# What The Fuck is Wrong With Saudi Arabia? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535 "2010-06-09T14:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A.Selene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@A.Selene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Selene)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/1 "2010-06-09T14:23:04Z")
[RO] So now one Islamic cleric in Saudi Arabia, “an adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice”, has declared [that women should give their breast milk to men so that the men may drink it.](http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/saudi-clerics-advocate-adult-breast-feeding/19504280) They should do this so that women don’t need to cover their faces when in the company of men they live with or work with but are otherwise unrelated. Cause drinking their milk makes them “breast milk siblings”, which makes it A-OK for the men to see the woman’s face or spend time with them. Otherwise it’s unlawful mixing of the sexes, a serious crime that can be punished with prison time and lashing. I guess that this isn’t much really, when you consider that they beat women accused of honor crimes or execute “sorcerers.” Every once in a while though, it’s just so un-fucking-believable to hear these things. Seriously. What the fuck is wrong with this place? Fuck the Islamic theocracy and all this terrible shit it sustains, if not outright fights for. [/RO] ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/2 "2010-06-09T14:33:33Z")
I’m envisioning a Saudi Arabian ad campaign: _Got milk?_ ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/3 "2010-06-09T14:34:41Z")
_“Breast is best.”_ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/4 "2010-06-09T14:44:34Z")
“What The Fuck is Wrong With Saudi Arabia?” Seriously? There are many, many books devoted to answering this question. The short answer is that the House of Saud and the Wahhabi (Islamic fundamentalists) struck a deal so that the Saudis could come into/retain power. It’s sort of like if the Westboro Baptist Church had been able to coronate the Rockefellers with the agreement that Phelp’s form of Baptisim be the one true religion. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/5 "2010-06-09T15:03:21Z")
When you adhere to a dusty old codebook with **strict legalistic devotion** you need to be _very creative_ to balance it with _ **modern sensibilities** _. I give it him B+ for the attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/6 "2010-06-09T15:09:03Z")
Even though they drive gold-plated Rolls Royces, their culture remains on the back of a shit-covered camel. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/7 "2010-06-09T15:15:24Z")
While I have no problem with humans drinking human milk…it sounds like ridiculous loophole jumping to me. Then again, I’m not socially, emotionally or spiritually invested in their holy rule book, so whaddo I know? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/8 "2010-06-09T15:17:35Z")
Well, his first suggestion was corporate-sponsored inbreeding, so the breast milk thing doesn’t seem too bad. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/9 "2010-06-09T15:33:42Z")
That is just bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/10 "2010-06-09T15:52:51Z")
Personally, I think women should have to give BJ’s to men on a regular basis so they can be “part of the family”. Much easier sell in my opinion. Thats how we’ve been doing it in the deep south for years now. ---
**Author:** ![A.Selene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@A.Selene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Selene)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/11 "2010-06-09T15:54:42Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Personally, I think women should have to give BJ’s to men on a regular basis so they can be “part of the family”. Much easier sell in my opinion. > > Thats how we’ve been doing it in the deep south for years now. Damn. Now I wish I lived in the south. I fully support this measure. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/12 "2010-06-09T15:58:08Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Personally, I think women should have to give BJ’s to men on a regular basis so they can be “part of the family”. Much easier sell in my opinion. > > Thats how we’ve been doing it in the deep south for years now. Your father is your brother Your sister is your mother You like to fuck each other The Deep South family. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/13 "2010-06-09T18:52:11Z")
Who are we to judge their culture blah blah blah they probably look at some of the things we do and think they’re bizarre blah blah blah … Just wanted to get that out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![wmfellows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@wmfellows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wmfellows)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/14 "2010-06-09T18:58:35Z")
I’m afraid it’s the British Empire’s fault. Had we not kicked out the perfectly civilized and reasonable Turks, for ultimately failed Empire interests, the Saud would be some back-country hicks running arms and the like. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. (nevertheless the concept is intriguing. Why a whole new scope of porn…) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/15 "2010-06-09T19:03:50Z")
I don’t have to drink it from a glass, do I? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/16 "2010-06-09T19:06:35Z")
Hmmmm…if every woman contributed a sample of breast milk, and they mixed it with goat milk, and every man had a sip, then it is possible that every man has had every woman’s milk, and the whole veil thing can be tossed into the dustbin. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/17 "2010-06-09T19:06:46Z")
Islam dammit! Islam! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/18 "2010-06-09T19:10:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Hmmmm…if every woman contributed a sample of breast milk, and they mixed it with goat milk, and every man had a sip, then it is possible that every man has had every woman’s milk, and the whole veil thing can be tossed into the dustbin. Don’t get me started on Saudis and goats, that is not a road we want to explore. ---
**Author:** ![wmfellows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@wmfellows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wmfellows)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/19 "2010-06-09T19:12:45Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I don’t have to drink it from a glass, do I? He did mention, it seems given that summary, milk pumps. Rather disappointing, really. I mean think of the potential… ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535/20 "2010-06-09T20:21:07Z")
The breast milk fetishists have finally maneuver themselves into a position of power and they are this close to convincing women, and even their husbands, that they should let men have a suckle whenever they want. And now this nosey reporter has to butt in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-saudi-arabia/542535.md?page=2)