Chocs/ Dr S -
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Yup. You both "get" what I'm trying to say.
FF has an interstingly-jaundiced view of schtuff here and frankly I find his certain contributions worthless to the point that I jsut skip'em ! Bad Goose. Bad, bad Goose.
ANYway, the point I was making - particularly about s.e.x - is that it is becoming more and more poignant here. Whether the Powers That Be like it or not, kids will push boundaries. Whether they be religious or cultural, or just parental. Anyone with children knows that. But as this little country strives for bigger and bigger position on the World Map, education [and s.e.x is right up there, let me tell you] is critical. POL's comment about STDs is not really relevant. Kids will experiement. And guess what ? THEY DO ! That's why there's specialist drs in DB that make a small mint sewing "bits" back together [not to be too crude] ! But if they do not KNOW about such things, then they are experimenting from a point of ignorance and that, my dear friends, is not good. The same arguemetn could be said of drugs. Nuff said.
Now, this may be the point where some bright spark hits on the adage that UK is educated [supposedly] and yet they have the highest teen preggy rate in good ol' EU. So, what good is s.e.x education ? I'd be interestedt o hear comments on that one.
Regarding clothes/ body adornment etc, abayas ARE a fashion statement. Why else do you now start seeing more and more bling on them ? More funky designs, textiles and colours [gawd forbid] ? That's coz girls wanna move with the times, despite what fathers/ brothers/ sons/ etc keeping ranting on about. And if u don't believe it, just have a wander around any of the Malls in AD or DB. And just look at how this piece of clothing has changed in the past few years.
On another topic, I know we're not supposed to talk about the J.ew.s, but there is another case in point, in terms of world education. No matter what your political, or relgiious views, you should know facts. Isn't that what history shows us ? I actually know a local who owns a pet called Hitler. He thinks it's a good name, coz he's been told that this fella killed lots of those nasty ol' people. He was amazed when I told him about all the other ideologies that Mr H acted out from his Mein Kampf ["I'm ok" I told him, "I'm blond with blue eyes...... you're fkd, with your black locks and dark eyes" !!]
Now, how perverted is that ?
Righto. I'm off for a little hanky panky down on Jumeirah front........