Burka Rage

[MMI]

What would happen if Christian Frenchwomen adopted the veil as a fashion item?

[Thorne]

A complicated issue, certainly. Should women be allowed to wear their veil in public? Absolutely. Whether it's a religious statement or a fashion statement, people have the right to wear, or not wear, whatever they please (within the limits of decency, I suppose.)

But what about security? Should merchants or banks be allowed to require women to show their faces, to protect themselves and their customers from potential harm? I think they should have that right. After all, if someone walks into your shop covered from head to toe in a burqa, you don't know if you're dealing with a customer or a crook.

Now, if they want to wear something like THIS, I can certainly get behind it! I would be HAPPY to get behind it!

[leo9]

What would happen if Christian Frenchwomen adopted the veil as a fashion item?

It would immensely increase my respect for the French. There have been threats of just such a response.

I'm reminded of the story of the Nazis' attempt to make Jews wear the yellow star in occupied Denmark. The day after they announced the law, the King appeared in public wearing a yellow star. Gentiles all over Denmark wore yellow stars until the law was quietly allowed to die.