Syrian Women Burn Burkas To Celebrate Liberation From Isil In Manbij, Could It Possibly Catch On In The Uk?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/13/women-rip-of-their-burqas-as-residents-of-syrian-city-of-manbij/

[TWR]

That's a one off 11.34 post.

[douglas9401]

Nigella Lawson, food porn queen and modesty in the same sentence, nice one.

[Baldric]

I don't know about a complete ban

http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/66500/Dog-in-a-Burka-66721.jpg

Some do look a bit suspect ;o)

[sandyRoe]

Bewitching eyes there^ like limpid pools

[pastafreak]

What's the point of banning a garment if it means imposing *your* idea of what is right on someone? Then you are the same as the groups you condemn.
Wouldn't it be better to allow choice?

[TWR]

I take that was a Rottweiler Baldric?

[douglas9401]

That could just be the effects of the coke, Sandy.

Allegedly.

[TWR]

Pasta, does security come to mind?

[Baldric]

Doberman TWR but not one of ours

[EcclesCake]

Quite how you can make such assertion is a mystery to me TWR.

[Old_Geezer]

That's the problem. If all really do have choice then a ban is undesirable in a free society; but if you believe some are pressurised into wearing something whether they like it or not, a ban may be the only realistic option available.

However the right to see the identity of those around you trumps a right to wear what you wish IMO.

[Old_Geezer]

That's no rottweiler; she's simply overdone the kohl.

[whiskeryron]

Surely the right thing to do would be for Islamic women to wear the Burka in private but pass a law to make it illegal to wear it in public because of the security threat.

[ummmm]

They don't wear it in private.

[TWR]

Is it a point they are trying to make or is it, look at me?

[Mamyalynne]

If any ladies feel liberated enough to burn an item of clothing they should do so, carefully.

[baza]

^^^ Is it a case of "look at me I wear the clothes my husband/ teacher tells me to wear" while he walks around wearing western sports branded clothes.

[TWR]

Dictator come to mind Baza?

[ichkeria]

I've never understood why a burka, whatever else it might be, is a security threat - in a public place at any rate. France and Belgium banned it and well ... er, um ...

[Khandro]

I remember the great and very UN-politically correct bernard Manning (RIP) saying, 'I once went to Muslim strip-tease show, and the men were all shouting, "Show us yer face!" '.