So, the neighborhood kids were playing in the backyard with mine. One's parents are from Singapore and vegetarian, so they may be Hindu (or Buddhist I guess). Two more are siblings and I know they are Muslim. My boys haven't been indoctrinated into anything yet but I am athiest and my wife is Christian (more or less). So, basically there were half Christan, Hindu (probably - but no assuming) and Muslim kids all having a ball in my back yard. In Houston, Texas. This is what I was taught America was about. Makes me smile.
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singapore is a muslim country. i had to get special dispensation from singapore airlines to chew gum on takeoff and landing when i flew with a bad chest infection that had congested my ears; they agreed because they understood i didn't want my eardrums to burst. chewing gum is illegal in singapore. that is all beside the point, which is that kids are great and can get along without worrying about going to someone's hell, but i thought i'd mention it since you weren't sure what religion someone from singapore was likely to be.
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genessa
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Mar 27, 2019
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I had heard that dropping gum or any litter on the streets in Singapore is illegal in and attracts substantial fines but I did not realise actually chewing gum is illegal. A bit difficult to police and surely it is not because of Islam but purely a anti litter law.
@Moravian because i was leaving london on singapore airlines, i was considered to be on singapore territory and subject to the laws of that land. the law was against actually chewing the gum! i was very responsible about disposing of it lol. the law is, i think, a slight overreaction to the littering problem. think of it this way: what if, in america, we banned paper, ALL paper, because some people throw on the ground? anyway, i am not sure how well connected it is or isn't to islam, but i do know that singapore is a muslim country. there may be no connection, or there may be some unique interpretive connection. we may never know.
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That's how I feel about the school I send my kids to. They are all so lovely for the most part. My kids have friends from different countries and beliefs and they all get along so well.
MetalMelissa
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Mar 27, 2019
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Yes that is what it should be all about but then comes little Johnny from down the road who's parents have a different opinion and have indoctrinated little Johnny, and one of the kids scores a goal which little Johnny doesn't agree with so now things are no longer what they were. Anger, hate and violence will start.
Jolanta
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Mar 27, 2019
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I hope none of them ever outgrow it, either; the part about having fun and getting along without giving a rusty f word about trivial differences.
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Mar 26, 2019
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