Comments:Belgium passes ban on full face veil

ISLAM SHALL PREVAIL ALLAH-U-AKBAR Sikh turbans aren't symbols of discrimination. Mini-skirts are in a certain way the opposite. People shouldn't heed to this scaremongering by backwards Muslims who insist to bring their seventh-century values with them into the West.

As much as I despise the mistreatment of women and the degredation of personal freedoms, especially womens', I think that people should be able to wear whatever the hell they want. I wear a ski mask in the winter when I'm out in the snow. Would that be illegal? I think it's shameful that tax dollars will paid for the passing of this law, and even more disgraceful that tax dollars will be spent trying to enforce it. Don't we have more important things to worry about than what kind of clothing people wear? Are we as a society that bored? --

I think the passing of this law is an excellent idea. We're not "bored" as a society. This law is being passed in the interest of security. There's a reason criminals conceal there faces with masks and hoods. If everyone is forced to show their face, I think the general public can feel that much safer.


 * You are a scary bastard. 128.210.90.22 (talk) 21:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

I fail to see the point of this move. You can argue against the building of minarets on aesthetic grounds, or face veils on security grounds - superficially, I'd like to see both of them gone as well - but I think it boils down to a religious/racial prejudice on the part of Europe. I hardly think there was public pressure around this issue. --92.26.52.109 (talk) 00:30, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

-- I think all western countries should ban the full-face veil. Nobody should be able to obscure their identity when in public. Moving to a western country is an option, and anyone doing so should expect to deal with western customs, just as I would expect to deal with different customs when I travel abroad. Now here's where my opinion gets inflammatory: I think the full face veil is part of a culture of hatred towards women. Not all Muslim women must wear the full face veil, only those living in countries where women are expected to be subservient to men, and are punished when they are not subservient. The full face veil says that women are not a part of society and must be covered up. It implies that since men can't control their sexual urges, women must cover up, otherwise it's their fault if they are attacked. It also allows a man to brutalise a woman as much as he likes and nobody can see his handiwork. Men are capable of controlling themselves and treating women like equal human beings, it just depends on how they are raised. Not all Muslim men expect women to accept second-class status, only those living in countries where women must wear the full-face veil.


 * your ignorance is dumbfounding 64.223.108.39 (talk) 11:11, 2 May 2010 (UTC)