Red Cafe in meltdown

[DTeacher]

I know we should be grateful for our current owners, and Dubai is indeed far more modern than the rest of the region.

But anybody who argues that the middle east shit holes are not 200 years behind the rest of Asia, leave aside Europe, in terms of basic human values, or Britain / NI are in any way comparable in any way is an utter hypocrite.

Just because you get pats on the head from the BBC / Guardian reading "anyone who doesn't agree with me is far right" morons doesn't change that.

Our Owner is from Abu Dhabi.

The rest of your ill-informed rant?

Pathetic and misguided. At best.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Lock, stock and two smoking barrels.

I'm still trying to figure out what it's got to do with me.

Koontz.

Lock Stock and two smoking moose. :-)

 

[Barcon]

Lock Stock and two smoking moose. :-)

I prefer "antler cow".

 

[Zubrman]

I prefer "antler cow".

We know.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Lock Stock and two smoking moose. :-)

I prefer "antler cow".

Lock stock and two smoking antler cows. Sounds most convivial. I'll get on to Guy Ritchie. Not sure this hasn't veered off topic but I think it's a touch cheerier than human rights issues in Dubai (!?!).

 

[SWP's back]

200 years? We still had slaves.

Some would say they still have them.

 

[SWP's back]

150 years ago the age of consent in the UK was 12.

It still is there. (it can actually be younger as there is no age of consent, you just have to be married)

 

[The Preacher]

3 match stadium ban and a muzzle on his mouth for the rest of the season would be sufficient imo. "

And forced to wear a fucking straitjacket!

 

[schfc6]

Nor was I, that's 211 years and counting for them to catch up on providing basic dignity and rights for

Thats 211 years since Britain (and much of the west) decided to outlaw and fight against slavery.

At that point, guess who were a much bigger player in the slavery racket?
You know, the ones who never ever actually got around to act against it, and happily treat South Asian construction employees under the same broad principles even today?

Another fun question
There are large numbers of descendents of the original slave trade in the Americas, allowed to vote, receive welfare, even become presidents.

Why do you think of the tens of millions of black slaves moving the other way, there are so few left?

Not so sure this is your specialist subject.

You earlier posted about how far behind Asia the UAE are.
Why do you think thousands of migrant workers voluntarily flock to the UAE to work?
It’s because work, pay & conditions are far worse in their own countries.

To compare the conditions of workers in the UAE to the African slave trade is way off the mark.

I’m no fan of the draconian Sharia law of the UAE, but I’m yet to hear of anything worse than caging children away from their mothers on the American border, or Europeans/Australians allowing refugees to drown off their coast.

The World is a very fucked up place, the righteous West is grossly hypocritical and I include myself in that.

As much as I’d love the oceans to be free of plastics, I still use plastic.

Do you suppose the migrant workers in the UAE are working in any worse conditions than the guys who stitched your Nikes or the kid who mined the conflict minerals for your phone?


*i see this has been addressed and ended*

It all comes from the grossly hypocritical threads you see them odd bitter bunch start.

Hope to see Arsenal take them to school Wednesday, things are getting really poisonous over there.

 

[Colthekid]

Lock, stock and two smoking barrels.

Prefer Snatch meself! :-)