tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post1041561851754938800..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Fasting - Yr doin' it wrongMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-88523961671164946222013-07-22T17:02:34.339+01:002013-07-22T17:02:34.339+01:00An interesting article, Bucko, not least for this:...An <a href="http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2013/07/17/10552560.Never_ask_a_woman_if_she_is_fasting/" rel="nofollow">interesting article</a>, Bucko, not least for this:<br /><br /><i>'Asian people (ok, Asian men) are renowned for their stoical code of bad manners.'</i><br /><br />Before anyone thinks about turning me in to the authorities, those are the words of one Umbreen Ali, who is, presumably, allowed to say that sort of thing.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-32520450378088570992013-07-22T13:40:46.207+01:002013-07-22T13:40:46.207+01:00There was an article in our local Telegraph about ...There was an article in our local Telegraph about how utterly rude it is to ask a woman if she's fasting.<br /><br />I read it a couple of times without getting why.Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-50439835248955928452013-07-21T17:35:30.099+01:002013-07-21T17:35:30.099+01:00Bucko, I think you're right; the point at whic...Bucko, I think you're right; the point at which followers observe the <i>letter</i> rather than the <i>spirit</i> of a religious principle is the point at which it topples over into superstition. <br /><br />There's more on the subject of Ramadan today at <a href="http://rationalislam.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/ramadan-when-fasting-goes-bad.html" rel="nofollow">Rational Islam?</a>.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-54666337946008223302013-07-21T11:55:07.984+01:002013-07-21T11:55:07.984+01:00These backward superstitions baffle me.These backward superstitions baffle me.Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.com