It does indeed.
I , like (and this is where the 90% has got to be correct) 90% or more of the population would feel less comfortable sitting next to a veiled figure who`s eyes are only visible through a slit than a jolly looking Nun.
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[Politics] People you'd rather see as Foreign Secretary than Boris Johnson
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It does indeed.
I , like (and this is where the 90% has got to be correct) 90% or more of the population would feel less comfortable sitting next to a veiled figure who`s eyes are only visible through a slit than a jolly looking Nun.
Second thoughts got to be 99%....Obviously Schmunk an exception.
What if you stuck the Nun in the burqa and the Asian woman in a Nun's costume?
Absolute nonsense. He's used his freedom of speech to show the world (once again) who he is, and what he has written is quite rightly out there to be judged.
Withdean11
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How do you know its an Asian woman?
How do you know it's a nun?
Skin tone, eye shape, eye colour and my experience of several months in India and travelling all over Asia. How about you let the person I questioned answer it?
Withdean11
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I don't, but i know it's an old lady.
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
mikeyjh
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Why? Do these little Muslim women intimidate you?
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A lot of people seem to agree with him though, but their views are, obviously irrelevant to the pseudo intellectuals. So how does what Boris has said compare to, say, Charlie Hebdo? Personally I don’t condone what he has written as it was unnecessary, but find the total outrage of some hard to fathom. Western dress codes, particularly for women, are outlawed in many Muslim countries and offenders likened to whores. Where’s the balance?
The other one is clearly a young woman.
TBH it was a crap example picture that [MENTION=3734]Giraffe[/MENTION] found to illustrate the point he was trying to make. You can see her features pretty clearly through the fabric!
Obvious surely....I like anyone judges on what you can see !! A figure with a slit that shows only it`s eyes could be anything. You assume it is an Asian Woman. Why ? Anyone who feels the need to hide their identity concerns me.
Muslim women don`t......It is anyone who feels the need to hide their identity.
Do you not draw any distinction between the writings in a clearly satirical magazine, and statements from a politician and recent occupant of one of our great offices of state?
Why are you picking on poor Boris? Frankie Boyle said far worse...
Nonsense argument.
mikeyjh
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Course it is! Haha. Do you get scared at halloween by those nasty kids in masks as well?
What pseudo intellectuals? Who do you mean?
Whataboutism. One's an article about legal attire that references a casually racist joke and the other is a cartoon about Muhammed in a satirical magazine. Hebdo had plenty of other targets but Boris only seems to be writing for the Brexit / Brietbart crowd at the moment. Wonder why that is?
I know you're replying to HKFC here but I refer you to my earlier post. Your final two sentences don't agree with your first one. We allow the Burqa here because we ARE more liberal and accepting than many Muslim countries. I fundamentally disagree with the stance that Denmark have taken and it's definitely not liberal.
But what I'd really like to understand is if you feel that speech should be kept free but dress code not? If you are for both freedoms then all you seem to be complaining about is Muslims being annoyed about a clearly ignorant statement about them and those on the political side opposite to Boris debating with him over his language.
You Joke.....However A lot of old people are indeed scared by the aggressive sometimes threatening behaviour of trick or treaters in masks.
But she'd be a nun in a Burqa. A "jolly" nun even. Who could be nicer than a jolly nun to sit next to?
As I pointed out in my other reply the person under the Burqa in the picture has an Asian skin tone and eye colour and obviously female features.
Two Professors
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Islamic State have carried out many terrorist attacks dressed in burkhas,most recently in Afghanistan.Armed robberies have been carried out in this country by people dressed in burkhas,so hardly fancy dress.