qd06, I will not get into a long winded debate tonight as there are alot of points to consider when entering a subject like this. Many are founded from personal experiences both good and bad, for both of us probably. You views are correct, but that does not mean I agree with all you say. Expats are essentially are immigrants (temporary or not)...we all travel new and challenging roads to make an attempt to make our fortune.
Imagine at the age of 55 losing a company and all that you have struggled for over years, and all the money that went into your venture......without your rights being protected. Your life vanishes before your very eyes; and all because the sponsor says, 'my friend, has a friend...in this high place' and the police clear out your place and pretend it never existed. Organised crime? Well it happened. I am Italian, and we might have some serious problems of our own....but you know what? No one can take away my rights in my own country. So here I live comfortably. I enjoy what I have. But I make no illusions about where I am, and that I should always be on guard. Experience has taught me that. Most expats come, enjoy and leave.....I have grown up around this my whole life, and so I have a very unique perspective. How long have you had the pleasure of living here? And can you honestly say you feel safe with having to give up 51% of what you have if you want to invest in this country? As an African American you more than anyone should respect the feeling of helplessness that persecution can cause. The phillipino maid, made pregnant by her employer being stoned.....the indian worker having rubbish thrown at him just for fun......the english girl raped because she "she had it coming, her dress was too revealing."..etc, etc....
Yes the world would be a much better place if we would could all get along.....but the sad reality is that humanity is born from hardship......and with one of the highest GDP's of the world; todays youngsters here don't have a clue what hardship means...with their gadgets, landcruisers, cheap labour at their beck and call...and we are just being used.
Lets enjoy and reap the rewards, but this place after all these years, will never be 'home'.
qd06, I will not get into a long winded debate tonight as there are alot of points to consider when entering a subject like this. Many are founded from personal experiences both good and bad, for both of us probably. You views are correct, but that does not mean I agree with all you say. Expats are essentially are immigrants (temporary or not)...we all travel new and challenging roads to make an attempt to make our fortune.
Imagine at the age of 55 losing a company and all that you have struggled for over years, and all the money that went into your venture......without your rights being protected. Your life vanishes before your very eyes; and all because the sponsor says, 'my friend, has a friend...in this high place' and the police clear out your place and pretend it never existed. Organised crime? Well it happened. I am Italian, and we might have some serious problems of our own....but you know what? No one can take away my rights in my own country. So here I live comfortably. I enjoy what I have. But I make no illusions about where I am, and that I should always be on guard. Experience has taught me that. Most expats come, enjoy and leave.....I have grown up around this my whole life, and so I have a very unique perspective. How long have you had the pleasure of living here? And can you honestly say you feel safe with having to give up 51% of what you have if you want to invest in this country? As an African American you more than anyone should respect the feeling of helplessness that persecution can cause. The phillipino maid, made pregnant by her employer being stoned.....the indian worker having rubbish thrown at him just for fun......the english girl raped because she "she had it coming, her dress was too revealing."..etc, etc....
Yes the world would be a much better place if we would could all get along.....but the sad reality is that humanity is born from hardship......and with one of the highest GDP's of the world; todays youngsters here don't have a clue what hardship means...with their gadgets, landcruisers, cheap labour at their beck and call...and we are just being used.
Lets enjoy and reap the rewards, but this place after all these years, will never be 'home'.