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Cowperson · 05-07-2007, 08:22 AM

The Canadian embassy in Saudi Arabia is protesting a decision to shut down a booth at an education fair in the Saudi city of Jeddah aimed at wooing Saudi students to Canada because it was staffed by women.

According to reports in the Saudi Arabian press, members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice closed down the booth and forced three female Canadian embassy employees to leave the exhibition.

They were told women were not allowed to participate in staffing the booths at the exhibition or giving presentations.

The Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice department never ceases to amaze in their anal retentiveness . . . . . they're almost as bad as the goons who enforce the dress code at your local golf club.

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimesc...8b19aa&k=68183

Cowperson

05-07-2007, 08:22 AM	#1
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	Saudis close Canadian exhibition because of female workers The Canadian embassy in Saudi Arabia is protesting a decision to shut down a booth at an education fair in the Saudi city of Jeddah aimed at wooing Saudi students to Canada because it was staffed by women. According to reports in the Saudi Arabian press, members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice closed down the booth and forced three female Canadian embassy employees to leave the exhibition. They were told women were not allowed to participate in staffing the booths at the exhibition or giving presentations. The Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice department never ceases to amaze in their anal retentiveness . . . . . they're almost as bad as the goons who enforce the dress code at your local golf club. http://www.canada.com/victoriatimesc...8b19aa&k=68183 Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous