A Bit of Unpleasantness

I always wonder two things when reading stories like these at the Gulf News:

• The Dubai Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of the Court of First Instance which convicted H.W. of possessing 0.6 gm of hashish for personal use. He will be deported after serving his term.



• Dubai Court of Appeal confirmed the primary punishment, three years in jail, against 27-year-old Filipino, J.K. He will be deported after serving his term.



• He also faces an additional three-year imprisonment for the armed robbery of the two victims. He will be deported after serving his term.



• The Dubai Court of First Instance yesterday sentenced the 51-year-old Sri Lankan teacher, identified as K.P., to five years in jail. He will be deported after serving his term.



• The Dubai Court of Appeal confirmed the initial verdict of 25 years in jail, for the 24-year-old Bangladeshi school gardener, S.N., yesterday. He will be deported after serving his term.



• The court confirmed the initial verdict, six months in jail for the couple, for using forged passports for the boys. They will be deported after serving the jail term.



• [T]he Dubai Court of First Instance also slapped a hefty Dh50,000 fine on the 42-year-old defendant, identified as V.D. He will be deported after serving his term.

First, I hope that the Gulf News has some sort of macro set up to enter the sentence "He will be deported after serving his term." with only one or two key strokes. Because that would really cut down on carpal tunnel syndrome, I would think.

The other thing these stories do is make me try to imagine the person whose first reaction upon being release isn't a strong desire to get on the plane out of here. For some reason I imagine some British colonel with a huge mustache and mutton chop sideburns leaving the prison where he has just spent four years for possessing 0.06 grams of marijuana saying "Well, that was a bit of unpleasantness, what? Now, where is this bloody indoor ski slope that I've heard so much about?"