tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post7955100293253903599..comments2024-03-27T15:45:49.926+04:00Comments on Life in Dubai: Media freedom and standards hit the wallSeabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-75024517297310144372010-03-07T08:52:05.736+04:002010-03-07T08:52:05.736+04:00Anon@6.12, I agree we're not going to agree, b...<b>Anon@6.12</b>, I agree we're not going to agree, but I always enjoy a discussion - as long as, like this one, it's adult, sensible and polite.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-10401933293192122362010-03-06T18:12:59.417+04:002010-03-06T18:12:59.417+04:00Seabee,
This is becoming a pointless discussion.
...Seabee,<br /><br />This is becoming a pointless discussion.<br /><br />I guess, time alone will tell whether I was wrong or you were right.<br /><br />Since I'm a guest here at your blog, I'll let you have the last word and hope for your sake, things turn out the way you envision.<br /><br />Anonymous 9:37Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-48687638015580588342010-03-06T13:16:48.568+04:002010-03-06T13:16:48.568+04:00Demensha, I was having a discussion with someone e...<b>Demensha</b>, I was having a discussion with someone else. If you have anything sensible to say you're welcome to join in. Childish comments don't qualify though, so I guess we'll have to wait a few years until you grow up.<br /><br />Oh, and as you obviously don't understand the blogosphere, the way blogs work is that the owners can, and do, say what they want to say.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-61789393221075990222010-03-05T23:21:47.789+04:002010-03-05T23:21:47.789+04:00Seabee please climb off your soapbox and amble bac...Seabee please climb off your soapbox and amble back to your bed in the care homeDemenshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-63814684486770524212010-03-05T14:19:55.378+04:002010-03-05T14:19:55.378+04:00Anon@9.37, hiding behind 'protecting my source...<b>Anon@9.37</b>, hiding behind 'protecting my sources' was entirely predictable, and nonsense of course. <br /><br />I'm not using 'reverse psychology' or trying to 'corner you'. <br /><br />It's all very simple. You stated clearly and firmly that you know for a fact that the article I quoted was carefully 'rehearsed and polished by all named/involved'<br /><br />I didn't ask you to reveal your sources, simply to give us the benefit of your claimed knowledge and the facts to substantiate your claim.<br /><br />You see, one of the major problems in the world is people misleading others by disseminating misinformation. By stating opinion as fact and when challenged claiming that it is a fact...but with no evidence to support that claim. Yours is an example.<br /><br />You're telling people that articles such as this by Abdullah Rasheed cannot be published in the UAE unless all parties, including those heavily criticised, approve it. You say you know this for a fact. <br /><br />I don't believe it. <br /><br />Why? Because it's beyond the realms of possibility that 'all named/involved', which is the members of the FNC, the NMC, lawmakers, official bodies, government officials, media owners & managers and journalists, all got together to vet a proposed article, then approved it for publication even though it contained severe criticism of them all.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-62731121595782849662010-03-04T21:37:09.105+04:002010-03-04T21:37:09.105+04:00Seabee,
I like your 'reverse psychology' ...Seabee,<br /><br />I like your 'reverse psychology' tact. And the fact that your trying to corner me into disclosing more by using this 'free speech' gimmick. So, in light of my refusal to disclose my sources, you may feel free to judge me as a weirdo, vague and anything else that makes you feel like you've won this round. Cherish it!<br /><br />I'm done here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-15338533851153658902010-03-04T09:24:35.728+04:002010-03-04T09:24:35.728+04:00Anon@10.01 you are very confused, so let me clarif...<b>Anon@10.01</b> you are very confused, so let me clarify.<br /><br />I did not call you a troll, I did not accuse you of criticising (not that that's a problem anyway), I am not accusing you of starting a fight, I did not question the authenticity of your first comment.<br /><br /><br />My response was simply that I thought your scenario was unlikely.<br /><br />You told us that you 'know' what happened.<br /><br />I'll repeat my response to that:<br /><br /><i>"So you were obviously in the meetings, to be so adamant in saying 'I know'.<br /><br />That being the case, tell us the full story. I'm always eager to hear the true facts so I can't wait to hear and I'm sure other readers are the same."</i><br /><br />You've now told us that you have you 'own (mainstream & underground) sources for facts.'<br /><br />You also said that 'the masses', me included, don't have the access to the facts that you have. So I repeat - I'm always eager to hear the true facts so I can't wait to hear the full, true story from you.<br /><br />Instead of vague 'I know what you don't know' and 'I have sources', which anyone can claim, share your information with us...in the interests of free speech, the sharing of information, the sharing of the truth and knowledge.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-8332442210220281052010-03-03T22:01:50.039+04:002010-03-03T22:01:50.039+04:00I see Voltaire here. The last I recall, he had hi...I see Voltaire here. The last I recall, he had his butt kicked over at Aqoul; http://www.aqoul.com/archives/2008/03/blocked_again_a.php<br /><br />Seabee, <br /><br />Please don't be coy! <br /><br />Now, I understand from your profile that you're a long time resident in this country and I respect the fact that you feel you owe some loyalty to it by jumping to its defense every now and then. But, please don't tell me that you believe & buy everything that gets published with a cosmetic touch whereby the objective of it being nothing but (temporary) appeasement, both locally & internationally. As for me, I don't give a two-bit about the censorship in this country, as I have my own (mainstream & underground) sources for facts. I wish I could say the same about the masses here, your good self & Voltaire included!<br /><br />Most importantly, I'm neither a troll nor am I here to criticize you or for that matter start a (blog) fight with you. I'm just stating my opinion, as a believer of free speech, which you may (simply) choose to ignore or accept instead of blatantly labeling me a troll or questioning the authenticity of my earlier (6:28) comment. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-89985645233814819532010-03-03T16:40:39.266+04:002010-03-03T16:40:39.266+04:00Alex the same stories do seem to catch our interes...<b>Alex</b> the same stories do seem to catch our interest from time to time.<br /><br />(Yes, I see anonnynony put you right too.)Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-78018703090073175362010-03-03T15:04:07.136+04:002010-03-03T15:04:07.136+04:00Wow. Snap again.
Even got the same anonytroll.Wow. Snap again.<br /><br />Even got the same anonytroll.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-49332394201742329292010-03-03T14:21:27.672+04:002010-03-03T14:21:27.672+04:00Anon@1.56 "I'll believe what I know"...<b>Anon@1.56</b> <i>"I'll believe what I know"</i> <br /><br />So you were obviously in the meetings, to be so adamant in saying 'I know'.<br /><br />That being the case, tell us the full story. I'm always eager to hear the true facts so I can't wait to hear and I'm sure other readers are the same.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-80686316462171305392010-03-03T13:56:37.573+04:002010-03-03T13:56:37.573+04:00Seabee,
You believe what you want.
I'll beli...Seabee,<br /><br />You believe what you want.<br /><br />I'll believe what I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-47747181953429642062010-03-03T11:25:42.619+04:002010-03-03T11:25:42.619+04:00Anon@6.28: "A polished article, rehearsed by ...<b>Anon@6.28</b>: <i>"A polished article, rehearsed by all parties named/involved, and then published"</i><br /><br />You're telling us that the writer sat down with the other parties, told them he was going to accuse them of incompetence, unprofessionalism, dereliction of duty, mismanagement, cronyism...and they approved it. <br /><br />Not a likely scenario is it.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-49980189638286621942010-03-03T11:02:04.214+04:002010-03-03T11:02:04.214+04:00wow.. that got published, didn't it?wow.. that got published, didn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-70231383125919037222010-03-02T18:28:46.435+04:002010-03-02T18:28:46.435+04:00A polished article, rehearsed by all parties named...A polished article, rehearsed by all parties named/involved, and then published.<br /><br />Purpose: To appease the general population and the world watching from the sidelines.<br /><br />Here's a revelation in case the UAE Government didn't know this. Press freedom in addition to many things, is also a criticized party's ability to take criticism at its truest-face value and then apply corrective measures for the greater good.<br /><br />Outpoint, I dare the Government here to lift the ban on Secret Dubai and Ben Kerishan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com