Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:WELL DONE THE FRENCH !!! | |
Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
Date/Time: | 22/07/10 14:11:00 |
I think the question here is not whether we like a particular form of dress, but whether we feel it would be appropriate to legislate to prevent people by law from wearing it. That is what is being suggested, and in my contention there can be no justification for making a form of dress illegal unless it is obscene or offends public decency. Some young men of a certain age follow a "fashion" which involves lowering the tops of their trousers half way to their knees thus displaying their scrawny backsides to anyone who has the misfortune to be walking behind them. I would have thought this practice was a stronger candidate for a ban than the burqa, but apparently not. As others have said, nobody should be permitted to cover their faces in a situation where security might be compromised by doing so, but other than that people should be free to wear whatever they wish. I do understand the women's rights aspect of the argument, but feel this needs to be approached from a different angle. Banning something as fundamental as a choice of dress should always be a last resort in a free society. |