Sunday, November 2, 2008

Dubai The Largest City

That may not be true (yet) but to make up for this grotesque limitation the city hosts one of many firsts, the site of the world's first 7-star hotel with Burj Al Arab, Palm Islands - a set of man-made resort islands shaped to look like a palm tree if seen from a jet, Middle East’s first indoor Ski Dubai resort, Dubailand – an amusement park twice the size of Walt Disney World, earth's tallest man- made skyscraper -Burj Dubai, an Olympic sized ice- rink, world’s largest gold souk, one of the largest fish tanks and viewing panel on the planet.
With dreams as big as its wings, Dubai may not be the worlds biggest but ironically has enough room to accommodate The World– a man-made archipelago of private, residential islands, the biggest development of its kind, to resemble smaller versions of the seven continents.

What next is my humble question?

How about this for a thought- take some of your resources out of building a condo on the moon and plough it into things that really matter. Enforce REAL laws for labor welfare. Rather than invent ways to shorten the distance for a weekend trip to space, spend time improving daily public transport. Stop categorizing car pools as illegal.Instead of passing laws banning pets, punish those, who for a laugh inflict cruelty. Support K9 friends.

Stop banning poor families from sharing accommodation. They aren’t renting your high towers. Enforce a rent cap instead. If people want to change jobs within 6 months, let them. Don’t invite slums. But don’t displace retired expats after 50 years under the pretext of ‘no employment visa’. They’ve given their dreams & blood to your very economy. Let there be freedom of speech. Let there be nature. Real trees, pure nature.

Embrace the different shades of humanity, white is not the only color! Adultery does not demand deportation. It’s as immoral an act as prostitution. If I put all my money in your bank, I expect to be informed, if not, then pacified when you abort my debit card for security reasons. ‘Sorry ma’am can’t help you’ is not the right answer, after I’ve been on hold for 45 mins.

The visionaries may want Dubai to become the Monte Carlo of the Middle East. It may well be, the city has a lot to offer, but you still need lesser mortals to help fill petrol, serve as bartenders, wait in restaurants, run small groceries, clean & cook, run an office. To think. So stop making it difficult and let live!

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