tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post5130581736358337228..comments2023-10-17T16:44:08.588+03:00Comments on Fake Plastic Souks: No CommentAlexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-87500995423280063712010-01-23T01:35:42.927+03:002010-01-23T01:35:42.927+03:00can somebody post a link to the original article? ...can somebody post a link to the original article? It has been removed from "Hetta".<br /><br />What bothers me is that what is being said in the article is neither exaggerated nor falsified. People of the Gulf and Arabs in general feel estranged by their governments and the rapid modernization destroying the social and environmental fabric of their lives.<br /><br />Arabic is seldom spoken in these countries, Arabs are a minority and the education system, among other things, is in shambles. <br /><br />What Arabia has become is a testament that oil, not religion or the belief system, is the biggest curse we have had to endure in our history. <br /><br />We should have kept all the wells sealed. Maybe then we would have had a better life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-63451403621643028522010-01-20T16:51:30.116+03:002010-01-20T16:51:30.116+03:00^ comment of the day^ comment of the dayAnonymous Afghaninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-39276334536312065572010-01-19T08:10:23.184+03:002010-01-19T08:10:23.184+03:00Surely the editor should just have claimed he was ...Surely the editor should just have claimed he was under the influence of drugs administered by foreign business partners who aren't there to represent themselves.lucias georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742586851262748117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-64200901879874695042010-01-17T16:27:16.468+03:002010-01-17T16:27:16.468+03:00Scary stuff - this is indirect censorship and that...Scary stuff - this is indirect censorship and that is definitely saddening!Mitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052007884871469490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-66927473299361805832010-01-17T12:28:50.303+03:002010-01-17T12:28:50.303+03:00This isn't substantially different from UK law...This isn't substantially different from UK law: in Britain, you can sue the person who wrote or spoke the defamatory statement, AND any persons or organisations that "repeated" the libel - ie, published it.<br /><br />If you think about it from a weasel-minded lawyer-y sort of viewpoint, a comment underneath an article is effectively a continuation of the article above - and as it all appears on a site owned by the publisher, it's reasonable to expect the publisher to make sure ALL content on its site adheres to reasonable standards of accuracy, balance, fairness, etc.<br /><br />Granted, in the UK, the courts would probably be unimpressed by a claimant demanding damages who hadn't first asked the media owner to remove the comment, etc, but still.<br /><br />Sod fixing UAE law - the sooner we do something about Mr Justice Eady and his increasingly terrifying judgements, the better...Eliot Beernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-18633284927938398882010-01-17T12:13:06.284+03:002010-01-17T12:13:06.284+03:00It's alarming in that the site isn't hoste...It's alarming in that the site isn't hosted on a .ae domain and it is unclear whether it is actually even a UAE business.<br /><br />In any case there have been similar cases within the UAE in the past regarding forum posts etc.<br /><br />Also, as far as I can tell that site doesn't have any kind of policy towards commenting (i.e. what your post is your own responsibility)<br /><br />It also doesn't have any method for reporting 'bad' comments that I can tell and it also doesn't even have time stamped comments. The date stamping doesn't even work on some browsers.samuraisamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177501779546963794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-25754413730057174492010-01-17T11:10:18.144+03:002010-01-17T11:10:18.144+03:00I wonder which comment was it that made the censor...I wonder which comment was it that made the censors unhappy?<br /><br /><br />There seem to be hundreds of comments there...Dubai Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17951647402774044439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-38703642805894789372010-01-17T10:53:34.138+03:002010-01-17T10:53:34.138+03:00I just feel sad for the U.A.E...
They want to bec...I just feel sad for the U.A.E...<br /><br />They want to become an economic and cultural leader, but they don't know that it's more than a few NASDAQ deals and a tall building here and there...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-45409005597362574402010-01-17T10:42:10.072+03:002010-01-17T10:42:10.072+03:00If you came here to leave something defamatory to ...If you came here to leave something defamatory to see if I'd delete it, I thought of it first. Nyah Nyah.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.com