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A recent re-appraisal based on the idea that loads of journalists were bitching too much about it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/29/dubai-world-deser
by zandorg 17y ago
A recent re-appraisal based on the idea that loads of journalists were bitching too much about it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/29/dubai-world-desert-gulf-investors http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/29/dubai-world-dese...
- gnosis 17y agoIt's good to hear a different view from someone with a "yachtsman friend", who appreciates the "affordable domestic help" in Dubai, and "salves his conscience by giving a bigger tip to the Asian waiter or Indian taxi driver".
- nate_meurer 17y agoPlease note the context of self-deprecation that accompanies the quote about the tips. The writer is admitting to his own frivolity here.
- gnosis 17y agoDuly noted, as are his attempts to trivialize the plight of the slaves upon who's backs Dubai was built.