[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by patsylimerick

You're either fishing here or you're really that obtuse. By your logic, women being required to cover themselves from head to foot is liberating them. The mind boggles....................................

You've missed the point completely. He was essentially saying that if it's the woman's choice to wear a Burkha then by banning it you're stripping her of the liberty to wear what she wants. Not that the Burkha represents liberation, just that it's their choice to wear it or not.

[Angus]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

You've missed the point completely. He was essentially saying that if it's the woman's choice to wear a Burkha then by banning it you're stripping her of the liberty to wear what she wants. Not that the Burkha represents liberation, just that it's their choice to wear it or not.

The point is that this is a western country and as a woman it offends ME to have to daily encounter this vile visual symbol of female subjugation, and I know for a fact that I am not alone in feeling that way. My rights to NOT be offended should be taken into consideration as much as the rights of the women who supposedly "choose" to wear the burka. I am highly sceptical as to the fact that ALL women who wear the burka do so out of choice - I suspect it is often coercion by their male relatives.

[letmein]

Originally Posted by angus58

My rights to NOT be offended should be taken into consideration as much as the rights of the women who supposedly "choose" to wear the burka.

Uh, no. The world does not revolve around you.