west didsblue
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Not sure where to start with this nonsense. First off, I don't think I've tied myself in knots at all. This thread is about a garment that totally obscures the face not about any items of clothing. As I've previously said, I don't support it being banned as I believe more in freedom of choice than to pandering to people who object to things. That said, I don't particularly like them as they are anti-social.If it really is about not being able to see peoples' faces then I guess we should look at banning:
- Long hair on windy days (who could it be under that hair?)
- Full fringes
- Face tattoos (who could it be under all those tattoos?)
- Big sunglasses (we can't see their eyes, how do we know what they're thinking?)
- Baseball caps
- Snoods in the winter (we can't see their mouths, what sort of terrorist attack could they be plotting?)
- Tinted windows on cars (we can't see anyone driving, it could be empty!)
- Army blokes with camouflage face paint
- Children's face painting at the beach
It's fuck all to do with obscuring the persons' face for you. You just see it as a scary black sheet from another country that looks a bit weird and a bit different so your natural reaction is to want its removal. I think that's sad and pathetic but the sooner you admit that to yourself, the sooner you can stop publicly tying yourself in knots and potentially outing yourself as a massive racist.
Moving on to your ridiculous accusation of racism, I thought we'd established Islam isn't a race, not all Muslims are brown and the wearing of the burka is not a religious requirement, it's a cultural thing brought in from some parts of the Muslim world. So no, I'm not a racist and I don't support banning burkas. It doesn't mean I have to like them though.