Chris Saul's Blog

Sunday May 10, 2009

Gun toting Dads

There's a nice article here in the National, talking about the role played by guns and shooting in the history of the UAE.

Pieces like this help to reinforce how the region has changed in such a short time.

If my father had grown up at a time where carrying guns for self-defence and to feed yourself was the norm, I expect my attitudes to certain things would be rather different. Certain things I get het up about would probably seem rather less significant.

Booze ban

Interesting to see that Bahrain's MPs are proposing a total ban on alcohol in the Kingdom.

Things in this part of the world often seem to go from one extreme to the other - from very few rules to complete bans.

I can understand that the Bahraini parliament want to solve certain problems caused by the general availability of alcohol. Hopefully some kind of middle way can be reached.