Lores Rizkalla Live

I honestly did miss seeing Lores Rizkalla's comments here. I began to even think that her silence has somehow been my fault, because I have a tendency to say too much of what I am thinking. But it is nice to see that she is back.

I did not realize that her baby has been so weak, that she (the baby) had to be in the hospital in intensive care all this time. That must have been a very intense, even frightening experience. I am glad that her daughter is apparently doing much better these days.

I went over to the Totally Her Website, and read the short article written by Lores Rizkalla. Unfortunately, I was not able to write a response there; this computer kept freezing. So I hope she does not mind me responding here to what she wrote there.

Basically, what Lores Rizkalla wrote there, was opening up the issue of what is going on in Japan, that apparently there is such a problem on passenger trains and subways with men groping women, that there are petitions being circulated to force such pubic transportation to seperate the sexes. Lores wondered why women have to suffer in this way, why men cannot control themselves.

Oddly enough, a similar situation is happening in Israel. I am not sure that the men there grope a lot of women, but some men are so religious, that they have started their own bus company, where they have the sexes separated.

I think that such a solution is what makes the most sense to me. Instead of imposing ridiculous laws such as not allowing men and women to ride together, let the free market decide. Those people who just cannot stand riding transportation with the opposite sex, can ride on those privately-run vehicles specializing in such seperation. And those of us who choose the saner, more mature, and way, can ride in such vehicles with both men and women.

Speaking of Tea Parties, are there any such Tea Parties happening here in Los Angeles? I have not heard of any.

To Raymond Bl: The item about ultra religious men in Israel setting up their own bus company separating the sexes has nothing to do with groping or not appreciating the opposite sex but rather the kosher laws just as in religious services in the Orthodoxy. Kosher for those that don't know simply means clean and deserves a different type of site for explanation. As a child however,I can remember when the pursuer was frequently the girls.