From: "T Fjeld" <torgfje2-AT-frisurf.no>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:33:26 +0100
Subject: RE: [BOU:] Re: veiling and islam


On 6 Jan 2004 at 14:51, Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:

> So what makes me tic is the question why people
> would want to wear a veil or force others to wear it? 

Right. But surely it would also be legitimate to ask why some people 
would want some other people NOT to wear a veil, or force them not to 
wear it?

> Well, in Holland some girls claimed the right to wear a niqab, a veil
> which covers the whole face, if they had got their way, next would be
> the right to wear a burqa. 

Right. This type of argumentation is referred to as "slippery slope", 
if you accept X you must also accept Y, because they are essentially 
linked. I charge you to prove your assertion, particularly since its 
the form of argumentation most favoured precicely by far-right 
movements in arguing against immigration and for the construction of 
Festung Europa.

> in Indonesia there are men who wear penistubes. [...] It's impossible to
> have a president wearing this or to have teachers or judges walking
> around naked. 

Is it impossible to be president with a cod-piece? Nah.

Get well,
Torgeir Fjeld
Cod-Piece President of the Bourdieu list

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T Fjeld
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A deju vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix.  It happens when they 
change something.

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