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Should the Burka Be Banned?

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If the Burka’s Banned, What Comes Next?

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orge

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Posted: 08.20.09, 02:18 PM

The lady that wants to ban the Burka, in her opening speech, reminds me of Frida Waterfall from Futurama .

"Another victim of male-o-centric maleocracy"

Yea...

I do not understand how banning clothes gives freedom...they seem to be diametrically opposed. I understand her point, but not her plan. Does she expect that the Burka covered women would be "freed" of their male oppressors? What does she think will happen? Is she bringing down Islam one eyebrow at a time?

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DesDownUnder

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Posted: 08.20.09, 05:39 AM

It occurs to me that the Australian cultural attitude, and in regard to human rights, might be best represented not by banning forms of dress, but by making it clear on arrival in Australia, and publicly, nationwide, (constitutionally,) that such dress cannot be enforced or banned on any person by any other person, family, religion, organisation or political regime in Australia.

Hopefully, we should then see over time, the individual human right objectives that seem to be becoming inherent in our Australian multiculturalism, being assimilated and even promoted as an acceptable objective for other cultures.

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