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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you’ve gotten a lot of terrible comments, I’m sorry.

I liked Dubai, it’s fun to visit, and I think if the airspace is open by the end of March I would still go for spring break. They’ve already offered free hotel stays for everyone who is trapped and will do everything they can to keep tourists safe and business open. So, absent missiles flying like now, I would go. And, though you didn’t ask, would ask people with lots of travel experience and/or foreign service and/or expats and/or those that have lived there in person rather than DCUM in the future. Save you the crazy but offer you varied perspectives. [/quote]

The comments are justified, because tourists don't get a pass. Tourists from all over the world have a long history of trying to be decent in their daily lives and then everything goes out of the window when they vacation. They give their hard-earned money to the worst places on earth with a smile, and try to come up with the most preposterous generalizations (like ones we saw here on this thread) as to why their pleasure comes first. It doesn't.

One of my BILs worked briefly in the Middle East. He didn't like it there. He saw rich sheikhs and businessmen import young women from Russia and set them up in luxury apartments, away from their families. When you see a middle aged man caress a pretty 18 year old in a tight minidress in a luxury hotel restaurant, it puts you off your dinner. It's Epstein to a degree that you can't imagine.

He went out for a jog and was pelted with stones by kids - he's Asian, not white.

Migrant economy: maids routinely get their passports confiscated and become slaves for the families they serve. They're lucky if they don't end up as sex slaves. They are largely uneducated and naive and often their own home countries willingly participate in the scheme and create career centers for these young women to apply to, who send them to the Middle East. It's state-sponsored human trafficking on BOTH ends.

You are defending OP because you partook yourself of the glitz, and are now in denial of what's underneath. I hope one day you can come to terms with the reality.
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Actually, I hope that you can one day be kind to internet strangers and believe in fully informed free choice. Because as shocking as it may be to you, people understand things and come to different decisions and conclusions. [/quote]

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