Olive,
I grew up in the same west as you did, where media and people are free to speak out without fearing they will offend the powerful evil cheaters.

To conclude, Olive, I hope you understood that I never said in the West we are perfect. All I am trying to say is in the West we have Freedom of Press, People’s Freedom of Expression and OK Judicial Systems (in the UAE, judges are foreigners whose jobs depend on how they please or not their employer – the state) and these are not yet reality in the Gulf region.