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| Dubai has World's Best Bar |
| 2008-05-08 |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #8 Not quite, Iblis. The gambling ships were a way to avoid California's anti-gambling laws by anchoring just out of the state waters (3 miles); U.S. law didn't prohibit gambling. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-05-08 21:28 |
| #7 The same reason gambling ships anchored 3+ miles off Santa Monica during the 20s-30s I guess. Not so sure the two are alike. Back then 3 miles offshore was international waters -- i.e. not within the US' jurisdiction and not subject to US law. The 1 meter rule in Dubai has nothing to do with where Dubai law applies geographically. It's more of a legal gymnastic maneuver to wed two unlike things, Sharia and real life. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-05-08 16:10 |
| #6 well they do mary off alot of cousins too each other what do you expect |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-05-08 15:24 |
| #5 Why, is it ok to serve alcohol and allow women to expose themselves so long as it is 1 meter offshore? The same reason gambling ships anchored 3+ miles off Santa Monica during the 20s-30s I guess... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-05-08 15:02 |
| #4 swksvolFF: The best way to think of Islam is not as a religion, but a sexual disorder. Then everything kind of falls into place. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-05-08 14:17 |
| #3 When they say best, do they mean most expensive? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-05-08 08:59 |
| #2 Because only Israelis and Westerners bother to improve the general environment where they live, Arabs leave all that to Insallah. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2008-05-08 03:23 |
| #1 Someone I know just got back from dubai. said the people walking around looked like doozers from fraggle rock. Deplorable. Weigh in any regionals... Why, with enough resources to make new islands with 6 star hotels including indoor skiing do you not make the desert bloom? Why, is it ok to serve alcohol and allow women to expose themselves so long as it is 1 meter offshore? Why, if man is weak and woman must be clothed to protect man from weakness, thus making women equal, are women not allowed to be themselves, sentient beings of God, people of the Book? It makes me think. 1)it is about the money, power, and presiege which goes along with "it is good to be the king." 2)Vices are aweful unless it makes money, then you are wrong, and 3)who are you to tell me to protect myself from myself, God and I do that thank you very much (no help needed) If it were up to me, I would have taken 1/4 of the money being spent on those hotels and made a desalinzation plant and ran pipelines all the way into the heartland of the camel beauty contest regions and dumped an oasis for all. But what do I know, being a Christian. Dipshits. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-05-08 03:01 |