tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post3739719152876078814..comments2023-10-17T16:44:08.588+03:00Comments on Fake Plastic Souks: Why The Benihana Story MattersAlexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-91924446416467159112011-02-01T17:59:45.138+03:002011-02-01T17:59:45.138+03:00I disagree with Rootless- the implications of the ...I disagree with Rootless- the implications of the Benihana lawsuit could be big; if the court rules in favor of Benihana, then it means any company can sue any blogger, twitterer, forum-user about any negative comment posted about them. And this will quickly trickle down to the rest of the GCC countries.<br /><br />Regarding the Egypt/Oman stories; it really depends on what bloggers choose to theme their blog content around. I, for one, don't feel comfortable writing about politics- I will retweet where I see fit though. There are politically-themed blogs and I have seen posts about all this there. Some people focus on just their city, others focus on fashion, food, or something else. It's up to the writer to choose what they blog about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280084247906850154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-45377986488262569122011-02-01T11:48:07.653+03:002011-02-01T11:48:07.653+03:00I agree that what has happened with the Benihana l...I agree that what has happened with the Benihana lawsuit is unfortunate and unacceptable but I think the attention it has received is massively out of proportion to it's significance, perhaps due to understandably incestuous interest of the blogging community. This is in stark contract to the scant attention paid by the Dubai English blogosphere to the situation in Egypt. Even your own post on this seemed mostly about your recent discovery of the quality of Al Jazeera International - um, welcome aboard four years later... But so far I have seen nothing in the Dubai English blogs about the Oman spy scandal - even though it is now even being reported in the craven UAE press. This is truly a massive story - Arabian Business has an analysis piece that touches on the significance. But even that fails to address the two elephants in this majlis: the sensational rumours about who has been arrested (mentioned on Muscat Confidential if you can get around the block) and the implications for the delicate balance of pwer among the factions of the ruling family in, um, an adjacent oil-rich emirate. Benihana versus sealed borders? I know what has my attention now...Rootlessnoreply@blogger.com