What are people's thoughts on the burkini ban in France?

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Bluecube said:
I don't see the problem with burkinis. They're a bit Victorian but if folks want to wear them then let them. There's no harm.
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^ This.

However, I don't like what they symbolise, namely the oppression of women by Islam. Seems to me the whole reason Muslim women have to cover up is nothing to do with modesty etc, but everything to do with the fact that Muslim men are raised to have no respect for women, nor control of their more base urges when around women. Cologne, New Years Eve being a case in point - odd how most modern feminists/SJWs are strangely tolerant of this behaviour.
 
Dis86 said:
Actually there indirectly are. The ones that generally stop us wandering about naked for one!
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Actually public nudity is legal, but regulated. And I did make an exception about naked ramblers further up. Other than that though I can wear whatever I want. Obviously if I wear a T-shirt with an offensive slogan, I may be prosecuted for a public order offence. But that is not the same as having a law that says I cannot wear the T-Shirt.
 
Not read the thread, come at me.

Don't see an issue with it going by the video in the link? Their face is visible as are their eyes. A set of snorkeling goggles covers you up more.
 
Delvis said:
Not read the thread, come at me.

Don't see an issue with it going by the video in the link? Their face visible as are their eyes. A set of snorkeling goggles covers you up more.
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Well, its not about securing the safety of people at beaches obviously. Just about securing votes from the increasing anti-Muslim crowd.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Well, its not about securing the safety of people at beaches obviously. Just about securing votes from the increasing anti-Muslim crowd.
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Pretty much.

It's a set of clothes at the end of the day, nothing more.

If it was the burkini but more in the style of a Niqab then yes I'd 'have a problem' with it. More due to the fact it covers the face up in a country that's been bombarded with hate so much recently
 
Also not read the thread but going off the first few replies I can see the trend.

My opinion?
If this is what we have come to banning people from wearing a garment, then we are living in a very sorry state in this world. It's ridiculous to the point of hilarity :(
 
skaif said:
Also not read the thread but going off the first few replies I can see the trend.

My opinion?
If this is what we have come to banning people from wearing a garment, then we are living in a very sorry state in this world. It's ridiculous to the point of hilarity :(
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The funny thing is, going by the video in the op link it's not even in the style of a Burkha. It's more like a Hijab
 
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The Running Man said:
So you are saying they should have zero empathy for their countrymen in this time of crisis?

No body has to go to the beach, it's not a requirement. No one is stopping them from wearing a burkini in their back garden if they so want. But while there's threat of suicide bombers or gunmen on beaches hiding weapons in their clothing, you'd have to be pretty idiotic to think 'why don't we all pile down to the beach in burkinis and really rub their french noses in it'
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If you can hide much in a Burkini you'd be doing well.

What about backpacks, carrier bags, under towels, in the pockets of shorts if you're that worried about guns and explosives on the beach?

A wine cooier (what could be more French than having some wine on the beach?;)), or a cool box of the sort that vast numbers of people will take to the beach with food in would be able to carry a lot more weapons that most clothes would hide, and you don't look twice at someone lugging a heavy cool box on the beach.


Better ban bags and coolboxes on the beach if that's your fear.


It's an utterly stupid arguement to ban them because they could hide weapons, I can think of probably a dozen or more ways to get weapons on the beach that would draw less attention and actually be workable if someone wanted to do harm.
Terrorists aren't stupid (well the ones planning things and manage to not get caught beforehand), and they know that if you're going to commit an attack you don't draw attention to yourself by wearing something that is gong to stand out at all (in the same way a bank robber is unlikely to drive to the bank in a blinged up car, at more than the speed limit).
 
ebilcake said:
They should be banned in western Countries, if they don't like it they can go home.

I don't really see the issue.
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Why should they be banned?

Because you don't like it or because safety?

This attitude is why you have more extremist on both sides. The west represents freedom of religion and expression as long as it does not infringe in others freedom and safety.

I see no safety issue with this dress.
 
When when a Muslim country tells women what to wear they are 'backward' but when I western country does it's fine. :confused::confused::confused: Some people are such hypocrites it's hilarious.
 
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Adnams Drinker said:
^ This.

However, I don't like what they symbolise, namely the oppression of women by Islam. Seems to me the whole reason Muslim women have to cover up is nothing to do with modesty etc, but everything to do with the fact that Muslim men are raised to have no respect for women, nor control of their more base urges when around women. Cologne, New Years Eve being a case in point - odd how most modern feminists/SJWs are strangely tolerant of this behaviour.
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That was my point also.
 
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