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"don't pretend the rest of the world is a paragon of virtue"

The rest of the world needs to be aware of just how bad the situation is in UAE:

Rape Victims Are Being Jailed Under Extramarital Sex Laws in the UAE https://news.vice.com/article/rape-victims-are-being-jailed-...

UAE imprisoning rape victims under extramarital sex laws – investigation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/26/hundreds-of-wo...

'They Destroyed Me': French Teen's Rape Case Exposes Dubai's Dark Side http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3932740

The vanished: the Filipino domestic workers who disappear behind closed doors https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/oct/24/t...

(Links via TorgnyLagman's reddit comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/5jr48x/unmarried... )

Oh you mean like this? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/20/idaho-footba...

There's a lot you won't find on Breitbart or the Daily Stormer.

That is a tragic miscarriage of justice; thank you for sharing it. You will note however, that the victim was not jailed for the "crime" of having been sexually assaulted. (Funnily enough, I am a Guardian Member https://membership.theguardian.com and have never visited the sites you mention.)

The point was simply to demonstrate your immediate pounce to associate the topic with a completely irrelevant matter, as was pointed out in the parent.

So, instead of pointing fingers, I was curious about your thoughts on Dubai's potential Crime Prediction Software.

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