Boris remarks about burkas
09 August 2018, 12:05 AM
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As you like to say 'it's a fact'
If there had been a spate of Burkas related petrol forecourt crime, then I'd be with you.
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09 August 2018, 12:08 AM
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I have given you links to where burkas have been used in robberies just the same as if a crash helmet had been used.
Clearly Denmark and the other countries who have banned it in public have a different view to yourself and see plenty of reason as to why it shouldn't be allowed.
Clearly Denmark and the other countries who have banned it in public have a different view to yourself and see plenty of reason as to why it shouldn't be allowed.
09 August 2018, 12:10 AM
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I have given you links to where burkas have been used in robberies just the same as if a crash helmet had been used.
Clearly Denmark and the other countries who have banned it in public have a different view to yourself and see plenty of reason as to why it shouldn't be allowed.
Clearly Denmark and the other countries who have banned it in public have a different view to yourself and see plenty of reason as to why it shouldn't be allowed.
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09 August 2018, 12:23 AM
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If it did then I must assume they also banned fancy dress outfits, as, statistically, they would have been used in several more orders magnitudes of crimes than Burkas.
It's just a nonsense argument. You should at least stick to reality. I accept there are many reasons why Burkas present issues to society, but criminality demonstrably isn't one of them.
I'm also waiting to hear a argument that makes sensible case as to how banning Burkas would do more good than harm.
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09 August 2018, 09:20 AM
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So you think that's it when I clearly said that was just from a quick google search with no effort put in to looking?
It makes me laugh when comparing a burka to a crash helmet as mentioned earlier in this thread. As a biker for 25 years I can tell everyone you cant go into shops or petrol stations without being asked to remove your crash helmet for security reasons. Try asking someone wearing a burka to remove it for the same reason.
It makes me laugh when comparing a burka to a crash helmet as mentioned earlier in this thread. As a biker for 25 years I can tell everyone you cant go into shops or petrol stations without being asked to remove your crash helmet for security reasons. Try asking someone wearing a burka to remove it for the same reason.
Banning the Burka won't solve any problems, on the contrary, it will only infuriate and increase anger. And my opinion stands, that it goes against the rights of freedom that we have in the UK!
If you really feel passionate about women being forced by their religion to wear the Burka, rather than taking a negative approach by simply banning it, I would suggest a better approach would be positively educate the community to encourage them not to wear it. Getting someone to do something voluntarily is always better then forcing them to do it! Have any of those countries that have banned the burka seen any sort of reduction in Islamic terrorism as a direct result?
09 August 2018, 09:26 AM
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Funnily enough, in many of those cases, its white Christian men that are wearing them! Criminals have always used disguises when committing crimes and the disguise of choice changes regularly, be it balaclava, bike helmet, burka, a hoodie and scarf or a V for Vendetta mask! If your argument for banning the Burka is because a few criminals have used it as a disguise, then your argument has to be applied to wearing any sort of disguise - goodbye Halloween!
09 August 2018, 10:33 AM
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Why, then, do they not require a burkha-wearing person to do the same?
It's the apparent inequality that annoys most folk, you'll find. I couldn't give a monkey's toss if they want to go round ACTUALLY dressed as post boxes, let alone as they presently do, but if the rules state something, it's NOT one thing for us and one for them.
As for wearing the burkha and driving.........:
09 August 2018, 10:40 AM
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But the law DOES NOT require folk wearing balaclavas and motorcycle helmets to uncover at petrol stations, or in banks. Yet the places themselves DO require that. And would enforce it by refusal of service if anyone refused to uncover.
Why, then, do they not require a burkha-wearing person to do the same?
It's the apparent inequality that annoys most folk, you'll find. I couldn't give a monkey's toss if they want to go round ACTUALLY dressed as post boxes, let alone as they presently do, but if the rules state something, it's NOT one thing for us and one for them.
As for wearing the burkha and driving.........:
Why, then, do they not require a burkha-wearing person to do the same?
It's the apparent inequality that annoys most folk, you'll find. I couldn't give a monkey's toss if they want to go round ACTUALLY dressed as post boxes, let alone as they presently do, but if the rules state something, it's NOT one thing for us and one for them.
As for wearing the burkha and driving.........:
As for the bhurka and driving, as long as it doesn't interfere with them controlling the vehicle? Maybe they are made from flame retardent cloth, and they are all about safety.........
Anyway, I'm going for a sit down.......
09 August 2018, 01:05 PM
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Most relevant interviews around this issue have been from an organisation that are trying to address gender equality within Islam, their feedback is that liberals defending the bhurka/niqab (on the back of the Boris comments) are actually harming their work to date.
Sorry can't remember the organisations name, it was on 6Music news last night.
Sorry can't remember the organisations name, it was on 6Music news last night.
09 August 2018, 01:43 PM
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The women wearing the burkas with no slit at the front were hilarious looking when I was in Dubia earlier this year.
Whilst I tried not to look, women eating wearing them was equally as stupid.
Unhook it, or lift it up a bit, insert some food in the gob, and hook it back on again, or left go of it.
Whilst I tried not to look, women eating wearing them was equally as stupid.
Unhook it, or lift it up a bit, insert some food in the gob, and hook it back on again, or left go of it.
09 August 2018, 01:57 PM
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The women wearing the burkas with no slit at the front were hilarious looking when I was in Dubia earlier this year.
Whilst I tried not to look, women eating wearing them was equally as stupid.
Unhook it, or lift it up a bit, insert some food in the gob, and hook it back on again, or left go of it.
Whilst I tried not to look, women eating wearing them was equally as stupid.
Unhook it, or lift it up a bit, insert some food in the gob, and hook it back on again, or left go of it.
09 August 2018, 03:46 PM
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Interestingly, that's exactly the point that Boris was making in his article! If he could have done it without using petty insults at the same time, then his article would have been pretty much on the mark. Instead, he's getting lamented for Islamophobia, overshadowing his positive message about changing attitudes rather than banning the Burka!
10 August 2018, 12:22 AM
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10 August 2018, 07:41 AM
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The women wearing the burkas with no slit at the front were hilarious looking when I was in Dubia earlier this year.
Whilst I tried not to look, women eating wearing them was equally as stupid.
Unhook it, or lift it up a bit, insert some food in the gob, and hook it back on again, or left go of it.
Whilst I tried not to look, women eating wearing them was equally as stupid.
Unhook it, or lift it up a bit, insert some food in the gob, and hook it back on again, or left go of it.
10 August 2018, 07:50 AM
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Someone with a hoodie was stopped by security and asked to lower the hood, a women(presumably) in a burka almost immediately walked straight in, not a peep out of the security guard.
Its funny you mention presumably.
I chap I know does security work somewhere close to Iraq. He told me once, that the first thing he looks at is the size of the hands and feet, to try to give him a clue who is approaching
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10 August 2018, 08:56 AM
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10 August 2018, 09:40 AM
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10 August 2018, 09:46 AM
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They should be done away with, but only by the women wearing them choosing to reject them. Legislation is unlikely to work and will alienate people.
10 August 2018, 09:48 AM
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10 August 2018, 06:55 PM
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10 August 2018, 08:22 PM
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What's ridiculous about all this is the minuscule number of burka-wearing muslim women. In France, which has had a ban since 2011, the French secret service found that only 367 women actually wore them, and then only occasionally. That's 0.01% of the French muslim population. So in reality, it's a non issue that is being used to trigger islamophobes. Boris knows exactly how to do this, by adopting Trump-style populist language. "Good old Boris, he tells it like it is". This is all about Boris, not burkas. Personally, I think they're ridiculous in this country and in this day and age, and my Afghani neighbour thinks so too. She wears a Hijab, a headscarf remarkably similar to the one worn by the Queen when she's out in the Landy at Sandringham.
10 August 2018, 08:53 PM
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