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0 pointspclmulqdq3y ago0 comments

Why not both? Particularly in a game or a sport, where losing access to the competitive scene doesn't really negatively impact your life. Like it or not, there aren't very many robbers in Saudi Arabia - they get their hands cut off.

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SketchySeaBeast3y ago

> Like it or not, there aren't very many robbers in Saudi Arabia - they get their hands cut off.

Is this actually the case or it is apocryphal? A quick google tells me that thefts make up 47% of all total reported crimes in Saudia Arabia in 2002 [1]. That seems like the opposite of "aren't very many", especially when compared to Canada, whose number appear to be 28% in 2020 [2]. (Just the numbers I could find - I'm sure there's reporting issues at play here.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Saudi_Arabia#Theft

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Canada#Crime_statisti...

pclmulqdqOP3y ago

There's petty theft, but not a lot of robbery. Also, the crime rate in genetal is very low: 0.83 per 100k people in 2019. Compared to 47.7 per 100k in the US. The number is even lower than Denmark, which is well known for having very low crime.

aliswe3y ago

Armed robbery is, to my knowledge, punished with capital punishment. Petty theft or theft of unattended or inadequatly protected goods is not susceptible to cutting of the hand. Etc...

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