Monday, February 14, 2005
A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose Is a Stint In Jail
Those who live in Saudi Arabia face a possible prison term for buying and selling red roses for Valentine's Day. Streets in Riyadh are patrolled by members of the Committee For the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, a religious vigilante group that enforces the purest version of Islam. Under their rules, there are only two religious occasions a year--and Valentine's Day isn't one of them. But the crackdown on red roses isn't the worst part. Rumor has it that anyone caught giving out those little candy hearts will get his pee-pee chopped off. Source
