[Lorric]

Oh, good, and it only took threats to their image to do it.

Yeah, I know. But at least there's a way. It's an example to follow.

[Dragon]

Good thing they wised up. A law that punishes the victim kind of defeats the point of having law in first place. That the hotel staff asked if she really wants to involve the police shows that UAE law still has quite a long way to go.

[Apollo]

There is news that she was pardoned:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dubai-pardons-woman-center-rape-dispute-19731633

I'm glad she was. Sadly, someone without foreign support would probably have stayed in prison.

[Dragon]

Indeed, though maybe the medial pressure alone would've sufficed, though would've taken longer. Also, unless we're talking a native, foreign support seems pretty much a given in such an outrageous situation.

[Kopachris]

Or not trust them at all and just nuke the site from orbit

But that's being a little overkill isn't it?

Neutron bomb the whole Middle East and sell the land and infrastructure to China in exchange for unlimited oil rights.  China solves overpopulation, we get oil, smaller national debt, world peace.

[Grizzly]

Or not trust them at all and just nuke the site from orbit

But that's being a little overkill isn't it?

Neutron bomb the whole Middle East and sell the land and infrastructure to China in exchange for unlimited oil rights.  China solves overpopulation, we get oil, smaller national debt, world peace.

China revokes oil rights, world war.

[haloboy100]

Or not trust them at all and just nuke the site from orbit

But that's being a little overkill isn't it?

Neutron bomb the whole Middle East and sell the land and infrastructure to China in exchange for unlimited oil rights.  China solves overpopulation, we get oil, smaller national debt, world peace.

China revokes oil rights, world war.

The alternative: Nuclear Terrorism in Saudi Arabia, world war.

[Apollo]

Indeed, though maybe the medial pressure alone would've sufficed, though would've taken longer. Also, unless we're talking a native, foreign support seems pretty much a given in such an outrageous situation.

Yeah, I mean if it was a native nothing would have been done.

[jg18]

There is news that she was pardoned:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dubai-pardons-woman-center-rape-dispute-19731633

I'm glad she was. Sadly, someone without foreign support would probably have stayed in prison.

Someone without foreign support would likely have never gotten in the news in the first place. It's no accident that both this story and the one I posted involved foreigners.

[Bobboau]

you say "someone" as if it were hypothetical, as if there were not people in the exact situation you describe already.

[jg18]

True, I have no doubt that there are people who are/have been in that situation, but I don't have any evidence to point to, because they're not in the news.

[Apollo]

you say "someone" as if it were hypothetical, as if there were not people in the exact situation you describe already.

Oh I have no illusions that the exact same thing doesn't happen to natives all the time.

[Dragon]

Well, I guess it "normally" goes a bit differently. A native, knowing the law is idiotic, probably wouldn't have called the police in the first place. Which is probably even worse, because there's no way to track and try to expose this stuff.