Not a fan of it personally, but these European countries are having a big problem with assimilation, and they're going to do what they have to do to make it work.
Not a fan of it personally, but these European countries are having a big problem with assimilation, and they're going to do what they have to do to make it work.
I didn't create that equivalency; the law apparently does...in a (you should excuse the expression) veiled attempt to distract from the religious and cultural prejudice it embodies.The bill does not specifically target face veils, but declares that “anyone who wears a garment that hides the face in public will be punished with a fine.”
Link(s)?
You genuinely believe that? So I guess a "veil ban" in the U.S. would be okay by you? I mean, based on the Constitutional protection against being made uncomfortable, and all?
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
I would favor a law requiring old gummers with gray hair pulled into a ponytail or young guys with a "man bun" be fined a Dollar a minute until they cut that $#@! off.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater
Standing Wolf (08-10-2018)
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
Ransom (08-10-2018)
We're beaching on east coast.....dude at the snack bar....has a Euro Speedo type suit on...….and we just couldn't remain silent.
"Sir.....no. Some board shorts, you can even cut jeans off......but that is not appropriate in Beach Town, USA. No one needs to know what religion you are."
I am conflicted on this one. On principle, I don't like the idea of forcing people to comply with an arbitrary standard of dress. On the other hand, there is no question that this fundamentalist Muslim style of dress is being used by criminals/terrorists to conceal their identities and bombs. In western society, on the street and in other regular public spaces, covering ones face attracts suspicion, primarily because it is associated with crime. In fact, many cities are now using cameras and facial recognition software to identify criminals more readily.
Additionally, nonverbal in-person communication among human beings to a large degree involves facial expressions, so being unable to see someone's face or even their eyes does make people uncomfortable, not just from a cultural perspective but at a primal level. Furthermore, as a female, I find the notion of obliviating a woman's most basic identity in order to relieve men of temptation, utterly obnoxious and a form of subjugation.
The larger question posed in this thread is one of cultural accommodation. I would ask then, if instead of Muslim women shrouded from head to toe in burkas, we were talking about people from cultures who don't believe in wearing any clothing (given the appropriate climate) would we object to requiring people to cover up?
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
I don't see how a veil ban would pass constitutional muster here in the US. I'm uncomfortable with the whole ban-the-veil-thing, particularly b/c of the constitutional free exercise clause. It would be a strict scrutiny analysis, I think. Rights apply to all, my friends.
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
Standing Wolf (08-10-2018)
The Danes don't want a Denmark that looks like Queens. This perplexes a segment of North Americans who have lost all sense of racial and ethnic identity. Go Denmark!
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist