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Funnier than he thinks he is.
Thought it was more to do with the fact that the labels said St.Michael!
Avoid United Arab Emirates if you've ever touched anything, ever...
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Thought it was more to do with the fact that the labels said St.Michael!
The Groke
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Er....Four years, though? For a spliff?
You dick.
Again for the terminally dumb:
Whether or not I agree with the law/sentence is irrelevant, my point was that when traveling internationally, it is a personal responsibility to ensure you are well informed as to the local law with regards to these kind of things and act accordingly.
It hardly takes a great effort to discover that you are likely to lose 4 years of your life in a shitty prison for a minor drugs transgression in the UAE and if people show flagrant disregard for these laws, my sympathy is limited*
When Mrs Swarf and I moved out here, we took painstaking care to rid ourselves of all potentially drug-tainted possessions and paraphernalia, because I had done my research.
*shrugs*
For the record (and again for the hard of understanding, i.e. you) I think the law of the land here is pretty obscene in a number of areas and not just with regards to drugs, but that was never my point.
* Obviously (and I am taking great pains to spell this out to you as it seems it is necessary) my view on the cases of those folk who have ended up imprisoned in the UAE for a stray poppy seed or possession of prescribed and essential medicine, is a little different.
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
A simple swab and basic chemical test would be enough to detect its presence. Although how you visually notice such a small amount on someone's shoe is curious. Unless he was unfortunate enough to have treaded on a spliff butt...
Last time I went through Dubai airport every passnager had to remove their shoes at security and put them through a scanner.
The Groke
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I think the significance of this is overstated TBH - in Dubai at any rate.
I have two friends here who have traveled in and out of the country several times with Israeli stamps in their passport.
so what? everyone in the US has to do it too
In Dubai must have a special scanner to detect weed & explosives on shoes.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
That only really applies to Saudi Arabia & Iran. Dubai lets you in if you have money.
Do feel sorry for Grooverider, but he is a cock for taking drugs there.
If he feels 4 years is harsh, he should be grateful he didn't venture in to Kuwait with drugs like this chap did
The Groke
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I have not seen it here, but I have smelt it on more than a few occasions.
I would imagine the locals - true Emiratees - would indulge and indeed get away with it too as seems to be the case with a lot of things here.
I have also heard that the usual class As are available if you know where to look and a good place to start are the Emirates Airlines staff residences....
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
frogwoman
Let them eat newts
*waves at Froggy!*
What did you do for Purim, Missy?
Proably not the thread for waving, but I dont see The 'Rider getting out this side of the London Olympics.
I celebrated it early (last week) because my housemates went home for the holidays and i would have had nobody to celebrate it with otherwise, I dont know the Jewish society peeps very well. I tried to make Hamantashen but they came out disasterously as a sort of sludge with pastry and jam
((me))
how did you celebrate it?
The Groke
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Last time I looked yeah.
The last one of these "Dubai Sleb Drug Shocka!" cases to hit the headlines was that of some no-mark American music producer friend of Noamio Campbell, visiting here for her birthday.
He got clobbered with half a wrap of coke in his pocket, got banged up pleading the "Oh noes I forgotted it was there!" defense and "languished" for all of 8 or 9 days before Sheik Mo' gave him a full pardon and sent him on his way.
He - for all it matters - was also black...
Anyways, good to see that if we are to be subject to ridiculous and draconian drug laws, they are starting to apply them more consistantly and severely to those whom would likely would have wiggled out of it before.
When one considers all the hundreds of anonymous, faceless and uncelebrated Indians, Pakistanis, Filipinos, Egyptions, Moroccans, etc, etc, etc getting right royally F'd in the A for laughable drug "offences" - real or imagined - I don't have much sympathy for Mr Rider.
Fuck him, to be honest.
Congratulations mate, you were very thorough. However some people travel an awful lot and perhaps can't afford to be quite that meticulous every time they travel.
I'm saying he is blame-free, but four years!!
Come on, have a heart, thats a pretty shit situation.
The Groke
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Well like I said mate - I certainly do not agree with or support the drug laws here nor the harsh associated sentencing and I never will. That was never the point I was making...
This still stands though...
