I'd be hard pushed to pick a favourite, but I have a piece of rose quartz (following the Victorian tradition of using it cool the hands during prologed periods of hand sewing) that I'm very fond of.
To one of my work colleagues who realised one bottle of carbonated water was leaking in a crate of 24 and decided to shake them to see which one it was. His dripping face was a picture.
It's unfortunate that this is not a well written report as it lacks credibility as a result.
If people want action to stop this happening, they need a bit more clout, wrong as that is.
There needs to be a push for an external enquiry into the actions of the CPS. Removing children should be a last resort and only if the children are endangered.
Yes, this issue of the Niqab is a good smokescreen for the bigger issues Mr.Murphy mentioned, but it concerns me that there's maybe more to it than that, certainly here in the UK.
What if it's a smokescreen for less obvious, more secretive political action? What if it's used to garner support for war crimes, such as the ones the former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been alleged to be involved with, but not prosecuted for? What if it's ultimately about power, wealth and control and once again women are being used as pawns in the game?
If we collectively learn to hate and depersonalise groups of people, it's then not difficult to get people to support their destruction and death. Surely, the objectification of others is exactly the behaviour of an extremist.
Is it any different insisting that women don't wear the Niqab than it is insisting they do? It's still about removing their right to self-determination, free will and choice.
It was an issue here when it became mandatory to wear a motorcycle helmet. As Sikh men couldn't get one on over their turbans, they were exempt, but I think they may only ride up to a certain size of engine to limit the risk of head injury should they have an accident.
I doubt very much there has ever been an issue about wearing religious head dress in court here in the UK. It may be something to do with Sikhs having a lot of respect in the British Indian Army, or it may be that the courts are a little less petty and more respectful.
As for wearing the niqab in a British court, I found this which was interesting:
I read another report which talked of women being required to unveil their faces when giving evidence, but from behind a screen so only the jurors and court officials could see their face. The screen would ensure discretion from the public gallery and reporters.
I've only read the legislation for the first few states, but it sounds like in some places people might be at risk of imprisonment if the pull a wooly scarf over their nose and mouth in cold conditions. That sounds like an extremist regime to me.
I know not all men are like that and I do occasionally reply to some men who don't appear to need a straight jacket.
I tend to oscillate between seeking men and seeking women and if it's any consolation, I've had some really gross mail from women which has had me reaching for the block button in a very big hurry.
There are so many members all with different cultures, thoughts, feelings and behaviours, it would be daft to expect everyone to be like-minded. I think we just have to let stuff go over our heads and not take it personally.
The thing about interpreting other people's behaviour, or psychology is that we will always do it from our own frame of reference.
As such, our thoughts and feelings about that person perhaps more accurately tell us about ourselves, than them.
And that's when things can get really interesting.
Challenging the basis, or logic, of someone's argument is a different thing altogether, however. It's not personal, it's about the sequence of words in front of you.
It can sometimes be difficult to seperate the two, mind.
I like films which make me think. No surprise there, eh?
As my hearing deteriorates, I'm finding film watching more and more frustrating, though. Subtitles never do the script, or acting justice and they're not usually filmed with lip-readers in mind.
As for your blog, a good reminder. It can be difficult to remain impartial and not let our emotional reactions lead us to centering on only our own needs.
Is it possible that he's a little way along the autistic spectrum?
I'm thinking highly intelligent, passionate about his interests, nice bloke, shy, proficient in his comfort zone, possibly missing social cues.
It can be quite difficult to negotiate relationships if people don't realise they have/their partner has traits, or understand how autistic spectrum traits and non-autistic traits may interact within a relationship.
If I found someone attacking my daughter, or granddaughter I could choose to do some damage with cast iron griddle pan.
If it's a choice, perhaps it comes down to how we justify our actions to ourselves.
Perhaps the biggest issue is how accurately we reason our justifications and that takes preparation. Most of us don't spend much time in the kind of contemplation it requires to be in a place where we may make just choices.
We allow ourselves to be fed erroneous arguments about how we should conduct our thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
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RE: All About The Niqab
I think you're interpreting from your own value framework Rain, without considering NS's own culture.