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Old 04-01-2010, 03:57 PM   #10
Sundae
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Dana, the [language class] scenario you posted is one of the reasons I would be happy if the veil was outlawed.

You know I'm not anti-Islam OR anti-immigration, but I have to ask what these small village wives are doing for our country? I'm sure their husbands work very hard and benefit us financially. But the fact they hold views so very different than our own regarding 50% of the population, and import wives brought up with the same view is not diversity, it is perversity. We do not need to encourage men to view women this way. Trust me, I saw plenty of pub widows when working as a barmaid to realise that many white British working class men like their wives barefoot and pregnant. And that's not forgetting the middle class yummy mummies and the upper class breeding machines.

I'm not for banning the veil in this country. But I would not cry "civil liberties!" if it was. If the main argument against it is that women will be traopped in their homes without a veil, or intimidated off the streets, I think there is more important work that needs to be done. British muslim women, whether by birth or immigration should never have to cower behind curtains, whether it's in their living rooms or on their face.
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