Women are teh evil of this world, peoplz

They have to be, considering Saudi Arabian clerics are pressing the kingdom's new information minister – who was implemented as part of an ongoing effort to specifically weed out hardliners and conservative islamics – to categorically ban all women from ever appearing on TV, on the radio and in the newspapers. They're also pressing to remove any and all music and music videos from TV and radio.

*Gobsmacked*

"No Saudi women should appear on TV, no matter what the reason," the statement said. "No images of women should appear in Saudi newspapers and magazines."

Why aren't they rounding up women and chaining them to posts or housing them in farms to sleep in hay and eat, well, hay? They are cattle after all ... no?

Women also appear on Saudi television with their faces showing, though most in public totally cover themselves.

Newspapers publish pictures of Saudi women, but almost always with their heads covered, while pictures of Western entertainers are shown but bare arms and cleavage are painted over.

Yes, of course. Lord knows those poor unsuspecting men in the streets will be so very ashamed when they suddenly get a stiffie from seeing bare arms or an uncovered nose or mouth. Gee, you'd think with all that killing and terrorism and general retarded stupidity, that they'd be a little toughened by now ... guess not.

In a statement, the 35 hardline clergymen also called on Abdel Aziz Khoja, who was appointed by King Abdullah on Feb. 14, to prohibit the playing of music and music shows on television.

"We have great hope that this media reform will be accomplished by you," said the statement. "We have noticed how well-rooted perversity is in the Ministry of Information and Culture, in television, radio, press, culture clubs and the book fair."

So playing music on TV and radio is a perversion? ... Wow. Just ... wow.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, in town for meetings with Saudi officials, told a news conference that during lunch he sat between a female Saudi surgeon and a female journalist. He said while one woman is allowed to perform surgery and another is allowed to teach, neither is permitted to drive.

"I find that bizarre," he said.

No, you don't. You find it utterly, flabbergastingly, unbelievably retarded. As you should. As anyone not a retarded islamofascist should.

... Wow.