Comments by "Cottidae" (@CottidaeSEA) on "Why Divorce Is Illegal In The Philippines | ASIAN BOSS" video.

  1. Not only that, but there are influences from other languages as well, such as Spanish. I'm used to multiple languages as I'm from Sweden. We have 5 minority languages and our main language obviously being Swedish. However, loads of people can speak English as well, to the point where it's quite difficult to find someone who doesn't. So if they decided to make English a national language, it wouldn't make much of a difference. We learn English as soon as we start going to school, and the exposure to English is big even before that, so it's not uncommon for kids to know simple words even before that. Besides, I just read the subtitles and didn't really care much for anything else. I don't speak Tagalog, so it's not like it'd matter to me whether they switch between languages. As you say, it's common in multilingual countries.
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  2. Toni Magz, the Old Testament is the foundation of both Christianity and Islam. Besides, the Old Testament prohibits, yet as far as I know doesn't have any punishments for eating predatory birds, pork, shellfish and so on. The supposed punishment would be diseases. If we're looking at the societies they lived in, undercooked food or raw food was common, and all of those commonly have parasites and bacteria. However, due to cooking the food properly, those would die and the food would be safe to eat. In fact, halal is for similar reasons. The prayer is a nice touch, totally ineffective, but showing respect to the god you believe in isn't bad I suppose. So, halal was simply the safest way of handling food. The most hygienic, and the meat is cleaner that way. Besides, removal of the blood as soon as possible is something hunters do as well, because that's simply the best to do. So while I can safely say that today all of those things are irrelevant, it is a tradition. As long as that tradition isn't harmful to people, I don't think anyone should be against it, just because it's different from what they are used to. I can only speak for myself though.
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