Re: Thoughts provoked by the picky Arab princesses

On Aug 3, 6:11 pm, ls <lse...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 3, 10:05 am, patrick.bar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:





On Aug 3, 5:52 am, "dd...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dd...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thoughts provoked by the picky Arab princesses
By Denise Noe

The recent story about how a flight was delayed for three hours
because three Arab princesses from the oil rich and culturally
conservative Gulf state of Qatar refused to sit next to men to whom
they are not related led me to reflect on how the human species is one
of extraordinary extremes. On the one hand, we have ladies like
Britney Spears who display their most private parts to the paparazzi,
whether accidentally or as a publicity stunt. On the other we have
ladies like the picky princesses of Qatar who, even though they were
attired in the complete cover-up of traditional Arab dress, so feared
being in proximity to unrelated men that they allowed themselves to be
kicked off the plane rather than back down on their demand for sex-
segregated seating.

One thing to keep in mind is that these women were following the
established Islamic law they were brought up with. This was not a
personal decision they made, this was a religious requirement to
them. So I'm not sure they're the best example to use in contract to
Britney's exhibitionist tendencies.- Hide quoted text -

Actually, it was a personal decesion. "Do not sit next to unrelated
men" is not an Islamic Law. It's based on cultrual tradition not a
religious requirement. Just like wearing a burqa, being covered head
to toe. The Islamic religion only requires women to show modesty.

Besides, according to one article states;
two male passengers in the entourage got up to protest about where the
women were sitting.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in...



And I was going by this quote from the article:

"I understand that it's against the religious convictions of the Arab
princesses to sit next to strange men, but they shouldn't expect an
airline to inconvenience others in order to accommodate their
religious beliefs."

So unless Britney Spears' religious beliefs motivated her to flash
photographers, I still say that comparisons between the two are too
inexact. Whether it was literally a specific law that forbade them
from sitting next to unrelated men or not, the motivation is still
clearly religious and not personal.

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