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Thread #129162   Message #2896976
Posted By: GUEST,mg
29-Apr-10 - 08:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Muslim veil ban in Belgium
Subject: RE: BS: Muslim veil ban in Belgium
If our teenagers dress like ladies of the evening, no offense to either party, should immigrant teens have to also?

I don't think we have to take off our clothes so others can feel at ease not wearing their's.

I don't think it works the other way. I think modesty should be respected..not so much that other safety and security issues are breached, but so what if someone does not want to look at someone in a beanie or turban? So what? But to tell a young woman that she essentialy has to expose herself, which is what she is raised to feel like she is doing is nuts. Where does it stop? Can nuns not wear their habits? Hare Krishnas not wear orange in case someone gets frightened by their religion?    I don't believe anything goes, but it is crazy to let people take so many of their clothes off that they are indecent but not let them put on more than the average person. And I do respect the fact that it would be easy for a terrorist or bank robber to wear a burka and commit terrible crimes..that is my only concern with this issue. mg