Forcing women to wear burkas, as many conservative Muslim men do, is a breach of fundamental human rights.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Yes. And so is forcing them NOT to, which was the topic of this thread.
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Replying to @EINS_Institute @Akabilky
Either burqas are banned, or we allow men to continue forcing women to straitjacket themselves in burqas. The former is a small infringement of human rights. The latter is a huge one.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
There's our fundamental disagreement. I believe men (and least of all GOVERNMENTS) shouldn't be allowed to tell women what to wear. Period.
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Replying to @EINS_Institute
So basically, let decisions on what women can wear be made by their husbands and imams. Gotcha.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
So basically, let decisions on what women can wear BE MADE BY WOMEN. Not governments.
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Replying to @EINS_Institute
Of course women should be allowed to wear what they want. That's not out disagreement. Our disagreement is in how to implement this. If the government doesn't ban burqas, conservative Muslim men will continue to force women to wear them, even in Western countries.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
...know what's good for them, better than THEY do. 2/2
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Again, that's not what I said. But it's obvious we're not going to convince each other, so let's just call it a day, shall we?
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Yup, sorry. Trouble with quasi-synchronous communication channels like this--overlapping subthreads passing in the night (or afternoon)!
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