Lovely pics, Sheh.

Originally posted by Laba_Xiniinyood: ...Dumarku iyagaa is dhigay maanta meeshay yaalaan. If you want honour and respect - you've gotta earn them! After all, nowadays it seems like they are only here to be used as mere commodities and/or to fulfil men's lustful desires! LoL. If I want respect and honour, I will earn them. But the catch is: Who's respect and honour do I actually want to earn? See, the respect and honour of a random man or the average chauvinistic oaf means nothing to me personally. It wouldn't raise my self-esteem or confidence any more than being liked by my next door neighbour's pet would. Mida kale, it doesn't actually take that much to earn these clearly critical feelings. A passive, soft-spoken, quiet xaliimo like me gets it as her due ( ). I would rather spend my energy earning the respect and honour of those that make me work for it, and once earned, those that bestow it without expecting anything back in return. That is, other women. It's so much more difficult and, therefore, satisfying to earn respect and honour from people who don't merely want to sleep with you. Don't you think? But I digress. This isn't about me. It's not about any of us individually. It's about women, in their entirety. So, I want to ask you [the chest-inflated men, who believe dumarku inay is dhigeen meeshay joogaan maanta and who seem to imply that all they need to make their lives better is to earn your respect and honour] some questions: Please tell me what earning your respect and honour could possibly do for the millions of East European women who are abducted and sold into sex slavery every year? How would it help them? How about the thousands of women who end up in the Acid-Units of hospitals in South Asian cities every week for rejecting the advances of men? Did they put themselves in those positions? And what could your respect and honour do for them? What about all the prepubescent child prostitutes of East Asian countries? Do you think they choose to 'fulfil men's lustful desires' of their own free will? Again, what would earning your respect and honour do for them? Would it take away the abject poverty that forces their parents to sell them to brothels? Could it get them out of the business? Would it protect them from venereal diseases and HIV? How about the African women who break their backs tending other people's lands and producing crops, and yet who earn less than nothing? Same question again: Tell me what your respect and honour could possibly do for them? Perhaps your all-important respect and honour could assist the hundreds of thousands of women who face extreme danger every time they undertake something as natural as giving birth? Could it provide them with the basic medical attention they so desperately need? I beg you, please, tell me what earning your respect and honour is going to do for these women? Is it going to feed them? Maybe it would educate them to use their God-given human rights? Perhaps it would free them from the shackles of poverty and slavery? Could it change the law for them? Protect them from the predators feasting on them? NO? I didn't think so. In the big scheme of things walaalo, your respect and honour mean absolutely Jackshyte. It doesn't hurt to open your eyes and take a good look around once in a while. If only to save the rest of us from reading truly pathetic comments like the one you made above. STOIC: Men are not conscienceless pigs....... Inoo tartiibi huunoo I know and I'm sorry. I didn't mean for my words to be indiscriminate. S-B: Ahura gives off an air of stonehearted, meanspirited viragos. Sorta like those sadistically cruel nuns popularly epitomized in Hollywood movies. Perhaps a stones throw away from a full-fledged dominatrix. Sticks and stones, dear, sticks and stones.

Excuse me BOB, but who asked you about your take on women's rights? Not I, and certainly not the original poster. This topic isn't about what you think of feminism or whatever twisted idea you have of the women who don't conform to your notions of how a woman or 'lady' should behave. Your opinion on this is a dime a dozen. Every faarax has them and I have heard it all before. I'm glad you feel that you celebrate Women's Day every day by being respectful and honourable to your women-folk. That's great. Here is a lollipop for your Herculian effort. However, honour and respect mean nothing without action. Women's Day isn't confined to the women in your family or the 'faceless friends' you meet, it's about ALL women. International Women's Day is a Global Day (cue the 'International'). It's for drawing attention to the struggles of women and providing a better quality of life for them, whether they are Muslim, Christian or Hindu, Russian, Angolan or Finish. It's about female solidarity and sisterhood. If these are not concepts you understand, you are excused. Oh, dear. I think I have been 'rude' and 'disrespectful' again. I'm so NOT my mother. :rolleyes:

^ Hooray.

^ This House. Wanted to see the Guantanamo programme, but didn't.

Feels like I have been waiting longer than 4 days. TGIF. :cool:

Originally posted by BOB: Waa maxay Xuquuqda dumarka? if you mean the western ideology then i am sorry i will never do that..because i can't help create another Ayaan Xirsi... You will never do what, exactly? Horta inamadan maxaa ku khaldan? Western ideology iyo Ayaan xirsi maxaa meesha keenay? Hadaad rabtid inaad ogaato waxay tahay International Women's Day iyo siday ku timid, orodoo google-garee, hadii kalena maskaxda madhan iyo yuuska nagala tag. Originally posted by Alle-ubaahne: Horaa waxaa loo yiri, "wax la is faro fariid laguma noqdo." Marka awalba reer galbeed ku dayasho ayey kaa aheyde, maadan rabin inaad maalinta dumarka caleemaha u ruxdid! Mideeda kale, waxaan ku qoslayaa dumarka Sanadkaas oo dhan hal maalin laga siiyay, oo la leeyahay intaas ayaa xushmad ugu filan! A-U, nacnacdii horeba dab loo waa. Nabadey.

I completely forgot about it. It only occurred to me on my way home that the 8th was IWD. How embarrassing. And to think I used to be so active when I was in Uni. Full-time work does nothing for your interests. I think the media is partly to blame. I didn't see much in the papers which is probably why it passed me so silently. Such a shame. Not sure what happened to all the press releases and campaigns that used to mark the day. It also seems a bit strange that we were hearing about reports and initiatives regarding the gender pay gap only a few weeks ago. Why did they not save them for IWD? It would have been better timing. Next year I'A. Maybe some of the SOL sisters could organise events? I would attend a shiisha and faarax bashing session. Nah, I is messing.

^ Socod Badne is special. He doesn't count.

^ LoL. Sheh, I find the friendliest people on the tube to be Irish, tipsy or otherwise. If only I had a pound for everytime I was hit on by a drunk with a titillating accent....I would still be poor. Nevermind.

^ LoL. Thank you for that. I was in shock that a man may actually want to chat (intellectually or otherwise) after such a sporting event. Heh. Almost threw all my preconceptions into disarray. Johnny, You can't have your cake and expect to eat it as well.

^ Lo0oL! That's just fantastic.

Dig: LoL. I guess you still have to meet Underdog. A woman might as well be a car, but if only she was treated as lovingly as a real car. Johnny, What do you need intellectual stimulation for?

Yahoo, yup. Metro spotting/snatching is a fun game. But even more fun is trying to work yourself into a strategic position so you can get into your train, when the platform is completely packed and you NEED to get on the next train, dead or alive. LoL @ Naden. No good deed goes unpunished.

Ibti: Only if you sit on the corner seats. I sit smack in the middle. Kidding. I'm always the first one to offer. I even made the cliched mistake of offering my seat to a couple of women, thinking they were pregnant, but they were just fat. It happens, I guess. Commuting is an extreme sport.

^^ Hmm...I have never considered it from that aspect. *Wonders if homosexuality is/was rife in Somali prisons as well* What about the career criminals? Those who don't quit, no matter how many chances they are given? As I see it, no-one makes much of a special effort in transporting their relative out of the country if the crime is petty, they make the effort if it's a major one tho. Rapists and murders are the ones who get away with it.

JL, I'm just looking out for my Cuban Atheer. Nothing more. Kooleey, I'm worried, dear. When was the last time you had your eyesight checked? *Distractedly gazes into the mirror as she speaks* Mmmm...aha...just as I thought. It's illegal to look this stunning. :cool: Originally posted by SB : Many things. One track could be this: polite suggestions for retraction, if unrepentant to be followed by tempest in a teacup climaxed with literal engorging . Ahem, SB, not everyone is as perverted as you. K is too young a child to take part in any engorging activities. Behave waryaa.

^ The best possible thing you could do for urself, dear.

Originally posted by Khayr: Ahura, Young Farmers Association? Yeah Right~ I can imagine you being part of a 'Reader's Club' or a 'Bollywood Fan club' but not the Young Farmers Association. :rolleyes: What do you mean? And why are you rolling your eyes at me? Don't you want gardening tips? I'm quite good you know. I used to plant tomatoes in my little plot when I was 5 years old. I don't even know why I'm offering my help. You're such an ungrateful cow. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Pi: Sowie! Dunno anthying about it. But I cant help but ask: are you sure that Gardening is not Bid'ah? Besides, way too many Kaafirs consider it their favourite pastime. I wanna be different and stick with the pure Sunnah, so count me out. Ha ha ha. When I saw the topic name I immediately thought, "isn't gardening too much of a secular lifestyle choice for Khayr?", but you beat me to it! Khayr, I once belonged to a Young Farmers Association. What do you want do? Lay a lawn? Plant flowers? Other types of plants?

Hablo, Forget about the hypocrisy and personal choices of others. Don't worry about what people may or may not say. Just keep your hearts clean, your legs crossed and ceebtiina qarsada. :cool: *Looks around and wonders what she is doing in a thread by the Flip*

Excellent post Amelia. Both you and Sheh have made an effort to inform, however, I don't see any changes forthcoming from the good sheikh. I suspect the Poly stick will continue to be wagged to infinity. Perhaps, the single faaraxs should group together and look out for their interests, before all the brilliant single xaliimos are snapped up by the Polys. *Smirks*

Wildy, lemme get this straight: Because you were called a heathen, you have acknowledged yourself as one? My sweet, don't do yourself a disservice because you are far from a heathen.

Originally posted by Khayr: I dedicate this one to Naden, the Liberterian LoL...Seems like Naden has an admirer. Naden, you lucky cow, you.

Originally posted by Johnny: So, anyone who doesen´t agree with the specefic idea of life having an extrinsic meaning according to an specific school of thought is in the ( according to Kifaaxiye ) AXC team? PI , Ibtisam, Ahura , Castro and SB are everything but faithless people,i.e Atheists? Well, to be fair to Kafaaxiye, he didn't actually include me or Ibtisam in the AXC team. Altho the rubbishing of ppl into categories doesn't sit well with me, I thought I should clarify. Khayr, haayoo weydii. Just how will literacy help people align their lives with the Lord? Being able to read or write is not important for understanding your diin, is it? LoL..