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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 8:14 am
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Originally Posted by IAD_flyer
..I think sometimes people who fly the ME3 forget they are flying thru an islamic nation with difference values then our own. If you cannot respect their values fly someone else.
A large portion are well aware of this. I had colleagues and collaborators refusing itineraries because they included ME3 segments and they had strong objections against that.

Generally, I agree that one should respect local prevailing regulation and culture. This only gets difficult if the latter two do no longer align. If culture and law are somewhat in harmonised by a political process then yes, they can indeed be called values. If the edicts are handed down from above and through the ages, then they are just that.
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