missteacher--I do avoid exposing my children and family to see alcohol drunk in public. That is why I am glad Pearl has stopped alcohol in restaurants. Good move I say.
As for your comment "So maybe it should be you that stays at home if you don't want to see anything that is forbidden......Or even better don't watch." How about you realize you are a guest here? It is not your country or your culture to change to meet your desire to do things publicly that the host culture knows to be against our religion?
When I am in New York I accept the norms of that culture and do not complain about alcohol being drunk so publicly. I tell my children this is foreign culture and we must respect that as visitors.
missteacher--I do avoid exposing my children and family to see alcohol drunk in public. That is why I am glad Pearl has stopped alcohol in restaurants. Good move I say.
As for your comment "So maybe it should be you that stays at home if you don't want to see anything that is forbidden......Or even better don't watch." How about you realize you are a guest here? It is not your country or your culture to change to meet your desire to do things publicly that the host culture knows to be against our religion?
When I am in New York I accept the norms of that culture and do not complain about alcohol being drunk so publicly. I tell my children this is foreign culture and we must respect that as visitors.