Topic: ITT I argue for the burqa.
Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #4,339
When returning briefly to France recently, I saw a report in Le Monde that Belgium has become the first country in Europe to ban the wearing of female attire that covers women up entirely like the plague doctors of the sixteenth century.
Now this is all to the good, but if adopted in Britain would not entirely solve the problem of the female dress code. For we in Britain face not only the problem of the niqab and the burqa, but the opposite problem of young women who uncover themselves far too much.
When I say “too much,†I am speaking from the strictly aesthetic, not the moral, point of view. In every British town and city, fat and lumpen British girls, as often as not tattooed, who represent a constant diet of fast food, soft drinks, and too much beer made pale flesh, come out into the streets on Friday and Saturday scantily clad, to scream and shout like the vulgar drunken slatterns they mostly are. Here, if anywhere, is the place for the niqab and the burqa.
These garments would have several advantages. First, of course, is that they would add (admittedly by subtracting from ugliness) to the aesthetics of our streets. They would also make it more difficult for the women inside them to drink too much, thus serving a public health function; and they would muffle the sound of their loud moronic expostulations, surely an end to be cherished by anyone who values intelligence and culture.
What I would suggest, therefore, is that each town and city set up a committee, along the lines of the Committee of Public Safety in the French Revolution, to determine which young women should be obliged to wear the niqab and the burqa to prevent offenses against public good taste. A first offense would mean the niqab for a determinate period of time; a second, such as exposing a tattoo to public view (two strikes and you’re out), would mean a life sentence of the burqa in public.
My proposal would also calm the fears of Muslims that they were being picked on to the exclusion of others who, after all, merit public control over what they wear no less than they. And this even-handedness is very important in a multicultural society such as ours.
Now this is all to the good, but if adopted in Britain would not entirely solve the problem of the female dress code. For we in Britain face not only the problem of the niqab and the burqa, but the opposite problem of young women who uncover themselves far too much.
When I say “too much,†I am speaking from the strictly aesthetic, not the moral, point of view. In every British town and city, fat and lumpen British girls, as often as not tattooed, who represent a constant diet of fast food, soft drinks, and too much beer made pale flesh, come out into the streets on Friday and Saturday scantily clad, to scream and shout like the vulgar drunken slatterns they mostly are. Here, if anywhere, is the place for the niqab and the burqa.
These garments would have several advantages. First, of course, is that they would add (admittedly by subtracting from ugliness) to the aesthetics of our streets. They would also make it more difficult for the women inside them to drink too much, thus serving a public health function; and they would muffle the sound of their loud moronic expostulations, surely an end to be cherished by anyone who values intelligence and culture.
What I would suggest, therefore, is that each town and city set up a committee, along the lines of the Committee of Public Safety in the French Revolution, to determine which young women should be obliged to wear the niqab and the burqa to prevent offenses against public good taste. A first offense would mean the niqab for a determinate period of time; a second, such as exposing a tattoo to public view (two strikes and you’re out), would mean a life sentence of the burqa in public.
My proposal would also calm the fears of Muslims that they were being picked on to the exclusion of others who, after all, merit public control over what they wear no less than they. And this even-handedness is very important in a multicultural society such as ours.
Falco !PZmcClOUDk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #77,584
Quite lengthy, in fact I would go as far to say it was extraneous in length.
As a result, and in correlation with said length: I am afraid to say this was not read by me.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
-Falco
As a result, and in correlation with said length: I am afraid to say this was not read by me.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
-Falco
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #77,586
What? Burqa's and Niqabs are different. They hide the face. I am totally up for banning them. They frighten people and threaten national security. Hijabs, chadors, and khimars should be allowed though.
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Saturn !khEOdtKF56 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,644
OP you can't force someone to wear something they don't want to wear...
drea mworks joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,672
@77,586 (C)
I sometimes see people that wear something like Hijabs but don't show the face. What's that called?
I sometimes see people that wear something like Hijabs but don't show the face. What's that called?
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,689
SQUARED :3 !L.....AlN. joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,690
tl;drAnonymous F replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,692
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,693
I absolutely hate it when people confuse or the different kinds of veils used by muslim women.
That's like comparing a butter knife with a SAM. -_-"
That's like comparing a butter knife with a SAM. -_-"
Anonymous F replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,694
@previous (H)
I know, right? If you don't know anything about the traditions of Muslim women you are clearly retarded.
I know, right? If you don't know anything about the traditions of Muslim women you are clearly retarded.
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Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,695
@previous (F)
> I know, right? If you don't know anything about the traditions of Muslim women you are clearly retarded.
Don't know 'bout that, but you're clearly not qualified to argue about the subject.
> I know, right? If you don't know anything about the traditions of Muslim women you are clearly retarded.
Don't know 'bout that, but you're clearly not qualified to argue about the subject.
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SQUARED :3 !L.....AlN. replied with this 15 years ago, 19 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,700
Anonymous F replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,702
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 9 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,703
drea mworks replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,749
Also, I don't really see this as a problem. Why does it matter what people wear?
totoforhire !!Phkn/3Gic joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 27 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,757
Why just women op? Lets put the men in them as well.
!34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 14 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #77,767
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A weapon is a tool in the service of entropy, amirite?
A weapon is a tool in the service of entropy, amirite?
psychopath !PAHVpsycho joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 hours later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #78,123
> mfw women with Hijabs