[kj] OT To veil or not to veil to no avail

[flight Bringer]

"multi-centralism that for my money is being exercised in a
provocative way ­ testing the essence of Œwestern¹ freedoms, almost as a
precursor to dismantling them."

    There is a section of Muslim extremists  who would like to turn the UK 
into an Islamic state . In a recent channel 4 documentary , 60 % of Muslims 
interviewed said that they would not inform the authorities if they knew of 
a forth-coming terror attack .



>From: Dave Noonan <noonan.hq at ntlworld.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: [kj] OT To veil or not to veil to no avail
>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:27:34 +0100
>
>Late as ever into this discussion, but this has me vexed; I think this is 
>an
>aspect of multi-centralism that for my money is being exercised in a
>provocative way ­ testing the essence of Œwestern¹ freedoms, almost as a
>precursor to dismantling them. Personally I have grown up with the need to
>Œsee¹ the person I am talking to, just as I would think it utterly rude and
>provoking if someone were to present themselves to me in a ski mask under
>the pretence that this was what Œthey liked to wear¹ and who refused to
>expose themselves facially, I find it insulting and suspicious that a 
>person
>would cover their face when talking to me. Would this argument be the same
>if Muslim men were covering their faces and walking the streets in
>England??? A hundred years of progress for women's rights is being undone
>behind a barrier of Œcorrectness¹ - Straw is right in my opinion to raise
>the issue and those who say we should wear what we want to wear...how 
>naïve!
>Over centuries we have established protocols that are rooted in common
>sense, they have evolved to where we are now and yet at a stroke we are on
>the verge of stepping back a 1,000 years. And they say that those who 
>forget
>their past are condemned to repeat it...there may be a lot wrong with
>contemporary society, but we have achieved much and may it continue to move
>forward and not back.
>
>Dave
>Leeds


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