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In reply to the discussion: Germany: Burka ban to be proposed in security clampdown [View all]leftynyc
(26,060 posts)48. 100% agreement
I've always thought arming the women would be the best option. THEN we'll see who is doing what voluntarily.
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I agree with most of what you are saying, except, Dubai is surprisingly modern, I hear.
Quantess
Aug 2016
#89
Agreed. Enforced dress codes in the West are valid reciprocity for codes enforced anywhere else.
ancianita
Aug 2016
#122
In France, the women only wear the niqab - no burqas - (not much difference)
womanofthehills
Aug 2016
#130
The problem isn't the burqua. It's radicalization in the face of a psycholigical crisis:
DetlefK
Aug 2016
#5
The burqa has nothing to do with the Islamic religion. It isn't required by the religion.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#6
That particular cultural characteristic, the burqa, has no role in civilized society.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#32
+1. Personally I think head scarves/hijabs are cool but anything more is creepy. n/t
uhnope
Aug 2016
#92
I don't know anyone who feels as I do about burqas who has any problem with scarves/hijabs.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#114
Wrong. It is religiously based. The dress code is not consistant among all Islam. The same way a
Akicita
Aug 2016
#43
Male priests are not required in most of Christianity. In Catholicism it is required.
Akicita
Aug 2016
#52
If you go to those countries and ask people why they are required to wear burqas the answer will not
Akicita
Aug 2016
#59
Are you sure you mean the face-covering burqa, and not the hair-covering niqab?
Quantess
Aug 2016
#90
If you talk to some white supremacists, and you ask them why they hate people of
Squinch
Aug 2016
#119
But you can distinguish it from culture. Just as we can, do and should distinguish the white
Squinch
Aug 2016
#127
I find it hard to believe too. But you never know. People are willing to put up with a lot of
Akicita
Aug 2016
#82
Making women disappear from public view seems to be part of many sects of many religions.
pennylane100
Aug 2016
#26
When a man asks that a woman be moved away from him on an airplane, the woman is able to say
Squinch
Aug 2016
#33
Germany has the right to defend herself. Live in Germany? Follow the rules. Simple.
GOLGO 13
Aug 2016
#98
Few nuns wear habits anymore. And when they did, for at least the last century, it was generally
Squinch
Aug 2016
#120
good, it is the clothing of a slave... who cares the rationale.. BAN that shit
Grey Lemercier
Aug 2016
#132