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God I'd hate for England to be judged for something that France did?
Wouldnt worry about it, doubt Brown has the balls Sarkozy has
Drum and Bass Dj Grooverider sentenced to 4 years in Dubai
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Wouldnt worry about it, doubt Brown has the balls Sarkozy has
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Doule post, delete.
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Stating that I live in a black and white world in this situation is nothing more than calling me a bit simple minded really.
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saying that you live in a b&w world is hardly a personal attack is it now, unless you are simple minded, then I guess it would be
.Because everyone on here is quick to criticize other country's laws when someone is being hung or stoned to death for pathetically small crimes but in this case you have people saying "oh well if thats the country's law then it's their own fault bla bla bla", people are just being hypocritical seriously.
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No it isn't.
Again it's not really your place to really decide what's harsh or not...
I don't understand where stoning somebody to death has come into this? The article's short - is the DJ going to be stoned to death?
Oddly enough when you talk about stoning to death - are you thinking of Iraq or Iran? Because last time I checked the UAE was a different country entirely. I appreciate that because the mainstream religion is the same throughout the Middle East one country must be identical to another. God I'd hate for England to be judged for something that France did?
You have totally and utterly missed the point I am trying to make. You keep telling me I cannot criticize the sentence because that is their law, but what I am asking you is do you believe that all punishments of all countries cannot be criticized?
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Oh great. Same thread as a few weeks ago with Grooverider as the person getting imprisoned now instead of some random who had a crumb of weed on his shoe.
Same arguments will ensue, same difference of opinions will occur.
/backs out of thread...
Same arguments will ensue, same difference of opinions will occur.
/backs out of thread...
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so are you saying law defines what is right or wrong on all levels, there is no exception to that ?, not even the stonings and hangings for small crimes in eastern county's, or the people in Mozambique in particular that for stealing fruit from a stall would have a tire put around them and be burnt alive, I have friends that have seen this with their own eyes.
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Well said
I totally agree. It's a very harsh penalty for less than an eighth, i.e. about £10 worth of weed. I feel for the guy, he's gone out there to mix some music one night and fly back a day or 2 later. That was all.
However, I also agree you should realise not to mess with stuff in a very strict country. And he should not take it through any airport in any country, let alone the middle-east.
To all the self- Righteous people commenting here - we're talking about a small amount of a relaxing Class-C drug, NOT CRACK OR HEROIN! He wouldn't be stabbing anyone to pay for his next fix. There's no victim.
People here get less than 4 years for grievous bodily harm (GBH) - same crime? Same amount of pain caused?
*Preares for many people to quote me a tell me I'm wrong*
I think I should do the same
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I said
and you quoted and replied
What was you saying "no it isn't" to then ?, perhaps I miss understood, I thought you was saying no to it being wrong regardless of the laws of that country, I'm saying it is wrong, fundamentally wrong.
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I was disagreeing with your statement, and only your statement.
I didn't mention any of the other things you started sounding off about. I didn't say that all laws were fair and correct, I didn't go any further, in fact, than to disagree with the exact statement of yours that I quoted.
I didn't mention any of the other things you started sounding off about. I didn't say that all laws were fair and correct, I didn't go any further, in fact, than to disagree with the exact statement of yours that I quoted.
And Dubai want to be the next big tourist resort for Americans and British people, they should have thought about letting people into the country from countries with different believes and lax laws.
But anyone stupid enough to pack drugs in a suitcase deserves to get arrested.
But anyone stupid enough to pack drugs in a suitcase deserves to get arrested.
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so you are saying that "no it isn't" wrong regardless of whether he made a mistake or not and regardless of the laws of that country, so in disagreeing with my statement you are saying that the punishment is fair then ?
A banned substance is a banned substance.
Same country? Same laws?
That is right, yes. Almost. I'm not saying anything regardless of the laws in that country. I am saying it because of the laws in that country.