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Servetus
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Lord Colin, I am quite disappointed to see that you are apparently unable to mount a more convincing defense of the burqa than this. Serv ________________________________ I�m not anti-American. I am only against 50.7% of the �popular� voting lot of them. |
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Angela
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I so totally agree with this, the robbing of personal choice is what I would like to see end. The cost of living and wages should be such that one member of the family can support the unit. Western women have been forced by mounting national debt, personal debt and societal pressure to aquire things to enter the workplace and stay there. However, equally sad is a state where a woman could not leave the home and go to work in circumstances that prevent any other form of income. I remember having to care for an injured husband and being the only income. What needs to happen for women of all nations and faiths is a fundemental respect for their abilities and choices. You are right, most women in the rural areas of Afghanistan probably don't dream of moving to Kabul and becoming a doctor or stock broker. But, should a girl learn in school about Petra, Jordan and feel the need to become an Archeologist and see the world. She should have the freedom to dream and follow that dream. Likewise, I would like to see a society in the West where women are freer to choose to say home with their children. With a mortgage payment, two cars, utilities, food and all the other extras required in western society, its nearly impossible for women to focus on their families.
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Duende
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Yes indeed Angela, well said.
I often wonder what has happened to the so-called world economy that means my childhood happy memories of mother at home with three kids, ably supported by a father at work, are impossible for the average family to experience. I agree it is about choice, and having none, is not progress anywhere in the world. It is a complex set up, and too easy to blame on some kind of anti- women conspiracy since it affects men's choices too. The vicious consumer cycle we're trapped in means every able bodied adult HAS to work, in order to repay the mortgage, pay off the debts, all the while seduced by flat screen TV, digital this and that, advertising of every conceivable item showing you how miserable you must be without the particular product on display, or just flat out how useless you are without it. Go buy, buy, buy because it's good for the economy. We've reached a stage in Western society where we're happily poisoning ourselves and our children because we can't AFFORD the time or money to present them with properly prepared food: TFAs, The Food Industry's "Trojan Horse" on Your Table ����By Sherwood Ross ����t r u t h o u t | Perspective ����Friday 29 September 2006 ����If you're thinking about a useful holiday gift for a teenager, for $6.99 you can give the invaluable Trans Fats: The Hidden Killer in Our Food (Pocket Books), by Judith Shaw, whose no-holds-barred introduction begins, "This is the story of a killer ingredient tucked into most of the food that you, your family, and most other Americans eat ..." ����This 175-page paperback is an urgent read for teens because, Shaw writes, "Moving into adolescence with their own disposable dollars, children become the principal consumers of foods with hydrogenated vegetable oils, snacking away at the cellophane packages and fast foods that have become a thirty billion dollar American habit." ����"Consuming foods with hydrogenated oils (chips, cookies, crackers, muffins, donuts, candy, fast food) ... has become a national pastime, a cultural institution," Shaw argues, noting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that "fully half of packaged cereals, cold or hot, contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils." ����Indeed, USDA says TFAs are found in 40 percent of the food on grocery store shelves today! The good news, though, is that since last January 1st, the FDA ordered TFAs to be listed on food package labels, so at least you've got a sporting chance to avoid them. ����What do TFAs do to you? As Jeffrey Aron, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, puts it in his foreward to Shaw's book, they cause people to "develop a state of inflammation that creates a cascade of metabolic horrors with results that can include insulin resistance, obesity, heart disease, autoimmune disease, and depression." Indeed, 60,800,000 Americans didn't just develop some form of cardiovascular disease without a little help from the processed food industry - and it's increasingly seen among children. |
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Cassandra
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Scanning through these replies, I am struck by the fact that although as of today this thread has been visited by almost 1000 people, the overwhelming majority of posts and comments here are from women! The exceptions are notable and welcomed. But where are the rest of you men??? Should I rename the thread "What are YOU afraid of?" Or should I ask for it to be moved to the Women's section where it doesn't have to trouble you? Consider yourselves challenged! Cassi |
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Hanan
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Colin
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Sir Serv, I really did try my best.. but I know when I�m outnumbered! |
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Hayfa
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I think many people all over the world are just trying to get by in any system they are in. Me nand women. We often have only limited control over things. I saw an excellent piece on the news about education around the world. What children face to get even a basic education. And often in more rural, poorer areas the education is about the basics, reading, writing, math, hygeine etc. And it is also clear that if girls receive a basic education the standard of living increases for all, espcecially her children. Un fortunately war, famine, poverty and social up neavel prevents many from getting a basic education. |
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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi
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Angela
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Hanan, Its really sad. People should not have to leave their homes to become better. If they do leave for education or training, I really feel they have an obligation to return home and make a change. Africa has been too long ignored in the industrial age. Poverty, disease and death. With a land as rich as Africa, poverty should not be an issue. Disease is within world power to change and death is inevitable but not always necessary. I read an article a few weeks ago about the education of women and its result on infant mortality. Studies show the more educated women are, the lower the infant mortality. I've also recently read an article that shows the number of children with autism, ADHD, anxiety disorders and other behavioral and mental problems has dramatically increased with the women entering the workforce in the US. Women are spending less time at home and starting their families later in life when they are at higher risk for certain birth defects. We wonder why there is a break down of moral values in this nation, but the children are being taught by their peers and by the television and Internet. The world needs educated women, but it also needs the balance of mothers and traditional homes. I have been "chastised" in private for my views. But, since I do not response to said individual in Private I will post his comments and respond to them.
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