Comments on: Fox & Friend: Prince Al-Waleed https://barelyablog.com/fox-friend-prince-al-waleed/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stephen W. Browne https://barelyablog.com/fox-friend-prince-al-waleed/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:02:10 +0000 http://blog.ilanamercer.com/?p=309#comment-555 Just an anecdote; when I was teaching English in Saudi Arabia we had a lesson on comparatives and superlatives. Just as an example, I asked, “Is Prince Waleed richer than the king?”

Dead silence (very unusual in these classes), broken only when one of the brighter students said, “Uh, dangerous question Teacher.”

For examples of what a hot button issue this topic is, see the comments section of my blog post “Observations on Arabs” http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2006/09/observations-on-arabs.html

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