Today I get this guy telling me that there is going to be an execution at the old town square. So I ditched work and went there. I was telling a non-Saudi guy online today when he asked me about it. I said " you know how these things are , they're usually disappointing "; He protested " No I don’t know how these things are , and how the fuc* is it disappointing" . it's when I decided I should blog about it.

Here's the thing: if you never been to these things and you just hear about public executions, you probably have the medieval version in your head. (I'll be talking about heads a lot in the coming entry), or better yet the Roman one . I know what you're thinking. You probably think the guy is dragged by his feet by two ginormous black dudes. The costumes are really important. They have to be wearing thick metal vests and have really big axes ( the kind of ax that exceeds the size of a normal dude like the guy next to me). The guy is screaming let me go (did I mention the rags he's wearing , and the chained hands) and then they put him in the middle and they read the royal decree. And the horns and bells. When, an angry person from the crowd shouts (I don’t know why is he angry , but let it be) , when he shouts " KILLLLLL HIMMMMM", the crowd roars, and the ax falls making a mark on the dry ground. The head goes flying and the blood gushing everywhere. And the crowd roars again , and the black dude takes the head and holds it up for the crowed by the hair. Then the crowed explodes with a mix of screams and cheers ……. Get real.

Actually , the guy is sedated (drugged) and its totally quite , specially the cutting. The cutting is quite , like cutting a pealed banana from a safe distance with scalp. And mind you the swordsman did a really REALLY sloppy job. But hey!! it worked; the guy is dead, to the best of my knowledge. May God have mercy on his soul ,and forgive his sins no matter what they are. (they say he killed his wife, God bless her soul too)

It's not about getting revenge. It's about setting an example and sending a message to society. Life is nothing to toy with, and if you take someone else's yours is at stake. To tell the truth , I notice after ever one of these things crime rates drop drastically for a couple of months. It really works here. On the other hand , crime thrives in places when they stopped doing it. I'm telling you , if I was an abiding citizen and paying all my taxes , I really wouldn’t like it when my killer runs away with only 20 years. Is that’s what you get for being the good guy? You know I would always say " KILLLLLL HIMMMMM" .

God bless you all and keep you and those dear to you safe from crime and traffic violations.

Yours,

O.K.

Ok, I never believed in this copyright bullshit to begin with. Whatever I can get my hands on, I usually take and gesture a middle finger to the copy right sign. so I have nothing to complain about.

However, when a big organization or publisher , who occasionally preach  copyright; it just makes my day a little more constipated. Hypocrisy , that's what they call it in the old days.

Last Thursday I ran a  thread in a local forum about the temperature drop and attach some photos from that morning . The thing is I get a big newspaper stealing the photo  , cropping out my stamp and failing to mention anything about the source of that picture.

Hers the picture I took:

and here's the picture from the paper:

And this is the newspaper link:

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2668&id=38225

Now , its not the first time news papers take pictures from me , but other news papers at least refer to me or keep the stamp. Just about a month ago some a news paper did take my horse race photos and they did refer to me.

Some suggest that I  complain to the newspaper or at least file an objection letter. But its not me .  I tell you why. I might be many things (a perverted, self-centered, reckless wild , holy fiend), but I'm never a hypocrite. I just don't like people saying what they don't do and hope others are not looking when they're not doing it.  (take your time deciphering the last sentence. and BTW , please do refer to me when you take it)..

Anyway, I got to go. I'm taking my car to the dealer for the 5000 checkup.

take care

Ok , you always hear people form outside going about " Saudi Women ". Using the plural form says it all about these guys and guy-wannabe's. I don't know its like you are talking about packs of some kind of endangered species. I can't tell you how much crap I had to listen to from clueless sympathizers . Its like when bush said " Iraqi people your not free , we gonna bomb your country until you're free, ye cn bt ya'ass'n that ! " . But heyyyy , you know people , specially Americans , they tend to talk about things they don't know much about , very very very often (sorry  you guys , its true). And they express their opinions on the subject very loudly. and take it upon their shoulders to fight for that cause. and get excited. VERY excited.

Anyways, Just to make the point clear about A Saudi woman , I give thee this video. I stumbled on it while I was looking for something nasty (don't ask). Anywhooooo , its somewhat standard here. Of course , it depends on different background but in all fairness , I would say its pretty much the middle case.

Saudi Women at Work (part2)

Take care