Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[village_person]

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@azureline** wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

appalling................but I wonder if it really will affect anyone? How many Burqa clad Muslim women have ever entered?

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Nobody there can actually recall ever seeing a person in burqa enter Parliament House.  

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So, what was the point? just another way to vilify Muslim women? make them feel like they are not welcome?

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So it's OK to instruct our service personnel NOT to wear their uniforms but it's not OK to instuct alleged women NOT to wear the burqa. As the redhead would say "please explain".

[village_person]

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@azureline** wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

appalling................but I wonder if it really will affect anyone? How many Burqa clad Muslim women have ever entered?

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Nobody there can actually recall ever seeing a person in burqa enter Parliament House.  

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So, what was the point? just another way to vilify Muslim women? make them feel like they are not welcome?

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And you still can offer no proof that the people under all that black material are female.

[polksaladallie]

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@channys_mum wrote:

Can those who wish to wear motorbike helmets with the visors down sit in there too.

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Yes

[polksaladallie]

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@village_person wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

appalling................but I wonder if it really will affect anyone? How many Burqa clad Muslim women have ever entered?

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Nobody there can actually recall ever seeing a person in burqa enter Parliament House.  

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So, what was the point? just another way to vilify Muslim women? make them feel like they are not welcome?

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And you still can offer no proof that the people under all that black material are female.

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What does it matter whether the person is male, female, or something inbetween?

How do they know if other people are of a particular gender without a geneticist doing a test?

He/she/it has to pass through the security the same as everyone else, and that security has nothing to do with gender or with faces.

[boris1gary]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

I think the govt handled this issue very poorly.

All that was needed was to impose a ban on the wearing of all forms of face-covering attire by anyone entering any govt building.

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what like beards?

[village_person]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@village_person wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

appalling................but I wonder if it really will affect anyone? How many Burqa clad Muslim women have ever entered?

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Nobody there can actually recall ever seeing a person in burqa enter Parliament House.  

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So, what was the point? just another way to vilify Muslim women? make them feel like they are not welcome?

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And you still can offer no proof that the people under all that black material are female.

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What does it matter whether the person is male, female, or something inbetween?

How do they know if other people are of a particular gender without a geneticist doing a test?

He/she/it has to pass through the security the same as everyone else, and that security has nothing to do with gender or with faces.

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My curiosity is not confined to Parliament House. Let's say I'm on the 5:25pm train from Central to Auburn and the train is packed yet I have a seat. Standing next to me is a human draped in black material. Should I assume that the human is a female and I shoud give up my seat to her? Gallantry still exists in some quarters you know. 

[channys_mum]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@channys_mum wrote:

Can those who wish to wear motorbike helmets with the visors down sit in there too.

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Yes

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Then I see no discrimination.

This has become really silly. Everyone is screaming racism. Where is the racism. It is all about identification.

The pic of the girl holding the not a chattel sign is ridiculous. Her face is not covered, so why the sign. 

My dad made me wear a hat to church because the crown of my head had to be covered. No-one had to identify the crown of my head so no problem.

Balaclavas are not acceptable as they hide identity and if someone knocked on your door (your means anyone's) wearing a balaclava would you open the door and welcome them in wondering what their religion is, or would you be wondering who was under the hood..

And as for the banning of baclava, just let them try it 

[village_person]

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

I think the govt handled this issue very poorly.

All that was needed was to impose a ban on the wearing of all forms of face-covering attire by anyone entering any govt building.

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what like beards?

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Is there some confusion surrounding the bearded Mick Malthouse? Is there some confusion surrounding the bearded (at times) TV personality Charlie Pickering?

[punch*drunk]

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

I think the govt handled this issue very poorly.

All that was needed was to impose a ban on the wearing of all forms of face-covering attire by anyone entering any govt building.

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what like beards?

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That would be some serious facial hair if it covered an entire face, usually beards are just worn on the chin area. I think anyone with that much of a facial hair problem would probably shave or wax, even if they didnt they'd certainly be recognisable.

[karliandjacko]

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@village_person wrote:

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

I think the govt handled this issue very poorly.

All that was needed was to impose a ban on the wearing of all forms of face-covering attire by anyone entering any govt building.

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what like beards?

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Is there some confusion surrounding the bearded Mick Malthouse? Is there some confusion surrounding the bearded (at times) TV personality Charlie Pickering?

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I'm confused, who is Mick Malthouse?