Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

nero_bolt
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Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

 

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@bushies.girl wrote:

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/burqa-debate-tony-abbott-says-people-need-t...


thanks for that link Bushies. interestingly enough he says

 

"Now I've said before I find it a fairly confronting form of attire and frankly I wish it weren't worn," he said. 

"We are free country, we are a free society and it's not the business of government to tell people what they should and shouldn't wear,"

He cautioned against making a "mountain over a molehill" saying there is no record of the burqa ever being worn into the building.

"Has anyone ever sought entry to this building so attired? As far as I'm aware, no," he said. 

 
 
 
so I guess if someone wore a burqa to Parliament that they would certainly be noticed, as would a person wearing a bikini top and shorts into a mosque
 
I sort of agree with abbott, as I think I've said back, I don't like them myself, but I don't think we can tell people what they can and can't wear, except maybe for certain establishments i suppose, burqas, motorbike helmets, thongs etc.
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Is this the twilight zone??

  iapetus_rocks did post such a pic.............. I saw it, as did others. It was offensive and unnecessary.

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lol thanks for the confirmation azureline** Thought for a moment I was having memory issues. iapetus_rocks, I understand that you may wish to disassociate yourself from the image, but the horse has bolted. Sorry.
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Well, all I can say is you are mistaken. The "offensive" pic seems to have gone now. I wonder if anyone has a screenshot, showing  it and the poster's id. That would prove my case.

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they have the wrong poster.

it was au2014 something

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Well, perhaps if I am vindicated, those of you who seem so willing to make unfounded accusations, will be honorable enough to offer me their apologies.

 

But this place has never been really strong on that particualr human attribute, has it?  So I won't hold my breath waiting.

 

 

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Ah, julia 🙂 you saw it ? thanks heaps.

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yep, it was a different ID. 

100% certain of that.

 

 

 

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it's hard to know who is who around here sometimes.  I did see it, but didn't really notice who posted it

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I just went back througfh the whole thread can't find that ID in here any more so I guess it was an easy mistake to make . I do think you're right there was another ID posting that I remember seeing. something like the one you've mentioned

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