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This is a link post "The British public like to smile and greet one another in the street..."
hahaha do they? hmmm, i am somewhat disbelieving.

MP wants to ban something that might stop us from doing this... Gotta dash, enjoy b3tards. prolly GC as was prolly in teh Fail.
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This is a normal post We should ban blind people while we are at it.
And possibly deafies as well.
 (I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:00, Reply)
This is a normal post *smiles and greets*

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This is a normal post And people who choose not to grin inanely at strangers.

(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 18:00, Reply)
This is a normal post 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.
 (I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:02, Reply)
This is a normal post *smiles and greets*

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This is a normal post Hypothetical scenario:
Gang of blokes in balaclavas in a bank- okay?
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 17:41, Reply)
This is a normal post 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.
 (Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 18:03, Reply)
This is a normal post It is when those clothes incite fear
Although that's a dodgy issue too.
 (Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 20:00, Reply)
This is a normal post It's the governments job to protect us from danger
Not to protect us from fear
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This is a normal post prob a bit late for this
but, I dont think legislating against "obscuring your identity" is going to stop people from obscuring their identity in order to rob banks?
 (I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 1:05, Reply)
This is a normal post You can still smile at someone you see wearing a burka can't you?

(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 18:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't like women wearing burkhas.
I worry that despite what they say, they're being opressed. I feel that it's impossible to interact with someone face to face like a human being in the street or workplace. I feel that it's one more religious thing in my day to day life when i would personally prefer a totally secular society......

...But this tory MP can go fuck himself. You can't tell people what they can and can't do just because YOU don't like it. Britain is supposed to be a free country, and that includes letting people just do their own thing.
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