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British tourist sentenced to three months in Dubai jail for ‘insulting’ airport staff
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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In my country it's also not allowed to insult others, but the fine is not that insanely high. I think it was about 20x or 40x too high. The person should pay it and feel bad he lost his money in this stupid way, not lose one or two entire months of pay as a fine or even be jailed over it. This can ruin someones life instead of making him a better person.
How do income levels in your country compare to Dubai?
A fine should be substantial enough that people who would otherwise behave in a despicable manner rethink their behavior. Two months wages is about right.
Wow, two months wages is totally reasonable for having a bad day, and getting mad at the people responsible all because you said a "no no"
Remind me to never visit whatever shithole you consider "good and reasonable" if that's your take. Two months salary and months of prison time is insane no matter what country you are from.
This wasn't a bad day. I have bad days all the time and I don't yell at other people over it.
Having a bad day does not give you the right to be abusive.
Many a domestic abuser has used the same logic to justify assaulting their spouse.
Having a bad day where staff are giving you the customer service bs they don't even believe, because they can't be bothered to actually help you, is absolutely understandable why someone might say a thing or two out of anger. It doesn't justify it, but it doesn't deserve months in jail and a huge fine.
Nowhere did I see that this person was "being abusive". The article very much made it sound like it was a quick statement, like using foul language. And sorry but saying "I don't give a fuck" or something similar is NOT "being abusive".
Warning, maybe downvoting UAE apologist comments is also illegal.
Okay, I don't agree with what you said at all. But for argument's sake, how do you justify that they arbitrarily can raise a fine to a substantial prison sentence? That doesn't even make sense, not even by your logic. You just said what you think is just, two months of his wage.
So what did he do between insulting somebody and appealing in court that was so bad? Appealing in the first place?
They're taking 2 months of wages forcibly by holding him!