NYT: The Price of Pants in Sudan Just Went Up!

[New Tet]

$200 for wearing pants is cheaper than 40 lashes to the seat of your pants.

A victory of sorts?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/africa/08sudan.html?_r=1&hp

[Abc]

wow thats fucking crazy, 40 lashes for wearing pants :ohmy:

[Comrade Kaile]

thats obscene...:blink:
thats like getting whipped if i wore a dress, unlikely yes, but what if i wanted to wear the pretty dress to the dance party...

[scarletghoul]

I never understood why males traditionally wear trousers and females wear dresses/skirts. Surely it would be more convenient to have them the other way round, given the fact that males have pretruding penis and females dont

[mannetje]

I never understood why males traditionally wear trousers and females wear dresses/skirts. Surely it would be more convenient to have them the other way round, given the fact that males have pretruding penis and females dont the same with bicycles the female ones has no bar in the middle and male bikes do, that should be reversed too. If you fall you can fall very hard on the bar with your balls. :crying: but about the topic, that kind of injustice towards women really makes me puke.

[NecroCommie]

Hmm... Should I be offended if I occationally wear gothic man-skirts? I mean, is it healthy for me to go into Sudan?

EDIT: OK, I'll give you the answer... NO! I am okay because I happened to be born with a flappy organ in my crotch.