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Kuwaitis demand more obedient slaves


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2018 Jul 23, 7:45am   15,653 views  112 comments

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/23/who-will-refund-me-kuwaiti-star-ignites-row-over-filipinos-days-off

A Kuwaiti social media star is facing a backlash after criticising new laws improving conditions for the country’s Filipino domestic workers.

Sondos Alqattan, an Instagram star and makeup artist with over 2.3 million followers, criticised new laws giving Filipino workers a day off per week and preventing employers from seizing their passports.

“How can you have a servant at home who keeps their own passport with them? What’s worse is they have one day off every week,” she said in a video posted online, which has gone viral and attracted criticism in the Middle East and the Philippines.

Alqattan slated reforms introduced in May to protect the rights of Filipino domestic workers: “If they run away and go back to their country, who will refund me?


When I was studying in Ann Arbor, there was a Kuwaiti woman downstairs from me who kept an Indian slave. There is no other way to describe it. The poor slave woman was not allowed to leave the apartment, ever, and was very badly treated. Very timid. The Kuwaiti was a domineering entitled bitch. So this article sounds quite familiar.

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91   alpo   2018 Jul 27, 8:12pm  

Strategist says
As an atheist I am tolerant of gays. I am not tolerant of human rights abuse and the violence against us all that Islam practices, and neither should any one else. In an age of WMD, we need to take proactive steps to control this dangerous Islamic beast.


Are you sure you are not confusing between Muslims and Middle East or between Arabs and Muslims? Only a small number of Muslims live in Middle East and only a small number of Muslims are Arab. Most muslims in this world live in South and South-east Asia. As an example, consider that Indonesia has around 200 million muslims. Malasia with much smaller population has majority 60% muslim population with more religious diversity than US. Both these countries are doing fairly well. Then there are around 200 million muslims more in India - again fairly moderate population with Muslim film actors and billionaires (who got rich by starting their own companies from ground up, but not Oil) among them.

As far as middle east is concerned, the entire middle east is an Abharamic religious hell hole with all sorts of competing Jewish, Islamic, and Christian interests tied together in a knot with Oil, conflicting international security guarantees, religious fanaticism, propaganda, and funding for fanatic sects (such as Wahabi Islam). Why only blame the Muslims here, they are just one piece of the puzzle along with Christian and Jews as far as middle east mess is concerned.

I do agree with you though that WMD and terrorism are a problem. But these need to be controlled in any case irrespective of whose hands they might be in. You may trust Donald Trump with control of Nukes, I don't. I would also agree that Islamic faith should be doing a better job of making friends. But besides that a Muslim in Malaysia has very little to do with an Arab in Saudi Arabia.
92   Strategist   2018 Jul 27, 8:48pm  

alpo says
Strategist says
As an atheist I am tolerant of gays. I am not tolerant of human rights abuse and the violence against us all that Islam practices, and neither should any one else. In an age of WMD, we need to take proactive steps to control this dangerous Islamic beast.


Are you sure you are not confusing between Muslims and Middle East or between Arabs and Muslims? Only a small number of Muslims live in Middle East and only a small number of Muslims are Arab. Most muslims in this world live in South and South-east Asia. As an example, consider that Indonesia has around 200 million muslims. Malasia with much smaller population has majority 60% muslim population with more religious diversity than US. Both these countries are doing fairly well. Then there are around 200 million muslims more in India - again fairly moderate population with Muslim film actors and billionaires (who got rich by starting...


You are right. There are Muslims, and there are Muslims. The most dangerous are Arab Muslims, along with Afghanistan and Pakistan. I'm still skeptical of other Muslims in Asia, because this suicide bomber disease can be easily spread.
93   CBOEtrader   2018 Jul 27, 8:50pm  

Patrick says
If they run away and go back to their country, who will refund me?


WTF is going on with this business transaction?
94   Strategist   2018 Jul 27, 8:56pm  

CBOEtrader says
Patrick says
If they run away and go back to their country, who will refund me?


WTF is going on with this business transaction?


If you paid good money for a slave, would you want them to escape?
95   CBOEtrader   2018 Jul 27, 9:10pm  

Strategist says
If you paid good money for a slave, would you want them to escape?


I am literally asking how the business transaction works. I mean, if you pay someone up front for service over the next few months, is it possible this quote isnt what we think it is? I suppose I am looking at the world through our liberal western perspective in that I cant imagine someone literally buying another human and publicly saying the above in response.
96   Strategist   2018 Jul 27, 9:13pm  

Strategist says
If you paid good money for a slave, would you want them to escape?


You just can't find good affordable slaves these days. It's terrible. Whatever happened to the good old days when there were lots of slaves available at affordable prices with low interest rates, who were decent enough to remain slaves, and did not whine when they were chained. Whatever happened to those wonderful prosperous days? What happens when everyone stops making payments on their slaves?
It's Trump. He is taking this country to hell. It's about to implode. Just wait and see.
97   Patrick   2018 Jul 27, 11:00pm  

alpo says
Why only blame the Muslims here, they are just one piece of the puzzle along with Christian and Jews as far as middle east mess is concerned.


Well, to be honest, only the Muslims are deliberately murdering random people in the name of their religion. That could be a factor.
98   Blue   2018 Jul 27, 11:48pm  

alpo says
Strategist says
As an atheist I am tolerant of gays. I am not tolerant of human rights abuse and the violence against us all that Islam practices, and neither should any one else. In an age of WMD, we need to take proactive steps to control this dangerous Islamic beast.


Are you sure you are not confusing between Muslims and Middle East or between Arabs and Muslims? Only a small number of Muslims live in Middle East and only a small number of Muslims are Arab. Most muslims in this world live in South and South-east Asia. As an example, consider that Indonesia has around 200 million muslims. Malasia with much smaller population has majority 60% muslim population with more religious diversity than US. Both these countries are doing fairly well. Then there are around 200 million muslims more in India - again fairly moderate population with Muslim film actors and billionaires (who got rich by starting...



>Then there are around 200 million muslims more in India - again fairly moderate population with Muslim film actors and billionaires (who got rich by starting their own companies from ground up, but not Oil) among them.

"Moderate" because still large number of non-Muslims left around and supporting their parasite Muslim welfare bills.

Bollywood is a organized crime syndicate, run by Islamic thugs behind.
That Islamic gay man made money through money laundering for his masters, that is his real talent not "acting".
Club member kids ONLY allowed to become "artist" in Bollywood.
No one with right mind will ever watch any Bollywood f....d up s..t Because there is no f.g talent period.

>As far as middle east is concerned, the entire middle east is an Abharamic religious hell hole
Christians make up only 4% of the region’s inhabitants (https://www.timesofisrael.com/christians-make-up-less-than-1-of-middle-east/)
Statistical speaking they are zero. Hope you refer this "religious hell hole" is all about Muslims!

>Why only blame the Muslims here, they are just one piece of the puzzle along with Christian and Jews
If you can help us answer, how many bombers blow up so far by religion. Perhaps this can give answer.

>You may trust Donald Trump with control of Nukes, I don't.
You mean all day long gay porn watching Islamic mullah is the other best choice to make the right decisions with a button in hand.
(All Muslim Pakistan is the number one gay porn watching country in the world - not sure it is a coincident or truly following their gay god) There is nothing wrong being a gay though, no offense.

>I don't. I would also agree that Islamic faith should be doing a better job of making friends.
Sure they do make friends if they need to fight with non middle east country, otherwise, they get back to fight with neighbors, that is normal there historically.

>But besides that a Muslim in Malaysia has very little to do with an Arab in Saudi Arabia.
I lived in both Malaysia and gulf, in my observation, Singapore is the checkmate for Malaysia (they hate them openly and there are many laws targeting explicitly Islamic man. West should learn and implement the same for their survival), also they still have the old pre-Islamic traditional values integrated in the society that make them less violent for now.
99   Blue   2018 Jul 28, 12:10am  

CBOEtrader says
Patrick says
If they run away and go back to their country, who will refund me?


WTF is going on with this business transaction?


I have a feeling, there is sex involved often as part of domestic work. These poor women are exploited all over. The middle east culture is really a f. s..t. When the worker arrive the "master" f.r take passport for many types of workers. I was on a business trip and ended up stopping by, because of my co-worker need to see someone in dumps. One of the guy showed us dozens of passports except photo part, that can be placed with a little difficulty. They sad, in fact some times authorities encourage to have yours in case if they need to deport, they have to spend some money and time. If you have yours with you and plane ticket, you can fly. Depends on the situation/gender/time/place/employer/time of the day/year one can fly out with out an issue. Btw, all passports were free for friends whoever needs one. That looks scary back then.
100   alpo   2018 Jul 28, 12:21am  

rando says
Well, to be honest, only the Muslims are deliberately murdering random people in the name of their religion. That could be a factor.


Blue says
If you can help us answer, how many bombers blow up so far by religion. Perhaps this can give answer.


You are four times likely to die in an airplane crash, by heat wave, or a police shooting then by a Muslim killing you in the name of religion (https://www.businessinsider.com/death-risk-statistics-terrorism-disease-accidents-2017-1). This offcourse ignores any domestic incidences of mass shootings and gun violence. Violence in the name of religion is bad, but again there is nothing to point out that Muslims are any more violent than Christians or Jews and I can throw as many numbers as you can :-).


Blue says
You mean all day long gay porn watching Islamic mullah is the other best choice to make the right decisions with a button in hand.


No, but I don't think Donald Trump is any better at watching over nukes than gay porn watching Islamic mullah.
101   Blue   2018 Jul 28, 12:38am  

alpo says
rando says
Well, to be honest, only the Muslims are deliberately murdering random people in the name of their religion. That could be a factor.


Blue says
If you can help us answer, how many bombers blow up so far by religion. Perhaps this can give answer.


You are four times likely to die in an airplane crash, by heat wave, or a police shooting then by a Muslim killing you in the name of religion (https://www.businessinsider.com/death-risk-statistics-terrorism-disease-accidents-2017-1). This offcourse ignores any domestic incidences of mass shootings and gun violence. Violence in the name of religion is bad, but again there is nothing to point out that Muslims are any more violent than Christians or Jews.

Blue says
You mean ...


You may be disappointed to realize that - Honorable Mr. Donald Trump is the best president that this country ever saw and the world is damn lucky to have him around.
102   alpo   2018 Jul 28, 12:46am  

Blue says
You may be disappointed to realize that - Honorable Mr. Donald Trump is the best president that this country ever saw and the world is damn lucky to have him around.


OK, if you say so, but he doesn't do anything. I didn't vote last elections (the choices just weren't good enough to bother voting), but all the hyperbole that Trump spewed about Infrastructure spending, I was hoping that at the very least he would fix traffic on Highway 101, but the Idot is more busy rabble rousing on twitter than doing anything worthwhile.
103   Onvacation   2018 Jul 28, 6:28am  

Strategist says
Whatever happened to the good old days when there were lots of slaves available at affordable prices with low interest rates,

If you have to finance them you shouldn't have slaves.
104   Strategist   2018 Jul 28, 9:10am  

alpo says
Violence in the name of religion is bad, but again there is nothing to point out that Muslims are any more violent than Christians or Jews and I can throw as many numbers as you can :-).


How many Christian or Jew suicide bombers can you point out?
105   Strategist   2018 Jul 28, 9:12am  

Onvacation says
Strategist says
Whatever happened to the good old days when there were lots of slaves available at affordable prices with low interest rates,

If you have to finance them you shouldn't have slaves.


WTF. If we had price controls on slaves, we wouldn't have to finance them. I can't even afford to rent one.
106   Shaman   2018 Jul 28, 9:30am  

alpo says
was hoping that at the very least he would fix traffic on Highway 101,


If Trump tried (for some inexplicable reason) to fix a state highway (which isn’t the Federal government’s responsibility), the Democrats who control the state would raise hell and block his efforts with legal challenges.

Keep that in mind when you consider what he has and hasn’t been able to accomplish. He’s fighting upriver to get anything done.
107   alpo   2018 Jul 28, 9:47am  

Strategist says
How many Christian or Jew suicide bombers can you point out?


I think the real question is why would you need a human guided bomb when you have a precision guided missile that can go well beyond what any human guided bomb can do :-)
108   Strategist   2018 Jul 28, 9:52am  

alpo says
Strategist says
How many Christian or Jew suicide bombers can you point out?


I think the real question is why would you need a human guided bomb when you have a precision guided missile that can go well beyond what any human guided bomb can do :-)


alpo says
I can throw as many numbers as you can :-).


ROFL. So far you have thrown out Zero.
109   Strategist   2018 Jul 28, 9:57am  

Next question to Alpo:
How many people have Christians and Jews killed for apostasy this century?
110   Strategist   2018 Jul 28, 9:59am  

Another question for Alpo:
How many religions are Christians and Jews in active conflict with?
111   alpo   2018 Jul 28, 10:26am  

Whichever way you cherry pick the numbers, the facts are that Christian and Jews aren't any less voilent than Muslims. They have their terrorists and suicide bombers and you have your Tomohawk Cruise and stealth fighters. You think its ok to fire of hundreds of missiles and carpet bomb an area to create "peace and freedom" and they think its ok to send terrorists, suicide bombers, and fund radical sects across the world to "create the next caliphate". But if you are somehow claiming that Christian and Jewish world is more "advanced and peaceful" than the Muslim world, I find that very difficult to believe given the large scale use of violence on both sides that continues to bring down the general environment across the planet.
112   Strategist   2018 Jul 28, 11:41am  

alpo says
Whichever way you cherry pick the numbers, the facts are that Christian and Jews aren't any less voilent than Muslims. They have their terrorists and suicide bombers and you have your Tomohawk Cruise and stealth fighters. You think its ok to fire of hundreds of missiles and carpet bomb an area to create "peace and freedom" and they think its ok to send terrorists, suicide bombers, and fund radical sects across the world to "create the next caliphate". But if you are somehow claiming that Christian and Jewish world is more "advanced and peaceful" than the Muslim world, I find that very difficult to believe given the large scale use of violence on both sides that continues to bring down the general environment across the planet.


alpo says
Violence in the name of religion is bad, but again there is nothing to point out that Muslims are any more violent than Christians or Jews and I can throw as many numbers as you can :-).


I rest my case.

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