Oh. My. God.
This is just hilarious. I suppose the Globe and Mail thinks this is shocking news:
Documents show Canadian diplomats kept Kabul embassy bar well stocked
Look, I was married to an Arab Muslim for fourteen years. I met many members of his family and many friends, as well. Except for a few in his parent's generation, every single one of them drank liquor, and many of them ate pork, too. And that was way back in the 1970s.
Yo! Globe and Mail! Do you know what the purpose of an embassy is? I'll give you some hints. Networking. Hob nobbing. Talking. Talking. Talking. Talking. Not just with the locals, but more especially, with the diplomatic staff from all those other embassies in the same city. They learn stuff, not just from the host government, but from diplomats from all over the planet, who just might talk a bit loosely, and sink a few ships, when they've had a few drinks. The subjects discussed, often as not, have nothing to do with the host country, and for good reason.
Get over yourselves, media. You're becoming a sick joke. Read the comments and learn. The point about the legal status of an embassy is well worth contemplating.
Documents show Canadian diplomats kept Kabul embassy bar well stocked
"Canada’s diplomatic corps in Kabul did not go thirsty.[---]
Hospitality forms show embassy staff and dignitaries drank plenty of booze while posted to Afghanistan, an Islamic country where imbibing is not just taboo, it’s against the law.
The embassy consumed close to 3,000 bottles of alcoholic beverages from mid-2007 to last November. The tab for the beer, wine and hard liquor was at least $20,000."
"The Canadian Press obtained hospitality diaries from the Canadian embassy in Kabul under the Access to Information Act.Oh the horrors!!!
The forms give the Foreign Affairs Department the cost of the embassy’s food and drink orders, along with guest lists and descriptions of lunches, dinners and other functions.
It is not clear whether the department provided all the hospitality forms. While there were dozens of forms in 2008 and 2010, there was just a single sheet for all of 2009.
Foreign Affairs also did not provide any forms for all of 2006 and the first half of 2007 – even though they were requested – so the booze bill could actually be much higher."
Look, I was married to an Arab Muslim for fourteen years. I met many members of his family and many friends, as well. Except for a few in his parent's generation, every single one of them drank liquor, and many of them ate pork, too. And that was way back in the 1970s.
Yo! Globe and Mail! Do you know what the purpose of an embassy is? I'll give you some hints. Networking. Hob nobbing. Talking. Talking. Talking. Talking. Not just with the locals, but more especially, with the diplomatic staff from all those other embassies in the same city. They learn stuff, not just from the host government, but from diplomats from all over the planet, who just might talk a bit loosely, and sink a few ships, when they've had a few drinks. The subjects discussed, often as not, have nothing to do with the host country, and for good reason.
Get over yourselves, media. You're becoming a sick joke. Read the comments and learn. The point about the legal status of an embassy is well worth contemplating.
Labels: AARRRRRRGGGHHHH, Afghanistan, diplomacy, Muslims
posted by Louise at 4:00 pm
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Now for the same period of time, can we see all the entertainment accounts of the Globe & Mail? And all the expense vouchers submitted by Globe & Mail "journalists"?
"Hypocrisy, the homage vice pays to virtue."
Cripes. It's like extracting teeth just getting that sort of info from our publicly funded broadcaster.
Getting it from the Flop and Flail, fergitaboutit.
Does anyone seriously expect people to go dry for years? Argh...
It's enough to make a loyal, patriotic Canuck say: "Hey, baby!!"
I'd like to see a tally and comparison to/with other embassies. I wonder who would win?
Oooooh, Canada! We stagger on guard for thee.
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