You're not their puppet and do not have to do what they ask.
And it is quite absurd what they're demanding -- if you don't want to visit there, then you simply don't want to visit there. That reason should be good enough for them as it is good enough anywhere else.
Frankly, I agree with you. I'd demand to be paid to go to that little region of the world for any length of time and compensated for every minute I spend there or else not go at all. There are many, many more fun and better off places in the world. Civilized ones, too.
And it is quite absurd what they're demanding -- if you don't want to visit there, then you simply don't want to visit there. That reason should be good enough for them as it is good enough anywhere else.
Frankly, I agree with you. I'd demand to be paid to go to that little region of the world for any length of time and compensated for every minute I spend there or else not go at all. There are many, many more fun and better off places in the world. Civilized ones, too.
Slave to the Patriarchy no more