You're right: we didn't care about the Filipinos and Bangaladeshis being mistreated in Dubai - until westerners started getting mistreated. Yet this very same

You're right: we didn't care about the Filipinos and Bangaladeshis being mistreated in Dubai - until westerners started getting mistreated. Yet this very same mistreatment occurs in Saudi Arabia (one of the places I've lived in), and we continue to ignore it. My suspicion is that we need their oil far more than we need justice. A recent HN thread on Dubai: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=547553 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=547553 And here is an article by some folks in Dubai that they need to diversify away from oil: http://www.business24-7.ae/articles/2009/4/pages/05042009/04062009_f8951cf17f6f4fd1a889dc63801792c6.aspx http://www.business24-7.ae/articles/2009/4/pages/05042009/04...