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This Christmas - Don't buy gifts

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113 years old Teresa Hsu - Wisdom for all ages

"One man asked me why - why don't you stay at home, enjoy yourself instead of going around 20 people. I said if I eat food by myself, I alone 'ha ha chiou' (laugh). If I share with 20 people, 21 people 'ha ha chiou'. You see, my joy is multiplied 21 times" -- Teresa Hsu/许哲

施比授更有福。

"The more we do for other people, the more the path of our own happiness will open up" -- Daisaku Ikeda

Neither Slut Nor St. Madonna

Recently, I had a discussion of sorts with Laicite over the issue of how women should dress. Looking through the back-and-fro she and I had, I think it is worthwhile and necessary for me to elaborate on my thoughts on the issue and perhaps arrange them in a more coherent form.

I must firstly state that I, in principle, support the right and freedom of women to wear whatever (even nothing) they want. However, I believe that such a right or freedom is one which should be exercised with discretion.

But before I move on to elaborate on what I mean with the above, I want to point out that it seems to me that when it comes to this issue of how women should dress, people, like in other issues, tend perhaps to adopt a us-versus-them or black-versus-white approach to understanding it. By this, I refer to how people are typecasted into being either "liberals" who will have women go around in skimpy attire, if not no clothing at all, or hardcore "conservatives" who will have women totally covered up, if not implement a roll-back of all the rights and freedoms currently enjoyed by women. The voice of the moderate seems to be absent from this debate. Hopefully, this blog post of mine will contribute towards filling this gap.

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