France wants to ban wearing the Muslim burqa
French President Nicolas Sarkozy:
“In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity. The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement—I want to say it solemnly. It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic.”
In 2004 France enacted a law banning the Islamic headscarf and other conspicuous religious symbols from public schools.
Okay, bear with me here- I believe that all people should be free, and I believe in women’s liberation. I don’t think a husband forcing his wives (literally) to hide in public is cool; I think it’s unhealthy, but that’s from my own perspective here in sunny South Florida. I wasn’t raised in that environment or society where it is socially accepted; I was raised in a liberal multicultural city. Heck, I think burqas are sick from here, but what do I know?
At the same time, I don’t believe in forcing other countries to subscribe to my Western beliefs, or mixing up religion and politics like France is trying to do here.
It’s ironic how liberated France wants to *impose* their view their view on other culture (there are 5 to 6 million Muslims in France).
On a much smaller scale it’s kind of like an IT Frenchman I used to work with at Tashman Technologies; he was a cool, laid-back, liberated dude, until he was in control of the network. Once in control he imposed his will over us and became an Internet cop, checking cookies, banning mp3s, disabling access. Not a coincidence: secularism (atheism) is the religion of contemporary France, and my former co-worker was also against organized religion.
Kinda along the same wavelength are liberal democrats who believe in equality, justice, and an exchange of ideas- just as long as you don’t listen to AM talk radio.
What’s next, “liberating” nuns? What about the millions of women that like wearing the burqas, and don’t see it as oppression? Does France really want to piss off Muslim extremists even more?
The truth is the powers-that-be in France are just hoping to see what’s under the burqas. We all know France is “sexually liberated”. They want to see this, yet are hiding behind an “enlightened morality”:
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Im caught in the middle.
I am both in favor of women walking around in burkas if they want to and i am also in favor of people walking around stark naked if they want to and there should be no law against it.
what does that make me?
liberal or conservative?
i dont get it.
Anarchist.