Reality TV, Shariah Style

Pangloss62 · 08-01-2006, 01:51 PM

Indonesia now has a new reality TV show that, unlike ours, is actually real; talk about your fear factor!

An man caught drinking at a beachside stall was sentenced to 40 lashes. The caning was televised nationally, and he fainted on the seventh stroke (thereby failing to win the final round).

xoxoxoBruce · 08-01-2006, 02:26 PM

40 lashes for drinking? What do they give queers.

Griff · 08-01-2006, 02:27 PM

The freakin' willies, I'd say.

wolf · 08-01-2006, 02:30 PM

I think that Shariah Law requires that the authorities TAKE their freakin' willies, rather than give them.

This is a culture that still cuts the hands off theives, after all.

MaggieL · 08-01-2006, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

40 lashes for drinking? What do they give queers.

You don't know? Last I heard it was stoning, as in "force them to sit next to a stone wall and then push it over on them".

That's one reason I'm not keen to live under Islamic law. The Fundies only don't want me to marry a woman. Or a man...I'm not sure.

Ibby · 08-01-2006, 03:21 PM

So really, when it comes to dealing with fundies, you can marry either one and claim it's the other you can't marry, right?

08-01-2006, 04:04 PM

Would not work in the US... I would rip off his mask and later beat his ass.

richlevy · 08-01-2006, 07:08 PM

So that's what happened to my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume!

Seriously, what is with the orange mask on top of the hood? Is it some sort of badge like a martial arts belt? Does orange mean he's passed the 1000 lash mark?

I'd say it's a brutal practice that we left behind centuries ago, but if you look at punishment, both legal and illegal, in this country, you'll find us doing stuff almost as barbaric into the early 20th century.

In 1997 Texas attempted to pass a law to study introducing caning as a judicial punishment.

In 1997 Mississippi attempted to introduce caning as a punishment for church arson.

That being said, I doubt that we would do it the same way.

08-01-2006, 01:51 PM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Reality TV, Shariah Style Indonesia now has a new reality TV show that, unlike ours, is actually real; talk about your fear factor! An man caught drinking at a beachside stall was sentenced to 40 lashes. The caning was televised nationally, and he fainted on the seventh stroke (thereby failing to win the final round). __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

08-01-2006, 02:26 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	40 lashes for drinking? What do they give queers. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:51 PM.

08-01-2006, 02:27 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The freakin' willies, I'd say. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-01-2006, 02:30 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think that Shariah Law requires that the authorities TAKE their freakin' willies, rather than give them. This is a culture that still cuts the hands off theives, after all. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-01-2006, 03:21 PM	#6
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	So really, when it comes to dealing with fundies, you can marry either one and claim it's the other you can't marry, right? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-01-2006, 04:04 PM	#7
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Would not work in the US... I would rip off his mask and later beat his ass.

08-01-2006, 07:08 PM	#8
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	So that's what happened to my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume! Seriously, what is with the orange mask on top of the hood? Is it some sort of badge like a martial arts belt? Does orange mean he's passed the 1000 lash mark? I'd say it's a brutal practice that we left behind centuries ago, but if you look at punishment, both legal and illegal, in this country, you'll find us doing stuff almost as barbaric into the early 20th century. In 1997 Texas attempted to pass a law to study introducing caning as a judicial punishment. In 1997 Mississippi attempted to introduce caning as a punishment for church arson. That being said, I doubt that we would do it the same way. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 08-01-2006 at 07:12 PM.

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