I think reading through the posts, as with anything in life, we have a multitude of opposing opinions.
My intent was never to start arguing between others, but merely to see if ....well....i dunno. I suppose debate is a form of arguing.
Debate is good right? Arguing is its limit i suppose, all in all in this ramblimg method I suppose I'm just reiterating my point.
My opinion obviously, as its the only one I have.
I find it difficult to feel part of a country which is built on enticement. Those of you who ever saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' and remember the child catcher will have a more visual understanding of how I feel about Qatar.
Enticed by sweetness, and then trapped.
When you bring in a transient population, you risk your own country being ridiculed by those who feel superior, as they come from a more developed nation, or inferior because they come, as one poster noted, merely to support their families back home.
Once here, the superior feel like they can blow their suppsoed higher earning capacity out of all proportion by living a life far beyond the luxury of what they would have expected at home, then are scared to return to how they were. Trapped.
The inferior are, in my opinion, given a confirmation of that very fact and are treated as such. Living and working in what the superiors would class as horrendous conditions, for that 'bread on the table' Again. Trapped
Two extremes side by side, not really wanting to be here, but feeling perhaps held by situation.
This is of course true of many areas of the world, but as I can only speak from my own experience, I can only comment on Qatar.
Extremes of situation, magnified.
This combined with a mix of Eastern conservatism and Western liberalism is going to be tough, for sure.
But why copy what many see as items that have ruined the west? Such as the chain of burger bars? Why not copy areas such as human rights or minimum wages?
I have neither the knowledge nor the skills to speak about any religion, but from what I see and hear from co workers, Islam is a beautifu and brotherly religion, laced over and over with love for others.
Surely a country, with a chance to start from the beginning, such as Qatar, could lead both its people and the world in developing a country that uses the lessons of others who may be, in some areas, further developed, whilst retaining its own identity.
I have no hatred for Qatar, or its people. On the contrary. I've just had enough, so I'm returning to where I come from.
Its far from perfect, but it's home. And perhaps that is all we really miss?
I think reading through the posts, as with anything in life, we have a multitude of opposing opinions.
My intent was never to start arguing between others, but merely to see if ....well....i dunno. I suppose debate is a form of arguing.
Debate is good right? Arguing is its limit i suppose, all in all in this ramblimg method I suppose I'm just reiterating my point.
My opinion obviously, as its the only one I have.
I find it difficult to feel part of a country which is built on enticement. Those of you who ever saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' and remember the child catcher will have a more visual understanding of how I feel about Qatar.
Enticed by sweetness, and then trapped.
When you bring in a transient population, you risk your own country being ridiculed by those who feel superior, as they come from a more developed nation, or inferior because they come, as one poster noted, merely to support their families back home.
Once here, the superior feel like they can blow their suppsoed higher earning capacity out of all proportion by living a life far beyond the luxury of what they would have expected at home, then are scared to return to how they were. Trapped.
The inferior are, in my opinion, given a confirmation of that very fact and are treated as such. Living and working in what the superiors would class as horrendous conditions, for that 'bread on the table' Again. Trapped
Two extremes side by side, not really wanting to be here, but feeling perhaps held by situation.
This is of course true of many areas of the world, but as I can only speak from my own experience, I can only comment on Qatar.
Extremes of situation, magnified.
This combined with a mix of Eastern conservatism and Western liberalism is going to be tough, for sure.
But why copy what many see as items that have ruined the west? Such as the chain of burger bars? Why not copy areas such as human rights or minimum wages?
I have neither the knowledge nor the skills to speak about any religion, but from what I see and hear from co workers, Islam is a beautifu and brotherly religion, laced over and over with love for others.
Surely a country, with a chance to start from the beginning, such as Qatar, could lead both its people and the world in developing a country that uses the lessons of others who may be, in some areas, further developed, whilst retaining its own identity.
I have no hatred for Qatar, or its people. On the contrary. I've just had enough, so I'm returning to where I come from.
Its far from perfect, but it's home. And perhaps that is all we really miss?