Thread: Protest in the entire Islamic World but not in saudia ?
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Old Saturday, September 22, 2012
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Originally Posted by chemguy View Post
Running a country on lies? Suppressing truth? Forbidding criticism? There's actually a word for this, it's called TOTALITARIANISM. And every inch of Saudi Kingdom is totalitarian.

If President Zardari could control all media, and it could promote false praise and forbid all criticism, would that make him a great president?

Democracy entails freedom to information, freedom of expression, freedom to criticize. These things you will never find in Saudi. No TV channel or newspaper of Saudi is allowed to criticize the royal family. Everything to be aired must be given green light by the kingdom.

[A side note: Some Islamic scholars praise Saudi because of their low rape rate. Actually, rape is almost never reported in Saudi. They don't even record these instances to keep up their false venerate image]

You are right, that in the time of Mubarak this blasphemy would not have caused any protest. Because such a news would not have been allowed. Simple. Today they have nascent democracy, which entitles them to freedom of expression. Protests in Egypt started after that Salafist show aired a clip from that blasphemous movie. Something Mubarak would never have allowed.

It's up to you what you want, a bondage of ignorance, or a freedom however hard it maybe.
Totalitarianism is unavoidable. If you don't like political totalitarianism, you will have to live with economic totalitarianism. As in West there truly is too much political freedom, but then your lives are controlled by Corporations and Financiers. You have freedom of expression, but your expression can cost you your job and career. You have freedom to criticize, but you can't criticize your boss. The coin always has two sides dear .
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