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tycho
#1 Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2016 9:28:44 PM
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Is it about war on terror, or is it about war against non-conformity?

Are we finally getting a glimpse of things as they really are?

https://www.theguardian....n-we-criminalise-clothes
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AlphDoti
#2 Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2016 10:33:38 PM
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One one side, it is war on women. Hundred years ago, women were being policed on what to wear: arrested for short dress. Now, for covering herself.

On the other hand, it is a cultural offensive against Islam and Muslims. And they are using dress or beard or language as an excuse to get into them.
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harrydre
#3 Posted : Friday, August 26, 2016 3:24:23 AM
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chemirocha
#4 Posted : Friday, August 26, 2016 8:18:02 AM
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The irony is if you look at photos from the 60's, women in the Arab world were dressed in the western fashion of jeans and mini skirts.
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guru267
#5 Posted : Friday, August 26, 2016 8:29:59 AM
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chemirocha wrote:
The irony is if you look at photos from the 60's, women in the Arab world were dressed in the western fashion of jeans and mini skirts.


That was after the fall of the Ottoman empire where Arab Nationalism took hold and Islamic practice was subdued...

Those days are gone and we are in the midst of an Islamic revival..
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tycho
#6 Posted : Friday, August 26, 2016 9:34:35 AM
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guru267 wrote:
chemirocha wrote:
The irony is if you look at photos from the 60's, women in the Arab world were dressed in the western fashion of jeans and mini skirts.


That was after the fall of the Ottoman empire where Arab Nationalism took hold and Islamic practice was subdued...

Those days are gone and we are in the midst of an Islamic revival..


Even in this Islamic revival, the woman is still a battlefied. There's no change that's significant from the 'Arab Nationalists'. Why? It's still the Men who will dictate how they should dress... what they should aspire to be.
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grolut
#7 Posted : Friday, August 26, 2016 9:35:41 AM
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[quote=tycho]Is it about war on terror, or is it about war against non-conformity?

Are we finally getting a glimpse of things as they really are?

https://www.theguardian....-we-criminalise-clothes[/quote]

Just ask yourself if it were skin cancer survivors who were the main proponents of this swimsuit, would there be any ban? It's pure Islamophobia.
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tycho
#8 Posted : Friday, August 26, 2016 9:48:37 AM
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grolut wrote:
[quote=tycho]Is it about war on terror, or is it about war against non-conformity?

Are we finally getting a glimpse of things as they really are?

https://www.theguardian....-we-criminalise-clothes[/quote]

Just ask yourself if it were skin cancer survivors who were the main proponents of this swimsuit, would there be any ban? It's pure Islamophobia.


And probably a losing battle.
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hardwood
#9 Posted : Friday, August 26, 2016 10:23:43 AM
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If you go to Rome do as the Romans do. You are their guest and should conform with their way of life, including dressing. If they swim in bikinis then you should also turn up at the pool or beach in a bikini, not some "queer" swimming attire.
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grolut
#10 Posted : Friday, August 26, 2016 11:50:15 AM
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hardwood wrote:
If you go to Rome do as the Romans do. You are their guest and should conform with their way of life, including dressing. If they swim in bikinis then you should also turn up at the pool or beach in a bikini, not some "queer" swimming attire.


Russians like to wear speedos, if I go there I'm sticking to my bermudas thanks. Laughing out loudly
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