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British Couple on Trial for Sex on Dubai Beach

by BigT | September 3, 2008 at 08:53 am

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If convicted they can get two years in jail. But, please, don't overreact. We are dealing with a different culture and we need to respect it. That's how they do it in Dubai and I don't think any of us have the moral authority to judge.

A British couple on trial for allegedly having sex on a Dubai beach asked the judge on Tuesday to be allowed to leave the country.

Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors, speaking in low voices, asked the judge for a "quick ruling" that would let them return to Britain. But judge Hamad Abdul Jawad disregarded the request and scheduled another hearing for Sept. 9 to hear testimony from the policeman who arrested the couple.

Palmer, 36, and Acors, 34, were arrested in the early hours July 5 on a Dubai beach after they had been at a hotel party. They were later charged with having sex outside of marriage, public indecency and public drunkenness.

Horse crap! Of course we can and we should judge other cultures. Sure, it is lude to have sex on a beach. But two years!?!? Now, if the judge sends them to jail for their horribly awful teeth....

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dunkelberg

at 12:00 on September 3rd, 2008

An opinion tag usually accompanies stories with the theme Horse crap! Of course we can and we should judge other cultures.
However, while it seems very harsh by the facts laid out by Faux News. There is more to the story.

But it is alleged that later that evening the pair were found in a compromising position on the beach by a passing policeman.
He reportedly let them off with a caution but, when they were discovered in the same position shortly afterwards, they were arrested.
Miss Palmer is then said to have become aggressive toward the policeman.

Now you know . . . . . . ...............................................................................................................................the REST of the story.

eastvanray

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at 12:41 on September 3rd, 2008

BigT, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Put these dumbasses in jail. Are they really too stupid to understand that they are in a conservative Muslim country? People like these give all Westerners a bad reputation. How can we expect Muslims to respect our culture when we do not respect theirs when we are on their soil?