British Bigotry Unveiled: Islamic Women in the Right
Over the past couple of weeks, British white-men have once again showed their complete pigheaded ignorance and intolerance of others different from themselves; and revealed their inherent racism, which they do not even recognize they are perpetuating. Muslim women who, for religious reasons, wear a veil are now under attack in the UK to unveil themselves to British men who insist they see the women's faces when they talk to them. If they do not remove their veils and expose their faces to men then they lose their jobs and cannot speak to their elected representative. You know.......why not insist these uppity women remove their robes, so the men can see their breasts, just in case there is some kind of body language they might be missing and not able to interpret. In fact, why not insist these women just get naked so nothing is hidden from these men who don't seem to be able to understand in the slightest how wrong and racist they are. It makes me wonder what kind of profound stupidity inhabits the brain of white British males.
Let me propose a scenario. Would these men in interacting with a person, who had an extreme facial deformity or a missing eyeball and who wore a mask or eyepatch to cover up the disfigurement, insist the deformed person remove their mask or eyepatch when they spoke to them? Hmmmmm, I believe the answer would be, "NO!" Why? Well, I can think of two reasons. First the men might think it was OK for the person to wear the mask because the person's visage might be rather disgusting to look at. Or, if they were sensitive in the least, these men might decide that the other person might be embarrassed by their appearance and so to prevent them from suffering needless embarrassment and the staring that ensues from others, allow the other person to keep their face covered.
Let's look at another example. British males say that they just can't understand what these veiled women are saying because they can't see anything but their eyes. Let me ask, what will these poor men do if they ever become blind and how do blind people in Britain ever get by as they cannot see the faces of the people they are talking to. I tell you how they survive, they LISTEN!!!! This reasoning put forth that British men have to see a woman's face to understand what she is saying is complete rubbish!!! And everyone knows it!
So why is it that British males are now openly opposing veiled Muslim women. I'll tell you. First the people they are trying to control and embarrass are women, and as every good British man knows, women are inferior and should meekly do what they are told! Second the people they are assaulting with their intolerance and ignorance are of a different religion and culture than white British men. Third these women are defying the insistence of white British men in order to adhere to a religion that the British men do not understand and disdain. Fourth, these women are immigrants. Insisting that these women speak unveiled to men, when that is antithema to their culture and to their religious beliefs (whether you agree with these beliefs or not) is the ultimate in chauvinism and racism. No one if fooled by the pathetic reasons these men are putting forth to justify their bigotry!
Look, I don't seen any British men complaining that their brides, when they take their wedding vows wear veils that are not lifted until after the ceremony culminates in the words "You may now kiss the bride". Speaking while wearing a veil in the workplace or when speaking with a male legislator is not OK, but speaking while wearing a veil on a woman's wedding day is accepted and considered appropo. Sounds like British pigheaded bigotry to me.
Let me propose a scenario. Would these men in interacting with a person, who had an extreme facial deformity or a missing eyeball and who wore a mask or eyepatch to cover up the disfigurement, insist the deformed person remove their mask or eyepatch when they spoke to them? Hmmmmm, I believe the answer would be, "NO!" Why? Well, I can think of two reasons. First the men might think it was OK for the person to wear the mask because the person's visage might be rather disgusting to look at. Or, if they were sensitive in the least, these men might decide that the other person might be embarrassed by their appearance and so to prevent them from suffering needless embarrassment and the staring that ensues from others, allow the other person to keep their face covered.
Let's look at another example. British males say that they just can't understand what these veiled women are saying because they can't see anything but their eyes. Let me ask, what will these poor men do if they ever become blind and how do blind people in Britain ever get by as they cannot see the faces of the people they are talking to. I tell you how they survive, they LISTEN!!!! This reasoning put forth that British men have to see a woman's face to understand what she is saying is complete rubbish!!! And everyone knows it!
So why is it that British males are now openly opposing veiled Muslim women. I'll tell you. First the people they are trying to control and embarrass are women, and as every good British man knows, women are inferior and should meekly do what they are told! Second the people they are assaulting with their intolerance and ignorance are of a different religion and culture than white British men. Third these women are defying the insistence of white British men in order to adhere to a religion that the British men do not understand and disdain. Fourth, these women are immigrants. Insisting that these women speak unveiled to men, when that is antithema to their culture and to their religious beliefs (whether you agree with these beliefs or not) is the ultimate in chauvinism and racism. No one if fooled by the pathetic reasons these men are putting forth to justify their bigotry!
Look, I don't seen any British men complaining that their brides, when they take their wedding vows wear veils that are not lifted until after the ceremony culminates in the words "You may now kiss the bride". Speaking while wearing a veil in the workplace or when speaking with a male legislator is not OK, but speaking while wearing a veil on a woman's wedding day is accepted and considered appropo. Sounds like British pigheaded bigotry to me.
If I may share another perspective as to why someone like Jack Straw (who indeed is not the person anyone is here on the planet to please) might feel called upon to address the subject of the scarving of females in British society: There is another reason why this is a problem. It has NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM OR MUSLIMS. It has nothing to do with conforming, or fashion. It has nothing to do with freedom of expression. It has nothing to do with the individual wishing to live separately from the prevailing customs in observation of their religious beliefs - for example, the Amish in America are deeply respected, though they deliberately reject dress norms, electricity, telephones, conveniences as paet of their religious observance. Here's what the problem REALLY is:
It is deeply offensive to the most fundamental feeling of people in free societies to see other people openly oppressed. Though we know it happens in various ways to many people in many places, including our own, when that happens it saddens us. To see degradation of another human being worn publicly and held up as a virtue of some sort is simply sickening to us.
It may be a cultural norm elsewhere to mutilate the genitals of little girls, and considered a virtue; that is not the case here. The custom must be observed elsewhere, not in this society. It may be a cultural virtue to sell off daughters in marriage to strangers, but that is not the case here, and it becomes something that people must do in private -not on the street. It may be a cultural norm for men to have four wives but women to have a single husband - but polygamy is unlawful here, and disgusting to the majority of citizens. People may freely engage in this sort of arrangement elsewhere. It may be perfectly acceptable to beat one's wife (wives) or kill one's daughters ("Honor" killing, I believe the term is) but here these things are crimes - assault and murder. They may not be practised, accepted and applauded here.
Imagine if you will some reversal of experience regarding the scarving of females: what if it was the custom for men to wear clothing that exposed the testicles, that women's clothing bare the breasts? Would we not all find this appalling? If you were forced to see it on the streets or in public transportation or to know your children were exposed to it in schoolrooms from their teachers, would you not, finally, no matter how much you wish to be sympathetic and tolerant, say something?
The degradation of women is an obscenity to us. To deliberately throw it in the faces of one's neighbors does more than separate - it's offensive. If you are in our countries, you are free to act as you wish in your homes - something that is not the case, I believe, in many of the countries that promote the subjugation of women as a virtue. If people are going to emigrate to free societies, they must understand that they are guests and conduct themselves accordingly, at least in shared public life. Or, live elsewhere. I cannot help but wonder what it is that attracts immigrants to places for which they have such contempt. Please, be happy, perhaps somewhere else.
Jack Straw finally said something. It's worth listening to. If it is unacceptable, perhaps it would be better, and you would be happier, occupying some country whose customs towards females are more in keeping with your comfort zone.
Posted by Maggie | Fri Oct 20, 05:52:00 AM EDT
Question, The veil issue of woman in the western culture. The UK which is almost a Islamic country anyway. The entire from a western stand point is to control. Islam always controls and degrades its woman. Its ok, to beat and mutilate its woman so no other male is attacted. Mutilate so, the female does not roam or desire another male. The Muslim male does not cover his head, but the female does. Is this respect or more out of control. I think the latter. Forget the bigotry crap. Muslims degrade woman, period. The practice of genital mutilation is so backward and inhumane, that you really can't view this as acceptable in a western world. To the woman, living in the west and practicing this barbaric life style. You, accept it, you submitt to it. In the UK or USA, you have rights that you would not have in the Arabs wonders of the World. In the West, you are an equal to the scum men that opress you. Thus, if you cover your head and that of your young daughter, You are submitting a demand not of a culture, that is not western. And yes, you have decided to do this or forced to. But you have a choice, here in the west, you won't be killed. Your limbs will not be severed. Your gentials will not be harmed, unlike in motherland.
Posted by Anonymous | Fri Oct 20, 07:58:00 AM EDT
Simple solution is to forcibly eject all Muslims from Britain, France and other countries where they are not welcome, those that refuse to assimilate. Either adopt our customs or go home. Enoch Powell had more foresight than anyone ever gave him credit for - now we are reaping the rewards of ignoring his wisdom - but it's still not too late.
And I am not a racist. I employ a mix of 14 varied nationalities - including Muslims, Hindu, Christians and all have integrated well and none mistreat their women - The Islamic faith is violent - a quick review of the Koran shows just how violent.
Posted by Anonymous | Fri Oct 20, 10:13:00 AM EDT
Funniest post I have read in days!
Thanks for the laughs. Of course, not a word against those who keep their women veiled. If they are so fond of it, why don't they do it themselves?
Posted by confused | Sun Oct 22, 01:29:00 AM EDT