Sri Lanka Bans Any Form Of Face Covering In Public Including Burqas And Niqabs.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6969793/Sri-Lanka-bans-face-coverings-prevent-terrorists-covering-identity-Easter-bombings.html

Should the UK now do the same?

[retrocop]

Yes

[ichkeria]

Didn’t work in France did it ;-)

Not that it was done there for the same reason admittedly.

[ichkeria]

Should they do it here too? Absolutely.
Would have saved that person dressed as Big Ben struggling to duck under the London marathon finishing line yesterday.
And don’t think clock faces will be exempt, cos they won’t.

[anotheoldgit]

I wonder if the UN Human Rights Committee, will step in?

https://www.thelocal.fr/20181023/un-slams-french-burqa-ban-for-violating-rights

[douglas9401]

Difficult for some, brown folk telling other brown folk what they can't do.

Some all-encompassing stuff will make it here eventually but it may need to be vetted by the group before publication.

The leaderene will then post and agreed backup will follow.

[Old_Geezer]

The whole of the civilised world should.

[ToraToraTora]

yes, very sensible.
ich, his face was not covered:
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/man-running-as-a-big-ben-during-the-virgin-money-london-marathon-in-picture-id1140047287

[retrocop]

//Difficult for some, brown folk telling other brown folk what they can't do. //

Doug
The Tamils were doing that to the Sinhalese for ages.

[youngmafbog]

Yes, If you want to live like tht go live in a country that is still stuck in the 15C.

[naomi24]

Good. I hope the rest of the world does likewise.

[Zacs-Master]

I thought they were bringing the C15th to us?

[Kromovaracun]

In general I'm not comfortable with the state telling people what they can't wear. I think it's authoritarian.

[naomi24]

//It will serve only to make the lives of Muslim women even worse than it already is and will virtually make them prisoners in their own home. //

That argument facilitates subjugation. Once men are stuck with the shopping and the school runs they'll very soon become accustomed to allowing their wives out without a veil.

[retrocop]

//The married women will be kept indoors . //
Now why would any decent person in the modern world allow that to happen? Surely a Moslem woman has same freedoms and rights as a British Christian woman haven't they?

[aelmpvw]

burqas should be banned but it won't deter suicide bombers will it?

[david small]

Yes, Yes, and thrice Yes. All face coverings should be proscribed as a matter of security.

[anotheoldgit]

Kromovaracun

/// In general I'm not comfortable with the state telling people what they can't wear. I think it's authoritarian. ///

The state tell us what we can do and what we cant do all the time.

Without that we would become a lawless society.

Regarding 'What we can wear' would it be right for some women to walk about topless wearing just a sarong?

[dannyk13]

Retro, I guess that your post at 13.34 was tongue-in-cheek.