Doha: A majority of people The Peninsula spoke to about this weekend’s issue said they did not want their names in print because of fear that they might offend people, including their colleagues, at work places.
Some said that the organisations they worked for took a dim view of employees speaking to the local media and any comment that may offend even one official would directly affect them.
One expatriate said it was fine to use his name only after he had left the country.
He said that even though a majority of expatriates here come from societies that are more ‘open’ and ‘democratic’, they rarely expressed views on issues that mattered to them here because of the fear that they may lose their jobs.
What’s also interesting is that many locals also did not want to be quoted because they did not want to offend their Western colleagues.
Some youngsters said that they had teachers from the UK and the US who looked down on them and even underestimated their talent.
