What I was trying to point out was since I am a law abiding man I adhere to the laws of the UAE as I did in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I was pointing out how the holiest of Muslim lands does not require me not to eat in public. I still obey the law just find it more than a little hypercritical.
As many people have pointed out it does seem like when Arabs come to the west they still want to live by the laws in the middle east.
I am most certainly not a mild extremest. I am perfectly willing to live by their rules no matter how arcaic they may seem. I am also allowed to make fun of their laws just not in public because of the lack of free speech.