Banning traditional clothing???????????????

[AndyKunz]

All the more reason to GET OUT OF THE !@)#!@#)!@*)#*!@) UNITED NATIONS!

Andy

[ozzie-crawl]

the hate was there before America existed
maybe the poms fault from the days of the crusades

[ReddyWatts]

I thought we went into Iraq without the united nations.

[ozzie-crawl]

thats because they wanted to be able to shoot back

[Flying Scotsman]

thats because they wanted to be able to shoot back

Douggie

[AndyKunz]

I thought we went into Iraq without the united nations.

We went in with the blessing of the governments of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as well as with the support (manpower) of the French, German, Canadian, British, and Australians. It was/is hardly a unilateral operation.

Even Iraq is glad to have gotten rid of their arch-enemy Saddam Hussein (who caused them quite a bit of embarrassment). The Persians are the problem, not so much the Iraqi people.

Andy

[FighterCat57]

I've seen many women I wish would wear a burqa in public. Men for that matter too.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...an-face-veils/

Too bad they don't ban ugly.

[tharmer]

Imagine if they banned ugly, how many of us guys would just disppear. Far more than women I'd think.

-t

[domwilson]

Does anyone see the potential danger here? Sure, initially it targets the Muslims. But it also sets a very dangerous precedent for future laws regarding regulation of religious freedom. Let's just say I'm being paranoid....Just look at income taxes. Name one issue the government has not taken to the extremes for it's own benefits? You just can't target one group and hope and pray that it won't happen to you.

[Flying Scotsman]

Dom, I have to disagree the wearing of a burka etc is not religious passion, it is a way of putting women in a subservient role.. why do Islamic men not cover their faces and why in funeral processions for a leader there is not a woman to be seen anywhere?....my 2 cents.

Douggie

[Rumdog]

The problem is, making it LAW. People in the U.S. like to take pride in thier "freedom". These same people, some of them are the same that are for laws telling you what you can and cannot wear. If you live in a "free" country, you have the right to wear, or not wear whatever you want. Therefore, muslim women CAN make thier own choices. They don't need the gov't, or laws to tell them what they can or cannot wear. If it isn't a religious thing right now, or a law, they are doing it of thier own free will.

[Flying Scotsman]

There is no free country anywhere, we all live within the laws of that country, good or bad as they may be

Douggie

[Rumdog]

That's why I say "free". At some point, the lawmaking needs to stop. Laws don't ever go away. We keep accumulating more, and more till eventually you can't even rub one out in the privacy of your own home.

[Flying Scotsman]

Agreed, but the Islamic agenda of some fanatics worries me, as they have no time for anyone else unless they are a card carrying member of extreme Islamic viewpoints

Douggie

[Rumdog]

It worries me too. Making it a law that thier women cannot dress they way they want them to will only enrage them even more. Do you think they're gonna say, "oh geez, we'd better straighten up now."? It will do nothing more than antagonize an already hostile group of extremists.