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I think "Dubai bashing" is in style now. This is not to say that the problems there are illegitimate. BUT, simply bashing everything about Dubai is not a fair a

by raheemm 18y ago

I think "Dubai bashing" is in style now. This is not to say that the problems there are illegitimate. BUT, simply bashing everything about Dubai is not a fair analysis either. There are some great things about Dubai such as a relatively progressive social attitudes, capitalism, entrepreneurship, boldness of vision, etc.

inerte 18y ago
Indeed, there are good things in Dubai, but what about the bad stuff?
mahmud 18y ago
Don't worry, it's just Western hypocrisy. Dubai is just another fiefdom with oil that hired some good PR agencies and did a few things that pleased "the West." Sure. However, Western patience only goes so far. They will ignore your crimes as long as it profits them, but as soon as they start to lose money they will notice how "barbaric" and "backward" you are. Dubai is a victim of the economic crisis, and people have lost money there, including many Westerners. The people advocating for labor rights in Dubai are not friends of the working man. They're the same carpet-bagging finance parasites that got us into this mess. If their revolutionary spirit and humane conscious suddenly spring to life, it's only because Dubai represents the oriental Other, and with the collapse of its economy the last chord of Western loyalty to its petrodollar was cut and the Western Man is free to attack it, waving Human Rights as a banner. The Western Man can slap a Human Rights bumper sticker on a missile and sleep happy at night, knowing he is delivering his Way of Life to whoever is on the receiving end (the survivors can always accept democracy :-) Read up on what they wrote on Hong Kong in the middle of last decade; the handover to China coincided with the Asian financial crisis and Western media went full out racist and sinophobic. A decade later they were all friends of China and singing its praises, until China crashed itself and now they're decrying China holding so much T-bills. [Edit: Oh, silent disapproval ;-]
- jan_g 18y ago
  >If their revolutionary spirit and humane conscious suddenly spring to life, it's only because Dubai represents the oriental Other This is not exactly correct. There's nothing sudden about Dubai criticism (foreign worker exploitation, etc.). The criticism existed for a decade, at the very least. It is true however, that many people are ignorant and weren't aware of "Dubai issue" until now that it's gone mainstream in journalism.
  - mahmud 18y ago
    "The criticism existed for a decade, at the very least. It is true however, that many people are ignorant and weren't aware of "Dubai issue" until now that it's gone mainstream in journalism." If "Dubai's issue" has been known for at least a decade, then why did Western dignitaries, businessmen and the collective Judeo-Christian/Capitalist/Democratic/Western/etc elite decide to ignore, and instead choose to buy homes in artificial islands, shop, work, ski and golf in the "gulf paradise" that was apparently built with "slave South Asian labor"? To this day, it's the White Man that's edging the colored laborers in terms of pay: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/research/salary-survey-report-2009/feature/548493-brit-expats-earn-double-that-of-indian-counterparts http://www.arabianbusiness.com/research/salary-survey-report... It's only when the paycheck bounces that the Westerner comes to realize the error of his ways and cries "Equalité". To this day, Google, the darling of your new economy and entrepreneurial spirit is trying to get sponsored by Dubai police to filter their search results: http://www.ameinfo.com/192326.html http://www.ameinfo.com/192326.html That's your "Do No Evil". Your words, as Westerners, are worth nothing. Pathetic. [Edit: and yes, I would _love_ to get some disagreeing remarks, along with the obligatory head-in-the-sand down vote. I can't wait to tear someone's feel-good opposition a new one. Hypocrisy has no leg to stand on, and I am more than happy to show you Western hypocrisy crawl on its belly like the wet, spineless worm it is.]
    - sho 18y ago
      No, don't hold back Mahmud, tell us what you really think ..
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by raheemm 18y ago

inerte 18y ago

Indeed, there are good things in Dubai, but what about the bad stuff?

mahmud 18y ago

Don't worry, it's just Western hypocrisy. Dubai is just another fiefdom with oil that hired some good PR agencies and did a few things that pleased "the West." Sure. However, Western patience only goes so far. They will ignore your crimes as long as it profits them, but as soon as they start to lose money they will notice how "barbaric" and "backward" you are. Dubai is a victim of the economic crisis, and people have lost money there, including many Westerners. The people advocating for labor rights in Dubai are not friends of the working man. They're the same carpet-bagging finance parasites that got us into this mess. If their revolutionary spirit and humane conscious suddenly spring to life, it's only because Dubai represents the oriental Other, and with the collapse of its economy the last chord of Western loyalty to its petrodollar was cut and the Western Man is free to attack it, waving Human Rights as a banner. The Western Man can slap a Human Rights bumper sticker on a missile and sleep happy at night, knowing he is delivering his Way of Life to whoever is on the receiving end (the survivors can always accept democracy :-) Read up on what they wrote on Hong Kong in the middle of last decade; the handover to China coincided with the Asian financial crisis and Western media went full out racist and sinophobic. A decade later they were all friends of China and singing its praises, until China crashed itself and now they're decrying China holding so much T-bills. [Edit: Oh, silent disapproval ;-]

jan_g 18y ago
>If their revolutionary spirit and humane conscious suddenly spring to life, it's only because Dubai represents the oriental Other This is not exactly correct. There's nothing sudden about Dubai criticism (foreign worker exploitation, etc.). The criticism existed for a decade, at the very least. It is true however, that many people are ignorant and weren't aware of "Dubai issue" until now that it's gone mainstream in journalism.
- mahmud 18y ago
  "The criticism existed for a decade, at the very least. It is true however, that many people are ignorant and weren't aware of "Dubai issue" until now that it's gone mainstream in journalism." If "Dubai's issue" has been known for at least a decade, then why did Western dignitaries, businessmen and the collective Judeo-Christian/Capitalist/Democratic/Western/etc elite decide to ignore, and instead choose to buy homes in artificial islands, shop, work, ski and golf in the "gulf paradise" that was apparently built with "slave South Asian labor"? To this day, it's the White Man that's edging the colored laborers in terms of pay: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/research/salary-survey-report-2009/feature/548493-brit-expats-earn-double-that-of-indian-counterparts http://www.arabianbusiness.com/research/salary-survey-report... It's only when the paycheck bounces that the Westerner comes to realize the error of his ways and cries "Equalité". To this day, Google, the darling of your new economy and entrepreneurial spirit is trying to get sponsored by Dubai police to filter their search results: http://www.ameinfo.com/192326.html http://www.ameinfo.com/192326.html That's your "Do No Evil". Your words, as Westerners, are worth nothing. Pathetic. [Edit: and yes, I would _love_ to get some disagreeing remarks, along with the obligatory head-in-the-sand down vote. I can't wait to tear someone's feel-good opposition a new one. Hypocrisy has no leg to stand on, and I am more than happy to show you Western hypocrisy crawl on its belly like the wet, spineless worm it is.]
  - sho 18y ago
    No, don't hold back Mahmud, tell us what you really think ..
    - 18y ago
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