Now Belgium bans burqa in public places

[MysticSang'ha]

Oh good lord, making women stop wearing burqas isn't going to stop domestic violence.

That's treating the symptom rather than the disease.

I know, right?

Hey, I got a great idea. How about we ban rape and domestic violence instead of banning women's rights? Or does that make too much sense?

 

[darkendless]

Oh good lord, making women stop wearing burqas isn't going to stop domestic violence.

That's treating the symptom rather than the disease.

Thanks for stating the obvious

 

[Mr Spinkles]

And they'll tell the government or a stranger that their husband is beating the crap out of them? Good luck.

So what you're saying is, you know that most women in Western countries who wear the burqa do so only under threat of violence. But, you can't provide any evidence for this. So, perhaps you're wrong?

Maybe Amish wives in America only wear ankle-length dresses for fear of being beaten by their Amish husbands. We can never know, of course, because if we ask them they will lie and say they wear their clothes voluntarily.

 

[Alceste]

So what you're saying is, you know that most women in Western countries who wear the burqa do so only under threat of violence. But, you can't provide any evidence for this. So, perhaps you're wrong?

Maybe Amish wives in America only wear ankle-length dresses for fear of being beaten by their Amish husbands. We can never know, of course, because if we ask them they will lie and say they wear their clothes voluntarily.

Heh - reminds me of our own Stockwell Day, who recently waxed hysterical in a press conference about the "alarming rise in unreported crime" to justify building new prisons despite crime rates falling steadily for two decades.

 

[darkendless]

So what you're saying is, you know that most women in Western countries who wear the burqa do so only under threat of violence. But, you can't provide any evidence for this. So, perhaps you're wrong?

Maybe Amish wives in America only wear ankle-length dresses for fear of being beaten by their Amish husbands. We can never know, of course, because if we ask them they will lie and say they wear their clothes voluntarily.

No what i'm saying is, even if there was violence, there's no way to tell if the wife keeps silent.

 

[beenie]

No what i'm saying is, even if there was violence, there's no way to tell if the wife keeps silent.

but this would apply to domestic violence all over; banning the burqa clearly won't stop domestic violence...surely you are not suggesting it would.

some men beat their wives because they don't cook dinner right; let's ban cooking! (not a bad idea, actually). i kid, i kid.

 

[England my lionheart]

IMO it is wrong to ban the Burqa as this does single out Muslims,however banning full face coverings in public makes sense.

 

[Reptillian]

Telling people what they can and can't wear...seems kind of stupid to me. Hell, I'd walk around naked in hot weather if it weren't for all the primative primates imposing their pathetic imperatives on me.