Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[fisho mcspaz]

I don't think the burqua should be banned in Australia - people should be entitled to retain their cultural and/or religious values whatever country they're in - although I do think that as a security precaution, anyone entering Australia should be required to show their face while going through Customs/Immigration. I doubt that anyone would rob a bank while wearing a burqua - it would be very noticeable on the street, not to mention hard to run in.

I've only ever seen a person wearing a burqua once, in Sydney Airport. I was a bit apprehensive - it's disconcerting when a person is facing you but you have no idea what their facial expression is or what they look like - and also when I was a kid I had a picture of the Norns (in Norse mythology they were three sisters who spun the threads of fate); they were depicted wearing burqua-like garments where you could only see their eyes, and the picture used to give me nightmares, so I was reminded of that too. So I can't say I'm exactly comfortable with people who wear the burqua, but that's not a good enough reason to want to ban it. Unfortunately, I think that most of the people in Canberra who want to ban it are saying so precisely because of that reason. Bugger this 'un-Australian' stuff, that's just a label for anything that MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE so they can justify condemning it.

[Barto]

Ban people wearing face paint at footy matches. I cant see their faces, it's bloody scary.

[Rik E Boy]

Ban people wearing face paint at footy matches. I cant see their faces, it's bloody scary.

Especially Purple or Light Blue. WTF??

regards,

REB

[devilsadvocate]

I reckon beards are more of a priority for banning - far more robberies are committed by people with beards than by people with burqas.

Having worn a beard since 1968, and never having robbed anything but maybe, hypothetically, and allegedly, the ATO, I take exception to that.

Whatabout the buses when you claimed those ticket credits?

That's it - ban the beard!!!

[fish]

there more you oppress a people the more they fight back.

Nothing is more oppressive than not being allowed to go outside and show your face and having to be completely covered.

I suspect muslim women may feel oppressed if a bunch of white guys start telling them what they can and can't wear.

[fish]

I reckon beards are more of a priority for banning - far more robberies are committed by people with beards than by people with burqas.

Having worn a beard since 1968, and never having robbed anything but maybe, hypothetically, and allegedly, the ATO, I take exception to that.

Whatabout the buses when you claimed those ticket credits?

That's it - ban the beard!!!

...not to mention speeding!

[Pseudo]

Ban people wearing face paint at footy matches. I cant see their faces, it's bloody scary.

It'd be scarier if you could see their faces...

[Pseudo]

[Media Park]

Not necessarily for the religious POV, but some people are just bloody ugly, and should be covered up!

[fish]

Looks similar to some of the faceless politicians we have to choose from at every election...

[Psyber]

Looks similar to some of the faceless politicians we have to choose from at every election...

Huh?
At every election I've known what the candidates in my electorate looked like and usually have spoken to the major ones at least once.
[Even John Bannon when I lived in his electorate.]
Admittedly the upper house is a different story though.

[fish]

Looks similar to some of the faceless politicians we have to choose from at every election...

Huh?
At every election I've known what the candidates in my electorate looked like and usually have spoken to the major ones at least once.
[Even John Bannon when I lived in his electorate.]
Admittedly the upper house is a different story though.

Yes I was referring to the main party candidates for the upper house - no idea what they look like or stand for a lot of the time.

The lower house candidates are certainly visible - perhaps too visible on the multitude of posters that appear on stobie poles every election. I saw one poster yesterday just a short time after the election had been called.

[prowling panther]

Are we allowed to cut the posters down?

[Pseudo]

Are we allowed to cut the posters down?

I suspect it is a federal offence to tamper with an election poster, but am happy to be corrected.

Rather than cut 'em down, it would be far more hysterical to paint burqas over them, leaving only slits for eyes

[prowling panther]

Your a genius.

[Squawk]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/new-york-police-hunt-bouquet-bandit-who-held-up-bank-with-flowers/story-e6frea73-1225894572337

Looks like we'll be legislating to ban bouquets of flowers now.

[White Line Fever]

Been thinking about this...

If we did ban the Burqua, the reason being the right for women in Australia to be allowed to show their face without fear of reprisal, I think it could do more harm than good.

These women would still have to uphold their husbands/cultures/beliefs and could be forced to stay inside their home which would be even more imprisoning than their homelands??

[Psyber]

I read an article suggesting the support for banning the Burqa in public in the UK has grown since the French decision.

[Q.]

Maybe we should also force Islamic men to get fashionable hair-cuts and to wear shorts in summer...

[LMA]

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