Pictures from Dubai, the new business capital of the world!

[K1052]

Originally posted by: KMFJD
British man jailed in Dubai after officials find some pot weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...er+his+shoe/article.do
What a lovely country...

fuck civil liberties....they've got big shiny buildings!

 

[KMFJD]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: KMFJD
British man jailed in Dubai after officials find some pot weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...er+his+shoe/article.do
What a lovely country...

At least he's not in Singapore getting caned or executed.

I seriously doubt that they would do anything to that man in Singapore for what he supposedly did (having a speck of canabis on the sole of your foot)

 

[BrownTown]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Dubai knows that the oil party's gonna run dry some time. If they want to be something other than the armpit of the earth, they gotta make themselves something. I think they've been doing a pretty good job at it too. They got people wanting to go there that would previously never even bother looking for it on a map if you asked them to.

The oil party ALREADY ran out for Dubai along time ago, how many times do people have to keep posting that in this thread, only ~5% of their economy is from oil.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: KMFJD

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: KMFJD
British man jailed in Dubai after officials find some pot weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...er+his+shoe/article.do
What a lovely country...

At least he's not in Singapore getting caned or executed.

I seriously doubt that they would do anything to that man in Singapore for what he supposedly did (having a speck of canabis on the sole of your foot)

I pretty much disagree. They jailed people for having viagra in Singapore when it was not approved by their drug agency even though it was legal in the US. Singapore has the death penalty for drug pushers. And while this guy only might have a speck of weed on his, they'll probably push for punishment to the fullest extent.

 

[KMFJD]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: KMFJD

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: KMFJD
British man jailed in Dubai after officials find some pot weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...er+his+shoe/article.do
What a lovely country...

At least he's not in Singapore getting caned or executed.

I seriously doubt that they would do anything to that man in Singapore for what he supposedly did (having a speck of canabis on the sole of your foot)

I pretty much disagree. They jailed people for having viagra in Singapore when it was not approved by their drug agency even though it was legal in the US. Singapore has the death penalty for drug pushers. And while this guy only might have a speck of weed on his, they'll probably push for punishment to the fullest extent.

If he had even a smokable amount i would agree with you, but to find 0.03g's (ie the size of a grain of sugar) ? ....we are talking about a microscopic amount that was found on the sole of his shoe.., it would not get an ant high... There are various cases like that in Dubai as citied in the article.

A father-of-three who was found with a microscopic speck of cannabis stuck to the bottom of one of his shoes has been sentenced to four years in a Dubai prison.

One man has even been jailed for possession of three poppy seeds left over from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow Airport.

Last week Cat Le-Huy, a London-based German national, was arrested on arrival at the airport.

Mr Le-Huy, 31, head of technology with Big Brother production company Endemol, was arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs after customs officers found melatonin, a health supplement used for jet lag available over the counter both in Dubai and in the US.

 

[alkemyst]

You people are sadly mistaken if you think the cause of the crime was the real reason these people were arrested.

 

[Duddy]

Yeah, if Dubai is betting on tourism, I doubt they would enforce such strict laws on it's visitors.

They are going to have to learn some tolerance to survive, or else they are going to die in their desert alone.

 

[alkemyst]

Dubai isn't betting on blue collar tourism. They are going to get those that could be snorting a line of blow off the officer's squad car and pass through unviolated.

 

[jai6638]

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Dubai knows that the oil party's gonna run dry some time. If they want to be something other than the armpit of the earth, they gotta make themselves something. I think they've been doing a pretty good job at it too. They got people wanting to go there that would previously never even bother looking for it on a map if you asked them to.

The oil party ALREADY ran out for Dubai along time ago, how many times do people have to keep posting that in this thread, only ~5% of their economy is from oil.

umm not true.. Dubai still has significant reserves which should last for quite some time. The sheikh is trying to diversify to prevent a problem in the longterm when it does run out.

 

[LtPage1]

Don't forget the planned Ferrari amusement park.

 

[bactiman]

http://www.escapeartist.com/ef...Not_Move_to_Dubai.html

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: jai6638

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: WingZero94
I think the thing they have against them is the location. Middle east is not the westerners friend right now.

I have a coworker who is from Dubai. He said that what you just said is ABSOLUTELY false. According to him, Dubai is more liberal than where we live right now (central NJ)...and I believe him. He was telling me some amazing stories about Dubai. They have the best escort service there in the world.

Yeah, but it is right next door to Saudi Arabia...

The demographics are different though. Racism still exists though but if you're white, you have nothing to worry. Only a cause of concern if you are Asian and non-arab.

Given how Dubai has embraced the Great Satan's culture though, it is only a matter of time before something happens there. UAE is about the size of Maine. It is 538 miles away from the capital of fundamental Islam.

your friend is full of sh*t.
if liberal is against bush, sure. if its freedom of speech/press..then dubai fails. dubai is free if you are rich.

 

[Oceandevi]

They arrest you if you have a salt grain sized piece of weed on you. Fuck dubai.

 

[stevovee]

i'm guessing dubai has its share of cell phone stores already

 

[Queasy]

Dark side of Dubai

It may be the world's biggest boomtown, but human rights groups say that Dubai's gleaming towers are being built on the backs of exploited foreign workers.

A tiny Arab emirate on the Persian Gulf, Dubai has been making a big splash as a city on the rise -- with a glittering skyline, world-class shopping malls and luxury resorts, all fueled by the grand vision of its absolute ruler, Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al Maktoum.

But in a scathing new report released in Dubai this weekend, the organization Human Rights Watch says the migrant construction workers building Dubai are little more than indentured servants in the wealthy kingdom, one of seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.).

In an exclusive 20/20 story to air this Friday, Nov. 17, the ABC News investigative team went inside Dubai to learn how the emirate has grown so far so fast.

Just days after ABC News began asking questions, the government of the U.A.E. announced a series of reforms to improve the conditions of workers.

Dubai's building boom has been made possible by some 500,000 migrant construction workers, most from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Many work 12 hours a day, six days a week, in extremely hot temperatures that have led to illness and, in some cases, death. The workers live in crowded camps, with eight or more men sharing one small room.

In the Human Rights Watch report, called "Building Towers, Cheating Workers," researchers say that the average migrant worker receives a salary of about $175 a month. There is no minimum wage in Dubai, and some workers make as little as $8 a day.

Through extensive interviews, Human Rights Watch researchers found that employers in Dubai routinely abuse workers by withholding their wages for their first two months, along with their passports as "security" to keep them from quitting.

But the migrant workers have little freedom to quit since many have borrowed thousands of dollars to get the jobs to begin with, paying "recruiters" visa and travel fees, which under U.A.E. law should be paid by the employers, not the construction workers.

When workers arrive in Dubai, the construction jobs sometimes pay less than the recruiters originally promised. Desperate to repay their loans, the workers in those cases are trapped. And under U.A.E. law, it is illegal to switch jobs without permission from your employer. Unions are illegal, and striking workers have been deported.

"They are living in fear and in extreme anxiety," said Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch, adding that some workers, feeling hopeless, have even committed suicide.

Dubai's defenders point out that construction wages and conditions are comparable, if not superior to those in neighboring countries.

"Certainly they are going to be making more money than they would from the villages that they come from," said Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch. "But the very fact that they are so poor and so vulnerable is no reason that they should be taken advantage of to the extent that they are being taken advantage in the U.A.E."

After a series of well-publicized strikes and complaints over the last year, the U.A.E. has made some efforts to improve conditions for workers.

A law was passed to halt construction between 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. during the scorching summer months when temperatures reach well over 100 degrees. But Human Rights Watch said not all employers follow this law, and there are few government inspectors to enforce it.

Earlier this year, the U.A.E. announced that trade unions would be legalized. But to date, the government has failed to do so, according to Human Rights Watch, which says that without a strong message from the rulers of the U.A.E., little will change.

"It doesn't happen," Whitson said. "These problems are not being addressed by the U.A.E. government in a serious way, in a way that says, 'We are going to put employers who violate the law in jail. We are going to send the message that this is not how you are going to do business in the U.A.E. We are going to impose hefty fines and penalties.'"

Just last week -- only days before Human Rights Watch report was released but a decade after the building boom began -- Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, ordered stricter enforcement of the country's labor laws. In addition, he called for improved medical care for workers, a special court to address their labor complaints and an increase in the number of inspectors monitoring camps and workplaces.

 

[50cent1228]

i went there once and was amazed. Im definitely going back. Its hot though.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

i was going to point out what queasy posted. sure its awesome, my cousin and her husband live there and they like it...they're educated and well-off indians but they're still outsiders and sort of looked down upon. working class asians are treated like slaves there, with no rights whatsoever and are at the mercy of their employers. for people that say why we can't have things like dubai in the US is cause we don't have expendable labor.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: KMFJD
British man jailed in Dubai after officials find some pot weighing less than a grain of sugar under his shoe
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...er+his+shoe/article.do
What a lovely country...

fuck civil liberties....they've got big shiny buildings!

you know...there was a study some years back that estimated that about 75% or more of all US paper currency has traces of cocaine in it, due to the sizable nature of the drug trafficking/using community.

By this rationale, you would expect that at least 80% of the people carrying US currency into Dubai would be detained and arrested.

 

[RedCOMET]

My brother told its the place to go over there. Hopefully, i'll be abel to visit there one of these days. My bro has co-workers or friends of friends who have been to Dubai.

 

[CFster]

Hey if you don't mind staying in a building made by slaves then have a blast.

I heard the hotels on those palm shaped islands are really really bad quality construction. They just threw the whole city up.