Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Call the cops
Dear Ed,
Telling women that they should start learning to defend themselves against attackers is all well and good.
But shouldn’t we also be questioning the police’s inability to quell violent crime – especially those targeting women? I remember being able to walk down Bahrain’s streets at 11pm without having to look over my shoulder every two minutes. Now it’s rather scary, as a number of women attested to in your article.
Jane Thomas
Bahrain
Dear Jane,
Us question the fuzz? Have a heart, that’s all our bunch of reprobates needs: A proper debate with the stick-wielding boys.
Potato panic
Dear Ed,
I follow your Global Kitchen column religiously. Unfortunately my attempt to make Algerian Spiced Potato Cakes this week failed miserably. Was there something wrong with the recipe or am I just rubbish in the kitchen?
Amanda Richards,
Abu Dhabi
Dear Amanda,
You’re rubbish. But don’t worry…you know what they say: Rubbish in the kitchen….
Scared stiff
Dear Ed,
Nice one! Your Urban Legends column has got the missus so scared that she refuses to step out of the house anymore. Which means that I can now go down to the Pub without her tagging along like a wet blanket. Can you include an article that says silent women live longer? It might help her keep quiet when I’m watching the telly.
Free at last,
Bahrain
Dear Free at last,
We are greatly impressed by your courage to write in about your wife immediately after an issue that promotes violence against men. Now run along to the pub, she’ll be there shortly Black Belt and all.
Nice one Pat!
Dear Ed,
It was great to see Patrick Michael writing again. I used to love his weekly magazine Weekend, which was published along with the Khaleej Times. He then, however, dropped off the radar for a while. I’m glad he’s back, his opinions have always been insightful.
Glen Nebworth
Dubai
Dear Glen,
Patrick Michael was over the moon when he read your letter: Bless the poor bloke; he doesn’t get much encouragement. We honestly thought he had written in to the paper himself, needless to say he didn’t.
A good whooping
Dear Ed,
I reckon kids are spoilt these days. Parents have become so enamoured by all these talk show hosts and dime-store psychologists who preach that children shouldn’t be spanked, that they lose sight of discipline. In my day, if we did anything wrong, a good “ass-whooping” (as my pa called it) was called for, and it made us think twice before doing it again. Parents have just become too lazy, and majority of them don’t deserve to have kids anyway.
Justice for all
Dubai
Dear Ed,
What manners can we expect from the younger generation (five to 10-year-olds), when we see teenagers these days behaving like vile cretins. Maybe they should start a parental police and start putting stupid parents in the clink.
Mark Lawson,
Muscat
