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Dear Stan, I find it quite incredible, that the Gulf states are on one hand the 'financial saviours' when it comes to cash bail-outs and on the other considered Third World and terrorists!

This is not the first time, and I am sure not the last, that we have given towards disasters as it is a part of the Arab culture to be 'giving and generous'.

It would be also considerate of the West to have the decency to reciprocate this act of generosity, by at least treating Arab nationals with respect when they are applying for simple things such as visas, instead of making them almost beg to travel to their countries.

Or, are the Arabs only good for the money?

Switched on Arab,

Name and address supplied.

Dear Stan,

WE all know that Bahrain has chronic parking problems and I am subject to the discomfort as well. I live in an area which is suffering from nonsensical town planning.

My block, for example, has residential, industrial, educational and commercial establishments.

The problem is that at any given time there are at least 300 cars parked outside my building in an open area.

The situation has reached a level where people are even having the audacity to park in our private car park and will leave their vehicles for up to five hours. When we object our complaints are ignored.

Recently, some children were playing on our parking lot and one guy from a private pick-up company parked his vehicle right the middle of them.

When a mother asked him to move the car he told her to go to hell and started making obscene gestures. When we reported him to his boss we were told there was nothing we could do. This is really frustrating.

Ferdinand Kaddu,

Al Hoora.

Dear Stan,

It seems that the greedy just get greedier.

Their hunger for a quick buck never dies and more so to support their effort is the absence of a proper legal system which would prevent these greedy landlords making fortunes at the cost of people who are struggling to make ends meet.

Where are the authorities when you need them? If someone writes about the problem all you hear in response is a government spokesperson saying that the person with a problem should contact the relevant government department but why should it be allowed to happen in the first place?

The government should take proactive measures to prevent this situation.

When they give out licenses to landlords to rent properties there should be clauses such as caps on rent increases, rules about building maintenance, garbage disposal and a minimum standard for electric fittings etc.

There either is no law or it is flawed system which doesn't protect poor tenants.

It's about time that the relevant government department stepped in and started taking action on such cheats.

Name and address supplied.