Not that innocent himself!!! :-)
Posted on 11/14/2008 2:46:48 PM PST by AJKauf
“They belch, vomit, copulate, litter, and barge their way through public spaces, dressed like hookers and louts, defying the police without shame or modesty. British expatriates are some of the worst: overpaid, oversexed, and all over the place.”
This is how Minette Marrin, writing in the Times, describes the British abroad, and with some justification. Marrin is responding to the case of well-heeled expatriates Michelle Palmer, 36, and Vince Acors, 34, who had drunken sex on a beach in Dubai and insulted a policeman who tried to caution them. The “couple” — or rather “copulating pair,” for they had only just met — were sentenced to three months in prison for offending public decency and fined about £200 ($320). As a preventative measure, Dubai’s popular Madinat Jumeirah hotel recently issued an “etiquette guide,” warning guests to “employ discretion” in public displays of affection (“anything more than a peck on the cheek”). The guide also warns that “drunken behavior, especially outside licensed premises in the hotel, is severely punished.”...
(Excerpt) Read more at pajamasmedia.com ...
Actually, punishing the ones who break the laws instead of all of them (guilt by association at it’s worst) seems a much better idea.
three months for braking Muslim law? They got of VERY easy!
There’s that ... but not being granted a visa for Dubai isn’t exactly “punishment.”
Just theorizing, actually ... I realize Dubai wants the bux (or whatever their currency is) from the tourists.
One out of 5 ain't bad.
LOL yes, having lived in 2 different tourist towns, I’d say that’s a big yes! If they wanted to cut off their heads I’d say that was a little bit extreme.
They were made for each other.
They best become more lenient or they’ll scare the Brits away.
$$$$ or Islamic ‘values’.
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