re: #230 Naso Tang

An oversimplification. I don’t suggest that they be trusted, say any more than the Russians or Chinese, but they are not dark-ages there and they are not Iran, nor Saudi, nor Hamas. Underestimating peoples is not a good idea.

Dark ages is a figure of speech and in the case of Dubai or the UAE the dark-ages description still stands in many regards including womens’ freedom, archaic laws, raw sewage in Dubai, human trafficking (including children), foreign worker abuse, etc.

While they may not be a carbon copy from the dark ages they are certain a modern dark ages state.