Smoking and taking exception to child nudity are very different things. The former is a slightly unpleasant vice, the latter is a sign of severe brain-washing, at the very least.
People who are worried about what the boss would think might perhaps consider doing some work while they are being paid to attend the office. John On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:25:39 +0100, Jostein Øksne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken Waller wrote: >> I would expect we'd be advised by that Moslem pdml'er as to local >> customs if >> it affected him/her. >> >> This is really no different than respecting the wishes of a friend when >> you >> visit them. ie if you smoke & he didn't like smoking in his house, you >> would >> refrain from smoking when visiting him. > > I agree 100%. It's a darn good example, but it's difficult to apply to > other problematic areas. How about bringing food to an anorectic's > house, for example. :-) > > More seriously, take the issue of a moslem woman driving a car. I > think is a fair bet that someone would stand up and claim that it's > necessary to show that kind of thing for the sake of female liberation > in Moslem countries. I believe that the sense of what's right and > wrong is bound up with cultural context so tight that it's very > difficult to let respect overrule it. > > > Jostein > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
