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jag wrote:I dont get it. Malls, cinemas and other stuff all comes to a stand still out of respect to the late Skh Maktoum. Yet, I was at the Madinath on Thursday night, and passed by Left Bank, a bar. Inside, people were shouting, wooing, doing shooters with flames. Why allow bars to operate and serve booze but shut down cinemas and malls???
Linda_Stuiv wrote:It is strange.
But I would think it's because bars are exclusive hang-outs, deep in a hotel or around some corner.
While malls and cinemas are general venues. So shutting them down would have the desired "mourning" effect. Whereas few would notice a bar shutting down.