http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe....ap/index.html
What the hell is wrong with these people? Discuss. I'll add more of my two cents later.
French Ban on Headscarves.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe....ap/index.html
What the hell is wrong with these people? Discuss. I'll add more of my two cents later.
Signature by rubah. I think.
They wan't the US to think they are on our side.
That's a fine example of a country that is too busy worrying about religion and articles of clothing than worrying about real problems that go on in a country. Who really cares if someone goes to school wearing a religious thing to school? People go to school to learn, not to flaunt their religion.
Originally Posted by Rye
Or, maybe they do wan't to flaunt their religion.
That's an example of France's poor attempt to deal with Islamic militarism brewing up inside it. They've also banned Jewish traditional clothing, and wearing crosses and such in public. Obviously, it won't get far... it's in direct violation of democratic codes.
This won't work... France and the French will have to find another way to deal with the Islamic problem they've created for themselves, through other, less 'obvious' means. Controlling religion in a democratic state isn't going to work, or bring any peace to the growling, angry Islamic mob that's trying to topple France's very own foundations, from the inside.
When fighting monsters, be wary not to become one yourself... when gazing into the abyss, bear in mind that the abyss also gazes into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
The rightful owner of this Ciddie can kiss my arse! :P
Before you target the French, note that some British schools (it was in the papers a month or two ago) have also banned such clothing, and to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if Americans have similar bans at some of their schools. It's actually done for a reason - if the clothing was to get damaged or catch on something while they were in (for example) a woodwork class then the school could get sued. I've literally seen such a case.
Having said that, I still think it's stupid to do a ban - I just think they should make it clear that the student is responsible for their own clothing and any problems that may arise because of their clothing regardless of what activities they partake in.
Buuuuut the world is too penickity about such things these days.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
It's ridiculous, but France isn't the only country doing it. Singapore banned headscarves a year or so ago. Not only did France ban headscarves, they also banned turbans.
It's rascism in an indirect way, I think. If people can't wear headscarves or turbans, then they'll be directly violating their religion! What are all the Sikhs going to do, chop off all their hair?
No out here you can certainly wear those to school, in the workplace, wherever.
I can honestly say that I have NEVER seen that anywhere I've been in the UK.
Anyway, I think they did it because they want to remove all identity from students. From my own personal experience, muslims all do tend to hang around with each other and tend to keep apart from other people at schools. Now that COULD potentially lead to a "Them vs Us" situation, and in extreme cases could well lead to hatred and then terrorism (Note that I said extreme cases). And I think that's what the French and governments who put this in place are aiming for. But I don't think this is the solution to that at all.
France just did it more overtly. Since 9/11 many Arabs have been jailed without reason all over America.
chaos: I don't agree with what the French did. In the religion of Islam, women are supposed to wear headscarves to show dignity, etc. I had heard of this before, and at my stay in Vancouver, they had a lot of it on the news.
Rubedo: Either way I'm angered at the French and any others that ban headscarves. Like Rye has already stated, school is just for learning, nothing more, so they shouldn't be doing something like that.
There are, undoubtedly, schools in America that have banned head scarves and turbans. There have been schools that banned the word "evolution" from their textbooks and other schools that have banned shirts that say, "Whack Iraq."
:monster2: One, AH! AH! Two, AH AH! Three, AH AH!
It's stupid, a simple imposition, for me it is similar to banning gay marriage: If it dosen't hurt anyone, then let them be.
That proves that the USA isnt the only troutty 1st world country around.
If you mean some sort of publicschool. Why not? If they can ban one unproven view without any thought they can ban another.
If its, say, a religious private school like the one I go to. We learn very much about evolution. We believe its a very very good thing to veiw both sides of an arguement.
Then again im assuming that the WORD itself is not baned but instead the teaching of the theory.
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