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When I was a girl, it was a religion of whiskery nuns, doddery priests, boring masses and repetitive prayers.
How I missed all the kiddie raping is beyond me. I've got eyes like a hawk.
Didnt you call your kiwi countrymen as lazy sheep shaggers? Perhaps they took a look and decided having a go in the paddock would be less of an annoyance.
The point is, the burkha is a symbol of FEMALE OPPRESSION and has heavy symbolic meaning in regards to women's place in muslim society.
Our Western society rejects the idea that women are second class citizens, has for over 100 years now.
Any symbol of suppression of ANYONE should be banned, much as the Swastika is now.
Previously the swastika was an innocent little religious symbol, it has now come to represent something our society rejects, therefore it has been made illegal.
Our society has rejected Naziism, and its symbols. Our society has also rejected suppression of women, so it should follow that we reject those symbols as well.
Do you feel Muslims should be banned from residency in the U.S?
If a women choses to were a burqa, of her own free will, why not?
Should governments now be dictating what peopke should wear? What next, will we be having morality police patrolling suburban malls in the west? Where does it end?
That is my point. It is not persecuting a religion. They are not required to wear these things, it is a choice, just like wearing a mask in New York City streets is a choice.
LOL you're the one who wants to ban burqas because of your unfounded fear.
If it's because of your dislike of Muslims then why don't you say so.
You(and some of those on your side of the argument) are the one who is acting irrationally. I have no dislike for Muslims. I have just as much feeling for their religion as for any other - practically.
I think that, just as we now have limitations on what we bring on flights, we could also stop wearing attire that has shown to be a facilitator to the murder of many.
I have no emotional investment in this thing except that of wishing to take precautions to protect people before damage is done.
OP you need to remember which country your living in.
Our 'freedoms' are being compromised on a regular basis. There was a time in which people objected getting drivers licenses because the cost and testing limited freedoms. Look at the smoking bans. Heck, I have already mentioned the hassle we put up with regarding air travel.
Freedoms are compromised regularly, especially when it pertains to national security.
It's their choice.
The swastika is not banned in the US.
It is still, and will always be, a buddhist symbol as well as a sign of the nazi party.
The christians in the US are trying to push their religion into our laws every time you turn around.
As if they're the arbiters of what is right and good.
It's simply control.
Don't talk about muslims trying to control women (who choose to wear a burqua) unless you're ready to tow the line with christians doing the same or worse.
Women in the US are clearly second class citizens.
Men determine our health care, if we have reproductive rights, are entitled to birth control and/or abortion.
In the US, religious can decide to NOT treat women who have been raped and want a morning-after pill; in some locales they charge women for rape kits.
Based on their religion they can deny pharmaceutical support based on their beliefs (like women are too stupid to know what they want).
Don't talk about any woman in the US who has equal rights.
50 years ago, women couldn't own cars, have credit, sometimes bank accounts in their own names. It had to be in their husband's name.
They were restricted from certain jobs, found it difficult to get into colleges.
Today, comparable jobs for women are paid at 77% salary rates of men.
After all, they were only women.
Chiel, I agree with you in all that you've said here. Please don't be upset with me.
You(and some of those on your side of the argument) are the one who is acting irrationally. I have no dislike for Muslims. I have just as much feeling for their religion as for any other - practically.
I think that, just as we now have limitations on what we bring on flights, we could also stop wearing attire that has shown to be a facilitator to the murder of many.
I have no emotional investment in this thing except that of wishing to take precautions to protect people before damage is done.
Your logic is irrational. Are you saying burqas should be banned because they helped to conceal weapons that were used to murder people? By that argument, should trench coats be banned because Harris and Klebold used them to conceal weapons and murder people? Just answer the question.
Why the emphasis on "banning burqas" when other methods have been used to conceal? Do you think a ban wil stop terrorism?
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