Australian local council (shire/county) tries to encourage womean to wear Muslim Hijab to promote 'a - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;47507033]I agree, they're pretty dope. I'm in the Arabic program at my university, and several of our professors straight [I]rock[/I] that shit. But, if you're not Muslim yourself, I'd imagine [b]it's pretty insulting[/b] to go around wearing one just because it looks nice. How pissed would people get if I walked around dressed like a Catholic priest?[/QUOTE] What does that matter?

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[QUOTE=AntonioR;47503207]This should get into modern fashion and get more accepted. It's nice and colorful, you can make billion combinations, and you wouldn't need to worry about coloring and combing your hair. I'm not joking.[/QUOTE] I love how your main reason for doing this is that "you can be a filthy cunt and forget hygiene"

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;47507033]I agree, they're pretty dope. I'm in the Arabic program at my university, and several of our professors straight [I]rock[/I] that shit. But, if you're not Muslim yourself, I'd imagine it's pretty insulting to go around wearing one just because it looks nice. How pissed would people get if I walked around dressed like a Catholic priest?[/QUOTE] I don't understand how it would be insulting? Muslims believe females should be covered up to protect their integrity.

[QUOTE=Explosions;47507106]What does that matter?[/QUOTE] Son, are you suggesting people have [I][B]freedom of speech[/B][/I]? Oh boy oh boy, how fucking wrong are you? You can't just go around [I]having opinions[/I] like it's no-ones business.

[QUOTE=Satansick;47503115]It's a fucking rag, who cares.[/QUOTE] Its a massive fucking double standard in Muslim culture. The Muslim guys at my school smell of ashes and never shave and wear normalish t-shirts and jeens while women are veiled and dressed up at all times. I don't think normalizing it is the way to address a legitimate gender inequality imposed by one culture but outright banning it isn't the answer either, because the change will have to come from within the Muslim community.

[QUOTE=Sableye;47507789]Its a massive fucking double standard in Muslim culture. The Muslim guys at my school smell of ashes and never shave and wear normalish t-shirts and jeens while women are veiled and dressed up at all times. I don't think normalizing it is the way to address a legitimate gender inequality imposed by one culture but outright banning it isn't the answer either, because the change will have to come from within the Muslim community.[/QUOTE] So you think because the Muslim guys at your school who you've met are shitty it's all like that? [editline]12th April 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Baron von Hax;47507784]Son, are you suggesting people have [I][B]freedom of speech[/B][/I]? Oh boy oh boy, how fucking wrong are you? You can't just go around [I]having opinions[/I] like it's no-ones business.[/QUOTE] Nobody here, nobody, has said you can't wear them. Stop trying to drop back on a freedom of speech argument whenever you fear you might be called on your xenophobia. We're saying that you should maybe, just maybe, be conscious of the fact that certain things mean certain things for certain people. Just because I can wave the Nazi flag outside my door doesn't mean I will, or that I'll be happy with those who do.

[QUOTE=ThePinkPanzer;47508947]So you think because the Muslim guys at your school who you've met are shitty it's all like that? [editline]12th April 2015[/editline] Nobody here, nobody, has said you can't wear them. Stop trying to drop back on a freedom of speech argument whenever you fear you might be called on your xenophobia. We're saying that you should maybe, just maybe, be conscious of the fact that certain things mean certain things for certain people. Just because I can wave the Nazi flag outside my door doesn't mean I will, or that I'll be happy with those who do.[/QUOTE] To fear being called out for xenophobia, I would have to be xenophobic in the first place... I was mocking the idea that religious people seem to think they're immune from mocking, which is obviously retarded.

is there any actual reason to be upset about this relatively mundane and entirely voluntary suggestion other than "it is associated with islam and i think islam is bad!" i mean if somebody made this exact same suggestion regarding traditional indian or east-asian attire then nobody would give a shit

You know, I was at JC Penney the other day, and they had Hijabs on sale. But they weren't listed as hijabs, they were listed as "head scarves." So that's a thing. (JC Penney is a large US department store. They sell clothes and furniture and housewares and jewelry and perfume and...)

[QUOTE=Baron von Hax;47507774]I love how your main reason for doing this is that "you can be a filthy cunt and forget hygiene"[/QUOTE] rofl he just said you wouldnt need to comb your hair, not that you wouldnt need to wash it I see girls who are too busy/lazy to comb their hair put it up in a bun or wear a hat, how would this be any different?

[QUOTE=ThePinkPanzer;47508947]So you think because the Muslim guys at your school who you've met are shitty it's all like that? [editline]12th April 2015[/editl.[/QUOTE] Its not a school, its a college and I see a lot of muslims in class who come from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and many other countries as well as american ones, plus I live in an apartment complex mostly rented out to middle east students, I kinda can see a double standard in their dress

[QUOTE=Sableye;47518417]Its not a school, its a college and I see a lot of muslims in class who come from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and many other countries as well as american ones, plus I live in an apartment complex mostly rented out to middle east students, I kinda can see a double standard in their dress[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence#Faulty_logic[/url] i could talk about the muslims in my community and how all of them are generally respectful and dress/act like everyone else save for the headscarf i could talk about a conversation that i had with the mother of a muslim friend i know who essentially said that the hijab for her had little to do with the religion and more with the fact that she'd feel naked and uncomfortable without it i could talk about a close muslim friend of mine who started out wearing her hijab and then just stopped wearing it altogether and her parents didn't give a shit because it was her choice none of this is actually valuable as proof in a discussion because it's all anecdotal, difficult to verify, can very easily be unrepresentative of larger trends, and is often subject to various layers of cognitive bias.

i refuse to be happy until every woman on earth is wearing a full body burqa. non transparent eye mesh only, no sluts showing off their adulterous eyes thanks, i might get an erection