They do have deliciously archaic punishment systems. It would be amusing if it weren't true....

No that is according to the clerics and some segments of society. The station that aired this program was owned by a Saudi prince so he was definitely fine with sex being discussed openly.

Also the man and woman in question are both against the ruling and consider it unfair as do many other people probably that cannot do anything about it because they live in an opressive society.

To say that THEY includes all Saudis or Muslims or Arabs is wrong. Sure there are segments of Saudi society that do think of the west as sinful, but that is increasingly a smaller number of people in my opinion.

In Saudi Arabia they eat KFC drive Hummers and drink coca cola. The rich can probably watch porn too, but secretly as for the poor they get punished for it like these individuals.

Thats what happens in a disctatorship ^

Glad I live in Canada where know one could care less about anything.

poor lady i can't understand how these countries treat women like crap..

Would the guy getting the thousand lashes get them all at once?

I can't imagine surviving that.

That is why we are their allies. >_>

I think they are a 1000 lashes consecutively.

That's horrifying past words. I can't imagine that he'll get through that with all of his flesh intact.

Edit: By which I mean I expect it to expose the bones of his spine and most of his ribs. If he doesn't die from shock I expect him to die from infection.