Daily Mail and Dubai

[emmelinemay]

Ok, so we all know what to expect, generally, from the readers of the Daily Mail.

But some of the comments on this article about Diz and other people held in Dubai are just mind boggling.

Sounds like they have got it right in Dubai.
- Chris Downing, Yorkshire

and

Sounds good to me - build more prisons and import these drug prevention controls here please. Many lives would be saved.
- Robert El-Cid., Hull, East Yorks

and

Good on these authorities for actually enforcing the law of the land, I have no pity for the suspects and criminals whom they have caught, some ignorant, some stupid and some simply brazen. It seems that suspect "profiling" is alive, well and working effectively in some parts of the world.

It's a shame that our own establishment is so weak by comparison.
- Perfectly Fair, Edinburgh, Scotland

Fucking idiots.

My favourite comment so far has to be:

I can understand a zero tolerance approach to substance abuse, but this is just anal. What do they expect someone to do with .003g of hash - get an ant high?
- Dave, England

The good thing is that word is getting out, which is bloody brilliant.

Let's just hope that Diz and the others held in similar circumstances can come home soon.

Comments

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

The were a number of pieces all over the place - http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/309258.html :)

Some of the comments are actually shocking. People seem to not be able to grasp that these aren't just people who were taking illegal drugs, but people who've got about the same amount of drugs on them as on your average £20, or people on legal prescription drugs.

If I was tested over there, I'd be similarly buggered, as I take dihydrocodeine, prescribed by a doctor, for my migraines.

I could be locked up for 4 years just for having migraine medication. How many tourists looking at all the marketing for Dubai as this wonderful tourist destination are going to know that is a risk?

Did you get my reply to you about the boots btw?

[a1exxandra.livejournal.com]

I did, sorry I haven't replied as am rubbish! The money is absolutely fine, let me know when you'd like to meet up!

I think with the comments, a lot of people just don't think it through before they write. :(

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of people don't read it through before they write...

email me, we'll sort out a meeting time and place!