Logic, perhaps you haven't been a QL member long enough to realize that by no means does Bleu live under a rock. He is highly educated, multi-lingual and has lived outside of Qatar. We are grateful to him for providing another, often Qatari, perspective. He does not insist that he is right, he merely states that is is beneficial to present both sides of an argument. I think most of us understand that there are competing claims on this child but those of us from Western cultures believe that the mother's claim is more compelling than the claim of culture and family. I'm sure that we do not dismiss these values, we would just assign them a different priority. It is very kind of Bleu to give us an insight into the culture in which we live.
Mandi
Logic, perhaps you haven't been a QL member long enough to realize that by no means does Bleu live under a rock. He is highly educated, multi-lingual and has lived outside of Qatar. We are grateful to him for providing another, often Qatari, perspective. He does not insist that he is right, he merely states that is is beneficial to present both sides of an argument. I think most of us understand that there are competing claims on this child but those of us from Western cultures believe that the mother's claim is more compelling than the claim of culture and family. I'm sure that we do not dismiss these values, we would just assign them a different priority. It is very kind of Bleu to give us an insight into the culture in which we live.
Mandi