Comments on: Man arrested in Dubai for swearing at a policeman – has passport confiscated http://thegenxray.com/blog/2009/10/26/man-arrested-in-dubai-for-swearing-at-a-policeman-has-passport-confiscated/ A critical examination of the world through Gen X eyes Mon, 17 May 2010 01:23:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://thegenxray.com/blog/2009/10/26/man-arrested-in-dubai-for-swearing-at-a-policeman-has-passport-confiscated/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Mark Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:29:56 +0000 http://thegenxray.com/blog/?p=243#comment-41 D'oh! Thanks for pointing that out. How embarrassing. I'm assuming a bribe still would have worked :). As a side note, apparently the guy is still there awaiting trial. D’oh! Thanks for pointing that out. How embarrassing. I’m assuming a bribe still would have worked :) .

As a side note, apparently the guy is still there awaiting trial.

]]> By: Uncle Patso http://thegenxray.com/blog/2009/10/26/man-arrested-in-dubai-for-swearing-at-a-policeman-has-passport-confiscated/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Uncle Patso Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:24:36 +0000 http://thegenxray.com/blog/?p=243#comment-40 "Good grief. Maybe he should have tried a bribe. That normally works in countries as corrupt as Saudi Arabia." Uh, except Dubai is not in Saudi Arabia. It's in the United Arab Emirates, a completely different country; much smaller and much more cosmopolitan. (That said, I have to add that I have no personal knowledge of corruption or lack of it in either country.) “Good grief. Maybe he should have tried a bribe. That normally works in countries as corrupt as Saudi Arabia.”

Uh, except Dubai is not in Saudi Arabia. It’s in the United Arab Emirates, a completely different country; much smaller and much more cosmopolitan. (That said, I have to add that I have no personal knowledge of corruption or lack of it in either country.)

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