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- SaladCactusKing, on 09/02/2008, -10/+122This is what happens when an islamic theocracy tries to market itself to tourists as a party state
- HyphySoul, on 09/02/2008, -4/+96Summary: 2 girls 1 month
- defaultfilter, on 09/01/2008, -4/+85Pics... or it never happened.
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -2/+68I heard about this
Not smart to be ***** around in a Muslim country - suckaPU, on 09/01/2008, -11/+75this is why dubai sucks. their laws are way too tough for me to go there and have a good time.
- ShittyPunGuy, on 09/02/2008, -4/+45You can also go to prison for years for smoking a Dubai!
- Kidddrunkadelic, on 09/02/2008, -7/+46I kissed a girl and they didn't like it :(
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -8/+38There goes their image as the 'Modern Muslim' nation
- kinggimped, on 09/01/2008, -13/+42Nice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhzOD1amluc - baldgye, on 09/02/2008, -5/+33What's modern about being Muslim? The only thing modern about Dubai is its buildings... its laws like most middle eastern countries, are stuck in the dark ages.
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -11/+35To be honest, I think you'll be quite safe seeing as most girls wouldn't go near you
- worldchanger, on 09/02/2008, -0/+24funny how you fit your nickname.
- mickstephenson, on 09/02/2008, -1/+21Hit the nail right on the head there. If you don't agree with their government policies, don't go.
- mickstephenson, on 09/02/2008, -4/+23Or how about if you don't agree with their laws you shouldn't support their tourist trade.
- sockpuppets, on 09/02/2008, -7/+26The sand in your mom's vagina is from when he took her to dubai.
- ShittyPunGuy, on 09/02/2008, -14/+32What language does Bugs Bunny speak in Dubai?
Arabbit! - TI3GIB, on 09/02/2008, -0/+18What you don't know, is that they were both naked, in a public beach which does not permit nudity (I'm not sure if there are nude beaches in Dubai, but I know for fact that there some in neighboring cities)
Take it from someone who lives there. - JMeister, on 09/02/2008, -0/+17I think they should be heavily monitored in the jail together. can we have a cctv camera installed...
- JasonCox, on 09/02/2008, -1/+18I hate to break it to you, but if you're kissing *and* fondling on a beach here you'll get arrested too.
- diceau, on 09/02/2008, -4/+20Do they have a word for 'relax'?
- Spawn2105, on 09/02/2008, -3/+18Well they say they are a modern muslim nation, but that doesnt change the fact that their core religious beliefs are still unchanged.
From my own vacations in Abu Dhabi / Dubai, if you are a girl then you just stick to "private" hotel beaches when you wanna wear just your bathing suit / bikini.
That being said, i still cant believe how ***** stupid some people are down there. I mean if you KNOW its a nation that still doesnt grant women the same rights as men, why do you have to push it and ***** get naked on the beach... Stick to your hotel room and you'll be fine. - AsadM, on 09/02/2008, -0/+15Hey, I know let's follow the rules of the country we are in, instead of the country we are from! I don't know why you people feel that you need to impose your ways on them...
- Lavarock, on 09/02/2008, -0/+15Digg him back up this is his job people
- ChineseDemocrat, on 09/02/2008, -10/+24Oh come on.
Girls kissing and groping on a public beach. We would even find it weird in France.
People are reading between the lines and taking this story to the debate of how archaic middle east countries are.
If it was about jailing two foreigners because they hold hands in the street, i would understand the need of debating. But we're talking about 2 persons, obviously in a bathing suit, kissing and more on a public beach ...
PLEASE. - manicleek, on 09/02/2008, -2/+16It says "indecent acts", everyone is bitching about uptight muslims but as far as we know they were fisting each other on that beach, which I'm fairly sure would get you in trouble in any country.
- thephysicist, on 09/02/2008, -20/+33have you ever been? do you even have a passport? I'm guessing no on both accounts.
Its a Muslim state not bloody Ibiza
Dubai is a lovely country, they actually are relaxed on alot of things such as drinking compared to other dry-states in the UAE.
They just don't want to see their country turning into the problem that Spain now faces with all the British getting pissed up, fighting, sex on the streets etc. They are only trying to protect themselves.
"It maintains a conservative social order, repressing homosexuality" there you go - problem resolved.
When in Rome.....OBEY their ***** laws! (one reason why there is ***** all crime there!) - TinternAbbot, on 09/02/2008, -9/+22Well why the ***** were they fondling each other on a public beach, let alone a public beach in Dubai?
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -7/+17Huh? I don't remember the last time obeying "their laws/customs" here
Lets not get to crazy shall we, we're starting to sound like those Republicans who hate homosexuals
" Gays are getting married? They're trying to RAPE MY BIBLE! This country is going to hell, Christianity is being destroyed....Grr..." - FlaNative, on 09/02/2008, -1/+11Some sheik wanted to watch for a month.
- AlekNovi, on 09/02/2008, -5/+15Actually... they were --jailed--
Not shunned, looked at weirdly or scolded at... jailed.
So the event is proof of archaic laws indeed. - inactive, on 09/02/2008, -2/+11It is quite progressive, more so than Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iran and Syria
However it still has quite a ways to go
I can tell you one thing, a Western woman can walk around in Dubai wearing a tank top, just try doing that in Saudi Arabia however - Morrison1002, on 09/02/2008, -6/+15It is funny they are spending unspeakable amounts of money to make that place into the greatest tourist place ever. But if people can't relax and do stuff like this, then no one is going to go. and All that money they have spent will be a big waste. All they will have is a nice untouched tourist spot
- BradOFarrell, on 09/02/2008, -1/+10I'm gonna preface this post with "I am a gay," but, uh... I mean it's a shame that Muslim countries are repressing their own citizens, and that's really sucky for them, and they should do something about it. BUT, it's hardly the place to go for a lesbian beach romp vacation, isn't it? As unjust as those laws are, it's kind of dumb to go visit countries where your existence is illegal.
- xeic, on 09/02/2008, -0/+9Quoting thephysicist: "They just don't want to see their country turning into the problem that Spain now faces with all the British (...)"
Not all British whom come to Spain are violent, promiscuous and drunk people. The problem is that these (the violent, promiscuous and drunk people) are more noisy and visible than the others (the normal ones), which are hard to find in the most touristic areas and are more discreet.
There are a lot of British living in my town, in the middle of the mountains, a very peaceful and quiet place in summer. Last week, I had invited 10 of them to a party, and their behaviour was excellent. Don't think they were old people, no, they were 20 to 30 years old British people (from Manchester, all of them). And actually, I got more drunk than them. :-)
Don't let a few British, who are drunken violent morons, make think that all British are problematic people. - swik, on 09/02/2008, -3/+12Maybe obey the laws of a country while you're inside of it. A foreigner isn't likely to be a revolutionary.
- megarobotguy, on 09/02/2008, -0/+9equals a good time, ohhh yeaa.............. just not in Dubai.
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -0/+9It already makes more money from tourism than oil.
- fani, on 09/02/2008, -17/+26What pisses me off about them is that if you go there, you have to obey their laws/customs and when they come here, you STILL have to obey their laws/customs - meaning they live just like over there.
They don't assimilate into any culture, but leach on the foreign $'s - LowRentDiggs, on 09/02/2008, -3/+11That would happen in the modern Southern US in some places too.
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -0/+8probably
- roodammy44, on 09/02/2008, -0/+8Dubai: Come for the architecture, stay because we put you in prison
- brc2003, on 09/02/2008, -1/+9I'm actually quite shocked by some of the above comments...the United Arab Emirates has well known laws against homosexuality...so if you want to engage in such things DON'T GO THERE.
It is THEIR country, so why should anyone have the right to say that they shouldn't be able to have any laws they like. It isn't like this is a serious Human Rights issue...they are going to miss a month of the summer sun, that's all.
I mean we might not agree with it, but it is our choice to go there. - infiniphunk, on 09/02/2008, -7/+15I assume you're in the U.S. or Canada...go look in some European countries *cough* France *cough* and see what a whole nation is dealing with regarding these types of people. It's not "racist" its just the way it is. Oftentimes people from this culture immigrate to western countries and then "set up shop"; they cling to their own ways and shun the ways of the country they've moved to. I'm sure there are exceptions to this rule, but generally this is the case. Sad but true, go to Paris France and there are neighborhoods where you wouldn't even know you were in Europe. I saw it last year.
- aramova, on 09/02/2008, -4/+11Heh. Try going to any Spring Break beach. There would be riot police and public stoning (And I'm not talking about pot...) if they had a Spring Break like even over there...
Anyway, you had to throw in the obligatory American hate, can't hold it against you. Much.. - GorfTron, on 09/02/2008, -2/+9Don't queer-up in an Muslim country in public. Duh!
- zephyear, on 09/02/2008, -5/+12funny thing, dubai supposedly has one of the more "liberal" laws among muslim nations
- cfuse, on 09/02/2008, -1/+8They hate us for our hot lezzy action on the beach.
- MoClippa, on 09/02/2008, -1/+7Dubai, as a city, or for that matter, the entire country of the UAE, and its GCC neighbors, excluding Saudi Arabia, are in no way Islamic Theocracies. They are more like schizophrenic middle aged men suffering from an early onset of Alzheimer disease. Even Saudi Arabia is rapidly reforming.
On the one hand, they want to move forward, developing massively reformed societies that are attractive to foreign investment and tourism. Which means, relatively liberalized laws, similar to those found in Western target markets.
On the other hand, no matter what reforms they've embarked on, there is a constant friction between the monarchies old guard, its reformists, and the citizens of the country, who are generally conservative. This means, that even if the highest echelons of the government are also the most progressive in terms of socio-economic policies, they are threatened by either an assumed or very real threat of backlash.
Be it a Western enclave, a recreation of Islams relatively liberal highpoint its societies achieved in their first 300 years, or the dismal failure interpretations of the religion turned states into later (i.e. Saudi Arabia). Dubai, like its neighbors, is going to have to make a decision soon, as to where it sees itself. Jumping left and right, claiming one morning to be liberal, and then enacting a conservative policy, whatever your reasons, is not good business or politics.
Dubai needs to rethink its branding strategy, figure out exactly what it has presented itself as to potential investors and tourists, and either live up to its brand, or define a new image. This sort of confusion, primarily in a regional financial powerhouse like Dubai, just spells bad news for other countries, such as Qatar, and Bahrain, that are also perusing similar strategies, in some cases, more true to the brand, but without the corporate efficiency Dubai has had marketing itself.
I know some of you may get upset at me talking about a country, in terms of marketing, branding, and corporate efficiency, but that is generally how these countries view themselves and their strategies. I've learned very rapidly over the last few years, that it is easier to talk about rights and reform with their respective officials in terms of cost/benefit analysis, rather then questions of morality or lack of.
Finally, there is a thriving Gay scene that I personally know of in both Kuwait and Bahrain. In the later country, I have witnessed tattoo clad women, of Bahraini descent, publicly kissing in bars without hassle. The same goes for men, which are even more apparent. The problem is though, that while these societies both may be ignoring the fact that they have homosexuals in their midst, who may or may not be publicly open, they also have laws that allow for the deportation of any homosexual. While I have never seen these laws implemented, I do know they exist. And so does the gay community. I had a discussion with one friend the other day, who is publicly open about his sexuality, and has been the subject of various domestic newspaper interviews. He described that the issue he faced was social policing rather then government policing... but that since the laws exist, all someone had to do was use the option to enforce the law, to remove him from the country or arrest him. Thankfully neither has happened yet, but the issue remains. These countries need to figure out what they are, what they stand for, and follow that brand. Open but Not Open, just causes confusion, and leads to people who otherwise wouldn't imagine getting arrested (thanks to precedent set by other Gays), getting arrested because of someone deciding to enforce laws that are generally not enforced. - Gizza, on 09/02/2008, -3/+9Guess you don't remember all that fuss about dogs and alcohol in Muslim driven cabs.
- KaiserArny, on 09/02/2008, -0/+5"A majority of the emirate's revenues are from trade, real estate and financial services. Revenues from petroleum and natural gas contribute less than 6% (2006) of Dubai's US$ 37 billion economy (2005)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai -
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