is the hypocrisy. All of these things do go on in private AMONG the local (ie, Qatari and Emirati) populations. But for political reasons (read: to keep the more conservative elements happy so TPTB can continue on with their agenda), they choose occasional and random cases to prosecute. It's like throwing a bone to the more conservative elements of society without having any real policy that is followed and enforced with regularity. We do it in the US, too; and I don't like it any better when we do it. I hate the law being applied arbitrarily for political mean -- anywhere.

Regards,
Lisa