The Dorchester Collection, owned by the Sultan of Brunei, is
facing boycotts after the Sultan of Brunei passed a change to the penal code,
calling for gays to be stoned to death. The Sultan passed a law that increased
the penalty for committing a homosexual act in Brunei from a 10-year prison
sentence to death by stoning.
The gay community in America somehow thinks that act by the
Sultan of Brunei is wrong and is now boycotting the Dorchester Collection which
has hotels in London, Paris, Rome, Milan, Geneva and Los Angeles. As Brunei is
just next door to Singapore, I must say I find the American “gay boycott” of a
Brunei-owned hotel chain to be absolutely and totally ridiculous.
Who the hell are Americans and Europeans to tell the Sultan
of Brunei what laws he can and cannot put in place in Brunei? Hassanal Bolkiah,
the Sultan of Brunei, is very popular in his country and this law is very
welcomed by the people of Brunei. So how are gays and lesbians in America, most
of who would have problem pointing out Brunei on a map before this, in any
position to say anything about laws in Brunei?
Hell, I’m a Singaporean. I’m against stoning on principal.
Singapore is almost next door to Brunei and I don’t say anything because I know
I have no right to. I wasn’t born in Brunei, I wasn’t raised there, and I have
never step foot there. Who the hell am I to say anything?
Likewise, who the hell are gays and lesbians in America to
say anything? Have these people ever even been in Brunei? Then shut the hell
up!
2 comments:
Why so surprised.
Those of the same ilk here as those in the USA will demand the same rights and more once they deem themselves sufficiently influential.
Just look at some of the writers of blogs here.
If only these people would understand the simple fact that people in the world are different and we all have different values. This is a very popular move in Brunei so who the hell are Americans to complain about it.
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