Obviously it doesn't. And I'm not condoning it.
But she KNEW they didn't play by her rules, so she should have
boned up on culture traditons and the law, like anybody else would.
( Spider Fucking Riviera got stiches for a knife wound for the first time, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 16:02, archived)

Good grief.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 16:03, archived)

"Having to watch your mouth for fear of brutal punishment" is hardly a defensible piece of 'culture'.
But if you follow this particularly shitty line of reasoning, it's where the "innocent mistake" defense becomes relevant. I don't think she was in any doubt that Islamic theocrats are uppity.
( Newington, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 16:09, archived)

Either way , guilty or innocent
The idea that she could be physicly abused for this is an out rage.

40 lashes , 40 acts of violent and deliberate physical abuse.
( Damion International - now taking orders., Wed 28 Nov 2007, 16:11, archived)

they're Darkies, Damion dear.
The Dark Continent had nothing until us White Chappies turned up.
( moohalaa, Wed 28 Nov 2007, 16:13, archived)