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LaBelleDameSansMerci · 10-05-2010, 07:44 PM

Quebec is trying to ban face-coverings in public buildings, for all 90 people in the entire province who regularly wear them. They say it is in the interest of safety and ease of identification, but... in libraries? And 95% of these women have the sense to raise their face covering when they need to, like when they (or their child) is receiving medical care, or when they're in another situation in which they need to be identified, even if the person identifying them is a male. I agree that screens in front of the eyes could become an issue of safety (traffic, trip hazards, etc) because they're quite difficult to see through, but other than that... really?

I think part of the problem that we have is that we keep adding "the" in front of it, and talking about veils and head coverings in a tone that we might use for saying someone has died. We turn it into a monolith. "She chooses to wear a niqab" sounds a lot different from "She chooses to wear the niqab."

10-05-2010, 07:44 PM	#3
LaBelleDameSansMerci Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: elsewhere Posts: 2,015	Quebec is trying to ban face-coverings in public buildings, for all 90 people in the entire province who regularly wear them. They say it is in the interest of safety and ease of identification, but... in libraries? And 95% of these women have the sense to raise their face covering when they need to, like when they (or their child) is receiving medical care, or when they're in another situation in which they need to be identified, even if the person identifying them is a male. I agree that screens in front of the eyes could become an issue of safety (traffic, trip hazards, etc) because they're quite difficult to see through, but other than that... really? I think part of the problem that we have is that we keep adding "the" in front of it, and talking about veils and head coverings in a tone that we might use for saying someone has died. We turn it into a monolith. "She chooses to wear a niqab" sounds a lot different from "She chooses to wear the niqab." __________________ Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder where you're at. Up above the world you fly Like a tea-tray in the sky.