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There can be justifiable reasons to do so in the case of drug or alcohol addicted children, or those with life long special needs.
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There can be justifiable reasons to do so in the case of drug or alcohol addicted children, or those with life long special needs.
I was staying in Bangkok in a hotel in Sukhumvit soi 3 because my nephew was in intensive care at the Bumrungrad hospital. Soi 3 Is also an arab quarter of Bangkok. Surprisingly lots of Arabs fly over to use the Bumrungrad -an American owned hospial!
I spent all my time on hospital visits and looking after my sister (nephews mother), so not there on holiday,
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This was nearly 10 years ago.
He contracted encephalitis whilst on holiday in China. He almost died in China and got transferred by hospital plane to Bangkok as that was a hospital registered with the insurer.
Luckily the Chinese provincial hospital recognised the symptoms and started a course of treatment more or less straightaway -Im not sure that would have happened here
When we first visited him, he couldnt walk and didnt even recognise his Mother!
After 5 weeks in hospital he was able to walk out and get a flight home.
Its a very serious virus, similar to meningitis, he is fully recovered but it caused changes to his brain somewhat.
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There is a reason we photograph a persons' face when verifying their ID. Also the face communicates far more about a person than any other part of their body. To see people deliberately covering this part of their body is alien to many people.
You may be ambivalent towards the Burka but many are not. I find it abhorrent and unnecessary.
UK. Why?
Bosswhite made an ambiguous sweeping statement, so I asked for clarification. The burka is illegal in some countries not because the women are oppressed and made to wear it, but because there have been terrorist attacks carried out by people wearing them.
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I see these three dirty old men at the bar with a partially dressed girl no older than 16 possibly 12. She was not enjoying it.
All wrong not much fun
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me too, its purpose is to stop me lusting over their uncovered flesh, so I find it insulting and disrespectful. In mainland Europe, they are very touchy feely, they kiss and hug a lot more than we do, we are seen as cold. Its easy to see how they find it even more abhorrent.
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Voting is mandatory for everyone over 18 in Greece.
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It is too in Australia
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Who considers it oppressive? The women that choose to wear it?
Or the people that that dislike the garment?
So what? It is their choice. Why do you care?
I cannot understand how desert dwellers can wear so much clothing. But there are obvious reasons for it, which I do understand.
I cannot understand how manual workers cope outside, working in high temperatures and high humidity, I have tried it!
I can understand why (especially females) cover up totally, when outside, in South Asian countries. (long gloves covering the arms, face veils, hats, etc, only the eyes visible.) It seems sensible, considering the high probability of skin cancer. It is understandable why they would do it in any country with high temperatures and high exposure to the sun.
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I think the women who have to wear it but would rather not would find it oppressive.
That is quite possible.
Is it op ressive if you/we decide what they can or cannot wear ?
Pot, kettle, black anybody ?
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No its not. There are people out there in all walks of life with different issues who have no voice. Do we leave them all to rot
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