Facebook post written in Florida lands US man in United Arab Emirates jail

Post by level09 » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 5:31 AM UTC

subliminalpanda wrote: post #21

TillE wrote: post #4

I really can't understand why well-off Westerners continue to work in or visit the UAE, Qatar, etc. You have a choice. Unless you're doing some kind of humanitarian or cultural work which actually requires you to be there, stay the hell away.

Low cost of living, high salary and no income tax. My sister works as an attorney for a global law firm in Dubai, and the attitude that westerners have there is like they're exploiting a rainforest for its goods. You move there for 4 or 5 years, rack up a huge sum and head back to your country of origin with a huge chunk of change. Although I imagine for Americans this will be more difficult now with FACTA laws.

Post by eru » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 5:54 AM UTC

aikah wrote: post #15

cesarbs wrote: post #12

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I'm curious: what kinds of things would those be? I've always thought Singapore was a quite westernized country, but I guess I'm wrong.

Details here: http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/si... Is it a modern country ? sure but westernized ? absolutely not.

Post by saryant » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 6:00 AM UTC

higherpurpose wrote: post #11

Amnesty International released this tool a while ago to see what "crimes" you're committing with your posts in other countries: http://www.trialbytimeline.org.nz/ Also, once again civil libertarians were right: when US starts arresting people from across the globe for doing "crimes" that hardly have anything to do with its jurisdiction, eventually other countries will start doing the same with Americans, knowing that…

Post by yardie » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 6:02 AM UTC

mullingitover wrote: post #8

It's beautifully ironic that this was man was arrested at the employer's request, because the man portrayed them negatively. Yeah. Global Aerospace Logistics sure looks like a bunch of swell chaps now, I bet people are lining up to beg to work for them.

Post by mahyarm » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 6:13 AM UTC

level09 wrote: post #22

subliminalpanda wrote: post #21

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Low cost of living, high salary and no income tax. My sister works as an attorney for a global law firm in Dubai, and the attitude that westerners have there is like they're exploiting a rainforest for its goods. You move there for 4 or 5 years, rack up a huge sum and head back to your country of origin with a huge chunk of change. Although I imagine for Americans this will be more difficult now with FACTA laws.

>Low cost of living Not really true http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings.jsp however, many companies offer housing as part of their packages.