RE: France Bans Burqas
April 12, 2011 at 2:26 pm
(This post was last modified: April 12, 2011 at 2:30 pm by Violet.)
Shell Wrote:That is pretty much where I stand with this. I do not think the government should be able to tell people what to wear. However, people should have to remove face coverings when necessary. Shit, there are restaurants with dress codes, why not banks? As for being 'against' Burkas, I am not quite 'against' them. I am against the oppression that they symbolize. If a woman truly feels more comfortable wearing it, without any outside influence, then I feel about the Burka the same way I feel about a scarf . . . nothing. However, if the Burka is an excuse for her husband to beat the shit out of her (if she doesn't wear it), then I hate the Burka and would gladly help any oppressed Muslim woman burn the shit out of her Burka and get her husband arrested.
Honestly... how does someone covering their face affect security? All it serves is as a heightened sense of anonymity whether 'committing' a crime or not. If you really want to protect a bank: armed guards are the way to go.
I am not against the Burka, not even a little bit. An abusive husband will be so whether one wears a burka or not.
(April 12, 2011 at 1:28 pm)Jaysyn Wrote:(April 12, 2011 at 1:17 pm)Chuck Wrote:(April 12, 2011 at 12:39 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: You know as well as I do Min that some of the americans call the French "Cheese eating surrender monkeys."
You know as well as I do that some of the Americans are beer swilling morons terrified of those more cultured, educated, and thoughtful then they are.
Both of these statements are true?
Yes, with a few exceptions (ie: me, atheistphil).
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
