Nigel, I think the majority of people can see that when you wrote "that sentence" you weren't being racist, but were making a comment on the way things work in Qatar (where nationality certainly does come into play in many situations). As you have already acknowledged you could perhaps have worded it in a less inflammatory way.
As I'm sure you're aware people are all to keen to scream "RACIST!" when someone suggests that one nationality is treated differently to another. More often than not these people don't actually understand the meaning of the terms racist and racism.
Nigel, I think the majority of people can see that when you wrote "that sentence" you weren't being racist, but were making a comment on the way things work in Qatar (where nationality certainly does come into play in many situations). As you have already acknowledged you could perhaps have worded it in a less inflammatory way.
As I'm sure you're aware people are all to keen to scream "RACIST!" when someone suggests that one nationality is treated differently to another. More often than not these people don't actually understand the meaning of the terms racist and racism.
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