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| "No more burka for me!" says Little Mermaid. From: "Little Mermaid gets burqa cover-up" |
Good!
It seems Denmark has been far more sensible in relation to the refugee issue than neighbour Sweden. Norway has been robust as well: they deport asylum seekers that don't pass muster. (In Germany they just stay there).
Australia is not so sensible. Parliament talks of "religious freedom" as the reason we don't ban the burka.
But we don't allow Mormons to marry multiple wives. We don't allow Hindus to commit suttee on widows. We don't even allow Muslims to genitally mutilate young girls.
What is particularly crazy in Australia is that the burka issue has come up again recently: parliament is talking about having face recognition software for drivers' licences, for better security. But guess what... burkas don't work with that; of course. So members of the one group that are the most... shall we say... "problematic", in relation to terrorism, are exempt!
And all for the bogus excuse of religious freedom in a secular country. "Bogus" because there's already precedent for secular laws having primacy over religious laws. In Australia it's alll about osculating the Religion of Peace.
I remember when I was a motorcycle delivery boy in London (1972) you weren't allowed to wear your helmet into buildings — a security matter. And we bike boys all understood that. I think it's the same in Australia. But wear a burka? Fine. It's "Religious freedom"!
And we know of many cases where men have worn a burka to escape detection.
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Anyway...
Cheers
F
On 7 Oct 2017, at 3:55 AM, P.... wrote:
On 7 Oct 2017, at 3:55 AM, P.... wrote:
