Is Britain going to ban the burka?
ok so i know that france recently banned the burka ( the thing that muslim women wear to cover their faces.) is britain going to do the same. Do you think it should be banned here? ok and before you start, no, i'm not muslim, and i'm not racist.i just want your views. i think some people might argue that britain is a free country so they should be able to wear a burka if they want to, but then because it is a free country, that also means that maybe they shouldn't be allowed to wear it, because it seems a very medieval tradition, and in some ways very sexist. i think sometimes also the people in burkas can look quite intimidating, and a lot of people have said that they will probably use that for terrorist attacks in the future, to hide bombs underneath. i have a muslim friend, but she just dresses like the rest of us, and she said that she thinks the burka is demeaning to women, and she told me that a lot of women wear them cos their husbands want them to, which is totally wrong, and the others think they are serving god. but we both agreed that no matter what you believe, you don't serve god in the things that you wear but in the things that you do. personally i actually find it quite offensive how some people wear burkas, because its quite sexist, and it makes me mad, like how British airways, banned christian staff from wearing crosses because it might be offensive to muslims, yet muslim staff were still allowed burkas . And there was that nurse that was banned from wearing a cross. i think that sometimes we just go too far in trying to prove that we aren't racist, that we actually just throw it back in our own faces and we seem to be racist to ourselves. what are your views on the burka in public in britain?
Religion & Spirituality - 11 Answers
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It's time that people quit catering to the backwards religious. They probably won't but they should.
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Burka will be allowed, politicians are too insecure to ban it.
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It shouldn't be banned. They aren't trying to force it on people, they want to wear it themselves. Saying they look intimidating is your perspective only.
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Stuff the Burka man. Ban 80's fashion. That sh!t should NEVER have made a comeback.
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If a woman commits a crime while wearing a burka there's no clue to her identity. I think it's a public danger...
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Here there is religious freedom and these women do this in homage to their religious beliefs. now, it is taking a way the right to wear burkas, and the choice to do so when someone can only come up with an excuse like, " it does not fit our culture, it is prehistoric, etc.," If it was rallied around because it would be against the law as far as terrorist activity is concerned, that would be different. But that is not necessarily the case. Believe it or not, some women really do make the choice to have that religion and to be governed by it, I say don't be a fascist to those who want to take it from them totally because of their hatred of muslims and their profiling it.
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Try reading this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_cross_controversy She was wearing the necklace on the outside of her uniform, contravening BA's uniform policy for jewellery.
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I don't like the idea behind the Burqa. It's just hanging on to the past as far as I'm concerned.. BUT If we start letting the government dictate fashion choices, where's it going to end?
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Based on certain interpretations of the Holy Qu'ran, many a Muslim agree that the burqa, or its variants, are necessary attire for women to protect their purity and beauty from mens' sexual desires. My interpretation of the Qu'ran is that women should dress modestly, in clothes that aren't skin-tight, don't wear tons of sparkly jewelry or makeup, and don't act to bring immodest attention on yourself. According to the book, the reason for this modest clothing is to show that you are a believer in God, and for men not to sexually assault you. Because men upon seeing a woman scantily clad revert to their caveman ways and want to club her and bring her to their cave. Haha. You asked for my opinion, and you got an honest reply. I hope people aren't so ignorant to thumbs this down.
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I think the burqa is a hideous symbol of male repression of women, but it's very doubtful that a total ban could be enforced in the UK, and I doubt that it would be enforced considering the UK's commitment to freedom of religion, and human rights. The French will have problems with that too I suspect. What we need to do is make sure that women are sufficiently protected from abusive religions.
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Hello! i'm Muslim and i would like to chat with U on that topic But, not here because here, we can't exchange our opinion. My Address = Shehzad_aps2010@yahoo.com In the end of 2nd paragraph U said, "you don't serve god in the things that you wear but in the things that you do".Its your opinion. My opinion is, In my view, it is also a work (not only wearing different dresses). Because, if (Wearing Different Dresses) was just a Useless thing, then why don't people live Naked??? (Nice to read your point of view)
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Can someone proofread my essay
Can someone proofread my essay?
Just fix some grammar and spelling issues, and maybe gimme advice or whatnot. Thanks! you can send it after your proofread it to my email if you want! And please no rude comments on my position on health care. “Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life and probably saved it. I was lucky but other Americans are not. It is time to speak again and stand again for the ideal that in the richest nation ever on this planet, it is wrong for 41 million Americans, most of them in working families, to worry at night and wake up in the morning without the basic protection of health care.†-Senator John Kerry The United States of America is the only wealthy, industrialized nation in the whole world that does not offer some sort of socialized medicine. Our current health care system consumes more money than similar nations, yet still leaves over 42 million Americans uninsured. 42 million Americans live in fear that they will substain some sort of injury and illness that could potentially put them in major debt or bankruptcy. For the sole superpower in the world, this is unacceptable. Health Care is a fundamental right that should be upheld by the United States government in order to maintain public health and keep it’s citizens thriving. A system that allows health care only to be attained by your income or your employer’s benefits is contrary to the belief that Americans have the right to Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Happiness. The United States of America spends more on health care than any other country in the world. Countries that utilize Universal health care are spending lesss money than the United States, yet still have a more effficent health care system. In the United States, total health spending accounted for 15.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the United States. In comparison, in Canada it was 10%, Switerland 11.3%, France 11.1%, and Germany 10.6%. The problem with the United States health care system is that that not all of this money spent on health care is actually getting to the hospitals and patients. A study shown at the Harvard Medical School found that Health care bureaucracy cost the United States 399.4 billion dollars in 2003, that is 31% of total health care spending in the United States (Thomson 62). Compare that to 16.7% for Canada (Thomson 62). Despite all these high costs of health care the United States still has over forty-two million people without health care and millions more with inadequate health care. It’s estimated that by switching to Universal health care the United States could cut back spending by as much as 286 million annualy. (Thomson 63). It is estimated that with the 286 billion dollars we’d save with a Universal health care policy, we would be enough to cover all of the uninsured and provide full prescirption drug coverage to everyone (Thomson 63). The United States’s health care performance has been slowly going downhill since the 1980’s. With the colossal amounts of money that United States spends on Health care efficency would be expected. Twenty years ago the United States had the highest life expetancy with the same health care system we use today. As of today the World Health Organization (or WHO) ranked the United States thirty-seventh for overall health care performance (Thomson 56). This decrease in efficency is due to other countries adopting Universal health plans, leaving the United States in the dust. In Canada for example, Canadians live on average three years longer then their American-counterparts. The Canadian infant mortality rate also stood at 5.4 deaths per a thousand babies. In comparison, the United States’s infant mortality rate is 6.9, with countries like Japan, Sweden, Norway, and Finland all having some of the lowest infant mortality rates. Even countries in the developing world are suprassing the United States. A baby born in El Salvador for example, has a higher chance of surviving than a baby born in Detroit. This is all astounding considering the billions of dollars we spend on health care. Competing countries are spending less money per person for health care and yet still have a healthier public with no one uninsured. This is a wake-up call to the United States government; we need a national health care policy or we will fall behind other nations on general public health. Over eighteen thousand Americans die every year of lack of health insurance; this denotes that Americans are suffering with lack of Universal health care. Granted, not all of uninsured Americans die, but the consequences can still be dire. Almost almost 50% of all bankrupcty filings cited as due to medical causes (Michael Moore) With Universal health care, these numbers would be nil. Even with our socalized medicine for seniors, Medicare, is ineffective. Medicare doesn’t cover all medical expenses. Medicare covers only 75% of the first 2,250 dollars worth of drugs due tomorrow haha
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When does this essay have to be proof read by? I found a lot of mistakes that I would love to help you with, but at the moment I can't because I am on Y!A doing research for an essay due tomorrow... But I would love to help.. To start off...In the first sentence take away the word "whole" because when you mention something about the world, we already know that's in referring to the whole wide world. So just put... The United States of America is the only wealthy, industrialized nation in the world that does not offer some sort of socialized medicine. Secondly, I don't think it's right to start off a sentence with a number. Like when you said "42 million Americans live in fear...." Fix it and write "Forty-two million Americans live in fear..." And right after that you wrote "that they will substain some sort of injury and illness" The correct word is "sustain".. So just take away the "b" :) ♥
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Just fix some grammar and spelling issues, and maybe gimme advice or whatnot. Thanks! you can send it after your proofread it to my email if you want! And please no rude comments on my position on health care. “Great physicians and nurses, skilled, caring and unparalleled in their training, intervened in my life and probably saved it. I was lucky but other Americans are not. It is time to speak again and stand again for the ideal that in the richest nation ever on this planet, it is wrong for 41 million Americans, most of them in working families, to worry at night and wake up in the morning without the basic protection of health care.†-Senator John Kerry The United States of America is the only wealthy, industrialized nation in the whole world that does not offer some sort of socialized medicine. Our current health care system consumes more money than similar nations, yet still leaves over 42 million Americans uninsured. 42 million Americans live in fear that they will substain some sort of injury and illness that could potentially put them in major debt or bankruptcy. For the sole superpower in the world, this is unacceptable. Health Care is a fundamental right that should be upheld by the United States government in order to maintain public health and keep it’s citizens thriving. A system that allows health care only to be attained by your income or your employer’s benefits is contrary to the belief that Americans have the right to Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Happiness. The United States of America spends more on health care than any other country in the world. Countries that utilize Universal health care are spending lesss money than the United States, yet still have a more effficent health care system. In the United States, total health spending accounted for 15.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the United States. In comparison, in Canada it was 10%, Switerland 11.3%, France 11.1%, and Germany 10.6%. The problem with the United States health care system is that that not all of this money spent on health care is actually getting to the hospitals and patients. A study shown at the Harvard Medical School found that Health care bureaucracy cost the United States 399.4 billion dollars in 2003, that is 31% of total health care spending in the United States (Thomson 62). Compare that to 16.7% for Canada (Thomson 62). Despite all these high costs of health care the United States still has over forty-two million people without health care and millions more with inadequate health care. It’s estimated that by switching to Universal health care the United States could cut back spending by as much as 286 million annualy. (Thomson 63). It is estimated that with the 286 billion dollars we’d save with a Universal health care policy, we would be enough to cover all of the uninsured and provide full prescirption drug coverage to everyone (Thomson 63). The United States’s health care performance has been slowly going downhill since the 1980’s. With the colossal amounts of money that United States spends on Health care efficency would be expected. Twenty years ago the United States had the highest life expetancy with the same health care system we use today. As of today the World Health Organization (or WHO) ranked the United States thirty-seventh for overall health care performance (Thomson 56). This decrease in efficency is due to other countries adopting Universal health plans, leaving the United States in the dust. In Canada for example, Canadians live on average three years longer then their American-counterparts. The Canadian infant mortality rate also stood at 5.4 deaths per a thousand babies. In comparison, the United States’s infant mortality rate is 6.9, with countries like Japan, Sweden, Norway, and Finland all having some of the lowest infant mortality rates. Even countries in the developing world are suprassing the United States. A baby born in El Salvador for example, has a higher chance of surviving than a baby born in Detroit. This is all astounding considering the billions of dollars we spend on health care. Competing countries are spending less money per person for health care and yet still have a healthier public with no one uninsured. This is a wake-up call to the United States government; we need a national health care policy or we will fall behind other nations on general public health. Over eighteen thousand Americans die every year of lack of health insurance; this denotes that Americans are suffering with lack of Universal health care. Granted, not all of uninsured Americans die, but the consequences can still be dire. Almost almost 50% of all bankrupcty filings cited as due to medical causes (Michael Moore) With Universal health care, these numbers would be nil. Even with our socalized medicine for seniors, Medicare, is ineffective. Medicare doesn’t cover all medical expenses. Medicare covers only 75% of the first 2,250 dollars worth of drugs due tomorrow haha
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When does this essay have to be proof read by? I found a lot of mistakes that I would love to help you with, but at the moment I can't because I am on Y!A doing research for an essay due tomorrow... But I would love to help.. To start off...In the first sentence take away the word "whole" because when you mention something about the world, we already know that's in referring to the whole wide world. So just put... The United States of America is the only wealthy, industrialized nation in the world that does not offer some sort of socialized medicine. Secondly, I don't think it's right to start off a sentence with a number. Like when you said "42 million Americans live in fear...." Fix it and write "Forty-two million Americans live in fear..." And right after that you wrote "that they will substain some sort of injury and illness" The correct word is "sustain".. So just take away the "b" :) ♥
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Who is my daughter's husband
Who is my daughter's husband?
I am a poor minister of Cauldkirk, a remote Scottish hamlet. Once an English tourist knocked on our door late in the evening - he lost his way. He fell ill, and stayed in bed for a month. My daughter, Felicia, and my sister Judith nursed him. He fell in love with Felicia and proposed to her. I enquired about his income, his character, and made them wait for 6 month to test them. Both waited, persisted, and married 6 months later. They went on a honeymoon to France and Switzerland. Felicia was very happy. They came back home, and she changed. I visited them, and she told me that her husband acted most strangely: for the first week he came out in the morning to do business in the City, he said; a week later morning business stopped and he started going out in the evening, to his club, he said. He has a closed private room, and buys my daughter expensive presents. Felicia saw him once talking to a loud and vulgar woman with yellow hair. I suspect that he is a gamester. What should we do? When we ask him directly, he shouts and becomes angry.
Books & Authors - 5 Answers
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This is the strangest question... Apparently, I have not read the book.
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Mr Marmaduke
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Oh, he's worse than a gamester... your daughter has married one of those 'spouting rogues' of the playhouse, and not only a minor Player but Barrymore himself! Beware! She is already being corrupted with a love of the theater!
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http://www.wikipedia.org http://www.amazon.com What a search this time. Marmaduke Falmer is who Felicity married, though he ends out to actually be the famous actor Barrymore, of whom Felicity's father disapproves. Wilkie Collins wrote this one...
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Yeah, we are sure being kept on our toes o.O
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I am a poor minister of Cauldkirk, a remote Scottish hamlet. Once an English tourist knocked on our door late in the evening - he lost his way. He fell ill, and stayed in bed for a month. My daughter, Felicia, and my sister Judith nursed him. He fell in love with Felicia and proposed to her. I enquired about his income, his character, and made them wait for 6 month to test them. Both waited, persisted, and married 6 months later. They went on a honeymoon to France and Switzerland. Felicia was very happy. They came back home, and she changed. I visited them, and she told me that her husband acted most strangely: for the first week he came out in the morning to do business in the City, he said; a week later morning business stopped and he started going out in the evening, to his club, he said. He has a closed private room, and buys my daughter expensive presents. Felicia saw him once talking to a loud and vulgar woman with yellow hair. I suspect that he is a gamester. What should we do? When we ask him directly, he shouts and becomes angry.
Books & Authors - 5 Answers
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This is the strangest question... Apparently, I have not read the book.
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Mr Marmaduke
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Oh, he's worse than a gamester... your daughter has married one of those 'spouting rogues' of the playhouse, and not only a minor Player but Barrymore himself! Beware! She is already being corrupted with a love of the theater!
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http://www.wikipedia.org http://www.amazon.com What a search this time. Marmaduke Falmer is who Felicity married, though he ends out to actually be the famous actor Barrymore, of whom Felicity's father disapproves. Wilkie Collins wrote this one...
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Yeah, we are sure being kept on our toes o.O
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Advice on a guy HELP ME
Advice on a guy HELP ME!?
I'm 21 and I had a really bad breakup after 5 years. He was manipulative and controlling, he never beat me he just made me feel worthless. He threw me out his house when i was 2 months pregnant, then after i lost the baby (ectopic pregnancy) I found out he had been cheating on me for a number of months. I recently got accepted to university, to train to be a nurse. I've found a small 1 bedroom flat to move into. I've met a guy, he's so nice and we really like each other. However, he is moving to France for a year to study. I'm going to end up hurt again aren't I? Should I end it? I don't want to bother my friends with this because they're fed up with me =/.
Singles & Dating - 3 Answers
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Its hard but anyone who is going to be leaving is someone who is going to be hard to date. I would just stay friends so neither of you get attached before he leaves. If he ends up not going to france to study and stays local then I would say go for it. But a year.? can you really see yourself trying to stay together for a whole year without seeing each other? I mean that is a long time and far away. Wish you the best- Do something soon so theres no hurting.
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Carry on with your plans to better yourself. Don't let a guy influence any choices you make or let them bring you down. If you two aren't close then it will be okay. Try to stay in contact with each other while he is away and if its meant to be then things will work out when he gets back. If the relationship is serious then it should last if it is strong enough and the trust is there.
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long distance relationships are tough, sometimes they can work but i think the best thing is to just stay friends, keep in touch and focus on your studies, thats where your priority should be. you also just got off a bad breakup, give yourself time to sort stuff out on your own and move on. Much as it hurts you are so much better off now that you're out of that bad relationship.
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I'm 21 and I had a really bad breakup after 5 years. He was manipulative and controlling, he never beat me he just made me feel worthless. He threw me out his house when i was 2 months pregnant, then after i lost the baby (ectopic pregnancy) I found out he had been cheating on me for a number of months. I recently got accepted to university, to train to be a nurse. I've found a small 1 bedroom flat to move into. I've met a guy, he's so nice and we really like each other. However, he is moving to France for a year to study. I'm going to end up hurt again aren't I? Should I end it? I don't want to bother my friends with this because they're fed up with me =/.
Singles & Dating - 3 Answers
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Its hard but anyone who is going to be leaving is someone who is going to be hard to date. I would just stay friends so neither of you get attached before he leaves. If he ends up not going to france to study and stays local then I would say go for it. But a year.? can you really see yourself trying to stay together for a whole year without seeing each other? I mean that is a long time and far away. Wish you the best- Do something soon so theres no hurting.
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Carry on with your plans to better yourself. Don't let a guy influence any choices you make or let them bring you down. If you two aren't close then it will be okay. Try to stay in contact with each other while he is away and if its meant to be then things will work out when he gets back. If the relationship is serious then it should last if it is strong enough and the trust is there.
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long distance relationships are tough, sometimes they can work but i think the best thing is to just stay friends, keep in touch and focus on your studies, thats where your priority should be. you also just got off a bad breakup, give yourself time to sort stuff out on your own and move on. Much as it hurts you are so much better off now that you're out of that bad relationship.
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