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Hijab creates trouble on school bus.
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Another Bus story
http://www.dailymail....girls-wear-hijab.html
I wonder if the police would put officers on board the school bus, if a group of school children were bulling another pupil, because he was wearing the wrong make of trainer?
What is wrong in these girls removing their veils, before boarding the bus?
http://www.dailymail....girls-wear-hijab.html
I wonder if the police would put officers on board the school bus, if a group of school children were bulling another pupil, because he was wearing the wrong make of trainer?
What is wrong in these girls removing their veils, before boarding the bus?
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Not saying that it is right or less serious for children to bully one another, but in this case, the "bullying" or different treatment is coming from adults who frankly are paid to provide a public service and should not be demonstrating such ill-educated and puerile attitudes - and if it takes some officers riding on the buses to show them that, then so be it.
The girls are wearing the hijab, not the niqaab so it is not a veil but a head covering - no different from an elderly lady wearing a head scarf for example.
The girls are wearing the hijab, not the niqaab so it is not a veil but a head covering - no different from an elderly lady wearing a head scarf for example.
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It depends on the part of the country where you live.
In London, we had conductors on the old Routemaster buses, and the for a while on their replacements - but I haven't seen a conductor on any of our buses now for about a decade.
The answer to this problem (with the girls wearing the hijab, is to let them on, and the moment anyone starts on them, stop the bus and get the bullies ejected.
This would be an inconvenience to begin with, but once the bigots went through this a couple of times, they would soon learn to shut their odious gobs.
Seriously - how weird is this story?
Imagine you're on a bus, reading a paper, and a girl gets on wearing a hajib. You would have to put your paper away, get up, walk over to her and abuse her!
That simply doesn't make any sense.
AOG - the line you've taken is really quite shameful. I only hope you're taking this ridiculous line in order to provoke a debate.
It depends on the part of the country where you live.
In London, we had conductors on the old Routemaster buses, and the for a while on their replacements - but I haven't seen a conductor on any of our buses now for about a decade.
The answer to this problem (with the girls wearing the hijab, is to let them on, and the moment anyone starts on them, stop the bus and get the bullies ejected.
This would be an inconvenience to begin with, but once the bigots went through this a couple of times, they would soon learn to shut their odious gobs.
Seriously - how weird is this story?
Imagine you're on a bus, reading a paper, and a girl gets on wearing a hajib. You would have to put your paper away, get up, walk over to her and abuse her!
That simply doesn't make any sense.
AOG - the line you've taken is really quite shameful. I only hope you're taking this ridiculous line in order to provoke a debate.
What most of you fail to notice is the fact that on school buses there is quite a bit of bulling, insults, and general chaos, that goes off, they are kids.
In the past there has always been an adult to supervise the kids, but with the present cost cutting exercises, these are luxuries we can no longer afford.
But it is the first time I know of, that policemen have been put on board, to oversee and protect a certain group of children.
The next thing they will demand will be special Muslim buses.
In the past there has always been an adult to supervise the kids, but with the present cost cutting exercises, these are luxuries we can no longer afford.
But it is the first time I know of, that policemen have been put on board, to oversee and protect a certain group of children.
The next thing they will demand will be special Muslim buses.
Well said Hazel104.
I think for me the difference here AOG is that the bullying and insulting is coming from adults (bus drivers)...not so much other kids on the bus.
And I don't think this is the only example of this type of police presence - something similar happened in a town where I used to live with police being on buses that took a lot of young people with learning disabilities to college/school who were getting grief on the bus, including from drivers.
I think for me the difference here AOG is that the bullying and insulting is coming from adults (bus drivers)...not so much other kids on the bus.
And I don't think this is the only example of this type of police presence - something similar happened in a town where I used to live with police being on buses that took a lot of young people with learning disabilities to college/school who were getting grief on the bus, including from drivers.
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