Scotiabank--I have Canadian and UK citizenship; I was born in Canada, educated in the US and UK and have spent most of my working life in the UK and US. All three countries have their positives and negatives, but all three countries are far more significant than Qatar on cultural, economic and political levels. Qatar only exceeds these countries in its ability to have it natural resources exploited by other nations for huge profits. Moreover, all three countries have better universities, higher GDPs, more noble prize winners, better human rights records, etc. than Qatar. And all three have hosted the olympics; something Qatar, despite all its cash, has failed to do, because no one really wants to have the olympics (or world cup for the matter) in Doha. If you think otherwise, you have been reading the Gulf Times and drinking the water for too long.
This in not to say Qatar is either all bad or even unpleasant. There are aspects about this country I admire (as I have remarked on numerous other threads). I have enjoyed more short time here contributing to Qatar's attempt to diversify its economy from solely exploitative (i.e. lng extraction) to one that is increasingly knowledge-based.
My problem isn't with Qatar; it is with poorly educated, coddled people such as yourself who think that personal wealth (or more likely that of your parents or indebtedness) denotes merit or intelligence. The unjustified arrogance of SOME of its citizens, as exemplified by your remarks, is probably the biggest negative, and the main reason I fear that all of the great reforms and initiatives of your compatriots may come to nought when you and people like you are charged with running the country. Anyone can win the lottery (essentially what Qatar has done with the good fortune of happening to have salable natural resources); it is what one does with it that shows taste and intelligence. So why don't you just go out and verbally abuse some sales assistant and City Center so you can feel important, and let the grown-ups get back to making this place better.
PS By your definition, your statements against Canadians are racist in tone.
Scotiabank--I have Canadian and UK citizenship; I was born in Canada, educated in the US and UK and have spent most of my working life in the UK and US. All three countries have their positives and negatives, but all three countries are far more significant than Qatar on cultural, economic and political levels. Qatar only exceeds these countries in its ability to have it natural resources exploited by other nations for huge profits. Moreover, all three countries have better universities, higher GDPs, more noble prize winners, better human rights records, etc. than Qatar. And all three have hosted the olympics; something Qatar, despite all its cash, has failed to do, because no one really wants to have the olympics (or world cup for the matter) in Doha. If you think otherwise, you have been reading the Gulf Times and drinking the water for too long.
This in not to say Qatar is either all bad or even unpleasant. There are aspects about this country I admire (as I have remarked on numerous other threads). I have enjoyed more short time here contributing to Qatar's attempt to diversify its economy from solely exploitative (i.e. lng extraction) to one that is increasingly knowledge-based.
My problem isn't with Qatar; it is with poorly educated, coddled people such as yourself who think that personal wealth (or more likely that of your parents or indebtedness) denotes merit or intelligence. The unjustified arrogance of SOME of its citizens, as exemplified by your remarks, is probably the biggest negative, and the main reason I fear that all of the great reforms and initiatives of your compatriots may come to nought when you and people like you are charged with running the country. Anyone can win the lottery (essentially what Qatar has done with the good fortune of happening to have salable natural resources); it is what one does with it that shows taste and intelligence. So why don't you just go out and verbally abuse some sales assistant and City Center so you can feel important, and let the grown-ups get back to making this place better.
PS By your definition, your statements against Canadians are racist in tone.