Boris Burka Row - To BAN or not to BAN? Islamophobia?

[TitoFan]

Instead of banning them, prohibit their use in specific places. After a while, it'll be too cumbersome to wear them in public when you can't really go anywhere 'cause they're not allowed..... and you'll stop using them.

That is called a ban.

No it's not. A ban includes every place, including public places, like the street. Prohibition in specific places is just that, and up to the owners of those places. For instance, a bank has a right to deny entry to anyone they deem could be potentially dangerous. As Walrus mentioned earlier, many banks do not allow you to go in with baseball caps, hoodies, or sunglasses. It's a safety issue. If they do not allow those, much less would they allow burkas.

[Master]

Instead of banning them, prohibit their use in specific places. After a while, it'll be too cumbersome to wear them in public when you can't really go anywhere 'cause they're not allowed..... and you'll stop using them.

That is called a ban.

No it's not. A ban includes every place, including public places, like the street. Prohibition in specific places is just that, and up to the owners of those places. For instance, a bank has a right to deny entry to anyone they deem could be potentially dangerous. As Walrus mentioned earlier, many banks do not allow you to go in with baseball caps, hoodies, or sunglasses. It's a safety issue. If they do not allow those, much less would they allow burkas.

I thought that there are certain places where you have to take it off.

[TitoFan]

Instead of banning them, prohibit their use in specific places. After a while, it'll be too cumbersome to wear them in public when you can't really go anywhere 'cause they're not allowed..... and you'll stop using them.

That is called a ban.

No it's not. A ban includes every place, including public places, like the street. Prohibition in specific places is just that, and up to the owners of those places. For instance, a bank has a right to deny entry to anyone they deem could be potentially dangerous. As Walrus mentioned earlier, many banks do not allow you to go in with baseball caps, hoodies, or sunglasses. It's a safety issue. If they do not allow those, much less would they allow burkas.

I thought that there are certain places where you have to take it off.

That's what I'm saying, maybe I'm not making myself understood. A woman wants to wear a burka to a public park because of religious beliefs, let her. None of the reasons to prevent her from doing so are valid, IMO. But the same woman wants to go into a bank, a mall, or wherever... and it's prohibited, she'll have to take it off. Safety concerns trump all else. A ban is a ban everywhere. I'm not for a ban.

[Batman]

Instead of banning them, prohibit their use in specific places. After a while, it'll be too cumbersome to wear them in public when you can't really go anywhere 'cause they're not allowed..... and you'll stop using them.

That is called a ban.

No it's not. A ban includes every place, including public places, like the street. Prohibition in specific places is just that, and up to the owners of those places. For instance, a bank has a right to deny entry to anyone they deem could be potentially dangerous. As Walrus mentioned earlier, many banks do not allow you to go in with baseball caps, hoodies, or sunglasses. It's a safety issue. If they do not allow those, much less would they allow burkas.

I thought that there are certain places where you have to take it off.

That's what I'm saying, maybe I'm not making myself understood. A woman wants to wear a burka to a public park because of religious beliefs, let her. None of the reasons to prevent her from doing so are valid, IMO. But the same woman wants to go into a bank, a mall, or wherever... and it's prohibited, she'll have to take it off. Safety concerns trump all else. A ban is a ban everywhere. I'm not for a ban.

100% agree