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Could the U.S. Ban the Burqa, Too?
Townhall.com ^ | July 7, 2009 | Mona Charen

Posted on 07/07/2009 2:45:52 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 07/07/2009 2:45:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
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i dont think US should go the French route. It run counter to freedom.


2 posted on 07/07/2009 2:57:56 AM PDT by 4rcane
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Gee. And I don't think people should be allowed to run around masked in public.

You know, it's sort of been a tradition here.

ML/NJ

3 posted on 07/07/2009 3:02:57 AM PDT by ml/nj
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Those idiot Muslim women want to listen to preachers that order them to be gusseted head to toe with bedsheets and nets, more power to ‘em.

And if the idiot Amish women want to listen to preachers that order them to always do their ironing the hard way, and avoid that English Devil Electricity, what is that to me?

And if a Jehovie refuses a blood transfusion to keep him, or his kid alive, I ain’t gonna tie him down and start poking needles into his hide, or tie him down so I can start poking needles into the kid’s hide. As Billy Currington’s been singing on the country radio stations, God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy. Can’t keep the crazies from their craziness, and shouldn’t often try.


4 posted on 07/07/2009 3:05:50 AM PDT by flowerplough (Bammy = Oprah = Clinton = most elected Democrats, successfully feigning compassion for money&power)
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The Burqa:

Brought to you by the worthless moral savages of the
Religion of Pieces.

Abetted by our crypto-muzzie POTUS.

Resisted, hopefully, by President Sarkozy.

(Trying to lighten up) For those of us in the armed forces: the next time you’re on the beach watching beautiful women in bikinis go by, remember that we are literally fighting for their right to dress any way it pleases them! (As it pleases us.)

“Bikini patriotism”, anyone?

;^)


5 posted on 07/07/2009 3:06:28 AM PDT by elcid1970 (Ain't gonna name)
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To: flowerplough
I don't have a problem with Jehovahs. They aren't trying to kill me, just push their medicine show religion.

I don't have a problem with harmless Amish minding their own business and religion. They aren't trying to kill me.

The hairy shemales underneath the burqas, that's another story. Its like driving a car. I assume every other driver is trying to kill me. Since 9/11, I assume every muslim is trying to kill me. Its the safest approach to potential danger. You forgive them.

6 posted on 07/07/2009 3:17:38 AM PDT by RushLake (Democrats & Maobama have never met a terrorist they didn't like.)
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To: Kaslin
Burkha? Might not be a bad idea.......

Would you rather look at this:

Or this?:


7 posted on 07/07/2009 3:33:07 AM PDT by central_va ( http://www.15thvirginia.org/)
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Is it even possible to see masses of women in burqas in the USA? I don’t recall the tradition going over too well here, because Muslims like to live in big cities rather than cloistered out in the countryside like the Amish. And big cities mean traffic. You can’t be walking around half blind and survive very long.


8 posted on 07/07/2009 3:35:50 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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“there must be thousands of Muslim women who, by moving to Western Europe, thought they could shed the oppression of their home countries. Instead, they have found cringing European “multiculturalists” eager to excuse every Third World depredation — from wife beating to polygamy to the burqa — as a sign of their broadmindedness.”

Sharia courts also come to mind.


9 posted on 07/07/2009 3:40:27 AM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: central_va

Spooky!!!
Doesn’t this terrify young children?
No wonder they’re all NUTS!


10 posted on 07/07/2009 3:53:27 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: flowerplough
"Those idiot Muslim women want to listen to preachers that order them to be gusseted head to toe with bedsheets and nets, more power to ‘em."

I'd agree. Except for the fact that Islam isn't just a religion, its a political system, social system, justice system, and financial system.

The recent story that muslims in america are demanding that women should be allowed to testify in court wearing a full burka, in some cases, only their eyes exposed, is a prime example of how this isn't about "civil rights" or "resonable accommodation", its about Islam creating a parrallel political, social, justice, and financial system in the US.

11 posted on 07/07/2009 3:56:51 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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Although I find the burqa off-putting, and scary, I do not believe it should be banned in America. I do think, however, that it should not be accepted in identification photos, nor do I think women who wear them be allowed to work in Western business or organizations specifically because you cannot see the individual.That causes all kinds of potential problems for the workplace. If they want to walk to the supermarket looking like that, I am fine with it, but these people should be respectful of Western tradition, and just go their own way, quietly.


12 posted on 07/07/2009 4:00:44 AM PDT by sueuprising
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I was in Costco in Seattle yesterday. There was a muslim family that walked in right after me and whole sections of the store just froze as they walked around. The father had a long beard wearing a white polo shirt and cargo shorts. He would ask employees questions about where stuff was.

His wife and daughter both walked 3 paces behind him the entire time. Both wearing head to toe black burkas with only their eyes visable. He stopped, they stopped. He moved, they moved. He was allowed to speak to the infidels, they were not.


13 posted on 07/07/2009 4:05:50 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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Our Rights are guaranteed only if they do not infringe on the rights of someone else. If the condition for accepting public transport is the positive identification of the traveler then wearing a head-to-toe disguise is contrary to that condition. The the muzzies don’t want to conform then they should go back to sandland.


14 posted on 07/07/2009 4:13:09 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Obama = Trickle Up Poverty)
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I don’t see why muzzies insist on disguising their females with the burqa. The muzzies consider their women property, so they should have no problem allowing the airport security people to open them up for inspection.


15 posted on 07/07/2009 4:16:45 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Obama = Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: central_va
Re: Burkha? Might not be a bad idea....... Yes, it is the perfect solution under certain circumstances as you pointed out. LOL
16 posted on 07/07/2009 4:59:07 AM PDT by SirFishalot
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The U.S. will welcome the burqa with open arms and make it a fashion statement.

Then we'll ban the wearing of crossing in public.
And in private.
And in churches (because they're public places).

17 posted on 07/07/2009 5:02:34 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (The sun glinted off chiseled pectorals sculpted during four weight-lifting sessions each week and...)
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Burqas SHOULD be banned and these Islamist bastards along with them.


18 posted on 07/07/2009 5:05:05 AM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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I would support the right for a woman to wear any outfit that covers as much as say a traditional Catholic nun’s garb. That said, they should be no more allowed to cover their whole face for routine public business than one ought to be allowed to dress like Grand Wizard Robert “Sheets” Byrd in his heyday. Banks rightly ask me to remove my hat and sunglasses before I enter, and I oblige. Businesses should be allowed to set such standards without fear of cries of discrimination. Of course, the burqa-clad typically don’t transact such business.


19 posted on 07/07/2009 5:06:06 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (we also have the duty to avoid prostituting our Catholic identity by appeals to phony dialogue)
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Well they had better outlaw a nuns outfit too because it is the Christian version of a burqa.
20 posted on 07/07/2009 5:11:49 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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