Dear Constance,

Perhaps if you were more sensitive to your
own faults then you would be less inclined to
judge others so harshly.

Be careful that you don't become too bitter
and twisted.

All The Best.

Dear Poirot,

Of course you're right.

Best not to react at all.

Take care.

poirot: When you can get it together to pose a question not based on your hysteria I might deign to bother with it.

Eh! Please explain. There is no hysteria involved in that question. The Question is exactly what this thread is about. I did not even pose the question in the first place. Iftikhar did. He said that he wanted the quran taught to Australian children in Australian schools. Abeit in the guise of teaching school children Arabic as a second language.

All I have done is ask you & csteel if you would like the quran taught to Australian school children, without the second language guise. Is that so hard to answer "yes" or "No" to? There is no malice, trickery or hysteria involved. Please don't divert the question again. I implore you.

You're right, Lexi, very wise advice.

Better still, stick to the issues :)

Cheers,

Joe

When you two defend violence and oprression, sorry you have no excuses.

No, I am not bitter and twisted at all, only sensitive, but not in the neurotic sense. I’m self aware and sensitive to humans who have truly been abused, and other injustices. You don’t even seem to know the meaning of bullying. Your charges are totally misplaced. You probably also don’t know the difference between sexism and misogyny.

Poirot,

I do not align with your type of twisted Feminist take.

I’ve worked for an overseas aid agency which was against sponsorship as it was considered patronizing. It was the best job I ever had. We were much into issues of human rights and COMMUNITY development assistance. It’s changing the village, then you galvanize the culture. If you sponsor individuals alone, what about the rest - wouldn’t they miss out?