Ive got into a discussion with a Swiss friend about this, as they're trying to pass a similar law.
I get the impression the Swiss tend to come from a right wing angle when it comes to stuff like this. How ever she was arguing from a womens-lib type angle, saying a lot of women are forced into wearing them. I don't know the stats or evidence on that, but I don't think its the government's place to put some one in a difficult position between the law and their culture, if women are being forced to wear them by their communities the onus should be to protect those that do not want to wear them, not to criminalise those that do. My thinking is, anyone should be allowed to wear what the fuck they want, even if it is for cultural/religious reasons that I find hard to understand, I don't personally find them offensive but even if I did that would be my problem not the person wearing them.
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Jorvic, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:02,
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Hypothetical scenario:
Gang of blokes in balaclavas in a bank- okay?
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:41,
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That would be up to the bank tp introduce a company policy.
Petrol stations already do this. It's not for the government to legislate on the matter.
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It is when those clothes incite fear
Although that's a dodgy issue too.
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It's the governments job to protect us from danger
Not to protect us from fear
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