of a leg to stand on when criticising other countries’ human rights records when we allow people to selectively kill their children.

I have been watching the Sarah Palin debate here for the last week. I have never seen anyone criticize her for having a down syndrome child at least in mainstream media. Now there could be some loony bloggers out there that do that, but there are loonies that think Hitler was a great guy too. You cannot say that is an attack as there will always be someone that is not important attacking every person in politics.

I’m sorry. Maybe that is out of the blue, but I just can’t see myself adopting a critical stance when we still have beams in our own eyes over here, you know? :]

Thanks for your comment. I’m not sure where the aborting a girl child comment is from…unless that is in response to someone else’s comment. I know I never posted anything like that! In fact, while yes, boys are revered in Saudi Arabia, girls are also loved and cherished too.

This particular post subject may be harsh and focuses more on negative aspects but I hope you will read other posts which give other perspectives about the life of women in Saudi Arabia.

The descriptions of life for women in your blog and by your commenters is just horrific!

And while I hope not to be polarizing or argumentative as a guest commenting on your blog, can I say that aborting a girl child is probably the worst treatment ever? I don’t know that Americans can get all “high n mighty” about the treatment of minority religions or women when this practice is allowed in cases where the mother’s life is not in imminent danger.

Though of course I ought not hesitate to add that this does not lessen the fact that there is maltreatment of women in other countries.

http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/entertainment?bbPostId=B6kcqoGH9Pf8Bzn7nRZ5sNNoB7gdPsUm88CwBzMA5nxLQQu4

Back to the topic, it sure is sounding more and more like Yemen may get the gold medal.