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Originally Posted by joyboytoy79  The way I see this law is this: "we're going to make it illegal to look like you might do something illegal."
I do hope halloween in the Netherlands doesn't include masks, because they are outlawed now (or very well should be, to be fair). It's a very good thing the netherlands is pretty flat, as ski-resorts would suffer (most people wear ski masks to protect their faces from chapping). Gay Pride parades in Amsterdam are going to be very boring without all the costumes. And yet, i'm sure, if someone wants to perform an illegal act with some ammount of anonymity, he/she will wear a mask of some sort.
I sincerely feel that this is an imposition on anyone (muslim or otherwise) who may wear a naqib or something similar as a form of personal expression. It doesn't really matter to me if he/she is wearing it for personal reasons or religious reasons. For me, it's about freedom of expression in a society that was heretofor the most "free" of them all.
I dislike this law. If similar measures were introduced where i live, i would vocally advocate against them. |
Halloween is an American tradition and exists virtually nowhere else.
Your arguments regarding skiing, Gay Pride or other parades and I might add diving to the list are very lame. There's a huge difference between wearing a mask for protective purposes or wearing one for celebrations and wearing one ALL THE TIME for religious reasons.
I have a severe hearing loss, if I can't see a person's face then I simply won't be able to understand what they say. If the teller at the bank is wearing a niqab, aren't I being discriminated against? There was a major case in the UK recently where a woman teacher wanted to wear a niqab. Guess what she was teaching, yep, English as a second language to immigrant students. How effed up is that?
Common sense needs to come first, not religious ideology.