Today while reading Secret Dubai, one of my favorite sources for real news and commentary about life in Dubai unfiltered by the usual censorship and general fear-of-offending-anyone nonsense, I noticed something a little disturbing - the number of hostile comments presumably submitted to the author which are on display in the 'Reader Recommendations' section on his front page.
This is a blog that typically covers issues like the randomness of various labour and traffic laws, Etisalat's "fair and balanced" censorship policies, and other similar-calibre issues. Though these may not always paint the UAE in the glossiest PR shine presented by the local media, they're for the most part simply reporting the facts and a far cry from an attempt to mock or undermine the UAE, as some of the reader comments would seem to suggest. No wonder it's Secret Dubai.
It's not exactly as any of this comes as revelation to me, it's just another little reminder that with my name plastered all over this blog this is about as controversial as it's gonna get around here.
This is a blog that typically covers issues like the randomness of various labour and traffic laws, Etisalat's "fair and balanced" censorship policies, and other similar-calibre issues. Though these may not always paint the UAE in the glossiest PR shine presented by the local media, they're for the most part simply reporting the facts and a far cry from an attempt to mock or undermine the UAE, as some of the reader comments would seem to suggest. No wonder it's Secret Dubai.
It's not exactly as any of this comes as revelation to me, it's just another little reminder that with my name plastered all over this blog this is about as controversial as it's gonna get around here.
nzm sez:
That's why Secret Dubai keeps HER real identity a secret!
And she revels in these comments - that's why she's put them on the front of the blog. It's kind of a challenge to all the idiots who make comments like that. Most of them happened around the time that her blog was blocked for a while last year.
posted Sunday October 01, 2006 at 07:02 PM EDT