Brits jailed for kissing
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Zero sympathy.
If you don't want to be imprisoned for trivial matters, then don't go to crap countries with draconian laws. Can't understand why anybody would want to go there other than on business. Hopefully their economy will be decimated when the oil and gas runs out in a few decades' time. They can then go back to being a desert.
If you don't want to be imprisoned for trivial matters, then don't go to crap countries with draconian laws. Can't understand why anybody would want to go there other than on business. Hopefully their economy will be decimated when the oil and gas runs out in a few decades' time. They can then go back to being a desert.
TASS said:
rypt said:
TASS said:
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tangent police said:
rypt said:
Chris_w666 said:
Oooo the sun in outburst at foreign country for imposing its law on brits abroad shocker.
While I agree with that statement generally, perhaps Britain should not do any business, and forbid any British company to do business, with places that seem to have laws that blatantly violate human rights.
king daft and to suggest that Britain doesn't do business with them! We need all the fricking help we can get to keep Britain If in Dubai, don't do what the locals aren't doing. Also, don't expect to enjoy a similar level of rights! If you don't like that, don't go there!
And Britain can do just fine without doing business with Dubai and so on, for that matter if the wider western world followed the same principle China would soon be forced to change it's practises.
We don't need outside help, we need a government that is prepared to do the correct thing and force the scum in this country to work
our competitorsLet's not forget that the SFO were found to have acted illegally by the high court relating to them dropping the investigation.
Let's also not forget that the US DOJ also has an investigation going into American banks being involved in the whole issue.
Next time you wish to pick an example of why those countries are important to us, try to at least pick one that doesn't have a whole host of illegal activities to go with it.
rypt said:
TASS said:
rypt said:
TASS said:
rypt said:
tangent police said:
rypt said:
Chris_w666 said:
Oooo the sun in outburst at foreign country for imposing its law on brits abroad shocker.
While I agree with that statement generally, perhaps Britain should not do any business, and forbid any British company to do business, with places that seem to have laws that blatantly violate human rights.king daft and to suggest that Britain doesn't do business with them! We need all the fricking help we can get to keep Britain If in Dubai, don't do what the locals aren't doing. Also, don't expect to enjoy a similar level of rights! If you don't like that, don't go there!
And Britain can do just fine without doing business with Dubai and so on, for that matter if the wider western world followed the same principle China would soon be forced to change it's practises.
We don't need outside help, we need a government that is prepared to do the correct thing and force the scum in this country to work
our competitorsLet's not forget that the SFO were found to have acted illegally by the high court relating to them dropping the investigation.
Let's also not forget that the US DOJ also has an investigation going into American banks being involved in the whole issue.
Next time you wish to pick an example of why those countries are important to us, try to at least pick one that doesn't have a whole host of illegal activities to go with it.
By the way, are you a fan of Thatcher? she was up to her ears in it as far as 'doing business' with the Saudis was concerned.
catso said:
5unny said:
Not to mention what 'not doing business' with China would do to our economy.
Maybe we'd get our manufacturing industry back if that was the case.... 
We are still 5th in the world.
Don't believe everything the papers say.
champ54321 said:
They went to a country where homosexuality is illigal and kissed in public, I have zero sympathy for these morons.
Why can Brits not go to other countries and respect their laws and cultures, rather than getting pissy because is 'not like home'.
I think Charlotte is a bird.Why can Brits not go to other countries and respect their laws and cultures, rather than getting pissy because is 'not like home'.
musclecarmad said:
Just don't go its overpriced for what it is. I didn't like paying £8 per beer and being watched drinking it and I could tell that they didn't like me drinking booze.
Mexico is far better and far far cheaper - you can have 2 weeks all inclusive in mexico for about £1,000 and in dubai a few nights bed and breakfast costs that.
it's overpriced and the laws are too much for me to take being a white british male.
I also appreciate the rules of their country - their rules seem st to me in terms of drinking and kissing so I don't go. However, I do appreciate some of their strict rules.
You're right, drinking alcohol in Dubai is fairly pricey. Eight pounds for a beer is stretching it a bit but it's certainly not cheap. Mexico is far better and far far cheaper - you can have 2 weeks all inclusive in mexico for about £1,000 and in dubai a few nights bed and breakfast costs that.
it's overpriced and the laws are too much for me to take being a white british male.
I also appreciate the rules of their country - their rules seem s
t to me in terms of drinking and kissing so I don't go. However, I do appreciate some of their strict rules.With regard to being watched while you drank your beer, were you drinking it outside or in a public place that wasn't a bar? In the two years that I have lived in Dubai, no one has ever 'looked at me funny' for having a drink. So long as you do it in bars, there's no problem.
The UAE is however, a muslim country and as such, drinking is not allowed in public places. Perfectly reasonable law in my opinion.
As for this story, there must be more to it. I live here with my girlfriend and have kissed her in public any number of times. I wouldn't snog her face off in front of a group of locals, but I wouldn't do that in the UK either. In my opinion, they must have been doing so serious kissing in close proximity to locals for this to happen. Not a sensible move and not respectful behaviour anywhere in the world.
mcbook said:
As for this story, there must be more to it. I live here with my girlfriend and have kissed her in public any number of times. I wouldn't snog her face off in front of a group of locals, but I wouldn't do that in the UK either. In my opinion, they must have been doing so serious kissing in close proximity to locals for this to happen. Not a sensible move and not respectful behaviour anywhere in the world.
Maybe they were ridiculously drunk and ended up making out heavily in public? Wouldn't surprise looking at some of the chavs with cash you get over in Dubai.Either way, suggesting we boycott our trade with the place or demanding some sort of intervention is laughable. Dubai has a different culture to us where some things go, and others don't. Suck it up.
Shay HTFC said:
Maybe they were ridiculously drunk and ended up making out heavily in public? Wouldn't surprise looking at some of the chavs with cash you get over in Dubai.
Either way, suggesting we boycott our trade with the place or demanding some sort of intervention is laughable. Dubai has a different culture to us where some things go, and others don't. Suck it up.
Spot on, I reckon. Some of the characters I see wondering about the malls here make me slightly embarrased to come from the UK. Sleeveless football shirts and the like.Either way, suggesting we boycott our trade with the place or demanding some sort of intervention is laughable. Dubai has a different culture to us where some things go, and others don't. Suck it up.
Nothing compared to the Russians though...
SunderJimmy said:
champ54321 said:
They went to a country where homosexuality is illigal and kissed in public, I have zero sympathy for these morons.
Why can Brits not go to other countries and respect their laws and cultures, rather than getting pissy because is 'not like home'.
I think Charlotte is a bird.Why can Brits not go to other countries and respect their laws and cultures, rather than getting pissy because is 'not like home'.
champ54321 said:
SunderJimmy said:
champ54321 said:
They went to a country where homosexuality is illigal and kissed in public, I have zero sympathy for these morons.
Why can Brits not go to other countries and respect their laws and cultures, rather than getting pissy because is 'not like home'.
I think Charlotte is a bird.Why can Brits not go to other countries and respect their laws and cultures, rather than getting pissy because is 'not like home'.
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