Re: Have you guys read the 10 commandments
"The Protestants got tired of doing that, and now some of them even have cellphones with cameras. "
A few years ago a friend asked me to keep her visiting Germano-Turkish teenage godson occupied while she was at work. We did the usual London sights and he took lots of pictures with a film camera. After going home to Istanbul he reported all the selfie pictures "lost". Apparently he got into trouble with his father for taking them.
What was strange was that his father's job was as a football match commentator - presumably on TV.
On a busy train the boy once enlightened me about the ritual of circumcision when he was aged 7. It was interesting to notice the reactions of fellow passengers who overheard. Why as late as age 7? Because apparently it is necessary for the boy to remember the event for the rest of his life. It is his initiation into belonging to that group.
He certainly remembered the way a "celebration party" suddenly revealed its true purpose on the other boys present. He said he ran round the room but couldn't escape.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
