@ Whyteknight, and surely corporate heads/middle class in the West also vote in elections based on the candidate that offers the most protection to the rights of low wage earners who usually are the most affected by white collar crime, right?

I agree with most of what john of arc has said in here about Qatar simply trying to force itself to modernize rapidly at the expense of quality and long term results by taking steps gradually. And as another person had said, a large number of Qataris don't help the situation by rejecting this change, and this coupled with their naivete and the cartoon nature of arab media can produce some disastrous results.

People in this part of the world tend be to very gullible and will believe anything if they see it printed in a newspaper, the concept of tabloid sensationalism simply doesn't exist.