Sunday, May 27, 2012

Altercation over nail polish stirs public debate over rights of Saudi woman

An altercation between a young Saudi woman and an agent of the country's morality police over her nail polish in a Riyadh mall has stirred a public debate in the Middle Eastern kingdom.

In a video the woman can be heard demanding the agents of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to leave her alone, as they instruct her to leave the mall at once.


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“Why are you chasing me? The government said no more chasing! Your duty is to advise people… why are you looking at my manicure? I will never leave the mall!” she can be heard saying.

Later in the video, the woman asked mall security to intervene in the incident and to get the morality police to stop harassing her. The security guards refused to do so, instructing her to listen to the agent, who they know to be "a good man."

4 comments:

YourMum said...

I would pay money for someone to teleport Vicky Pollard into that mall and see what happens next.

Anonymous said...

What a bunch of whack-jobs.

WilliamRocket said...

I have no idea who Vicky Pollard is (internet is global you know) but I reckon they should strap a stupidity bomb to her before they teleport her.
That way you don't kill everybody, just those who are stupid.
Its the opposite of a smart bomb which kills everyone not as smart as you and me.

Anonymous said...

WilliamRocket - Vicky Pollard is a fictional character created by a British TV show as a parody of working-class teenage delinquents. She's violent, foul-mouthed, ill-educated and promiscuous.
Hope this helps :)