Interesting report from the Saudi city of Al-Mubarraz. The Saudi religious police are there, too, of course, and work to enforce edicts like the ones that prevent unmarried men and women from socializing. And when I say "enforce," I mean "will whip people in public with canes."
Seems that our not-really-friendly neighbourhood mutaween type found a 20-something couple walking through the park, and took exception. The guy reportedly fainted. Wherepon the girl proceeded to clench fists and kick the mutaween's ass, sending him to hospital with welts and bruises. The mutaween probably wasn't fighting back, but still...
So my gut reaction was 3-fold. One: yay! About time. Two: You have enough girlfriends, girlfriend. If Mr. Vapors isn't narcoleptic or something, his sorry ass should be history. Third: My kind of woman!
Someone should explain to Mr. Joffe-Walt, (who wrote the underlying story) however, that what what Mr. Morals Cop got was a "whipping", or a "whupping", (or even, if in a Anglophile mood, "a sound thrashing"). "Whooping" is usually what cranes, and whoopie-cushions, do.
Reminds me of a psych evaluation report I once read, in which the doc said that kid was afraid of being considered a "whoose", which term he repeated in several places. Took us several readings to figure out from context that the kid MEANT "wuss", and that doc was unclear on the etymology...