RE: France Bans Burqas
April 12, 2011 at 3:42 pm
(This post was last modified: April 12, 2011 at 3:44 pm by Violet.)
Shell Wrote:I didn't say that wearing a Burka affects security. What I said was, if a company owner wants to have a dress code, the Burka should not be exempt from it.
Perhaps you didn't, but it seems to be a main point of a lot of people in this thread. 0.o
If there is a dress code (which I for one, absolutely despise outside of a deadly workplace (military, construction)), then I agree that it should not be exempt
Shell Wrote:I didn't say restricting Burka use will prevent spousal abuse, either, Sae. Nor did I say I was against the Burka. What I was saying is if a man is using it as an excuse to beat his wife, I would be more than happy to help her burn her burka and get her husband arrested. I am against the oppression that burkas represent. In other words, I am against the idea that I woman should have to cover herself based on religious or governmental clothing restrictions. Again, if it makes her more comfortable, without any outside influence, then I am all for it.
A man who uses such a thing as a burka as an excuse to beat his wife is likely a man who would use anything she does as an 'excuse' to beat her.
The burka only represents oppression in strongly muslim countries around the middle east and istans... in france it might well make a woman as 'comfortable' as a nun's robe.
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