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Originally Posted by deggis
I'm not blue-eyed but as far as I've understood it is regarded as quite liberal for a Middle-Eastern country. At least compared to Bahrain. Also, no blood on the streets, so that alone makes it more acceptable.
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None of the Middle East is more liberal or conservative than the other - it is one big convoluted, power-flaunting, corrupt, totalitarian, financial, no nonsense, scary hellhole of a place that I would rather not visit.
This first article explains all of the problems with human rights in the UAE alone...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_..._Arab_Emirates
...and this covers LGBT rights, a considerable argument not mentioned in the first article...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_r..._Arab_Emirates
But to some extent, I agree with you - racing is racing, and as long as you are allowed to race and no one will be in mortal danger, then nothing is wrong with it. The country's got its problems, but racing has nothing to do with human rights, unless a driver is a minority that is discriminated against in said country. Otherwise, it's OK.