sage & onion wrote:Why do you say brainwashed, I have been in Dubai a long time and have enjoyed it and indeed am still enjoying it.
Thats because you allowed yourself to be influenced (or brainwashed) by Dubai information while being distanced from Western media. You miss the balance of true media. That explains your crazy assumption that Western media works with an agenda.
The only one who works with a tight and constant agenda is Dubai media. Everybody knows that reports from Dubai are extremely biased in favor of the ruler and Dubai. Plain lies in some cases which become apparant after some time by keeping an eye on them. It unravels mate.
As you might know, people who are being exposed and influenced by single-sided views are often 'brainwashed' into believing those reports by repeating and repeating them over and over again. The human mind starts believing it.
People like me, who can openly talk about such things, should give you a little more reality. Problem is that you just aren't open to reality. Your comfort zone (paycheck, lifestyle) is simply too great to make a difference. I think its weakness and a direct loss of character and backbone.