tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post116102964409107867..comments2024-03-28T22:59:15.275+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: Evil Paradises: The Dreamworlds of Neo-Liberalismsecretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1161066619102490122006-10-17T10:30:00.000+04:002006-10-17T10:30:00.000+04:00why not?why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1161061897481288332006-10-17T09:11:00.000+04:002006-10-17T09:11:00.000+04:00Very interesting indeed. Dubai’s burgeoning black ...Very interesting indeed.<BR/><BR/><I> Dubai’s burgeoning black economy is its insurance policy against the car-bombers and airplane hijackers. </I><BR/><BR/>Emphatic, but not far from the truth.Wokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506371136332079076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1161058108749072922006-10-17T08:08:00.000+04:002006-10-17T08:08:00.000+04:00A brilliant - if depressing read.I didn't see any ...A brilliant - if depressing read.<BR/><BR/>I didn't see any notes on the catastrophic inflation rise which has eviscerated the middle and lower classes - I guess that when we're talking this sort of money, our rents mean sweet bugger all.<BR/><BR/>I hope Mo doesn't mind me appending to your beloved aphorism -<BR/>"Anyone who does not attempt to change the future will stay a captive of the past - and their future will surely be helped by being born upon on a giant fucking pool of oil, about which they will proceed to talk endless cock for fifty years about how they deserved it somehow."marwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304774218048387311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1161050975498635712006-10-17T06:09:00.000+04:002006-10-17T06:09:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.marwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304774218048387311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1161035195236380002006-10-17T01:46:00.000+04:002006-10-17T01:46:00.000+04:00ROTFLMAO at this line: The lodestone of Dubai, of ...ROTFLMAO at this line: <I>The lodestone of Dubai, of course, is ‘peak oil’ and each time you spend $50 to fill your tank, you are helping to irrigate al-Maktoum’s oasis.</I><BR/><BR/>And I had to read at least 3/4 down the page before I read David Beckham's name - that's an improvement!<BR/><BR/>The most sobering part is the text below the heading <B><I>An indentured, invisible majority</I></B><BR/><BR/>That's when it started to get more realistic. I guess that the structure of the article is a lot like reality - the glitz and glamour is at the top on the surface, but the grime and truth lies beneath.<BR/><BR/>An interesting read, John.nzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.com