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Girls and Drinking - Why NOT to drink !

Many people had difficulty in accepting my views about problem with girls to drink. I have not one but several reasons for that and for me each one is equally important. I am not against drinking culture but in my mind there should be a well-defined boundary when to stop, and your body tolerance .I am not against European or American drinking culture, however I think drinking should be under certain limit. Perhaps in following that belief I do not understand why anyone will want the pubs to remain open after midnight. For me this attitude is not conducive to our personal developmental environment, work environment and eventually not at all for certain health issues. However, above every thing I am totally against girls drinking so often and as a way of socializing .I am not a misogynist, I believe in gender equality but just by indulging in certain activities do not make one gender better or equal to the other gender. I do not believe in the rubbish thought of men and women being...

So sensitive!

I was reading a blog which mentioned how rhymes are linked to some kind of ancient stories , torturous activities by kings,spread of epidemic etc.She also mentioned how after knowing that "ring- a- ring a roses" is about a song which is about  the spread of plague in which people got red rashes ,and the sentence "all fall down" means all the people died with those rashes. I learnt the link to this story with the song around 3 years back when my daughter got the rashes for the first time which later we found out that it is atopic eczema. After that till now, I have never let her sing this song even after my second daughter is now 1 year old.I always fear that if she sings this song she will face the same consequences as those people faced upon which this rhyme is written.My daughter always insists upon singing this song making a circle with me and her sister,but I always refuse.I could never explain to her the reason,perhaps she will understand...