[typoon]

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20050...3151-9154r.htm


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A candidate in groundbreaking elections beginning here today has a plan to reduce the kingdom's dependence on foreign labor, but it may be too radical for most of his countrymen: letting women drive.
If Saudi Arabia allowed women to drive their own cars, Suleiman Abdullah Omar Al-Suleiman told The Washington Times yesterday, it could do away with a quarter-million foreign drivers, whom he sees as a drain on the nation's wealth and resources.

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[Secret__Police]

Sounds bad, the next thing they will do is give women the right to vote.

[mitchell_pgh]

first they drive... then it's a non blue burka, then they are showing their ankle... then it's PORNOGRAPHY!!!

[Salah al-Din]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
first they drive... then it's a non blue burka, then they are showing their ankle... then it's PORNOGRAPHY!!!

No or at least very few women in Saudi Arabia use the Burka.

But it's good to see some sensible candidates running for office.