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<blockquote data-quote="okow" data-source="post: 187855" data-attributes="member: 14">When I posted that query, I wondered if I would be opening a &quot;can of worms&quot; to be debated on, on so called &quot;sensitive&quot; issues. Whose sensitivity, we may ask.Then I thought, we at BCM are all matured adults (most anyway) and this shouldnt be an issue.&nbsp;We now have posts from fellow members with their views and opinions and one of the reasons mentioned was that of organising events that might not be &quot;halal&quot;, alcohol sensitivites, etc.....&nbsp;Now, wouldnt that be better if we didnt know what our members are made up of (race) and belonged to (religion) except for the fact that &quot;we are all BMW enthusiaist&quot;...&nbsp;...So, I&#039;m Hindu and I will get offended if you served &quot;Beef&quot; during an event...or I am a vegetarian - for my religious reasons......do you care about my beliefs at all?&nbsp;I like beer......you dont, you eat beef....I dont, I eat pork....you dont...so on and so forth...&nbsp;That was exactly the reason I asked, &quot;why do you want to know my race and religion&quot;... if you are not going to be sensitive to my beliefs? If one of your reasons for asking is to better manage &quot;sensitivities&quot; then please be &quot;sensitive&quot; towards all races and religions!&nbsp;Hmmm...that would be quite a task to manage, wouldnt it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="okow, post: 187855, member: 14"] When I posted that query, I wondered if I would be opening a "can of worms" to be debated on, on so called "sensitive" issues. Whose sensitivity, we may ask. Then I thought, we at BCM are all matured adults (most anyway) and this shouldnt be an issue. We now have posts from fellow members with their views and opinions and one of the reasons mentioned was that of organising events that might not be "halal", alcohol sensitivites, etc..... Now, wouldnt that be better if we didnt know what our members are made up of (race) and belonged to (religion) except for the fact that "we are all BMW enthusiaist"... ...So, I'm Hindu and I will get offended if you served "Beef" during an event...or I am a vegetarian - for my religious reasons......do you care about my beliefs at all? I like beer......you dont, you eat beef....I dont, I eat pork....you dont...so on and so forth... That was exactly the reason I asked, "why do you want to know my race and religion"... if you are not going to be sensitive to my beliefs? If one of your reasons for asking is to better manage "sensitivities" then please be "sensitive" towards all races and religions! Hmmm...that would be quite a task to manage, wouldnt it. [/QUOTE]

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