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It is not mentioned in the article, but the UAE is a country with sharia law: Flogging is a punishment for criminal offences such as adultery, premarital sex an

It is not mentioned in the article, but the UAE is a country with sharia law: Flogging is a punishment for criminal offences such as adultery, premarital sex and alcohol consumption, while apostasy and homosexuality are crimes punishable by death. Amputation and crucification are legal punishments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Ara... I wonder if the author is afraid of retribution (e.g. abduction, “disappearance”).

evilsocket 10y ago
I didn't know that! ... anyway, yes I'm afraid, I just did what I felt to be my "duty" and hope for the best :)
- erlehmann_ 10y ago
  Just never – ever – visit UAE again.
  - evilsocket 10y ago
    ahaha of course not! :D
    - angry_octet 10y ago
      Or any of the GCC states. https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/26/gcc-joint-security-agreement-imperils-rights https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/26/gcc-joint-security-agree...
  - cup 10y ago
    I like the UAE. As long as you don't break their laws the experience is fine. To be honest, I'm more frightened of going to America as a non-white person where even obeying the laws can result in death. Edit: If you disagree with my post please add to the conversation rather than just down-voting.
    - ethanbond 10y ago
      There's not even a way to frame a disagreement. Your statement is just intellectually dishonest. You can die obeying the laws anywhere as a person of any race. America has problems with racial violence, but your comment indicates a total disconnect from reality in pretty much every way.
    - nfd 10y ago
      I'd still stay away if I were evilsocket.
    - erlehmann_ 10y ago
      Referring to racial discrimination in the west as reaction to allegations of human rights abuse is a quite old technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes Edit: The rhetorical device is called a “whataboutism”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism. The fallacy involved is called “to quoque” – a special case of an “ad hominem” argument, i.e. attacking the speaker and not the content. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque
      - upofadown 10y ago
        There was no attempt to excuse human rights abuses in the post you are responding to. Only a comment about visiting such places vs the US while brown. In general despotic regimes love visitors who are willing to keep their opinions about the local political situation to themselves no matter what sort of person they are. Places like the US tend to be indifferent to the political beliefs of visitors and as a result any local racial biases will be applied fairly to those visiting.
    - tome 10y ago
      Better not get raped: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23381448 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23381448
    - hueving 10y ago
      The chances of you dieing from law enforcement acting in a racist manner are vanishingly small and it is still illegal. The uae condones killing people for being gay as a matter of policy. Don't expect much more than downvotes when you attempt to portray as the US being worse in that comparison.
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evilsocket 10y ago

I didn't know that! ... anyway, yes I'm afraid, I just did what I felt to be my "duty" and hope for the best :)

erlehmann_ 10y ago
Just never – ever – visit UAE again.
- evilsocket 10y ago
  ahaha of course not! :D
  - angry_octet 10y ago
    Or any of the GCC states. https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/26/gcc-joint-security-agreement-imperils-rights https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/26/gcc-joint-security-agree...
- cup 10y ago
  I like the UAE. As long as you don't break their laws the experience is fine. To be honest, I'm more frightened of going to America as a non-white person where even obeying the laws can result in death. Edit: If you disagree with my post please add to the conversation rather than just down-voting.
  - ethanbond 10y ago
    There's not even a way to frame a disagreement. Your statement is just intellectually dishonest. You can die obeying the laws anywhere as a person of any race. America has problems with racial violence, but your comment indicates a total disconnect from reality in pretty much every way.
  - nfd 10y ago
    I'd still stay away if I were evilsocket.
  - erlehmann_ 10y ago
    Referring to racial discrimination in the west as reaction to allegations of human rights abuse is a quite old technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes Edit: The rhetorical device is called a “whataboutism”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism. The fallacy involved is called “to quoque” – a special case of an “ad hominem” argument, i.e. attacking the speaker and not the content. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque
    - upofadown 10y ago
      There was no attempt to excuse human rights abuses in the post you are responding to. Only a comment about visiting such places vs the US while brown. In general despotic regimes love visitors who are willing to keep their opinions about the local political situation to themselves no matter what sort of person they are. Places like the US tend to be indifferent to the political beliefs of visitors and as a result any local racial biases will be applied fairly to those visiting.
  - tome 10y ago
    Better not get raped: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23381448 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23381448
  - hueving 10y ago
    The chances of you dieing from law enforcement acting in a racist manner are vanishingly small and it is still illegal. The uae condones killing people for being gay as a matter of policy. Don't expect much more than downvotes when you attempt to portray as the US being worse in that comparison.

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