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Actually, it is the same in Norway. Though less enforced and lighter punishment.

• smcl 4y ago
  Not really. Norway has pubs and restaurants though, and I imagine has a higher threshold for “being drunk” than Qatar edit: huh I mixed up my middle-east countries I think, I didn't realise you could normally go out for a beer. I still think that suggesting the two places are equivalent is a little bit of a stretch though.
  • powerapple 4y ago
    You can drink in rooms, bars and restaurants in hotels, home bars in Qatar. Police do check for drunk driving. Haven't seen too many drunk people, but I assume if you are not causing others to complain, you would be fine.
    • fy20 4y ago
      This is how it is in other Gulf countries (if you are not causing anyone to complain it's basically ignored) and honestly I don't see why Western countries are so tolerant. If you are a taxi driver in the US taking drunk people home, and they are talking abusively to you, you pretty much have to just suck it up.
      • olalonde 4y ago
        Because talking abusively is not a crime in Western countries, drunk or not. Taxi drivers can refuse to drive such people if they want to.
      • jjulius 4y ago
        > If you are a taxi driver in the US taking drunk people home, and they are talking abusively to you, you pretty much have to just suck it up. ... no you don't? I've seen taxis refuse rides and/or kick people out, and have even been part of said group kicked out (thanks to other drunks).