I like to see faces. Young, Old, Men, Women.
There's something seriously amiss when people hide their faces.
Bank robbers, and fundamentalist muslim women do it all the time.
Then again what about "freedom" of expression. If we can all carry guns, then why not cover faces. Guns kill, sheets don't.
Like Tony Straw said, should we not allow people to cover their faces in public. What about halloween? When I wear a black sheet on the bus people are freaked right out.
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2006-10-06 15:54:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
we have freedom so that wont happen
those things look so hot dont they??
2006-10-06 15:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
the question is only a matter of security.
you have no right to tell someone else what they can wear, as long as its within decency, and not endangering anyone.
but you obviously can't have a picture ID for example that does not have a picture thats sepecifically identifiable to that person.
in public spaces, public safety takes priority over private issues.
this is really a very simple thing, I'm not sure why people act like its so hard. you do not have a right to be able to see someone else's face. you *DO* have a right to have a reasonable degree of security, just have to have a balance between which is which, and the circumstances.
do people get weirded out by people in winter, wearing poofy coats? why not? they could hide explosives or other weapons, completely un-detectable to a passing visual observance.
2006-10-06 16:43:44 · answer #2 · answered by RW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wearing of the burka is part of a dress code associated with a religion. Religious laws are SACROSANCT and NO non-religious body can have any say in ANYTHING of a religious nature. Freedom of religion means just that. It means that NO law can be made to interfere with ANY religious practice. It ALSO means that no law can be INTERPRETED to interfere with any religious practice no matter WHAT it is. If we start doing that then what is next? Prohibiting Jews from wearing the Yarmulke, determining what type of cross or crucifix christians can wear, telling pagans that they can't wear the 5-pointed star, Thor's hammer or other symbol. Where will it end?
2006-10-06 16:05:59 · answer #3 · answered by kveldulfgondlir 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wearing aburka would totally not be illegal because it has to do with someones religious beliefs, as long as the burka does not cause some crime to occur it is legal. A bank robber is totally different as the person is covering the face to do something wrong.
2006-10-06 15:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by Rice 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That will never fly. However, I do feel as if the Muslims are just opening themselves up to more scrutiny by failing to comply with the West. When in Rome, do as the Romans right? No, but not with Islam. It's handled with kid gloves nowadays because noone wants to offend them lest we risk angry marauders, Jihad, and mayhem in the name of Allah, for they feel they have been persecuted unjustly.
Come on. If we had a rash of murders break out in the name of Jesus by rabid Christians, Christians would be under the microscope too. Muslims in the west put themselves in the glass house by their unrelenting fervor, and failure to comply with the rules of the nation in which they choose to live. The Patriot Act's muscle will be flexed more and more, and as it does, I do see the hijab catching hell in the US in a few years.
2006-10-06 16:07:07 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Nuts PBUH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Covering body is religous, this is also freedom of expression. If Muslim women want to do this, they should have the freedom, things like guns can be scanned in the entrances, places like Detroit airport have Muslim women to search Muslim women, other places have women to search women, this is not a threat, peace
2006-10-06 15:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by HK3738 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
should wearing thongs in public be illegal? should wearing bikinis be illegal?
It's amazing how people love to pick on other people without thinking that just like they have the freedom to were anything they like, these other people should as well...
Why is it SOOOOO BAD for us nowadays to see someone wearing a decent outfit??? But when we see a hardly-clad-whore, it's all OK...
2006-10-06 20:50:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no 'right' to anonymity in public places. Therefore, if a society thinks it is unsafe to have masked people going around concealing their identities, it is perfectly reasonable to forbid their doing so.
If the religious cannot handle the fact that a society requires openness about one's identity, they should not move to that society.
2006-10-06 16:00:24 · answer #8 · answered by speakeasy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people who don't wear burka's should because some of us don't want to see their faces. Like Bush and Paris Hilton. Who's with me?
2006-10-06 15:59:13 · answer #9 · answered by Gypsy Cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought america and UK allows 'freedom of religion'
but then again, why wear clothes at all??? what if I'm hiding a micro-mini bomb in my bra???
2006-10-06 16:02:22 · answer #10 · answered by Knowledge Seeker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. As long as they make wearing a cross illegal as well.
2006-10-06 15:57:50 · answer #11 · answered by Mere Mortal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋