No wonder the Muslims always seem to be angry. No kissing!
On Sunday, an appeals court upheld the conviction. The couple -- yes, heterosexual -- will spend 30 days in prison, each pay a $270 fine, and ultimately be deported.
Apparently the brazen couple kissed in a restaurant. A nearby diner observed the kiss, described it as "passionate", complained, and the couple was arrested.
"Inappropriate behavior and illegal drinking."
Normally, Dubai is sort of laid back, compared to the rest of the Muslim countries in the Middle East. They understand tourism. They have switched their economy from oil to catering to wealthy tourists. They want our filthy, capitalistic dollars.
But since someone complained, what else could the authorities do?
[Note to Karen: Cross Dubai off our list of possible vacation spots. I can't afford the prison time.]
Good Riddance
"Joe Baseball" sent me a text recently announcing the death of Thomas Angove on March 30.
Who?
The invention was panned in the United States by wine snobs like myself.
Wine belongs in bottles. Period.
With real corks. Exclamation point.
But "Wine-in-a-Box" proved popular in Europe, where taste doesn't really enter into the conscious mind.
And it created a whole new set of drinking games and opportunities among the college frat crowds.
Going Down Again
But in Memphis, documents revolving around a case that was settled last year have recently been unsealed, thanks to the diligent efforts of our local newspaper.
The court documents show that at least 15 priests have been accused of sexual misconduct over the past four decades in the Memphis diocese, most of whom were quietly relocated to other parishes.
The Commercial Appeal reports, "Local Catholic church leaders concede that mistakes have been made, but said they took immediate action to remove [the most recent perpetrator] and to deal with allegations of child sexual abuse more aggressively with strict reporting policies, abuse awareness training and other preventive measures."
The article continues to quote a spokesperson for the Memphis diocese, who confesses, "No one I know would deny that there has been abuse, and we have attacked it. In fact, the number of abuse cases by Catholic clergy is going down."
"Going down"???
Is that supposed to make us feel better???
How about stopping the practice altogether?
I mean, seriously, for so many priests to have been doing this for so long, with just a "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" from their superiors, it must be in a training manual somewhere!
Y'all need to stop it! You're making the rest of us look bad by association!