Slog - Comments on Even a Stopped Clock... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock ...is right once a day. Of course the clock stopped in Saudi Arabia about, oh, four centuries ago. This leads too all sorts of idiocy--the prosecution of rape victims, the beheading of homos, the disallowing of cocktails, etc.--but every once the fatwa-happy dickfucks that wreak such havoc on the lives of average Saudis do 'em a favor. Saudi Arabia's religious police have banned the sale of red roses ahead of Valentine's Day. Every year officials visit florists a few days before Feb 14 to issue warnings on red items, which are widely seen as symbols of love, according to local... Copyright 2008 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:43:18 -0800 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:56:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by MGD Ah,Islam . . . the religion of peace and love.

]]> MGD http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935198 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:59:11 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Oh those wild and wacky Muslims, so full of good morals.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935209 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:02:57 -0800 Comment by umvue Ah, The Stranger... the inexpensive paper that pushes "Reader Valentines" and "Stranger LOVEBOT valentine"s. Capitalism vs. Medievalism, I guess.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935210 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:03:26 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Yes, and our Valentines are... free.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935215 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:06:47 -0800 Comment by kinaidos My love is like the brown brown sand
Newly tracked by camels
My love is like a firm wool rug
Shit, nothing rhymes with camels.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935224 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:11:58 -0800 Comment by Sir Vic So are our women.

(wearing a headscarf in America is like a black man wearing a confederate flag t-shirt)

]]> Sir Vic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935225 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:12:02 -0800 Comment by Geni Right, Valentine's Day is an encouragement to relations outside of wedlock, because everyone knows there's no such thing as love or romance once you're married, right?

Sad fucking commentary on the state of their marriages, if ya ask me.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935234 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935234 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:17:01 -0800 Comment by Hallie Burton That's one dumbshit country. Too bad they own our asses.

]]> Hallie Burton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935245 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935245 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:21:34 -0800 Comment by huh Isn't a stopped clock right twice a day?

]]> huh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935254 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:27:00 -0800 Comment by K X One

Word.

Meanwhile Detroit fosters a new love affair with giant Hemi engines and needing more power. Go figure.


]]> K X One http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935255 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935255 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:27:38 -0800 Comment by Hooty Sapperticker @5
...beneath warm-blooded mammals?

]]> Hooty Sapperticker http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935278 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:40:07 -0800 Comment by Andrew Damn, wish I knew that before I sent the Mosque up in Northgate those 8 dozen red roses that are going to be delivered on Thursday...

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935280 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:40:26 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Yeah, it's too bad we underwrite their medieval idiocy with every tank of gas we buy.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935281 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:40:41 -0800 Comment by COMTE "Shit, nothing rhymes with camels"

Mammals
Trammels
Enamels
Two Dorothy Hamills

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935286 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:42:56 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO This leads too all sorts of idiocy

Danny, c'mon! This is a rookie mistake; you're a pro!

Also, valenine's day is a small price to pay to live here vs there.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935289 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935289 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:44:42 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I bet the real objection is to men treating women as anything other than chattel.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935315 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:00:08 -0800 Comment by Just Some Guy Yeah, American consumers should be so lucky to be told by religious fanatics what they can buy and what they can sell.

So you are all for the crap going down with sex toys in Missouri?

Yeah we get it, you are trendy and hip because you hate Valentines day. Well I would take that over some bullshit religious holiday shoved down my throat. People can take away from V-day whatever they want.

]]> Just Some Guy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935337 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935337 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:07:20 -0800 Comment by fixo ....stitched with grace by Tamils.

]]> fixo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935393 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935393 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:37:52 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Staff Sgt. Charley Bucklin was injured Sept. 20, 2005, while in the Kirkuk province in north-central Iraq. As a mechanic with Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 163rd Infantry Regiment, Bucklin had spent the two previous days scouring the hillsides to assist infantry. He said he was in his housing unit when a mortar shell exploded nearby. Bucklin walked outside with his flack jacket and vest open and went behind the unit. After rounding the corner, another shell exploded 10 to 15 meters from him. As a result of the explosion, Bucklin has shrapnel lodged in his nose, neck and chest and lost 94 percent of the hearing in his left ear.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935409 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:42:56 -0800 Comment by religion for all! @17, you do realize Valentine was a saint?

]]> religion for all! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935453 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:02:38 -0800 Comment by B Someone suggested "send a random Saudi a rose" campaign - get some address off the net and send 'em a red rose for v-day.

Should be fun :)

]]> B http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935504 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935504 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:32:30 -0800 Comment by johnnie Twice a day, Dan. Unless it's a military clock, it's right twice a day.

]]> johnnie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935526 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:41:24 -0800 Comment by Shakespeare 24 hour time is - remember this, zulu time in the Navy where clocks and time are a very big deal

Former CT , Communications tech

]]> Shakespeare http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935588 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:17:40 -0800 Comment by Chris Uh, Dan, what if Terry decides that he'd actually LIKE to start getting stuff for Valentines Day?

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935712 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c935712 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:31:37 -0800 Comment by arandomdude I realise you're against the commercialization of V-day and not the idea itself Dan, should've made that a bit more clear in the original post :P

]]> arandomdude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c936002 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c936002 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:08:20 -0800 Comment by holz "military clock" is standard clock to 99% of the world.

]]> holz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c936052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c936052 Religion Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:38:18 -0800 Comment by flash gordon You know Dan, I agree with you more than I agree with most of the people I know, but this post is pretty fucking lame. Restricting expression with the threat of force is always repugnant, even if it violates your hip aesthetics. Grow up and quit equating religious domination with avoiding cheesiness. You're better than this trite bullshit.

]]> flash gordon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c936075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/even_a_stopped_clock#c936075 Religion Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:56:40 -0800