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Because the Queen betrayed her.Ripley fired a warning shot over the eggs as if to say, “Let me go, with this young person of my species: or I’ll kill all these young people (eggs) of your species.”The Queen apparently consented to this, and commanded her drones to back off and let Ripley and Newt leave.But as they were backing slowly away, one of the eggs opened and a facehugger started to crawl out to attack them. (And remember, Ripley was recently almost killed by a single facehugger, so she knows how dangerous they are).Ripley’s facial expression was, “Oh, you did not just do that, did you?” and then she opened fire.She was, of course, assuming that the Queen commanded the egg to open just then, rather than it being a coincidence; but it seems a fair assumption given her apparent control of the other xenomorphs.

No. I can’t in good conscience support a law banning a piece of religious attire on the grounds that it oppresses women, when women (in most cases in NZ) are making an informed decision to wear it. Forbidding women from wearing their preferred attire would be just as hypocritical as forcing them to wear something against their will.Source:rnz/co/nzBut it’s important to note that the ‘informed consent’ part is critically important, I think the burqa and niqab should be restricted to those over the age of 16. Once the young adult hits 16, they’re old enough to make an informed decision as to whether they wish to don it and also won’t have been indoctrinated from a young age. I also support creating or strengthening laws or imposing steep fines and prison time on those who force others to wear restrictive religious attire.It’s genuinely not a big problem in New Zealand. I can count on one hand, the number of times I’ve even seen a burqa or niqab in New Zealand due to our level of secularism. I fully support women's right to wear it but expect those doing so to abide by the laws in our country and not expect special treatment because they wear clothing specific to their faith.It’s unreasonable to seek or expect exemptions because of your religion during the following situations:Some banks do not allow facial coverings for very obvious reasons.While going through NZ customs.Government issued forms of ID’s requiring nothing obscuring the face.While testifying in court.Private institutions having dress codes or uniforms requirements.Where health and safety or security may be impaired.Government offices and locations which enforce the banning on religious displays.On a personal note, I find the burqa and niqab, dehumanizing and very depersonalizing. I’m used to reading facial expressions when relating to people and am taken back when this subconscious communication method is removed from the equation but my personal feelings and distaste for the burqa and niqab shouldn’t impinge on someone else’s right to freedom of religion.

I have a 15 year old daughter and I am disgusted by the constant barrage of crap she is subjected to from social media celebrities and influencers. The crap that preys on the insecurities of teenage girls and relentlessly promotes the latest passing “beauty” fad as the easy route to instant popularity. I’m looking at you Kylie and KendallJenner, Taylor Swift, Gigi Hadid for starters.My daughter is naturally beautiful. Her mother and I took her to a modelling agency recently and they were practically doing handsprings; they said she had near perfect facial and body proportions. But she can’t leave the house without caking on makeup that makes her look like a circus clown, and gluing on eyelashes that you could use to paint a barn. She is convinced that she needs a 13 step cleansing routine for her face each night (that’s 13 separate products). She uses so many different chemicals and masks that the skin on her face is constantly peeling and covered in red blotches. It’s shocking to see on the rare occasions I get a glimpse of her without makeup.Now she has started to go for hair treatments twice a month (sneaking outside against her mother’s advice and consent), which are ruining her hair. She has already started talking about getting lip fillers as soon as she is old enough to not need our consent, so she will “look more like Kylie.” All of her allowance and whatever money she earns goes towards buying celebrity branded or promoted products, which are cleverly priced just at the limit of affordability for girls in her age range.Every once in a while one of the offending celebrities posts a picture of themselves without makeup (so they claim …), drawing praise for how brave they are, and sympathy and denials from fans when they point out some minor imperfection that they are so self conscious about.These are the strong, confident female role models empowering our next generation of women? Hardly. They are doing incalculable damage to the self esteem of these young girls, and it’s going to carry thru to their adult lives. I don’t know how they can live with themselves. Disgust doesn’t begin to describe how I feel about them.BTW, I’d love to get some comments from parents who have found ways to effectively deal with this. I’ve tried every tactic I can think of - so far peer pressure has overridden them all.