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MrScaramanga
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
Hopefully the family will 'handle' the problem.
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Are you serious? How could this be "handled". exactly?
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johnslat
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Dear MrScaramanga,
How? Oh, they'll probably ground him for a week (and no TV.) 
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veiledsentiments
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Well... I know exactly how they would "handle" it if he were a she... her body would be found in the desert or a quiet burial would be arranged. Males are given a lot more rope. We'll never know one way or the other... but... it was quite a step that they even had a public trial for a son of Sheikh Zayed.
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MrScaramanga
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All for the show, isn't it?
A real shame really...
Maybe he could be forbidden from travelling to other countries?
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veiledsentiments
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That would be a great idea... pull his passport. But it is just likely that they would prefer to have him leave.
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Dedicated
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject: Royal Injustice |
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By bringing together the twin threads of nepotism and the abuse of human rights, the Issa case raises central concerns about what goes on beneath the UAE's oil-rich veneer.
There are signs that the UAE's familial system of government is beginning to creak- at home and abroad. In the aftermath of the Issa case, Jim McGovern, a US congressman, has called for a freeze on US government aid to the UAE. And the controversy has delayed recertification of a US-UAE nuclear power cooperation agreement. The UAE may have saved one of its favourite sons - but at a political price.
Adam Smith once said" Commerce and manufactures can seldom flourish long in any state which does not enjoy a regular administration of justice".
The UAE may turn out to be a case study of his hypothesis.
If Smith was right - and capitalism does rely on justice- then the acquittal of Sheikh Issa exposes a faultline in the Gulf that cannot hold indefinitely. |
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veiledsentiments
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Economics (oil) and war always trump human rights... 
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mishmumkin
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| MrScaramanga wrote: |
| veiledsentiments wrote: |
Hopefully the family will 'handle' the problem.
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Are you serious? How could this be "handled". exactly?
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Years ago someone else high up the social ladder opened fire on the control tower at AD airport (if I recall the details correctly). He was sent on a long va-cay in Pakistan by the family. That's the sort of handling that I think VS is referring to. |
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ardiles81
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Justice? It's all about who you are connected with - didn't murdering scum / defenders of freedom from Blackwater get off with the murder of 17 people in Iraq?
So, yes why shouldn't a wastad up sheikh get off in a secet 'trial.' Knowing the UAE he and Mr Judge are probably cousins anyway. So, less froth please. |
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mishmumkin
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:29 am Post subject: And the point is... |
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| ardiles81 wrote: |
Justice? It's all about who you are connected with - didn't murdering scum / defenders of freedom from Blackwater get off with the murder of 17 people in Iraq?
So, yes why shouldn't a wastad up sheikh get off in a secet 'trial.' Knowing the UAE he and Mr Judge are probably cousins anyway. So, less froth please. |
And the assumption is that we cannot be angered by both? This is the UAE forum. It's a thread about a topic relevant to those living in the UAE. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: And the point is... |
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| mishmumkin wrote: |
| And the assumption is that we cannot be angered by both? |
Damn right... and we are, but are also equally powerless in each case...
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Green Acres
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| Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. Let us remember the King! |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Green Acres wrote: |
| Let us remember the King! |
Elvis?
VS
(I'm confused by that one...) |
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Sheikh N Bake
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Sopranos justice
Bobby Bacala: "To the victor belongs the spoils."
Tony Soprano: "Why don't you get the _____ out of here before I shove that quotations book up your fat ________ --s."
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Sheikh N Bake
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| ardiles81 wrote: |
Justice? It's all about who you are connected with - didn't murdering scum / defenders of freedom from Blackwater get off with the murder of 17 people in Iraq?
So, yes why shouldn't a wastad up sheikh get off in a secet 'trial.' Knowing the UAE he and Mr Judge are probably cousins anyway. So, less froth please. |
We are not comparing the evil Americans with a solitary sheikh. It's irrelevant. I suppose over on a Chinese thread about Tibet you would equate that with the American colonization of the Philippines? (Not the Belgians, British, French or any other imperialist adventures, I suppose) |
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