A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
FOR PERFORMING THE MACARENA.
YES.
THE FUN, 1990S DANCE CRAZE THAT TOOK OVER AMERICA WILL GET
YOU ARRESTED IN SAUDI ARABIA AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE.
THERE IS A VIDEO SHOWING WHAT HE DID.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THAT AND THEN I WILL FILL IN
MORE DETAILS.
THERE HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
FUN KID.
HE IS A SMILE ON HIS FACE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
STARTS DOING THE MACARENA.
COME ON.
APPARENTLY THIS VIDEO WAS FILMED A YEAR AGO BUT HE JUST GOT
ARRESTED FOR IT.
IT WAS POSTED LAST YEAR BUT HIS ARREST WAS REPORTED JUST
THIS PAST MONDAY.
OKAY, THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS IMPROPER PUBLIC BEHAVIOR.
HE IS IN PROPERLY OUT OF DATE WITH THE MACARENA, ABOUT
SIDE OF THAT, I AM GOING TO SAY WHO DOESN'T LOVE THIS KID?
WE HAVE OUR ANSWER.
IT IS THE MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALIST GOVERNMENT
OF SAUDI ARABIA WHO ARE SOME OF THE WORST PEOPLE ON EARTH.
I THINK FOOTLOOSE IS ONE OF THE MOST AMERICAN MOVIES EVER MADE
AND SO YES WE HAD THIS PROBLEM TO A SOME POINT IN AMERICA WHERE
SOME CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO DANCE.
LUCKILY WE HAVE GOTTEN PAST IT.
THERE STILL TINY POCKETS IN AMERICA AND WHEN YOU RUN
ACROSS THEM YOU ARE LIKE REALLY?
CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST TODAY HAD ONLY PEOPLE TO DANCE?
YES, I KNOW IT SEEMS UNBELIEVABLE BUT THESE
THINGS ARE NOT EQUAL.
THAT IS A PROBLEM WE'VE LARGELY GOTTEN RID OF.
THERE IS STILL A BUNCH OF OLD RULES LEFT OVER.
YOU CAN BUY ALCOHOL ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE GOD IS WATCHING OR
WHATEVER.
THERE AND TINY ENTIRE DRY COUNTIES.
I KNOW THAT SOME THERE SOME REMNANTS OF THAT BUT IT IS
NOTHING LIKE SAUDI ARABIA WHERE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN.
ANYTHING THAT IS FUN IS FORBIDDEN AND IT IS IRONICALLY
THE MOST UNNATURAL THING IN THE WORLD BECAUSE FUNDAMENTALISTS OF
ALL STRIPES WILL SAY THINGS LIKE BEING GAY IS WRONG.
IT IS UNNATURAL.
WILL THEN HOW COME IT OCCURS IN NATURE?
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS UNNATURAL?
TRYING TO GET HUMAN BEINGS TO STOP HAVING SEX.
TRYING TO GET HUMAN BEINGS TO STOP DANCING.
IT IS IN OUR DNA.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAN AND SO TRYING
TO STOP PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT IS THE MOST UNNATURAL THING YOU
COULD DO.
THIS IS PART OF WHY I LOVE AMERICA BECAUSE HERE, WE
ARE FREE AND WE CAN DANCE IF WE'D LIKE TO AND IF YOUR
FRIENDS DON'T DANCE, THEY ARE NO FRIENDS OF MINE.
BUT IN OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE SAUDI ARABIA WHEN THIS
HAPPENS IT'S HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE FAULT
OF THE SAUDI PEOPLE.
THAT KID WANTS TO DANCE, LET HIM.
BUT THE WHOLE COUNTRY DANCE.
IF YOU LET THEM, THEY ALL WOULD BUT IT IS THERE DICTATORS
THAT ARE IN CHARGE THAT MADE A DEAL THEY MADE
A MILLENNIA AGO.
BARBARIANS.
THIS IS SO DEVASTATING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THAT THE WORLD IS FULL OF PRETTY TERRIBLE PEOPLE
AND HERE YOU HAVE A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO ISN'T HURTING ANYONE.
HE IS HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A GOOD TIME.
YOU ARE GOING TO ARREST HIM INTO WHAT?
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH HIM?
WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
IT'S SUCH A WASTE OF EVERYONE'S TIME, RESOURCES.
WHAT IS HIS TEACHER 14-YEAR-OLD
WHO JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN AND DANCE?
EARLIER THIS MONTH A SINGER WAS ARRESTED IN SAUDI
ARABIA FOR DOING THE DAB MOVE IN AN ONSTAGE DANCE.
THERE IS NO OTHER CRIME GOING ON IN SAUDI ARABIA, JUST
THIS KIND OF STUFF.
PEOPLE DANCING, PEOPLE DABBING.
I KNOW FOLKS WHO WILL SAY NO, BUT THEY ARE STARTING TO GO IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THEY ONCE LET ONE WOMAN DRIVE AND SEE
GREATER WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY CALL REFORM AND YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TRANQUILIZING DRUG OF GRADUALISM
WE HAVE TO DO A 1 INCH AT A TIME AND BY THE 20 CENTURY OF THE
30TH CENTURY FINALLY SAUDI ARABIA WILL BE FREE.
NO, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY.
THE ONLY REASON YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY IS
IF YOU ALREADY IN POWER AND YOU DON'T WANT TO LET GO OF IT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO RISK IT AT ALL SEE WANT TO KEEP A VISELIKE
GRIP ON IT.
NOBODY DISOBEYS US AT ALL.
A LITTLE PRESSURE VALVE RELEASE.
I MADE 1% REFORM.
CAN I CONTINUE TO BE A DICTATOR?
I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE
WHO IS PART OF SAUDI ROYALTY AND SHE WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE
ME THAT THINGS ARE GETTING A LOT BETTER IN SAUDI ARABIA.
YEAH, NOT BUYING IT AND I REMEMBER THE ENTIRE TIME
THREAT THAT CONVERSATION I WAS LIKE I GET IT.
YOU ARE SAUDI ROYALTY AND IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO
PUT YOUR GAME FACE ON AND GO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND
TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT YOUR COUNTRY IS AND HOW THEY ARE
MAKING SO MUCH PROGRESS.
THEY AREN'T.
WOMEN ARE STILL NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE, FORCED TO BE COVERED
HEAD TO TOE.
FORTINO GETS ARRESTED FOR DANCING.
HOW IS THAT GETTING BETTER?
HOW IS THAT PROGRESSIVE?
IT IS NOT.
IT IS SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THE OLD REGIME WHICH IS DAMNING
WITH VERY FAINT PRAISE.
HERE IS HOW YOU COULD LET WOMEN DRIVE.
LET THEM DRIVE.
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN DO REFORMS.
WHAT THEY WOULD SAY BACK IS NO, YOU DON'T KNOW THE CULTURE HERE.
THAT WOULD BE DESTABILIZING.
DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR CULTURE.
THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING.
I DEFINITELY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE WRONGFUL TO PARTS OF
YOUR CULTURE.
NO INTEREST IN PROTECTING THAT AND EVERYBODY HAS BAD PARTS
OF THE CULTURE YOU HAVE TO LET THAT GO BUT BEYOND THAT,
ALL THEY MEAN IS DESTABILIZING TO WHOM?
IT'S DESTABILIZING TO THE PEOPLE IN POWER AND THEY DO NOT
WANT THAT.
ANYWAY, WELL, LET RELIGION GO.
THERE ARE WONDERFUL RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, BUT THIS IS
DEFINITE AND CLEAR.
LET FUNDAMENTALISM GO.
THIS WHOLE IDEA THAT SOME RELIGIOUS LEADER HAS A ONE-WAY
COMMUNICATION OR MAYBE EVEN THEY CLAIM SOMETIMES TWO-WAY
COMMUNICATION WITH GOD AND KNOWS WHAT GOD OR ALLAH WANTS AND HE
DOES NOT WANT YOUR 14-YEAR-OLD TO DANCE AND EVER HAVE A GOOD
TIME.
THEY ARE ALL LYING TO YOU TO PROTECT THEIR OWN POWER.
SET YOURSELF FREE, LET GO OF THIS ANCIENT GARBAGE.