Burqa ban passes French lower house overwhelmingly

[Palehorse]

  WOW, Palehorse on his highhorse.  I don't care what people do in private, but when they run around completely covered from head to foot, I don't like and I don't care what you think about that.

  Try walking into a large bank, a city, county, state, federal office where a armed cop is with a ski mask, a halloween mask or Panty hose over your head and see what happens.  If you get your ass shot off see how much money you would get in a law suit with me of the jury.   

Apples and oranges, but in that same vein I am sure there are hundreds of burqa wearing women in US banks each and every day. . . I don't see the problem. . .

The majority of people don't care what you do behind the doors of your own home, and that is as it should be. In fact, look at the Goth people of this nation and tell me that this type of policy within the US would not negatively impact them! You know damned good and well that the government will not stop at burqas if this nation were to pass such stupid legislation. It is religious persecution and infringement upon human rights, no matter what square centimeter of soil on this earth you want to enact it upon. You start there and it expands as time passes. . .

If muslims cannot wear their burqas, then Jews should not wear their yamakas, Christians should not wear crucifixes, blah, blah, blah. That is the path this kind of legislation would take in the US. . .

[LOsborne]

WHOOOOSSSSHHH!

That was the sound of PH's point flashing over the Troll's head.

[Palehorse]

WHOOOOSSSSHHH!

That was the sound of PH's point flashing over the Troll's head.

Harry would say, "Hey! Hey!" 

[Palehorse]

One thing is for certain though; France passes this law and the whole world knows where the next high profile initiative of the terrorists is going to take place! 

Might as well wave a giant red flag at an angry bull. . .

It will be sad to see the tower fall though. . . But then maybe those English Grapes will make a resurgence! 

[The Troll]

WHOOOOSSSSHHH!

That was the sound of PH's point flashing over the Troll's head.

  I don't know what Palehorse said that went WHOOOOOOSSSSSHHHH over my head, but nothing he said change my feeling about the Burqa or the Muslims.

                                        :WHOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHH................................

[LOsborne]

  I don't know what Palehorse said that went WHOOOOOOSSSSSHHHH over my head...

Yeah, I know.

[Sandy Eggo]

  WOW, Palehorse on his highhorse.  I don't care what people do in private, but when they run around completely covered from head to foot, I don't like and I don't care what you think about that.

  Try walking into a large bank, a city, county, state, federal office where a armed cop is with a ski mask, a halloween mask or Panty hose over your head and see what happens.  If you get your ass shot off see how much money you would get in a law suit with me of the jury.   

As long as it isn't his hobby-horse or even stick-horse, I think we're okay.

I think banning them or being concerned about them is silly. It's just the face that seems to be the issue, because the rest of the ensemble isn't much different than a habit or the dresses the monks and pope wear. If you think about it, if any of these people were up to no good, the billowing outfit would be large enough to hide the real danger. The facial area? Not so much.

[The Troll]

Yeah, I know.

  You know I was thinking maybe I was wrong about Burqs.

  They keep women down and in their place.  Not letting them take a place in society.  Keeping them in their second class statist for thousands of years.

  Not like here in America, where we have these smart mouth broads (alligators mouths) Who wear hardly nothing, letting everything hang out.  Just daring you to touch something.  Who, if you lined a whole group of them together ear to ear you would have one big wind tunnel.  Having they flying around like a large mob of crows.  CAW, CAW, CAW.   Crying they want more freedom, they have glass celings and how their are sexaully harrased.   How they work twice as hard for half the money. 

  OK, I think Burqa are all right, let them wear them.  Happy, Lolly.   

[LOsborne]

Happy Bastille Day. Maybe France is passing the bill as a kind of nostalgic tribute. They are freeing women from the horrors of garments that restrict their freedom of motion, and men from the frustration of women in garments that restrict their freedom of motion. (jiggle, jiggle)

[Henry Hawk]

There you go sitting in judgment of a religion that is different than your own. "You can't do that"? Why? Because it makes you personally uncomfortable? Tough luck there bucko. They aren't hurting anyone.

tell that to the folks who died on 9/11.....

[LOsborne]

tell that to the folks who died on 9/11.....

The guys who hijacked the planes wore burqas? Really? Far-freakin' out!

[Henry Hawk]

Apples and oranges, but in that same vein I am sure there are hundreds of burqa wearing women in US banks each and every day. . . IIf muslims cannot wear their burqas, then Jews should not wear their yamakas, Christians should not wear crucifixes, blah, blah, blah. That is the path this kind of legislation would take in the US. . .

again, Apples and oranges...........a yamaka or a crucifix does not deter any security measures.............covering your entire body does.....I understand your arguements, but the facts IS, we DO have "some" muslims who ARE out to kill Americans....people ARE on edge......the people of France, by a large number have concerns with their safety........and a side note, I cannot think of a Christian or Jewish requirement where a woman's rights are also as demeaning as this one is..........where are the women's rights groups?...those womens groups get pissed at Christians against abortions......why shouldn't they be pissed at a religion where a woman is shamed into NOT being able to show her face in public?

[Sandy Eggo]

I know and the MOST priceless thing is that people who bomb abortion clinics are given a pass b/c "they're not real Christians" and "not representative of the true Christian community". So why don't these men get passes for "not being real Muslims"? Seriously? People in the "Muslim community" have said that they're not truely representative of their faith. But interestingly enough, that's met w/an eye-roll from the Christian community. You'd think that, they, above anyone else, would understand that thought process.

So I say, let's strip the nuns! We have NO way of knowing what's under those habits?

What's that? The nuns haven't bombed an abortion clinic? Women in burkas didn't participate in 9/11.

[Sandy Eggo]

Newsflash: There are Christians who hate Americans.

[The Troll]

The guys who hijacked the planes wore burqas? Really? Far-freakin' out!

  What about the guy dressed in a Burqa got on a bus in Isreral one morning loaded with school children and killed practially eveybody on it.  Yeah, nobody in Burqas kill anyone.  There many other cases of women dressed in Burqas blowing themselves up and killing other people.  Yeah, your right, as you're aways are.  When are you going to start wearing one.        Lolly going to work in your Burqa.      Your breaking me up.