(07-20-2013, 01:13 PM)Mohammed Wrote: Yeah, tell that the English and their spotless record regarding disgusting methods to build an empire and infrastructure. Those Aboriginis still enjoy the fruits of those times.

Hi Mohammed. Are you referring to me regarding Aborigines and our indigenous population? They were not used for labour here in building Australia as a nation, it was the convicts that were imported from the UK that helped to build this UK colony. There have been acknowledgements from our Government as well as financial compensation that the indigenous population was not treated properly in certain aspects of our history. The Aboriginal population is celebrated in this country with their music and art. There is a genuine effort to try and balance any inequality that may exist with this demographic. Such as advantages in government positions and extra assistance with education and many many other forms of support.

I think the point that CN is trying to make is that Dubai or UAE is not St Tropez. I think it is trying to compete with this market and it is just not in the same league. At the end of the day, it is a strict muslim nation. You cannot get around that. You cannot mistreat women and in particular western women and then turn around and say you wanna hang with us. It doesn't work that way.

(07-20-2013, 01:24 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: Are you referring to me regarding Aborigines and our indigenous population?

(07-20-2013, 01:27 PM)Duchess Wrote:

(07-20-2013, 01:24 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: Are you referring to me regarding Aborigines and our indigenous population?

I kindof spat when I laughed just then.

Did Aussie really compare this to the SATC2 movie?

(07-20-2013, 01:28 PM)ramseycat Wrote: Did Aussie really compare this to the SATC2 movie?

No Ramsdag, the SATC2 movie was set in Dubai. Some of the things that are represented in that movie are amazingly accurate. I think you could only experience that type of fear and danger if you were a woman. Although there is no doubt that there are dangers there for men, particularly western men are a target.

Of course you didn't use the Aborigines as labour. They came in much more handy for target practice.

Well, that is true, they are certainly being celebrated, and most of them take that very serious indeed judging by their excessive daily celebrations. But no, it's not against you Aussie, how could I. It's against that filthy imperial swine from England. He knows whom I'm talking about.

Makes you actually wonder. They took all the convicts down under and yet CN is still in England. Strange.

(07-20-2013, 01:18 PM)Mohammed Wrote: No, you refuse because you can't get that fat arse of yours out of that so beloved Lazy Boy of yours as well as not being in a position to finance a bus ticket for the journey, let's forget about a flight since Ryan Air ain't doing that trip, right?

No, your holiday consists of re-enacting a trip to Mallorca by pulling out the rubber pool into the living room and chuck a bit of sand and tanning oil around, while putting little umbrella's and a slice of cucumber into your glass of tap water.

I could afford to fly first class to Dubai tomorrow morning, could you fatboy? I think you are too busy belly dancing at gunpoint to even contemplate it.

When we go on holiday we don't do budget airlines or all inclusive resorts, its first class air travel and five star accomodation all the way fatboy.

The only one sitting fantasising in a dusty shithole is you!

Did you just add this or did I miss it?

(07-20-2013, 01:24 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: I think the point that CN is trying to make is that Dubai or UAE is not St Tropez. I think it is trying to compete with this market and it is just not in the same league. At the end of the day, it is a strict muslim nation. You cannot get around that. You cannot mistreat women and in particular western women and then turn around and say you wanna hang with us. It doesn't work that way.

No, Dubai is not competing with St Tropez. They are competing with New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei, KL and the rest of the bunch here, i.e. Doha or Abu Dhabi.

They don't wanna hang with us. They just build a dream landscape that's judging by the amount of people visiting, is obviously working. They don't wanna hang with us, they just put up things that make us run there for whatever reason.

Well, it seems to be working rather well I'd say.

(07-20-2013, 01:32 PM)Cynical Ninja Wrote:

(07-20-2013, 01:18 PM)Mohammed Wrote: No, you refuse because you can't get that fat arse of yours out of that so beloved Lazy Boy of yours as well as not being in a position to finance a bus ticket for the journey, let's forget about a flight since Ryan Air ain't doing that trip, right?

No, your holiday consists of re-enacting a trip to Mallorca by pulling out the rubber pool into the living room and chuck a bit of sand and tanning oil around, while putting little umbrella's and a slice of cucumber into your glass of tap water.

I could afford to fly first class to Dubai tomorrow morning, could you fatboy? I think you are too busy belly dancing at gunpoint to even contemplate it.

When we go on holiday we don't do budget airlines or all inclusive resorts, its first class air travel and five star accomodation all the way fatboy.

The only one sitting fantasising in a dusty shithole is you!

Well, you better take out that Canon next time you're putting up your tent in the lobby of a Ritz Carlton, Mandarin, Four Seasons, Shangri La or St Regis, or else I might find myself making fun of you once again old chap.

And don't start telling me your flip flops are the latest Armani trend!

(07-20-2013, 01:39 PM)Mohammed Wrote: Did you just add this or did I miss it?

I added it. I am always nipping and tucking. Terrible habit.

New York, Tokyo has a completely different climate. So weather obviously is a component. The outdoor 'fun' and activities obviously play a role in attracting their tourists. They have all the major fashion houses and labels there now. They are definitely going after the high class western dollars. As I said before, though, what people forget is that it is a muslim country. The difference is night and day. Some people find out that the hard way. It is not the same as New York or Tokyo or any of the others, not by a long shot.

Oh gods. My Canon Powershot S5is must be a piece of shit.

Not the same? Such as?

Weather? Are you serious?? The weather is different in London, Tokyo, New York and some lone fucked up village in Siberia, hence they are not the same?? What on earth are you trying to argue with that? Tell me the places you like, I'll tell you what's wrong with them. In the States you have people shooting up schools or movie halls, they just let the guy go who shot a black boy and David Letterman still got his show. Now how fucked up is that?!

Don't even get me started on Corsica!

I am not trying to argue anything. What I am stating is fact. When you go to Dubai some of the tourism that they are using to attract tourists is obviously not the same as the western countries you have mentioned. You cannot compare Singapore/New York/Tokyo or any other Western nation to Dubai. Maybe the mistake that some westerners make is that they forget that they are not in Kansas anymore Toto.

It is Sharia law, it is a muslim country, it is not safe.

(07-20-2013, 01:13 PM)Mohammed Wrote: You see, judging by the way down town London property is going, those very ragheads do what they like very much right on your porch. Of course, apart from London the rest of England is a rather sad and pathetic landscape, hence nobody being interested in it, apart from a pub in Bournemouth perhaps with a well endowed waitress called Lilly, but the rest? Utter and total rubbish old chap, no?

Despite the ever gushing fountain of neverending misinformed tripe your spout from your fat mouth about it, England very much remains the GREEN and PLEASANT land it has always been Heinrich. That's why your good friend uncle adolf was so desperate to get his greasy little kraut mitts on it.

While I am strolling through our verdant valleys, our dense forests, our lush meadows and around our many freshwater lakes I will say two hails marys for you sitting in a parched dustbowl surrounded by ragheads slow roasting a goat in a ditch beside a dirt track.

You know Yemen is the 24^th most corrupt nation on the planet?, is it any wonder you thrive there?

Good day to you sir.

What are you talking about 24^th? There are more countries than that in Europe alone you uneducated twit. Yemen is Nr.3!

That's right, we carry the Bronze Medal, and the way things are going here, plenty of training and motivation going on all over the place, we should be going for Gold next year!

Aussie, not only do you sound like a daft 6 year old now, "When you go to Dubai some of the tourism that they are using to attract tourists is obviously not the same as the western countries you have mentioned. You cannot compare Singapore/New York/Tokyo or any other Western nation to Dubai." no shit, but also somewhat traumatized, which I guess comes from your Saudi experience.

Obviously not the same? You mean unlike Singapore the people don't go to Dubai for some Chili Crab? Or a Hot Dog and a walk around Times Square? Whereby I must say, the Sushi and Sashimi joints are top notch indeed. As is the general entertainment such as concerts, children festivals, Waterparks, of course the shopping and Gold, and the general feeling that you can pretty much enjoy yourself with some excellent wining, dining and night life. Each place is unique, that's right, but it's because they are all unique that they're the same. They attract an awful lot of people from all parts of the planet.

I think you might find that you're safer at 11pm in Dubai than you are in New York or Frankfurt. Let's not even mention Ohio!

(07-20-2013, 03:21 PM)Mohammed Wrote: What are you talking about 24^th? There are more countries than that in Europe alone you uneducated twit. Yemen is Nr.3!

That's right, we carry the Bronze Medal, and the way things are going here, plenty of training and motivation going on all over the place, we should be going for Gold next year!

I stand corrected.

We all know there's only one way to thrive in a country so corrupt and that's by being as corrupt as a paedophile in a teenage chatroom yourself!

How deep are you in it Heinrich? Up to your fat jowls I'll bet! You've probably dished out more kickbacks to corrupt ragheads than a donkey on speed!

Now before I retire, just fresh from the press at the BBC.

Got to love Pakistan!

"Women 'banned from shopping alone' in northern Pakistan"

Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Pakistan's north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have barred women from shopping without a male relative.

The decision was made during a meeting at a mosque in Karak district and announced over its loudspeaker.

Most women in Pakistan's tribal north-west cover their heads and bodies.

The step is reportedly aimed at keeping men from being distracted during the holy month of Ramadan. It is not clear whether it will be lifted when it ends.

The annual period of fasting and prayer this year falls in July.

One cleric and tribal elder said the ban would be publicised using local mosques' loudspeakers.

"We have decided that women will not visit bazaars without a male relative," the cleric, Maulana Mirzaqeem, was quoted as telling AFP news agency.

"Those who will visit markets without male relatives will be handed over to police.

"They spread vulgarity and spoil men's fasting in Ramadan."

The clerics have requested police help enforce their ban and called on shopkeepers not to serve unaccompanied women.

One told Reuters news agency he feared the ban would be bad for business and the region's reputation.

"We never supported this ban and convened a meeting on Wednesday to protest over the clerics' decision," Reuters quoted the trader, Munwar Khan, as saying.


My most favourite part, "They spread vulgarity and spoil men's fasting in Ramadan."

Yeah baby

(07-20-2013, 03:42 PM)Cynical Ninja Wrote:

(07-20-2013, 03:21 PM)Mohammed Wrote: What are you talking about 24^th? There are more countries than that in Europe alone you uneducated twit. Yemen is Nr.3!

That's right, we carry the Bronze Medal, and the way things are going here, plenty of training and motivation going on all over the place, we should be going for Gold next year!

I stand corrected.

We all know there's only one way to thrive in a country so corrupt and that's by being as corrupt as a paedophile in a teenage chatroom yourself!

How deep are you in it Heinrich? Up to your fat jowls I'll bet! You've probably dished out more kickbacks to corrupt ragheads than a donkey on speed!

What can I say? You go with the flow. We should be moving into our new residence over the next month. It got a freakin pool and sauna in the basement. Didn't want to open another restaurant and club, but the city sure needed a place to party.

Well, times are tough and it's gettin' rough. Just gave Jelly her own little AK for a present. Now we're looking for a fitting handbag.

Is it Pink?

(07-20-2013, 03:44 PM)Mohammed Wrote: My most favourite part, "They spread vulgarity and spoil men's fasting in Ramadan."

Only the best ones...

"Fucking eat this, Anis!" cried Fakhira from across the garment market, spoiling the fasting for not only her beloved Anis, but indeed all the men of Islamabad.

Seriously silly stuff...when viewed through the eyes of non-Muslims.