Meanderings of a Monkey Juggler

I'm interested in 2 news stories today.

The first was that girl who wanted to wear extra-islamic dress to school and has been off school for 2 years because they won't let her back without wearing the approved uniform.  Apparently the school had spent ages working with the local islamic community to figure out what they should ask for to please the community.  The majority of girls at the school are muslim and they managed to get along fine with the rules.  Now forgive me if I'm wrong but the rule in islam is for women to be modest.  What, pray tell, is modest about kicking up a fuss and becoming the centre of attention?  I also recall that there is a commandment in islam that obliges you to get educated.  Seems like an irritating teen girl wanting to get noticed to me.  Sounds very un-Islamic really.  Stupid little girl.

The second one was the study that there is no evidence that shows spinal manipulation is useful for reducing pain and other problems.  On the news this evening they interviewed some young woman who swears by osteopathy.  She was 31 and has been going to an osteopath for 9 months "and it really works wonders for me".  Really?  It works so well that you go fortnightly to a man who charges you a fortune each time and still your back is so bad that you must return?  She's a 31 year old.  She shouldn't need to carry on like this.  There's no reason at all that she should have to suffer and she shouldn't have to fork out every fortnight for "maintenance".  Go and see someone who knows what they are doing and get a cure!

Honestly!

Have fun.