Comments on: Call to Clean Up Arabic TV http://xrdarabia.org/2008/09/30/call-to-clean-up-arabic-tv/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:05:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michel http://xrdarabia.org/2008/09/30/call-to-clean-up-arabic-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-16111 Michel Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:23:52 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5544#comment-16111 Sparky, I have friends in Pakistan who asked me once :"is it true that you Western people have sex with animals ? That's what people say here"; What do you want me to answer such an amazing question ? It's so easy for malicious people to take the worst from a country and say all of its people go for it. Moreover Westerners have as many shocking clichés of that type in mind about Middle-Eastern people as Middle-East people have about Westerners... And what TV shows does not always help in improving people's view about other parts of the world. Sparky,

I have friends in Pakistan who asked me once :”is it true that you Western people have sex with animals ? That’s what people say here”;
What do you want me to answer such an amazing question ?
It’s so easy for malicious people to take the worst from a country and say all of its people go for it.

Moreover Westerners have as many shocking clichés of that type in mind about Middle-Eastern people as Middle-East people have about Westerners…

And what TV shows does not always help in improving people’s view about other parts of the world.

]]> By: Sparky http://xrdarabia.org/2008/09/30/call-to-clean-up-arabic-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-16107 Sparky Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:39:31 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5544#comment-16107 Orbit has a code you can input on the remote control for every channel to lock it. I didn't like even the commericials on show time so guess what I boycotted it by not subscribing to them! However, I would never have gotten rid of my Orbit because I loved the news channel especially the one that aired "Good Morning America". It really made me want to be in the US again. I think I am going to open my front door and go out in my p.j.s and scream "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" I am sure someone will say Good Morning.... I have learned many valuable things from the television and mostly these are how to stay safe and live healthy. Orbit has a code you can input on the remote control for every channel to lock it. I didn’t like even the commericials on show time so guess what I boycotted it by not subscribing to them!

However, I would never have gotten rid of my Orbit because I loved the news channel especially the one that aired “Good Morning America”. It really made me want to be in the US again.

I think I am going to open my front door and go out in my p.j.s and scream “GOOD MORNING AMERICA” I am sure someone will say Good Morning….

I have learned many valuable things from the television and mostly these are how to stay safe and live healthy.

]]> By: Sparky http://xrdarabia.org/2008/09/30/call-to-clean-up-arabic-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-16106 Sparky Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:27:14 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5544#comment-16106 I am so damn fed up with hearing the bull about how western women are sexually exploited. That is the biggest lie ever put forward. Women in Saudi are exploited on every level including sexually. They are exploited in the workforce simply due to the fact that the men are raised there (generally speaking) to believe that their that women are objects of exploitation. If that is accepted as a basic premise, then what do you expect will happen 9 times out of 10? Also if I had to choose between a life of sexual exploitation and a life of utter nothingness of being blotted out as an invalid and being denied the right to experience life as a living, breathing and feeling creature…I am sorry but I would much rather be sexually exploited. All that repression leaves people screwed up. Case in point, a friend and I were talking about video clips being exchanged between Saudi females. Do you want to know what it was? It was people having sex with animals. I wanted to vomit...honestly!!! People rebel and when they do it gets real ugly! UGHHH I am so damn fed up with hearing the bull about how western women are sexually exploited. That is the biggest lie ever put forward. Women in Saudi are exploited on every level including sexually.

They are exploited in the workforce simply due to the fact that the men are raised there (generally speaking) to believe that their that women are objects of exploitation. If that is accepted as a basic premise, then what do you expect will happen 9 times out of 10?

Also if I had to choose between a life of sexual exploitation and a life of utter nothingness of being blotted out as an invalid and being denied the right to experience life as a living, breathing and feeling creature…I am sorry but I would much rather be sexually exploited.

All that repression leaves people screwed up. Case in point, a friend and I were talking about video clips being exchanged between Saudi females. Do you want to know what it was? It was people having sex with animals. I wanted to vomit…honestly!!!

People rebel and when they do it gets real ugly! UGHHH

]]> By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2008/09/30/call-to-clean-up-arabic-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-16068 John Burgess Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:02:54 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5544#comment-16068 No problem! Because your two posts were different, I left them both in. All first-time commenters need to have their comment approved by me and that sometimes takes a few hours. Glad to see you here and hope to hear lots more from you. No problem! Because your two posts were different, I left them both in.

All first-time commenters need to have their comment approved by me and that sometimes takes a few hours. Glad to see you here and hope to hear lots more from you.

]]> By: the prince's girl http://xrdarabia.org/2008/09/30/call-to-clean-up-arabic-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-16065 the prince's girl Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:20:11 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5544#comment-16065 oops.. sorry about the double post. Still learning! oops.. sorry about the double post. Still learning!

]]> By: The prince's girl http://xrdarabia.org/2008/09/30/call-to-clean-up-arabic-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-16064 The prince's girl Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:12:01 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5544#comment-16064 Even if the women have a good point (i dont know, i havent seen these channels) the question then becomes, what can the government do about it anyways? Seriously, it isnt like they can block and/or regulate satellite signals. It seems the woman just want to blow smoke without doing anything really. Even if the women have a good point (i dont know, i havent seen these channels) the question then becomes, what can the government do about it anyways? Seriously, it isnt like they can block and/or regulate satellite signals. It seems the woman just want to blow smoke without doing anything really.

]]> By: The prince's girl http://xrdarabia.org/2008/09/30/call-to-clean-up-arabic-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-16063 The prince's girl Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:08:10 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5544#comment-16063 I live in the states right now, and i know atleast what is possiblly on those channels, but the more important question is: even if they have a point, how is the government or anyone going to be able to stop it? It isnt like the government can block the signal from satellites. I think this is more of a case of people blowing smoke just so they feel better, but not actaully wanting to do anything. I live in the states right now, and i know atleast what is possiblly on those channels, but the more important question is: even if they have a point, how is the government or anyone going to be able to stop it? It isnt like the government can block the signal from satellites. I think this is more of a case of people blowing smoke just so they feel better, but not actaully wanting to do anything.

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