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10-05-2023, 04:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-05-2023, 08:24 PM by LevelUP.)
NYC college student freed from Dubai days after receiving 1-year prison sentence for touching security guard’s arm.
https://nypost.com/2023/10/04/nyc-colleg...-sentence/
Seems a bit harsh. Say what you want about America, but I would be thankful we have some rights here.
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Dubai pretends to be a city that imitates capitalism countries around the world but in reality, they're so repressed.
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sounds like a very 1 sided report
but why in the world would you bring your freedom mindset to a Muslim country
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Beyond the initial glitz, Dubai is a soul-suckingly boring place.
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(10-06-2023, 03:29 AM)nomaduser Wrote: Dubai pretends to be a city that imitates capitalism countries around the world but in reality, they're so repressed.
Mostly facade, what you see outside is not what it is inside...
Not that I know better, but have seen how that kind of propaganda works
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Haven't been there, not sure what the issue was with that incident... But the punishment was severe for not a really good reason...
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