A really bad idea
On the way to the amazing English class (by the way, come back lads - I promise not to let Rhys and Ben do the class again) I listened as usual to Radio Classique's 'Desert Island Discs'. It was some Jewish guy who escaped 1930s Germany as a child and so survived to tell the tale.
The programme was interrupted by the 7pm news, which focused on the progress of the anti-burka law. Hmm. Makes you think.
It is foolish to legislate against an item of clothing. A woman ought to have the right to wear whatever she wants as long as she is decently clad. If parental or marital abuse is suspected there are laws to deal with those things. We risk having the situation where a woman has the right to bare all on the beach but not to cover all on the bus.
Laws that target one small part of the populace are a bad idea. We risk institutionalising the current climate of muslimophobia.
The programme was interrupted by the 7pm news, which focused on the progress of the anti-burka law. Hmm. Makes you think.
It is foolish to legislate against an item of clothing. A woman ought to have the right to wear whatever she wants as long as she is decently clad. If parental or marital abuse is suspected there are laws to deal with those things. We risk having the situation where a woman has the right to bare all on the beach but not to cover all on the bus.
Laws that target one small part of the populace are a bad idea. We risk institutionalising the current climate of muslimophobia.
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