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Topic started on 5-8-2010 @ 02:15 PM by lasertaglover

Bikini-Clad Brit Detained in Dubai Mall


www.foxnews.com
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A British woman stripped down to her bikini and strutted defiantly through a swanky Dubai mall after an Emirati woman covered head-to-toe in black confronted her for wearing a low-cut shirt, police said Thursday...

...Police said the British woman, whose name was not released, was shopping in the five-star Dubai Mall when the Emirati woman approached her and criticized her for wearing a shirt she felt violated the conservative dress code followed by most women in this Muslim country.

The two argued, then the Briton stripped down to her bikini and walked thr
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reply posted on 5-8-2010 @ 02:15 PM by lasertaglover
On the one hand, there is a strict moral code that includes dress and public behavior. People are being punished for it.

But then you have places in Dubai, like the Cyclone club, that is strictly a prostitute club, with many women that are forced into the sex trade. But there are also just as many women that 'apparently' choose that lifestyle because of the big money involved.

I hope that I don't offend anyone (probably will) but shouldn't they keep everything completely seperate? If you are going to be moral to the point that you arrest people for kissing public, why not build a Reno, a place where brothels are completely legal? Or do they accept the fact that prositition is one of the oldest professions in the world, and since it will always be here, might as well keep it more or less centralized in known locations that are easily avoidable by the devout Muslims in their country, and completely off the streets?

How can both exist in the same place?

Here is the link to the US State Department website about the laws in Dubai:
www.travel.state.gov...

With this quote from the State Department link here:

Penalties for breaking the law can be more severe than in the United States for similar offenses. Persons violating Emirati laws, even unknowingly, may be expelled, arrested or imprisoned. Americans have been arrested in the past for obscene hand gestures, using inappropriate (foul) language with a police official, and for public displays of affection, such as kissing.

Here are a few links to more information about the sex trade in Dubai:

current.com...

www.pbs.org...






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reply posted on 5-8-2010 @ 02:35 PM by lasertaglover
reply to post by HimWhoHathAnEar


But see, you raised my own question again.

You said, "I feel no pain for this woman who had no respect for the customs of a country not her own."

So the customs of this country is to allow prositition? Just asking, because it is the duality of customs here that I am having a hard time understanding.

And I am also curious as to your second point about modest dress equaling maturity...what does that mean?

I can understand where in certain cultures, modest dress equals individual respect for the customs of that cutlure or religion. But how does modest dress on women equal their maturity level? Again, I am just curious, because I am not understanding this.

So if a female CEO of a major Western corporation wears a bikini, or a mother, or a poltical leader of a foreign country, she is not mature? Is that what you are saying?


reply posted on 5-8-2010 @ 02:38 PM by greeneyedleo
Originally posted by lasertaglover
reply to post by HimWhoHathAnEar


But see, you raised my own question again.

You said, "I feel no pain for this woman who had no respect for the customs of a country not her own."

So the customs of this country is to allow prositition? Just asking, because it is the duality of customs here that I am having a hard time understanding.



It does not matter what their laws are or their customs or the hypocrisy they may have. What matters is - you chose to visit their country, you better follow their laws to a "T" or you will find yourself behind bars.

Their country. Their laws and customs. It does not matter if WE think they are right or wrong. We have no say in it. We just have to abide by them if we visit.


reply posted on 5-8-2010 @ 02:38 PM by lasertaglover
reply to post by greeneyedleo


I agree with that 100%. When in Rome, do as the Romans. She was wrong to do this.

But I do not get how strictly moral this country is on the one hand, and then ignores this issue on the other.


reply posted on 5-8-2010 @ 02:43 PM by lasertaglover
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I get that point.

When I was stationed in Saudi in the 90's, I had to learn the customs that were acceptable, because my job was in logistics, I had to go into the city all of the time. I respected thier culture 100%, long sleeve shirts, not using my left hand for much, and a number of greetings in their language.

Maybe that is my point here. I do not understand how two different Muslim regions could be so different from each other. Riyadh and Dubai both follow the same moral code, right? I do not remember ever hearing about anything even remotely related to adultery while there.

Why is Dubai two-faced?


reply posted on 5-8-2010 @ 02:44 PM by oniongrass
reply to post by greeneyedleo


I've been to Dubai 15 years ago before all the mega-construction and I found it to be a nice place. If you rule out bad behavior like this woman did, getting those folks off the street, the reasonable people who want to get along can have a nice life.

Maybe your brother should at least visit Dubai and have a look before deciding. Houses are probably a bargain now with the overbuilding, and he might well like the people too. I did.


reply posted on 5-8-2010 @ 02:44 PM by greeneyedleo
Originally posted by lasertaglover
reply to post by greeneyedleo


I agree with that 100%. When in Rome, do as the Romans. She was wrong to do this.

But I do not get how strictly moral this country is on the one hand, and then ignores this issue on the other.


Every country is this way. Even America. Legally: you can meet a chic online, take her out to dinner and sleep with her that night. Illegal: you can not make a phone call to an escort agency to meet a girl, take her to dinner and sleep with her.

Every country is rampit with ridiculous laws and hypocrisy.

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