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Originally posted by IllusionsaregranderYet you DONT excuse the lawyer for being provoked into an emotional out pouring by the sight of a woman in a burqa.
It seems to me that people are programmed to think that native peoples should have no right to insist on preserving their own culture. But at the same time, they think the incoming people have an absolute right to preserve their own culture.
Interesting that.
Originally posted by niteboy82
Um... I don't get an emotional outpouring when I see anyone wearing anything. I do get an emotional outpouring when I hear someone saying nasty things about me in front of me. You can't see the difference? Your problem.
Originally posted by niteboy82
A culture that keeps itself absolutely the same is a stagnant culture. Screw yours up if you wish, but I like to keep mine evolving.
You were all set to accuse the Lawyer of assault, and many did, when the lawyer was exercising her right to free speech. The Muslim woman, exercising her endangered right to wear a burqa, took issue with the right to free speech and instigated the physical assault.
You excuse her behavior by saying she was provoked into emotional response. Yet you DONT excuse the lawyer for being provoked into an emotional out pouring by the sight of a woman in a burqa.
It seems to me that people are programmed to think that native peoples should have no right to insist on preserving their own culture. But at the same time, they think the incoming people have an absolute right to preserve their own culture.
Interesting that.
Originally posted by Jadette
The burqa is a symbol of slavery. It's not 'fashion'. It's oppression.
And yes, if a saw a woman walking down the street in chains, I'd yank them off too, even if that's what she thought she wanted to wear.
The reason I "cant win this one" is because you are too stubborn to admit you are wrong.