On: Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down

[dhimes]

A new draft media law would make it a crime to damage the country’s reputation or economy, punishable by fines of up to 1 million dirhams (about $272,000).

That'll inspire confidence.

[justindz → dhimes]

By my reckoning, if the law passes it would immediately apply to the people who wrote the law. Now that's leading by example.