Some stuff lost in translation

- He said he was notified that he will be cuffed for questioning. This is a PR improvement here. Usually you are cuffed for interrogation with no warning. It's impressive that he got warned, and he got to blog about being warned.

- He has mentioned on his blog that he was also informed that he WILL most likely be asked to write something positive/apologize (i.e. not yet). He has NOT been taken in for refusing this request as your coverage seems to say. Although he has already blogged about his distaste for this potential request anyway.

- His blog has not been censored by the national internet censor (yes we have that). Which proves the local PR -> he's in for questioning and not necessarily for doing/not doing anything.

All in all, I'm happy this is getting so much coverage. Keep it up, but world+dog must understand that here on the ground the blogger has been dealt in what you Europeans would call with gentle gloves (hard as that may be to understand).

That's a beauty of a quote:

"He is not being jailed. He is being questioned, and I don’t believe he will remain in detention long. They will get the information that they need from him and then they will let him go."

So he's not in jail, but will not be in detention long. Mmmkay.

I had never heard of this guys blog (no real surprise there), have now though and will probably have a glance at it later. So instead of keeping him quiet they have increased awareness and probably given him a bit of hero status in the bargin.

In the US they probably would have thrown him in a concentration camp and flooded the net with disinformation for anyone trying to check up :)

cheers

Ah yes, the penchant for removing hands...

Posted anonymously, just in case I ever dare visit the camel-flea ridden hotbed of terrorist activity (in partnership with the USA).

Just thought, I'd let you know:

I have lived in numerous "Arab" countries and found, that apart from some cultural differences, they are no different to the "West".

I grew up in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, UAE a.o.

The only difference is, the fact, that the corruption is a little bit more open.

The art that western politicians, and the likes have masterd, is hiding a lot of it from the public.

What we hear in the news about illegal deals, is just the tip of the tip (no, this is not a typo) of the iceberg.

After all: Politicians, Bankers, and Insurers are nothing but legalised Criminals!

Politicians are liars (And when they are caught they blame it on their PA, secretary or some other goon)

Bankers are thieves (even though it is illegal, they still try to charge the £25-£30 penalty for going £0.05 beyond they overdraft limit)

Insurers are fraudsters (with all sorts of flimsy clauses, which often are invalid, they try to avoid paying out, only, when you threaten them with a solicitor they budge).

I do want to mention, that there are some exceptions, but currently I can't think of any.

so all those deluded wankers going around complaining their free speech is being violated and The Man is suppressing them, would actually see what violation and suppression really are.

If so many folks are being suppressed, why are they still on the TV, internet and streetcorner for years? Is it some sort of reversed orwellian Newspeak, where noisiness is silence, where freedom is oppression? Because they're awfully loud for being "disappeared" around here! I keep waiting for the streetcorner "B.D.S. sufferers" to get that "rendition" they keep claiming happens but never seems to actually occur...

Chalk up yet another win for the ever-tolerant "Religion of Peace"!