David Bell

Yeah.

In The Man Who Would Be King, Karen House describes the Fun Police's M.O.

For decades, thousands of these men, often self-appointed members of the committee to promote virtue and prevent vice, had roamed Saudi streets carrying a long stick forcing women to cover their heads, herding Saudis into the mosque at prayer time, ensuring all shops and stores locked their door for half an hour at prayer time, and that Western influence like Barbie dolls or Pokemon cards didn't pollute Saudi youth.

In the waning years... Yeah, they're good after Pokemon cards.

Listen.

I know it's not the same thing, but if you start a cult, right, one of the key things you got to do to maintain that cult is make sure people are having fun, right?

There's got to be something, right?

Yeah.

You just can't, like, if you're like, no Pokemon cards, it's like, this is not going to last.

If you're saying no Pokemon cards, but you can all wife swap, then you might be able to keep a cult going.

But if you're saying no swipe, wife swapping and no Pokemon cards, what's going to keep people there?

Yeah.

Right.

You're out of business.

Very.

You're out of business.

You got it.

You got to at least get them on drugs or something, you know.

Let them have the goddamn Pokemon cards.

Yeah.