Comments on: Oil, Oil Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink

By: Thirsty

Thirsty — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:33:48 +0000

I think they should legalize alcohol in Kuwait. in Failaka for instance. the issue isn’t religion, its the big MOBs that are making 500% the regular price of a bottle of licker. so ligalizing it and seting rules won’t hurt but we need to ban all Saudis from entering our country. cuz they will mess it up.
plus i am sick of going out of kuwait to drink:S thats just sad and criminal to go under the name of religion. more than 80% of kuwaiti adults drink, but they deny it, cuz they are muslims :)

By: PAPA_BRUTUS

PAPA_BRUTUS — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:34:21 +0000

there was an article in todays kuwait times bout alcohol being legal in kuwait….but the punch line was tht it was an april fools day prank……cudnt belive my eyes in the morn but then all hopes faded whn i saw the last line……..i m n expat n huv been here 4 bout 3 yrs now….i do drink but i huv not drank in kuwait not even wine….its kinda principle issue for me here….but th has not stopped me frm buyin my bar stool n wine glasses…..atleast they look gud in my aprtment….but is really sad tht though there is a law tht bans alcohhol most of the citizens houses have a basement dedicated to a bar setup tht at time migh put some of the best bars in vegas to shame!!!! does this really make sense?????

By: sfsa78

sfsa78 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:38:47 +0000

I AGREE WITH FINANCY… WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF OUR MUSLIM DEMOCRACY.. WE SHULD TURN INTO AN TALIBAN STATE… WE SHOULD GO AS FAR AS BAN ALL WOMEN EDUCATION AND FREEDOM… FINANCY,,, GET THE F OUTTA OF HERE WITH THAT BS!!
YOU SHOULD GO LIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA… BUT YOU WOULDNT WONT TO, WOULD YOU?!?!?!??
IF A GOVERNMENT WAS BASED ON A RELIGION, IT WOULDN’T BE A REAL DEMOCRACY, BECAUSE IT WOULD INFORCE ITS BELIEFS ONTO OTHERS.
I’M AS KUWAITI AS MUCH AS ONE CAN GET… I’M FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELEIFS, AND FREEDOM TO EXPRESS ONE SELF. IF YOU DONT WONT ALCOHOL… THEN QUITE SIMPLY,.. DONT DRINK.
I ENJOY MY VODKA DRINK… WHICH IS FREELY AVAILABLE IN KUWAIT THRU DEALERS,,, EXCEPT ITS VERY EXPENSIVE SINCE ITS ILLEGAL.
WHATS SO BAD ABOUT HAVING A DRINK TO RELAX AFTER A HARD DAYS WORK????
THIS COUNTRY IS GETTING SOO BACCKWARDS AND REALLY UP ITS OWN ASS WITH FANATICAL RELIGION.. ONE DAY WITH OUT KNOWING, WE WILL TURN INTO AN IRAN, OR AFGANISTAN BECAUSE OF THIS ISLAMIC HESTERIA THAT HAS GRIPPED OUR PART OF THE WORLD.
WE WERE NEVER LIKE THIS, BEFORE PEOPLES RELIGION WERE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THEIR GOD… BUT NOW IT;S LIKE A BLOODY WITCH HUNT.
WHY ARE PEOPLE HERE AFFRAID OF SPEAKING UP.
EVER SINCE THIS RELIGIOUS FEVER HAS APPEARED, THINGS HAVE BEEN GETTING WORSE FOR THE COUNTRY, IT ALL HIPOCRACY!
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN IRAN.. BEFORE IT WAS UNHEARD OF WHEN YOU SAW A WOMAN WEARING A HIJAB, NOW ITS LIKE A BLOODY WITCH HUNT… IF YOU DONT WEAR IT THERES SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU.. ITS LIKE A PRESURE.
LETS FACE IT PEOPLE,,, BECAUSE OF ALL THIS SHIT, ITS NOT SAFE FOR OUR WOMEN IN THE STREETS.. I FEEL OUR WOMEN ARE MORE SAFER IN EUROPE THAN HERE. BEFORE GUYS WOULD NOT LOOK TWICE AT WOMEN.. NOW THEY CHASE THEM LIKE ANIMALS..ITS RIDICULAS.
You say that kuwait’s constitutional religion is islam, whats next… if im not muslim i lose my citizenship??? wtf is going on??

By: Holla

Holla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:45:15 +0000

for all you fucking braindead cunts that argue against alcohol in kuwait bc it’s a muslim country, how the hell do explain that ALCOHOL WAS LEGAL IN KUWAIT UNTIL 1964????

what kuwait used to be jewish then it turned muslim?

seriously GROW A FUCKING BRAIN and stop repeating that same shit your brother told u while fucking you in the arse kuwaiti incest style.

By: rehan

rehan — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:45:04 +0000

Don’t know why some of us can’t get along with out alcohol .common on its not like u will not be able to drink water and dehydrate or not able to survive without alcohol.

By: me

me — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:24:30 +0000

Well said Mark

By: jane

jane — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:15:35 +0000

this discussions has gone way too long then it should , nice find though mark

By: Happy Wolf

Happy Wolf — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:23:35 +0000

I second that

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:34:32 +0000

Financy you are being contradictory in your argument. When you say “this is our country and we ban whatever we want” thats not a democracy any more.

By: Financy

Financy — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:23:09 +0000

99.99% of the kuwaitis are muslims ( weither sunnis or shi3is )

The 2nd law in the consitution says that kuwait is a muslim country.

The Parliment (which represent the people ) legislated a law to ban alcohol.

and Islam says its a BIG BIG Haram.

for those of you who calls for democracy and freedom .. Isnt that democracy ? the majority has spoken and banned alcohol . and Even the minority Kuwaitis who drink , wouldnt want alcohol to be sold IN kuwait . they would rather drink outside kuwait .

and for the expats living here to demand alcohol , i say its an internal affair , and this is our country and we ban whatever we want

By: istiminkiliz

istiminkiliz — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:25:49 +0000

I actually respect Kuwait for being one of the few countries that still ban alcohol; its becoming such a generic argument that banning alcohol and drugs increase accidents and problems. My dear colleagues, it is not the shar’ia or the laws that mess things up; on the contrary, its just the lack of laws and the preferential treatment between people that leads to the uncivilized acts we see today. We need more respect.

By: Holla

Holla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:45:54 +0000

Will the people that keep repeating the same old bullshit like sheep, that Kuwait is not ready for alcohol STFU. READ THE FUCKING ARTICLE, ALCOHOL USED TO BE LEGAL IN KUWAIT AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. SERIOUS PROBLEMS ONLY STARTED AFTER IT WAS BANNED.

goddamn, most ppl in this country are so fucking stupid they prob won’t even be able to read the label on their alcohol bottle if it was legalised.

By: hassassin

hassassin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:15:16 +0000

i would hope that the energy so many people put into banal and futile online (and offline) discussions would be better channeled in making positive differences in your societies. please observe composure and seek truth in your actions.

By: equalizer

equalizer — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:17:10 +0000

I think its a good law to ban alcohol. This country can’t even control people on the road, how will they control drunk idiots coming out from bars? On the other hand I beleive there should be designated areas for such thing like Failaka which is controlled and regulated and seperated by sea. It provides an outlet to those who want it without an outright legalization across the country.

By: moocherx

moocherx — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:32:31 +0000

maybe he’s sleeping off a hangover ;-)