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Post #275,104 by ubernostrum 12/7/06 10:09:14 PM Reply	No. Prohibiting anyone from forcing someone else to wear one is the right thing to do. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?
Post #275,107 by drewk 12/7/06 10:30:52 PM Reply	If only There's a reason prayer is illegal in schools. Even if the students initiate it and it's not "required". In the northeast or on the west coast, the ones doing the praying would probably get some funny looks, but mostly they'd be ignored. In the bible belt, kids who don't join in get bricks through the front windows that night. That's if they're lucky enough not to just get beat up after school. So sure, it'd be great to pass a law saying you can't require someone to wear a burqa. Then, when you want to prosecute a violation, all you have to do is find a witness willing to testify against her family. === Kip Hawley is still an idiot. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #275,134 by ubernostrum 12/8/06 2:12:28 AM Reply	Re: If only There's a reason prayer is illegal in schools. Even if the students initiate it and it's not "required". In the northeast or on the west coast, the ones doing the praying would probably get some funny looks, but mostly they'd be ignored. In the bible belt, kids who don't join in get bricks through the front windows that night. That's if they're lucky enough not to just get beat up after school. \r\n\r\n Voluntary prayer isn't illegal, it's Constitutionally protected. Not all school administrators seem to be aware of this, but that's their problem. \r\n\r\n I grew up in West-by-God Virginia, then did six years in Virginia, now one year into Kansas. And, oddly enough, I've never had trouble from the religious folk. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?
Post #275,171 by bepatient 12/8/06 12:54:19 PM Reply	A fellow mountaineer, eh? Where in west by gawd were you? Parkersburg for me..with later stints in Morgantown and Keyser. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #275,285 by ubernostrum 12/9/06 1:47:39 PM Reply	Re: A fellow mountaineer, eh? Grew up just outside Charleston. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?
Post #275,113 by static 12/7/06 11:09:24 PM Reply	I would agree on that point. But how do you enforce it? :-) A: With great difficulty. Wade. "Don't give up!"
Post #275,135 by ubernostrum 12/8/06 2:20:32 AM Reply	Simple. Ask her why she's wearing it. If she suddenly gets a fearful I-can't-accuse-my-husband look (visible through the handy eye slit), arrest every blood relative you can find and put her in witness protection to prevent stragglers from killing her to regain the family honor. The punishment for inflicting such a situation on a woman will, ideally, be such that a second offense is not possible. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?
Post #275,145 by Another Scott 12/8/06 7:03:25 AM Reply	Except... I wouldn't be surprised if she [link\|http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/10/02/fatima/index1.html\|couldn't talk to you]: Have you ever been personally attacked by the Taliban? I was flogged three times in the streets, for stupid reasons. They will flog women that don't have the veil on, or aren't with their male relative, or are talking to a male shopkeeper, or are out on the streets during the evening. There are always people sobbing in the streets because they are being beaten. This is normal. For far too many, the veil and the burqa aren't just pieces of clothing they wear by choice. They're required uniforms that have the purpose of subjugating women. They're used to control people just as the [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_badge\|yellow badge] was. [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk%27s_Reforms\|Mustafa Kemal Atat\ufffdrk] had it about right when it comes to [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9\|la\ufffdcit\ufffd] in Turkey. Displays of religious trappings belong in private or in religious institutions. My $0.02. Cheers, Scott.
Post #275,166 by ubernostrum 12/8/06 12:36:56 PM Reply	This is why we have bombs and missiles and such. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?

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