Submitted by Lisa (United States), Nov 7, 2009 at 10:27
First of all Luigi You must not realize how these people get paid in Morocco. Some get a measley $30 a month! Some have to work 3 months or so "Training" without pay hoping it will lead to a job, and then, the boss can easily replace you with their next victim and train him for 3 or so months. It can be a pattern. Im not telling you this based on just my husbands work ethics, but others I know get paid the same. You are fortunate just to get a job in Morocco in some of the cities. A lot of these bosses work you and pay you WHATEVER. Most of the time, pay is not discussed upfront like it is here. They have no laws to govern them there and to protect them from the dishonest. You should know this info since "you have friends from Morocco"
Well he got a new computer he showed it to me with the webcam and whenever he went to cyber nets Luigi, he would scan the room and the stalls to show me he was in a cyber net. I have been in these cybernets too on my visits. Also where he is living now, I also know for a fact there was no computer there and I recognize the room it was installed in because I lived there on two different occassions. I know the surroundings. Why would my husband lie about how much he paid for it? I don't care if he got a good deal or not. I didn't have to pay for it and he didn't ask me too,lol. Also I don't ask my husband for MONEY so why should he lie about what he gets paid. He doesn't send me money. I get paid waayyyyyyyy more than he does and I would never ask this of him. He doesn't question me about my finances or my paycheck.
Besides the long hours he was thankful just to get what he did get paid and it did average out to a $1 an hour. They were told to have patience that they are a new company. He has a lot of patience and he does get screwed over a lot. His sister was helping him pay for the computer, remember I posted it here before that we were communicating by phone and cybernet and he likes our privacy and was purchasing a computer with sister's help and her son will have it when he leaves, so she offered to help pay. Remember he made over $1000 just working for himself on the beach this summer running a shop to sale drinks, etc. He is not doing without. This is the only computer too for him to keep in touch with his family once he is here. How would he see his mom, sisters and nieces, nephews without it? They don't hang out in cybernets.
Why do you twist what I say? I DID NOT say Simo said America is Paradise...i implied YOU think USA is Paradise to these men...I had said Simo said USA is no Paradise. I also had added, these men such as my husband comes here to USA to be with the wives and they have no certainities in their new lives. They don't know how they will be perceived by family members, people here, where they will work and if they will get work. They leave their own families. They are not even 100% sure how these new wives will treat them. I said their new lives are NOT HANDED TO THEM ON A SILVER PLATTER. I was implying too that they have hard lives and it ages them and they have to grow up faster. I did not imply you always had it made, but you obviously DO have it better living in the USA than my husband compared to another country where a KING rules and the people do not. You get paid fairly and you have minimum wage laws to protect you. This country does not.
Luigi asks:(Do you have any evidence to suggest that I am giving incorrect advice or that I am insulting people?)
I would say Luigi do you know 100% all your posts to these women including myself is FACTS? No you do not. When you read something from a poster and if its positive, you try and twist everything to be negative, (just like the computer thing) Its your opinion, not a FACT and certainly not EVIDENCE. You don't know say even my husbands intentions. You don't know him. Do I know 100% his intensions? No (only he and God Knows) and I know him way more than you, but you like to cast doubt and judgment . (But your religion is better when it is a sin to judge & its not your place to judge) We can never be sure we can only hope that a person tells us the truth and only themselves know themselves and actions or how strong they can avoid temptations that are cast their way. It also holds true for myself and also for you or anyone....So for you to say things to me or any woman that has only posted positive on this board, you make unjust accusations to cast all these men in the dark. You don't know, you speculate. Why do you do this to people's lives when you can't be positively sure. Why are you so concerned about these ladies marrying the wrong men and crusading on this board concerning Arabics and Islam when you don't care to be on some American board persuading the hurt and scammed women about the American Scum? I use this since you are in USA like me??? Why are you on a rampage to convict all these men? (Innocent until proven guilty) Why your interests on Arabics when we have women in our own country being raped, beaten, killed, scammed of money from American men. There are just as many UK, Canadian, Phillipine, other cuture women on here than Americans to try and "SAVE". I just wonder why you spend so much time on this board trying to protect women from Arabics when you can't protect them from their own kind. I have an interest to be here. Im married to an Arabic and my husband is insulted when you land on a board like this and read ALL these men are the same and scum.
You post your remarks about me posting here hoping it will run me off just like you tried to do with Isis and Lina. Have your board. Its full of accusations and not based on most the countries even mentioned here that the women are even involved with. Im tired of feeling a have to defend myself after you post wrong things about me or my husband. You will pay for your actions in the end disrupting lives and playing God.
You have your wish. Im fed up hearing your garbage and lies. Post whatever about me and Simo cause I PROMISE you have a field day with it, cause I am sick of reading what you have to say. I will not be back to read it. These women will find out for themselves.
Lina and Isis, thanks for your continuous support and best wishes and not judging people. I wish you two much happiness. Mohammed and I will be fine together. We are both strong people who have big hearts and don't like hurting others. Take care.
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