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[kalohalo]

I have to Chair a debate on this issue tomorrow. Honestly, reading the comments that some people have made on the website, am I the only person in this country that thinks that a line should be drawn when the government starts telling us what we should wear? All right, if children can't understand what their teaching assistant is saying, then she

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[aimeesworld]

We've had that issue in New Zealand, except it was based around the courts. It just seems ridiculous. If the children can't hear then, yes, it's a problem, but aside from that there is no reason for her not to wear her veil. I guess, coming from a debating background, you can argue that advertising a religion at a school is inappropriate, the same as wearing a Jewish cap or a large cross.
But let's not be hypocritical about it.

Good luck with your driving lessons. My sister got her restricted license yesterday. I have yet to get mine. Oops.

[kalohalo]

I can understand why it might impair her teaching - she taught English to foreign children, and it would help if they could see how she produced the words. (Although I did read somewhere that she only put the veil on in front of male collegues.) And, to tell the truth, she gives the impression of being a bit of a rubbish teacher anyway. But everyone's decided to make this into an opportunity to get at Muslim women, and argh! It just really annoys me.

I finally decided that I need to learn to drive, otherwise I'll run out of time before I go to university. I don't think that I'm going to be terribly good at it - lessons generally involve me holding very tightly to the wheel and hoping to God that I'm pressing the right pedal.

[bobbinsgalore]

That link, seriously, wtf? Grrr... **is twitchy now** What really gets me is how they keep mentionin that the veil is a way of marking themselves as part of a distinct culture, which is so unlike, oh, say, the way many other social/cultural/religious groups set themselves apart?

I shall warn Alex about the threat of a messy screwdriver-related demise, just in case she was going to mention the 'c' word in her next letter.

[kalohalo]

I know - it's so infuriating. If a women wants to wear a veil, let her. If it impairs her ability to do her job, ask her politely to remove it. Honestly, we're the ones with the problem here - we're the ones who see a veiled woman walk into a bank and think, "Terrorist!"