In response to the interest shown in the home cinema thread regarding what it's like in Dubai I thought maybe we could have a dedicated thread for people to post about there experiences of the place. I've never been but would love to go and maybe even emmigrate there if I had the funds. So has anyone got any experiences to post about in this desert oasis?
The Dubai thread!
- Thread starter magick
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Was going to post about this for all the people complaining about slave labour.
No but most of the products you buy especialy anything with rare minerals like motherboards, cpus, has been built on the back of slave labour. But people prefer not to be aware of that little fact.
It makes me laugh all these people complaining about the strictness of sharia law and yet in the same breath they'll be the first to complain about crime and social degeneration in the UK and how criminals get off so easy over here. The percieved brutality by western standards of sharia law is directly linked to there being zero crime in the UAE.
The more you have a society that is tolerant and respects individual human rights the more criminals can get away with and the more you'll see society degenerate as they exploit this fact. If you want a society with no crime like Dubai you have to have a police force that is brutal and can issue street level justice.
Say burglar gets caught breaking into someones house in UAE or Saudi Arabia, if he's lucky he'll have the **** beaten out of him to such an extent he'll probably never dare burgle again, worse he could still get a good kicking but also end up with one of his hands chopped off, crushed in a vice, ect.
In the UK the burgler is likely to be in courtt many times before he even sees a prison sentence by which time he's potentialy burgled several hundred houses. And if a house owner defends themself he can end up prison or paying the burgler compensation. Same if the police are a bit to forceful with him in the cells.
Ultimately both systems have the pros and cons.
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I'm basing this on one of my friends who is Saudi and he explained how justice works there. He said if you get caught stealing a bottle of water because you'r to poor to pay for it you'll get off reasonably leniantly. But if you steal someones plasma or mug someone at knifepoint you'r almost certain to lose your hand.
Also I bet the burgler in your linked got totaly battered by the police when he was caught.
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I don't know for a fact but I imagine the police in UAE aren't afraid to lay a few punches on a burgler when they catch/interogate him? And that's not necesarily a bad thing either.
That's the only thing missing from Dubai. If they legalised casinos they'd put vegas out of business over night.