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Old 29th Feb 2008, 09:46
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Harry, your nine and a half points are all correct.

But I still disagree with your 'racism' claim. "Emiratis" come from different tribes and include Arab, Black, and in more recent history are mixed with Pakistani other ethnic groups.

What your post proved is 'nationalism'.
Meaning that the citizens of one's own country have distinct advantages over foreign visitors. And to a certain degree, that's not such a bad thing. Especially in a highly unusual circumstance as in the U.A.E. where the citizens of the country are a very small minority.

I look at all the local benefits not with jelousy like you, but with admiration. (And I'm a foreigner myself here). To build a country in 50 years that can provide its citizens with all these benefits and services is something that industrialised nations in the West haven't been able to achieve in centuries.

And unlike these countries' attempts to benefit from other people's labour a few centuries ago, in the UAE, the foreigners came on their own volition and not by force.
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