(August 16, 2016 at 10:31 am)ukatheist Wrote: Quite surprised this hasn't been posted yet
Cannes bans burkinis over suspected link to radical Islamism - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37056742
I feel this is slightly different to the burka ban debate (despite the name burkini the face is not covered), and it seems the only reason for the ban is because it is 'islamic' the article says that other religious symbols are not banned (skullcaps, crucifix etc).
So, while I generally support a ban on burkas, as the face s covered, I don't support the ban on burkinis. Thoughts?
The ban is pretty fucking stupid.
They just look like a scuba outfit with a dress attached.
The next terrorist attack/scuffle/stabbing or whatever that happens isn't going to be prevented by stopping a woman wearing a burkini at the beach, that's my prediction anyway.
Deporting criminal immigrants and actual extremists living in the capital and so on that might help.
The ban is double stupid, it makes the French look legitimately prejudice against Muslims while at the same time as doing nothing about any of the problems they are facing in relation to Muslims who want to fuck the country.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
