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Should we be another EU country to ban the burka?

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anotheoldgit | 15:14 Sun 04th Jul 2010 | News
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Tory MP Philip Hollobone is trying to get a member's private bill through parliament to ban the wearing of the burka in this country,

Apparently a Muslim women wanted to see him at his surgery, but he told her to either remove the burka of write him a letter.
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IggyB
Would you object to people walking the streets dressed as nazi's or kkk members?
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/// erosion of our hard won and protected british freedoms... freedoms that we should all remember people have fought and died for throughout our history - don't throw them away so casually! ///

Isn't it strange that the only people to gain advantage from the 'Great British Tolerance', those so called 'British freedoms' we hear so much about, and Good Old British Fair Play'.

Are the 'foreigners' themselves.


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Don't you find the Burka morally objectionable?
Does it not represent the subjugation of women?
No. This is a free country. And he should not be refusing to meet constituents, which is his job.

From the Telegraph files: "Philip Hollobone claimed monthly mortgage interest of £1,829 on designated second home in London in 2007-08."
IggB I think you miss the point, we object to people covering their faces in public places. However religious/ugly they are it is not mandatory to wear the burka, to me it is false modesty. It is also, to some, a sign of the oppression of women by this particular religious people.
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I cant think of any establishment, particularly a bank / P.O, that would be happy if you strolled in wearing a balaclava, motorcycle helmet or monster mask. Can you?
if you own a bank, you can ban what you like. This is about public places.
Security still being an issue. Street crime in general.
How many burkha-clad women have a) robbed a bank and/or b) been convicted of 'street crime'?

...say in the past 10 years.

Is it zero, or a much higher figure?
Well that's ME told then!
YES
Ok, a hackneyed OP; Sure jno and sp have played me but I'm happy to trot out the obvious.

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