Respecting other people's cultures is well and good but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam what they do to women. It's indefensible.
You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless or...
I don't think balance is something you get from someone else it's something...
The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating hippie humour. I can't take myself too seriously.