France Trying To Unclothe Islamic Women... For Safety

[Seil]

These are Burqas.



Because we really need at least one serious thread.

Now, some people - feminists and conservatives - 'dislike' the burqa in the same way that gay people make conservatives feel uncomfortable.

Anyways, France is trying to outright ban them.

So if it's a traditional garment:

A burqa is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions for the purpose of hiding a female's body when out in public. It is worn over the usual daily clothing (often a long dress or a shalwar kameez) and removed when the woman returns to the sanctuary of the household, out of the view of men that are not their husbands, fathers, brothers, uncles, sons and grandsons.

Which remains part of the culture of a different race of persons whom, while we may not agree with their views or politics, respect as other human beings on this planet and subject to the same freedoms and rights as anyone else, why is France banning it? Or at least trying to?

Originally Posted by CNN

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Commission members began their work six months ago after French President Nicolas Sarkozy controversially told lawmakers that the full veil was "not welcome" in France.

Sarkozy said the issue is one of a woman's freedom and dignity, and did not have to do with religion...

By recommending a ban on full veils in public places such as hospitals and schools and by anyone receiving public services, the commission members said they wanted to assist those working with members of the public when asking that full veils be removed. That would include school teachers who meet children's parents or ticket agents at train stations.

So something that's part of their culture and tradition, and has been for some time, is gettin' banned in an entire country because Sarkozy... wants to see some faces?

I could see that if there was terrible accident or something like that where a burqa was the cause of a horrible decapitation or whatever, but since I'm pretty sure that French law would prohibit Islamic men forcing their wives/daughters to wear the veil without their consent, because I think that in France women have the right to choose whether or not they want to wear the veil or go without, and because in France those women that do wear it are not doing so because they're trying to subjugate an entire gender but keep their culture and tradition alive... I don't really see why an entire country has to ban them.

But maybe I'm wrong about all this and France is just ass backwards. I mean, burqas can be pretty hot.