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No Great Shakes
Posted by Kyle
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3/17/2009 06:10:00 PM
An Emirati family (good friends of ours) accepted our invitation for dinner at our house last night.
Pleasantries exchanged.
Comfy settings and Jemma drops the bomb!
Jem: We've been reading & hearing a lot about a draft law on enforcing disciplinary behavior in Dubai, what's with that? (Jemma's attorney mind considers it to be a draft because it's not hit the mainstream media, as yet).
Emaratiyah: Guys, this really does not apply to you.
Jem: How so? From what I've been reading, it's a law applicable to all (citizens & residents), no? Or am I missing something out of the woodwork?
Emaratiyah: Actually, this stuff has always been in place but never enforced. So, take this purely as a reminder. Having said that, it applies more so towards the rogue generation of teeny boppers (citizens & residents) that feel they can do anything and get away with it.
Jem: Does this reminder imply we'd be seeing moral police in malls, clubs & other socializing venues?
Emaratiyah: No, nothing like that. Dubai will continue its liberal policy but with a watchful eye.
And so I had to step in and change the topic before it went any deeper beyond those lines.
That was a relief because I could actually hear Jemma *sigh* - whatever that was supposed to mean.
And so continues our cat & mouse game of trying to determine and decipher the governing factor that prompted the authorities in Dubai to announce a draft law of acceptable behavior in town.
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Pleasantries exchanged.
Comfy settings and Jemma drops the bomb!
Jem: We've been reading & hearing a lot about a draft law on enforcing disciplinary behavior in Dubai, what's with that? (Jemma's attorney mind considers it to be a draft because it's not hit the mainstream media, as yet).
Emaratiyah: Guys, this really does not apply to you.
Jem: How so? From what I've been reading, it's a law applicable to all (citizens & residents), no? Or am I missing something out of the woodwork?
Emaratiyah: Actually, this stuff has always been in place but never enforced. So, take this purely as a reminder. Having said that, it applies more so towards the rogue generation of teeny boppers (citizens & residents) that feel they can do anything and get away with it.
Jem: Does this reminder imply we'd be seeing moral police in malls, clubs & other socializing venues?
Emaratiyah: No, nothing like that. Dubai will continue its liberal policy but with a watchful eye.
And so I had to step in and change the topic before it went any deeper beyond those lines.
That was a relief because I could actually hear Jemma *sigh* - whatever that was supposed to mean.
And so continues our cat & mouse game of trying to determine and decipher the governing factor that prompted the authorities in Dubai to announce a draft law of acceptable behavior in town.
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