nsmbfan Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 nerd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 YOU ARE THE NIGGA THAT STOLE MY BIKE!?!!?!? ........words cannot express the rage i feel.......... Here it is... When I "found" it "someone" had left it out unlocked in front of a bathhouse. Once I swapped out Big Blue for the Jeff Stryker Pro Model and filled the tires with Astroglide, I realized that it was the ride that I had always dreamed about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 fuck you nsmb haha my paper is about human enslavement haha and i got extra credit for emailing the link to my english teacher... so fuck you boooyaah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Wow Dubai is fucked up. I knew the slave trade was still in effect but I had no idea how it was being used. It makes perfect sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Palmer Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 After reading that I'd quite like to go to Dubai, just to experience the absurd horrr of it all for a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GucciCondom Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I knew this place was scary when I heard about them finding weed particles in your luggage and locking you up. I really had no idea about the slaves - but it makes much sense as to how they built this shit so fast. This really makes me sick but I'm glad I don't live in that putrid desert shithole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I like the reference to Mexicans in New York. It's a valid point that immigrants, wherever they are, always have to endure substandard living conditions. Having the decency to treat all people humanely is something that nations/societies/individuals usually learn after years and years of looking the other way. Pretty much every western power is an easy example of this. I don't know why this author was so suprised that none of these expats gave a shit about the immigrant slave class. I mean, these sick fucks choose to live in Dubai because they "party every day." They party, every day, in fucking Dubai. No fucking thanks. Not exactly the types you would expect to be up in arms about the suffering of the powerless. I am upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I like the reference to Mexicans in New York. It's a valid point that immigrants, wherever they are, always have to endure substandard living conditions. That's not true. Western immigrants to places like China, Vietnam, India, South Africa, etc. pretty much never endure the same substandard living conditions that many of the locals do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelofdeath Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I've been saying for years that Dubai would soon become the world's most mindblowing ghost city. there is an 'index' that was popularized by an austrian economist called the 'sky scraper index.' and it basically details the tallest sky scrapers are built during unsustainable booms fueled by central bank credit. the taller they are built... the more likely hood of a serious collapse. note: dubai now has the tallest sky scraper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 That's not true. Western immigrants to places like China, Vietnam, India, South Africa, etc. pretty much never endure the same substandard living conditions that many of the locals do. good point, you're right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Jefe Uno Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Very good read. I've wondered how Dubai seemed to emerge from nothing so suddenly, and this answers quite a bit. Crazy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twonpoo Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 interesting theory Angel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Awesome read. I already knew about the absurd existance of Dubai but the depth of this article was just nuts. Just in case you all don't know this phenomenon already, those workers aren't really immigrants. It's imported labour: a modern, very global trend. Basically these companies fool poor, uneducated people to buy work visas and plane tickets for debt, import them to work on constructions with no social security, health care, passports or civil rights. The contractor usually "looks away", as it doesn't need to worry about paying the workers, just the company. The company is often all legit and transparent, so local authorities are probably unaware or too slow to react.It's a very good business, and a tempting offer for any type of contractor. There are just some legal issues that need to be settled, plus a non-existant moral dilemma. Indeed it's usually left to the local unions or health officials to bring attention to these issues, because it's basically always legal and customized after the local legislation. The companies "take care about everything", so the workers are just a faceless bunch living in barracks. The package deal includes company obtaining thei passports, probably for the paperwork and legal stuff. This also works to render any deserter an illegal immigrant, thus making it a less desirable option. The forementioned debt which also applies to the worker's family stresses the same point as well. Although this happens everywhere, the worst are shitholes like Dubai where the companies get no trouble from local labour laws, unions, human rights associations, nothing. Just like the article described. Modern slavery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldnEnglish Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Interesting read, thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Mantis Toboggan Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 desert nights - documentary about women being trafficked into dubai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUMPKIN ESCOBAR Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Very interesting read. Whenever I'm flipping channels and see something about Dubai usually about its wealth or gargantuan buildings, I always watch is awe....I find the city real intruguing for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juiedffdf02 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 lisping child The surprise that you had behind that curtain was no greater and no less than the surprise we once had when the Indian Ambassador took wow gold the silk cloth off the gold cage which his master the High King had sent us, and we saw the bird Parrot for the first time with his emerald feathers and ruby necklet and heard him say, 'Hail Caesar, Father of the Country!' It was not the remarkableness of the phrase, for any little lisping child wow gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R@ndomH3ro Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 this dude ^^ is taking crazy pills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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