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Old 11-19-2006, 10:08 PM   #5
Aliantha
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When you talk about culture and religion - two thoughts that go hand in hand - you're talking about a way of life.

There are many sub cultures which are in my mind fairly unsavoury such as the surfy culture, or skin heads, however, I'm not going to tell one bunch not to shave their heads or the others to get a haircut simply because I find it unpleasant. I might suggest that the surfers get a job though, or that the skinheads stop being racist.

My point is, there's the philosophy of the religion and there's the practice of the culture. Practicing the culture doesn't harm anyone ergo, the dress of that particular culture isn't the problem. The philosophy of the religion may be, and that's the issue to address, not the dress code.
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