[LeatherTrumpet]

In an astonishing U-turn, the German chancellor told her conservative CDU party conference that wearing the burka should be outlawed 'wherever that is legally possible'

Merkel said she would back a nationwide ban just months after revealing that she believed the burka was a barrier to Muslim women becoming integrated into German society.

She told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland in August: 'From my point of view, a completely covered woman has almost no chance of integrating herself in Germany.'

Previously, Merkel has stopped short of calling for a ban on Islamic clothing, saying: 'This is a question of finding the right political and legal balance.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ng-U-turn.html


Great News, yes its a vote grabber and yes mess at her letting so many economic mgrants flood into Germany but its a step in the Right direction.

[Jack_]

Yes, the capitalisation of 'right' is rather fitting

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Make Christmas Great Again

Great News, yes its a vote grabber and yes mess at her letting so many economic mgrants flood into Germany but its a step in the Right direction.

Indeed. At least you "subtly" capitalised it yourself

[Niamh.]

I'm torn on this one tbh, on the one hand I wouldn't be one for telling other women what they can and can't wear but on the other those clothes are just so representative of sexism and how women are looked upon as objects/property of their husbands

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by BuddyTheElf

Yes, the capitalisation of 'right' is rather fitting

just my erratic typing is all

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by McGregrrrrrrrr

I'm torn on this one tbh, on the one hand I wouldn't be one for telling other women what they can and can't wear but on the other those clothes are just so representative of sexism and how women are looked upon as objects/property of their husbands

yes but they are not exactly wearing them by choice in the first place

[Livia]

Straw-clutching before next year's election. Merkel's already blown it with her own people, I'm afraid.

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Make Christmas Great Again

yes but they are not exactly wearing them by choice in the first place

Yes and therein lies a massive problem - i'd ban them , i don't want women around me looking like something out of Phantasm !

[the truth]

shes a bitter twat

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Livia

Straw-clutching before next year's election. Merkel's already blown it with her own people, I'm afraid.

Yep this^

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Livia

Straw-clutching before next year's election. Merkel's already blown it with her own people, I'm afraid.

This.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Make Christmas Great Again

yes but they are not exactly wearing them by choice in the first place

Well there are those who will argue it is a choice and they want to dress that way but I think the truth is closer to conditioning than choice.

If someone told you the sky was green your whole life you'd probably accept that, even if you can see its blue.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Well there are those who will argue it is a choice and they want to dress that way but I think the truth is closer to conditioning than choice.

If someone told you the sky was green your whole life you'd probably accept that, even if you can see its blue.

What if you're colour blind?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Well there are those who will argue it is a choice and they want to dress that way but I think the truth is closer to conditioning than choice.

If someone told you the sky was green your whole life you'd probably accept that, even if you can see its blue.

But what if green is blue and blue is green?

[empire]

merkel is only clutching straws, just to get elected for 4th term, you can't trust in what this woman says, because what she really means is that she won't ban it, but make it compulsory in german law, that every german woman has to wear the burka, mark my words, she will do this if she gets elected again,

[MB.]

Originally Posted by empire

merkel is only clutching straws, just to get elected for 4th term, you can't trust in what this woman says, because what she really means is that she won't ban it, but make it compulsory in german law, that every german woman has to wear the burka, mark my words, she will do this if she gets elected again,

[arista]

Yes they need that ban
For Security Reasons
LT

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by empire

merkel is only clutching straws, just to get elected for 4th term, you can't trust in what this woman says, because what she really means is that she won't ban it, but make it compulsory in german law, that every german woman has to wear the burka, mark my words, she will do this if she gets elected again,

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Make Christmas Great Again

In an astonishing U-turn, the German chancellor told her conservative CDU party conference that wearing the burka should be outlawed 'wherever that is legally possible'

Merkel said she would back a nationwide ban just months after revealing that she believed the burka was a barrier to Muslim women becoming integrated into German society.

She told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland in August: 'From my point of view, a completely covered woman has almost no chance of integrating herself in Germany.'

Previously, Merkel has stopped short of calling for a ban on Islamic clothing, saying: 'This is a question of finding the right political and legal balance.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ng-U-turn.html


Great News, yes its a vote grabber and yes mess at her letting so many economic mgrants flood into Germany but its a step in the Right direction.

Those things are truly ugly, physically and morally, but not half as ugly as the insecure and warped minds of those men that Condition and bully women into wearing them. The only way these men can get women is through control.

[_Tom_]

Such an obviously desperate attempt to get re-elected

[arista]

Originally Posted by Glory

Such an obviously desperate attempt to get re-elected

You Are Most Wise

[empire]

alot of these women are from cultures that are basically tribal and clan like, and they are very male dominated societies, a man can't sit or talk to a female who is not a relative, and that can make any muslim man hate and fear women, there parents are the biggest hypocrites of all, because they hate the west but they still move there anyway, and they force these women to wear the burka just so these women can't dress or act and think in what most german women believe or do in there existence.

[joeysteele]

I actually like Merkel and think her one of the strongest leaders of any Country.

Not for any religious or even cultural reasons am I against the wearing of these outfits and normally I would have no wish at all to dictate in any way how another should dress.

However,I am now of the view that in these times especially,some things override others and right now, the way things are so unstable.
I think ever citizen should now have the right to see the full faces of everyone they are walking the streets with and travelling on any public transport and also going into stores shopping alongside too.

So I would support at this point in time some ban on these.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Any measure to curb a nasty backward superstition is a good move, vote winner or not. We should never tolerate ignorance and wilful non-acceptance of knowledge, science and peer reviewed learning.

[DemolitionRed]

For those women who are made to wear the burqua, rather than liberate them by banning this face covering, we may be alienating them further as they may just be withdrawn to the four walls of their dwelling with no permission to go out.

Banning the burqua is a personal invasion of privacy for every woman who has made a personal choice to wear it. Popular press ('godblessem) have ensured that most of us none Muslims wrongly believe that its only the women who are being dominated by their fathers/brothers/husbands that submit to wearing it.