Burqa Babes Downunder
ABC news presenter Virginia Haussegger saw a burqa at the mall and she didn’t like it. So she is suggesting that Oz follow the French lead and ban the burqa. Interesting comments but my favorite was this one:
Easy one. It’s a free country. No bans on burqas. And no bans on refusing to serve / sell to / accommodate in any way people who wear burqas; or bans on signs in the shop window: “We want to see your money AND your face.”The khufar doesn’t have to interact with someone she doesn’t like the look of, and the burqee can decide for herself whether impersonating a Guinness bottle is worth the attendant hassle of having to travel 15 miles to find somebody who’ll sell her groceries,
No state-enforced bans at all, and everything works. thornbrocket
We have no trouble with “no shoes, no shirt, no service”.
The problem is that the burqa wearers (volunteers all and pay no attention to that honour killing thing…made up by islamophobic racists) want to wear the body bags and be treated with the respect accorded to non-sack wearers. And, sadly, there are plenty of institutions in Canada which would be willing to use the full force of the law to enforce such treatment.
Which is why, if we really think about it, if a chap comes to the immigration desk at a Canadian embassy somewhere and he is trailing a gaggle of gals (maybe) in sacks the immigration officer should immediately state that no interviews are undertaken with people in bags. that would have at least the effect of reducing the number of people immigrating who are culturally unsuited to Canada.
(I should add that there are several excellent comments from Umm Yasmin who has almost persuaded me to trade in Susan’s corsets for a burqa. I am sure my guide in all things esoterically erotic, Skippy Stalin, will agree this is just hot:
I did not wear the Afghan burqa, but I did wear what we call ‘niqab’ which is the face veil that leaves a slit for the eyes. Sometimes I wore coloured niqabs, other times a black one that had a transparent black overveil that could hide my eyes but allow me to see out. I very much enjoyed the privacy of it, and would most likely choose to wear it more often if I could. virginia haussegger
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:01 am
Vargas, dammit!
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I just think that it would hypocritical for me to condemn the burqa when I’m such a ball-gag enthusiast.
Oh, and there are these o-ring things that you can strap in a woman’s mouth, which leaves the cavity accessable but keeps those annoying teth away. I can’t say enough good things about those.
I’m sharing too much again, aren’t I?
One never becomes the sexual shirpa of one of Canada’s top bloggers by remaining silent though.
On the other hand, it’s nice to see that whole “free exercise of religion” thing working out so well.
Another point that needs to be made is that there are already laws against honour killing, assault, forcible confinement and all of that other neat shit. Do Western democracies really need a goddamned fashion police?
July 5th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Works for me.