tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post6409094629681968843..comments2024-03-27T11:21:40.742+04:00Comments on Muscat Confidential: The debate Continues: Oman is Tier 3 - Fair comment, or Lies and distortion?Undercover Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-34290306923439232092008-06-23T08:43:00.000+04:002008-06-23T08:43:00.000+04:00Legalities understood, but wording could be more c...Legalities understood, but wording could be more carefully chosen! Especially if in the same paper they are denying any possibility of human trafficking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-6258668031944169822008-06-21T17:41:00.000+04:002008-06-21T17:41:00.000+04:00Thanks Muscato, Cooguy and Yusuf. Anon, see latest...Thanks Muscato, Cooguy and Yusuf. <BR/><BR/>Anon, see latest post. <BR/><BR/>Barbs. Thanks. And yes, those pesky absconding workers! They have to pace the ads to cover themselves I think, as sponsors being legally responsible and all...Undercover Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577931944980469254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-33954129439395972552008-06-21T14:42:00.000+04:002008-06-21T14:42:00.000+04:00I am 100% with Dragon on this.Just a little food f...I am 100% with Dragon on this.<BR/><BR/>Just a little food for thought - is/are the newspaper(s) that so vehemently protest Omani innocence in the human trafficking the same ones that publish the "Expatriate Escape" ads seen so often by any chance?<BR/><BR/>BarbsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-53327664205843305682008-06-21T10:44:00.000+04:002008-06-21T10:44:00.000+04:00I would like to see better media coverage.Has anyo...I would like to see better media coverage.<BR/>Has anyone seen the papers today?<BR/><BR/>They are embarassing themselves and doing a disservice to all.<BR/><BR/>As an American, I have received excellent treatment as an expat. So have these doctors and other professionals interviewed.<BR/><BR/>But seriously, this is a selective sample and any serious statistician or...well, thinking person, could see that intereviewing 10 people does not a comprehensive story make. I would like to see a poll of the labor camps. Seriously, can we do that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-75308565215615809672008-06-20T19:24:00.000+04:002008-06-20T19:24:00.000+04:00Rather than holding to the pride of being Omani, I...Rather than holding to the pride of being Omani, I think it is best to take other opinions into account before making groundless statements. I'm against Oman on this one. Opinions such as yours deserve praises instead of angry responses.yuseffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902750869846612643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-59306609715252636592008-06-18T19:25:00.000+04:002008-06-18T19:25:00.000+04:00I feel people like Blue Chi really need to go back...I feel people like Blue Chi really need to go back into the history of Oman and see wut 'Expatriates' actually did during the formative years of Oman....The American doctors( Dr.Bosch and family) who set up the first telegraph communication in Oman and provided some form of health care, the British oil explorers who helped discover oil in Oman, The Indian Traders(like The Khimji's) who helped open the Indian markets to Oman....That is maybe just a few of the hundreds of examples of what foreign hands have done for Oman and its not like Oman has not been grateful or vice versa....I think Oman and its people have extended their hospitality from that day till today to every foreigner residing here and the foreigners have only shown their appreciation including me but with the discovery of wealth comes arrogance shown by few locals who think expatriates are a burden to this country and should be treated like trash and this attitude let me repeat is only shown by few not all the people and these few bad apples probably end up giving Oman a bad name....So i guess Educating them is the only way out for Oman to get out of this predicament and strictly improve standard of life for the low income omani's and expatriates....I love Oman and i will always love Oman especially since my family has been in Oman since my Grandparents time in the 1950's (Please do correct me if any of my facts are wrong but this is just my opinion)cooguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00688676911501140779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283845125208268798.post-74400337628972988512008-06-18T17:49:00.000+04:002008-06-18T17:49:00.000+04:00I think the only problem facing further debate, Dr...I think the only problem facing further debate, Dragon, is that you've summed up the situation so nicely that there's really not that much to say.<BR/><BR/>Except that the spectacle of the Omani government stamping its feet and "rejecting" an annual global report as some sort of personal, or worse, national, attack, is really very silly. As is all this talk about "lies" when no one has been able to produce a single one.<BR/><BR/>Pass a trafficking law, educate the people about better treating labor, make sure people are able to carry their own passports, and do some public awareness about sex tourism. How hard is that? Besides being good sense and part of the Sultanate's responsibilities as a player in the international community...Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.com