Comments on: King Abdullah Gives Saudi Women the Right to Vote – Just to Battle EthicalOil.org

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:44:43 +0000

Thanks, Tinamarie. Yes, of course it is snark – and coming not from a nascent democracy, full of hope, like in the MENA region, but coming from a tired old “democracy” that has rendered ALL of our mere human votes meaningless, by literally giving an equal vote to corporations!

By: Tinamarie

Tinamarie — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:18:34 +0000

Love your snarky take how Saudi women might get the right to drive themselves…if only it wasn’t market forces creating these supposed rights for women, but a true paradigm shift in how many in the region view womankind.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:05:10 +0000

In reply to tyler. I agree we should stop all oil, but the world would collapse if this happened today. We need to be practical about transitioning to renewables.

By: tyler

tyler — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:34:00 +0000

LOL. is this a serious article. haha. saudi arabia is still a VERY oppressive authoritarian monarchy. OIL sucks regardless. stop it all. but REALLY, is this article trying to be taken seriously..

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:25:16 +0000

As much as I would like to believe that consumers are willing to make green choices based on ethics, and as much as I would like to believe that the Saudi government would be responsive to market polling on such topics, I think it is perfectly ludicrous and absurd to suggest that these constituted the motivation (or even a part of the motivation) to give women the right to vote in Saudi Arabia. Come on! Don’t trivialize the movement for women’s rights or the sustainability movement in this way.

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:01:34 +0000

@Mosab – Join the real world. A woman was sentanced today to ten lashes for driving a car.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1060216–saudi-woman-sentenced-to-10-lashes-for-defying-ban-on-driving-a-car?bn=1

By: Andy Alberta

Andy Alberta — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:12:02 +0000

Wow…couldn’t even make it thru the 1st paragraph of this claptrap. Yes, women were given right to vote- in meaningless local elections that only 20-some percent bothered to show up for. FYI they still can’t DRIVE THEMSELVES TO THE POLLS, that requires a man.

The ethical oil movement has more legs to stand on than a caterpillar.

By: Mosab

Mosab — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:05:59 +0000

Walter the only correct thing you said about Saudi Arabia was the can’t drive thing all other things were true in the 60s and the 70s but not anymore.

We have crime investigation labs we have Doctors who run rape tests Women’s testimony have been equal to man’s for some years now. And my Mom goes to work as a surgeon in the Hospital she works in all by herself no need for permission or any of that crab.

Walter you are the one who should do some real searching instead of Googling propaganda.

By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:29:55 +0000

Susan, Saudi Arabia ranks as one of the worst countries in the world for women’s rights. Women cannot drive, they cannot leave the house without permission. Their testimony counts for a fourth of a man’s. In Saudi if a woman is raped, she needs the testimony of 4 men to prove she was raped. If she doesn’t have 4 male witnesses, SHE is guilty of a sexual infidelity crime and can be punished, often brutally.
Susan, you are so blinded by your hate of the oilsands that you would happily turn a blind eye to the suffering of millions. I hope you do some soul searching and think about the implications of your writings. This is no win for the green cause, this is a meaningless gesture by a brutal and vicious despot that will perpetuate the subjugation of women.