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Switzerland bans burqas
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RE: Switzerland bans burqas
(November 29, 2015 at 7:56 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Yes. Good move.  Nothing reduces terrorism as much as collective guilting and vindictive harassment.  Besides, Burka is as essential to the female suicide bomber as the detonator.  [...]

While not "essential" burkas are useful tool for people trying to escape justice, regardless of gender. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/t...n-bid.html

Quote:After spending several hours in the dilapidated An-Noor Masjid (mosque) and community centre on Church Road in Acton, west London, he sliced off his electronic tag, slipped on a burka and vanished

http://www.news.com.au/national/burqa-we...6080347298
Quote:Carnita Matthews, 47, was sentenced to six months jail for making a deliberately false statement that a policeman tried to lift her burqa.

In June last year, she was pulled over for a random breath test but went on to accuse the police officer of racism when he booked her for failing to display her P-plates.

She was charged with making a false complaint at Campbelltown police station but Judge Clive Jeffreys this week quashed her conviction, saying identity could not be proven.


http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/420395/...-assistant

Quote:A BRAVE shop assistant foiled armed robbers disguised in burkas as they attempted to raid a jewellers.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-raid.html

Quote:A robber disguised as a Muslim mother wheeling a pram is being sought by police after helping an armed gang raid a jewellers.


...and so on.
I'm not saying I'm pro-ban, but burkas are really f***ing convenient for criminals.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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Switzerland bans burqas - by BrokenQuill92 - November 29, 2015 at 7:49 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Joods - November 29, 2015 at 7:52 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Anomalocaris - November 29, 2015 at 7:56 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Homeless Nutter - November 30, 2015 at 12:25 am
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by CapnAwesome - November 30, 2015 at 2:57 am
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Homeless Nutter - November 30, 2015 at 5:40 am
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by CapnAwesome - November 30, 2015 at 1:12 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Minimalist - November 29, 2015 at 8:00 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Dystopia - November 29, 2015 at 8:23 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Anomalocaris - November 29, 2015 at 8:39 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Dystopia - November 29, 2015 at 9:24 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by BrokenQuill92 - November 29, 2015 at 11:24 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Joods - November 29, 2015 at 8:36 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Minimalist - November 29, 2015 at 8:37 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Joods - November 29, 2015 at 8:48 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Minimalist - November 30, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by The Valkyrie - November 29, 2015 at 8:43 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Catholic_Lady - November 29, 2015 at 8:46 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by pgrimes15 - November 29, 2015 at 9:21 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by Wyrd of Gawd - November 29, 2015 at 9:10 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by CapnAwesome - November 29, 2015 at 11:45 pm
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by rexbeccarox - November 30, 2015 at 1:39 am
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by CapnAwesome - November 30, 2015 at 2:58 am
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by ignoramus - November 30, 2015 at 4:57 am
RE: Switzerland bans burqas - by robvalue - November 30, 2015 at 5:51 am

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