Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[raptor_rebooted]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:
"Our federal govt really messed this one up. All they had to do was to ban any form of identity-concealing attire for visitors to Parliament."

They sure did mess up. Didn't engage the brain before reacting. Could have been a Ban for anyone "covering their face". Not that I think that is necessary, but better than the burqa 'hysteria' they caused.

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i thought that too but ultimately -

only one group of people would be affected

so it would have been seen as targeting those

anyway.

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So the Govt calls it a burqa ban and there is no doubt who they are targetting?. Right, that makes sense, not.

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what?  my point was - even if they did

engage their brain before reacting -

it wouldn't have made much difference.

[icyfroth]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

The "threat" was from a talk-back caller.   They are scary, those bogan rednecks.    

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/25308412/radio-show-behind-burqa-ban/

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How do you know who the Media Manipulator (that talk-back caller) is to call him/her a bogan redneck?

Could be anyone from anywhere pretending to be anything.

[polksaladallie]

Could be someone from here.   

[icyfroth]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Could be someone from here.   

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Could be. You can't see the colour of a person's neck in cyberspace.

[cherry*135]

IT would make a HUGE difference.

Whether a Govt planned to introduce

A ban on face coverings 

or 

A ban on wearing the burqa and/or

the niqab.

[icyfroth]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Could be someone from here.   

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Could be. You can't see the colour of a person's neck in cyberspace.

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Or in a burqa for that matter.

[icyfroth]

I think a good medium has been struck.

Facial coverings to be removed for indentification.

Can't argue with that.

[bluecat*dancing]

Hasn't that been happening for quite some time now?

[cherry*135]

OM IGGULDEN, REPORTER: The plan to segregate burqa wearers into these glass boxes when watching Parliament was only a few hours old before the Prime Minister effectively shut it down.

TONY ABBOTT, PRIME MINISTER (Oct. 3): I asked the Speaker to rethink that decision.

TOM IGGULDEN: That was flatly contradicted by the Speaker today.

TONY BURKE, MANAGER OF OPP. BUSINESS: Did you, Madame Speaker, receive a request from Prime Minister to reconsider the policy?

BRONWYN BISHOP, SPEAKER: In a word, no.

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PENNY WONG: Who first told you that there was an intention to disrupt Question Time?

STEPHEN PARRY: It came from two sources.

PENNY WONG: What were the two sources?

STEPHEN PARRY: The two sources were via the Black Rod ...

PENNY WONG: That's not correct.

STEPHEN PARRY: ... and via the Speaker's office.

PENNY WONG: No. Well that is not correct. You should retract that evidence, Mr President.

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PENNY WONG: Can I confirm that the Parliament House threat level has not changed since 2010? Is that correct?

CAROL MILLS: That's correct.

PENNY WONG: That is correct.

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RICHARD DI NATALE: What we're saying is we may in fact have misinformed people and potentially aggravated some anxieties.

CAROL MILLS: I think that is a higher level of concern than is possibly required of staff at the moment. I certainly have not closed my blinds, nor have I varied my route.

STEPHEN PARRY: I would describe the advice as overcautious.

http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2014/s4111098.htm

[icyfroth]

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@bluecat*dancing wrote:

Hasn't that been happening for quite some time now?

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I don't know. Has it?