tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29282508.post115908575963775647..comments2023-10-23T19:11:58.475+03:00Comments on Stilettos in the Sand…...: No Vacation for the MaidsSabrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00099972141312539283noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29282508.post-1159630946946618282006-09-30T18:42:00.000+03:002006-09-30T18:42:00.000+03:00Would I be the betting kind, I would set a large s...Would I be the betting kind, I would set a large sum that lots of KSA's upper crust visitors to our shores are breaking our laws left and right, and that very few of them ever get to see the inside of a courtroom; think of all these embassy and consulates personnel who embody the old saying: "You can take the boy out of the country, but cannot take the country out of the boy", So many cases of vehicular homicide have been wipped off the slate, as if by magic, all for the sake od 'diplomatic immunity'. <BR/>Which in the case of Saudis works only one way: theirs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29282508.post-1159360132618804262006-09-27T15:28:00.000+03:002006-09-27T15:28:00.000+03:00Sunrunner - I posted your comments twice - my mist...Sunrunner - I posted your comments twice - my mistake - and then had to delete it. Well, guess I didn't have to delete it, but made it look like you posted it twice - and again, it was my mistake. So, "comment deleted by administrator" was me deleting your comment - the same one is above - which I posted twice... Oops! Sorry, Sunrunner!Sabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099972141312539283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29282508.post-1159291441969061182006-09-26T20:24:00.000+03:002006-09-26T20:24:00.000+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29282508.post-1159291280227360502006-09-26T20:21:00.000+03:002006-09-26T20:21:00.000+03:00It should be pointed out that Al Turki was not con...It should be pointed out that Al Turki was not convicted of holding a woman's passport. He was convicted of enslavement of another human being.<BR/><BR/>He did not allow her to leave the premises.<BR/><BR/>He did not pay her.<BR/><BR/>He violated US labor laws. <BR/><BR/>Etc.<BR/>Etc.<BR/>Etc.<BR/><BR/>He was also convicted of rape/sexual assault.<BR/><BR/>Surprise.<BR/>Surprise.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, the uproar in KSA seems to be from the feeling that the sentance was "disproportionate" to the crime(s). <BR/><BR/>The fact is, if he had tried to make a plea agreement with the prosecution or simply pled guilty (as he was likely advised by his attorney, if the attorney was any good), then it is very likely that he would've received a lighter sentance. As you well know, courts don't like it when guilty people waste a lot of taxpayer money on frivolous pleas of innocense. <BR/><BR/>As the Saudi princess in Boston figured out, as she recently pleaded guilty to enslaving 2 maids. We will see how she is sentanced. <BR/><BR/>The final point is that in the US, a non-US citizen has exactly the same legal rights in a legal proceeding as a US citizen, unlike in KSA where there is a whole complicated heirarchy of "fairness" applied, depending on your wasta and national origin. <BR/><BR/>Glad to see you blogging again, btw!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29282508.post-1159306069058935642006-09-27T00:27:00.000+03:002006-09-27T00:27:00.000+03:00Also -- I want to add something re the holding of ...Also -- I want to add something re the holding of the passport: In addition to being a way of preventing her from leaving (as is done in KSA) it is HER private property. No person, employer or otherwise has a right to just "take" and "hold" another's private property. In the US, at least. We don't do Mahrams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com