tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post2308287850323442467..comments2024-03-28T22:59:15.275+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: Book Reviewsecretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-35878597934247826912009-02-28T17:05:00.000+04:002009-02-28T17:05:00.000+04:00The whole world is in major financial crisis and u...The whole world is in major financial crisis and ur talking about a book, who cares and who is going to spend money on such a book. Please go out of the nutshell and look at the horizon a bit, "this is globalization".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-48134120303392030802009-02-28T14:31:00.000+04:002009-02-28T14:31:00.000+04:00Try reading 'Opportunity Dubai'!Try reading 'Opportunity Dubai'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-22489992170155473002009-02-28T02:57:00.000+04:002009-02-28T02:57:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-80439969281132551062009-02-27T09:01:00.000+04:002009-02-27T09:01:00.000+04:00A Bit"So who's to says that this book can't be a n...A Bit<BR/><BR/>"So who's to says that this book can't be a nice piece of art?"<BR/><BR/>You have got a point there. But will the said article last long enough for it to become art? Lets hope so.<BR/><BR/>-FRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-89788101748164786042009-02-27T02:32:00.000+04:002009-02-27T02:32:00.000+04:00Wow. Ridiculous.I sure hope this isn't what the UA...Wow. Ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I sure hope this isn't what the UAE Federal Government's proposed $10 billion bailout will be going towards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-32731418015923645982009-02-26T21:38:00.000+04:002009-02-26T21:38:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Songwriter F Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010069487652485443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-24676366354137731032009-02-26T19:09:00.000+04:002009-02-26T19:09:00.000+04:00Anon, 26 February, 2009 08:33,Everyone's got a rig...Anon, 26 February, 2009 08:33,<BR/><BR/>Everyone's got a right to an opinion - challenge thoughts, perceptions, opinions and so on. I'd say, try not read into drama, but substance of what's being said. When moderation is on, profanities or insults are almost never published.roshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271894997251528158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-15030365108746032762009-02-26T16:11:00.000+04:002009-02-26T16:11:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-28976874716424305532009-02-26T16:01:00.000+04:002009-02-26T16:01:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-83849174498781469392009-02-26T08:33:00.000+04:002009-02-26T08:33:00.000+04:00ABIT needs to get a job or a hobby, or something t...ABIT needs to get a job or a hobby, or something to distract him. It is not THAT important to rip every single post but your own. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps future posters will enable moderation and do us all a favor - delete his comments before they get to 'press' and further infect others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-51129708488324413392009-02-26T04:04:00.000+04:002009-02-26T04:04:00.000+04:00Wow.. since when has art to be commissioned by fla...Wow.. since when has art to be commissioned by flailing real estate company? If you want art so badly go make some... You'll find some canvas at Magrudy's..<BR/><BR/>They have made a big tower, they make a big book... not particularly subtle but it sort of make sense. And you don't expect subtle from the people who called their fountain "Dubai Fountain" anyway.. :)<BR/><BR/>Finally I would like to remind you that most of what westerners now call art were made to order portraits of kings, queens, castle, cattle, memorable battles and religious scene like.. Hmm the sistine chapel for example. So who's to says that this book can't be a nice piece of art?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-33596351032857961632009-02-26T01:34:00.000+04:002009-02-26T01:34:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-80624963222953796032009-02-25T21:09:00.000+04:002009-02-25T21:09:00.000+04:00Perhaps this is fallout of a market economy! Why t...Perhaps this is fallout of a market economy! Why take the trouble of writing (and of course thinking) when you can have someone do it for your for a fistful of $. <BR/><BR/>Anon 19:37: <BR/><BR/>"On a side note, not a single "u dont like it then leave" comment....yet.... Oh well, let's call it progress. :-)" <BR/>Perhaps a lot of ppl have taken that advice very seriously. Wih the economy in troubled straits, wise guys offering that particular advice my run into trouble with the authorities.<BR/>-FRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-10896479625621647312009-02-25T19:52:00.000+04:002009-02-25T19:52:00.000+04:00haha! Anon 19:37 -Touché!haha! Anon 19:37 -Touché!roshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271894997251528158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-87742686214259116292009-02-25T19:37:00.000+04:002009-02-25T19:37:00.000+04:00Although the nick can be a "self absorbed condesce...Although the nick can be a "self absorbed condescending ass" type at times, I'll have to give him credit on this one. I can only imagine what he would have to say if he were able to read some of the drivel that passes for poetry. It's usually quasi-homoerotic musings fawning over the great "vision" or some other important personality, just be thankful its not translated.<BR/><BR/>The sad part is we'll probably never know about the diamonds in the rough, if they had anything interesting to say they'ld be put away for being troublemakers.<BR/><BR/>Who was it that said every story/idea that has ever been thought up has already been written/told ? <BR/><BR/>On a side note, not a single "u dont like it then leave" comment....yet.... Oh well, let's call it progress. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-3046867512008309162009-02-25T17:57:00.000+04:002009-02-25T17:57:00.000+04:00I suggest that comments be disabled on this post. ...I suggest that comments be disabled on this post. It's all been said by the post author! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-61895426487933584962009-02-25T17:31:00.000+04:002009-02-25T17:31:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-84850656283669721272009-02-25T15:18:00.000+04:002009-02-25T15:18:00.000+04:00A bit harsh, don't you think? Emaar is not particu...A bit harsh, don't you think? Emaar is not particularly in the business of culture. This is obviously a publicity thing, with Man Utd cited as an example of organizations who used outsized books.<BR/><BR/>With that being said, it is the job of the government to give educational institutes the freedom that enables it to foster culture. Since both are absent in the UAE, I don't see that happening any time soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-36194484876903159012009-02-25T14:17:00.000+04:002009-02-25T14:17:00.000+04:00my hats down for you...well saidmy hats down for you...<BR/><BR/>well saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-39401114540825849462009-02-25T12:12:00.000+04:002009-02-25T12:12:00.000+04:00Geez.. me thinks someone got screwed over in the p...Geez.. me thinks someone got screwed over in the property meltodown and has some misplaced anger issues.<BR/><BR/>Just because the country has poets and writers in a language that you and I don't read does not make it a cultural dead end.<BR/><BR/>The largest book to celebrate the largest tower may not be your idea of how Emaar should promote the tower but certainly it makes marketing sense.<BR/><BR/>I can't decide if you are racist or just a self absorbed condescending ass but regardless posts like this show how so many expats automatically assume that every country they visit should meet their own cultural norms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-61670455688515950072009-02-25T11:48:00.000+04:002009-02-25T11:48:00.000+04:00Why not foster culture and the arts instead of get...<I>Why not foster culture and the arts instead of getting the 'largest book in the world' made - in England, by English craftsmen, about a building designed by Americans and built by Belgians and Koreans.</I><BR/><BR/>Globalization, Man, Globalization!<BR/><BR/>Dubai, the epitome of Globalization.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, a good post; eye-opener too but I doubt anybody in authority would give a two-bit to all that you have coined here. What with their obsession for absurdly abstract & hokey structures including those in shaky waters!Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249412273016951816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-41454363258170164332009-02-25T11:00:00.000+04:002009-02-25T11:00:00.000+04:00Why make things when one can simply buy them fromt...Why make things when one can simply buy them fromt those more qualified to make them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com