Good Morning!
I know many of you are expecting to see a photo of Zen Lill today, and you will. She sent me 6 lovely photos to choose from, all pretty…ahem…focused, if I do say so myself, :) and honestly, I just couldn’t decide which one I liked the most to post. So I thought that I would have a little fun, and encourage you to join in.
I decided that I would post all 6 photos and you be the judge of which one you like the best. I will post them in the order that I received them so that you know that I am not choosing to post them in any particular order myself.
I will post the first one today and post the remaining 5 at various times throughout my daily blogging. You, my loyal readers, can vote on your fave! Sound like fun?
So without keeping you waiting, here’s ‘Number One’:
Readers: The voting is now open. The lines will only be open for the next 2 hours so get your votes in – the polls will close in 2 hours. Just kidding. At least I think I am, but who knows with this blog. :)
So…Blog this BABE. Let me know your thoughts…well at least let Zen Lill know. :)
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B: Thank you for your open and honest comments about you and your family. I know that not all Islamic men feel that the women should be treated as second class citizens, and obviously you are one of them. Sending your girls away to France is good for them, but what about other women who can not find safety outside of their own country?
I realize your feelings also puts you in a tough position because you want to do what you can for the women in your life, and yet doing more threatens your life.
I know it is easy for me to say; I do not live in fear, but at some point, the men who feel as you do, need to stand up for and with the women, and fight for women’s rights along side of the women, even if it means possible death. And encourage other like-minded men to do the same. It is one way that your country will move in the direction of change for women.
Women have to face this challenge everyday. They fear their lives everyday. Men who may feel as you do, in my opinion, should risk losing their lives too, for their wives, daughters, granddaughters, and the lives of women still yet to be born.
I say the above statement lightly and with hesitation. As I said, you are in a tough position, because you have choice. The women have no choice. They do nothing or they do something, and the result is the same – they are abused, enslaved and fear death. But you and other men like you, can choose to do something or nothing, and the results are very different. I can understand why you have feelings that disturb your breast.
My heart goes out to you and your family. And yes, you can count on me to continue to support women.
Athena: Well said girl. I wish I had as much wisdom when I was your age. However, my worldly wisdom, told me that there was something more than just friendship between you and Homer, er…Philippe, and I guess I was right. I love a girl who uses all of her assets…her brains and beauty. Don’t ever stop. :)
Hamilton: My pleasure. Thanks for taking a peek these past few months, and for commenting. Good question asked, and as a matter of fact I do. I was shopping the other day at Target looking for a few T-shirts that I wanted to creatively manipulate, and all I found were tees made in China. I didn’t buy them. I said to Doug when I got home that if I am going to be such a supporter of women, I have to be consistent and practice what I preach in all areas of my life.
And the same goes for my Mac computer which I have had for over 5 years, and I got it from my old business partner. I don’t own an iphone, nor will I ever. I have had the same phone for almost as long. I am not saying that we need to stop buying products whose parts are made in China, but it would be good if we laid down some rules in regards to human rights, or we’ll take our business elsewhere. And we definitely need to have a consciousness about it, to make conscious decisions, and sadly many people don’t.
I was at the Apple store the other night having my computer fixed, and the store, as always was packed with people. Are they aware that every electronic device they support leads to the plight of the Congo women? All because of the precious minerals that are used in computers and mined in the Congo. Unfortunately not.
But the manufacturers aren’t innocent either. Do we really need a newly designed iphone or new mac computer every 6 months? No, but manufacturers, like yourself, are in the business they are in to make money, and the more money the better. I am well aware that all it takes is a very small part in a computer to upgrade the computer, but that this specific part is not made to be replaceable. Therefore one needs to purchase an entire new computer. More minerals, more women dying.
We are a consumeristic society that feeds off of having the latest and greatest new electronic toys….all at the expense of women. And most of us aren’t even aware of it. While at the Apple store, I looked around at all the people excited about their new purchases. And all I thought about was that these people don’t even know what their new purchases are contributing to.
And my next thought was, ‘If they did would they care enough to make a difference?’ Would they stop buying or at least curb their desires? Or would they just stop for a moment, say, ‘How sad’, and then continue to consume at the insatiable rates that we do? It is the younger generation that is the biggest consumer and we need to enlighten them.
So Hamilton, you are preaching to the choir. But I am so glad that you asked. My question is: When will people’s lives be more important than the bottom line…more important than money? I hope that you will be inspired to move your business out of the Middle East. I look forward to hearing from you again.
Glen: Now you bring tears to my eyes. Thank you.
Qin: You’re very welcome.
Igor: LOL – you and me both.
Peace out beautiful people….
Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my ‘loyal’(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)
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