Who cares? I personally think it's a stupid custom regardless, but if a woman seriously wants to dress like that? Power to her. I just don't get why we're all so terrified of Muslims...
what the heck ever happen to pro choice.. its ok to be gay. its ok for women to have abortions. BUT! when a women chooses to cover her face. NO NO NO!
It is about the government telling its citizens what they can and cannot wear. That's the crux of the issue. The government should make sure women can escape households where they forced to wear something, but the government coming in and telling people they can't choose to wear a certain piece of clothing is oppressive and an over-reach.
@Cnd1867 so people should be allowed to walk into a bank wearing a motorbike helmet and balaclava then. people should also be allowed to leave their houses naked and not be charged with indecent exposure by your logic. you must be a green voter
When in Rome do as the Romans do??????????? What is wrong with, my wife, sister ,( any female) when visiting or living in a Islamic country is required to wear the Burqa, I say, that is OK. , BUT let's reciprocate, if any female from an Islamic country is visiting, living in Western Democracies, same should apply. - SO, AS THE SAYING GOES: WHEN IN ROME DO AS THE ROMANS DO , IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT THEN, pardon my German Fucken ziii OFF.
Why do women in western society defend the sick culture of the burqa that demeans women? Feminists are going to be in for a rude awakening when they end up living in an Islamic society. Then they will be told what to wear, who to marry and how to live every aspect of their lives. And they can kiss their feminism and rights goodbye.
Why can't people understand; they do things differently in their country, why can't we do the same? If a woman was to go to Iran, not wearing some sort of head garment is asking for it. Why not if they come here, you don't wear one, as here, it is how WE do things, and if they wish to live here they should comply to the rules?
It's a bad sign when intelligent people of an advanced civilisation are at the point where they're actually spending time debating with someone who is a straight-jacketed (apostasy carries the death penalty in Islam) brainwashed denizen of a worthless, backward and diseased fascist dogma from the deserts of medieval Arabia.
Islam isn't worth a single syllable in debate because when you scratch the surface with Islam there is the demand to submit to it or else.
gays are allowed to wear and behave atrociously in public places. It's difficult sometimes to go to a restaurant with your wife and kids. The burqa doesn't harm anybody (except, maybe the wearer.) I think we are pissed out with muslims for other (legitimate) reasons; and the dress code is just a scape goat to hit back at those other reasons.
@jejo02 How about this TRAITOR you and your ilk are our problem in America, unfortunately we have been asleep here and Europe and this PARASITIC BS is now HERE
when the sleeping giant wakes up the world will know especially Islam and it will wake up. The world knows what we can do, so please don't act like the Japs because this country is a powder keg, you make nice targets we bear arms don't cause some lunatic to go apeshit and kill about 1000 of you for God's sake.
@debzeppeliniv Oh you're gonna kill about 1,000 of "us" huh? How about I'm a 25 y/o, white, American. And being such, I STILL don't think the burka should be banned, you racist sack of shit.
IF IT'S O.K,. to wear a burga in Australia then I should have the right to wear nothing but a pair of speedos{BUDGIE SMUGGLERS} and some thongs in a muslim country....see that's my culture and I don't want to be culturally repressed...
Its funny that the first man advocate banning the burqa know more about the background of burqa and its negative impact in Middle East, while the second third and fourth speakers are bunch of arm-chair analysers think they stand on the moral high ground...they are true hypocrites. i honestly don't care what you wear, be it bikini or the muslim scarf, but covering the whole face is just fuked up, its anti-social.
Cory Bernardo is a brainless catholi, narrow minded and stupid. His analysys is flawed. Wearing the Burqa serves more to identify people than the opposite. In addition, people should show respect for peoples choices with different cultural choices.
The reason motorcycle helmets are banned inside secure areas is because it obscures identifying features. Same goes for balaklava's. The Burqa and veil also obscure identifying features. I'm sorry if people dont like it or dont understand it but that does not change how much it obscures identifying features. It's not a religious or cultural question, its a security question.
@davidsfriend01 Just to clarify, I am against banning the Burqa in al public areas, but support banning them in secure area's, ie banks, hospitals etc. Anywhere you currently cannot wear obscuring garments such as balaklava'a and motorcycle helmets.
The burqa should not be banned for fears of concealing your ID or because of cultural disagreements but because of this...Any old radical muslim psycho can walk into a building with a full burqa on and be like "this is part of my customs" and everyone would be like "okay fine that is their religion big deal" then out of the blue KABOOM people are now dead. They can use this as a "religious disguise" to hide their intent of destruction upon the western world. They just hate white people period!!
Turkey bans the burqa in public places, so does Syria and a number of other secular Muslim countries. Australia sounds like a politically correct nightmare. What a bunch of cowards kowtowing to the most extreme Islamists.
It's a good point she made at the end. It's no reason to ban a burka just because someone robbed a bank with one. People will rob banks with anything that will conceal their identity. Interesting debate but I'm sorry I have to agree with the more liberal argument that people should be allowed to dress as they freely wish.
If only those petro dollars had been put into a moslem space program to mars,they then would have a moslem world,one god,one religion-
I estimate the wealth of all middle east oil money,could have funded a project like the above,100 times over,-the catholics must be ruing the lost chance to wave good bye to the very last mullah,
why are some people so diplomatic out of fear they'll be labeled something their not or hated with unjustified reasons. It takes true courage to choose a side despite the criticism that might be inflicted upon you. I personally think every country has the right to make whatever law they see fit in order to establish a utopia within their society. If country wants to ban the burqa, then let them do as they please without any controversy. .
Australia is giving away its identity by being too tolerant. The very thing that makes Australian culture and lifestyle so good is the same thing that is wittling away our sense of community and sense of identity.
I would just for once like to hear someone make the comparison between full head to toe covering and complete nudity. If we allow one, why not the other?
Why do Muslims desire to live in Oz in the first place, anyway. Their values are so alien to those of Oz. We ALREADY have a pre-emptive anglo-based PARENT culture in this country - freedom of religion is fundamental to our values - NOT to declare all non-believers as infidels & devils, as Muslims actually behave. As far as Oz is concerned, I'd like only to see thick, flowing climate-unsuitable gowns on Uncle Fester, that great character from the old TV Series "The Addams Family".. no one else.
I have no problem with women wearing a Burqa, but working in retail and needing ID to process peoples sales, its impossible to know that the person behind the Burqa is the person on the ID, not to mention that if Legal Photo ID like drivers license in SA are allowed to wear their Burqa @ the time of the photo means that its not really ID @ all as we cant tell if thats them or not, 2 avoid being held up 4 fruad I refused 2 sell 2 those in a Burqa as I cannot tell who they r not racist but realist
@youbetzler This can be easily addressed and you and i both know this, stop using 'security' as a blanket reason to ban the burqa in general.No one has objected to security reasons, muslims are more than compelling to reveal faces in banks, airports and other such facilities where identiication is required.
The hypocrisy in this argument is thick. As a male, I cannot wear my motorbike helmet wherever and whenever I want. I cant even take my motorbike helmet onto an aircraft anymore (on my head or not) so why is it that it is the 'moral right' of some people to wear something that is even more concealing? And no, I refuse to accept any difference between the two items as the whole point of this argument is the right to freedom so if I want to wear a motorbike helmet 24/7 no one should question me.
@Alldevouringsnail Thats fine. As long as they take their burqas / niqabs off in any situation where someone would be expected to take a motorbike helmet off. So when entering airports, service stations, 24hr convenience stores, banks, court houses, hospitals and schools or any other premises where the owner or manager deems it a condition of entry to show one's face. There should be no difference between a burqa and a motorbike helmet as far as who can ask you to remove it and why.
@vanRijn64 ur right as i agree with u and so many others who wear the burqa/niqab wud also agree that if asked 2 b identified preferably by a women 4 security reasons there shud b no problem the only problem is wen ppl try 2 ban it just because they dont like it
@Alldevouringsnail I agree that banning the burqa is excessive. it does not need to be banned as long as there are no issues with compliance. There cannot be an onus (a requirement) on the challenger (the person asking for identification) to provide any 'cultural sensitivity' such as 'preferably being a woman'. If wearers of the burqa see a sign in a shop window that says "Please remove all face concealing head-wear before entering" and are happy to comply, there should be no further issue.
It should be banned. Am i allowed to walk into a bank with a balaclava on? No. We let them come here but then give them the right to hate us, flout the rules, and reject our culture. If they don't like it here, go away! If we went to their home countries and spouted hate and did not integrate at all, we would be kicked out or worse. Why then is it ok for them to not accept our culture and hypocritically hide behind democracy - the very thing they hate.
In Islam, a man has to cover his body as well. The bare minimum for men themselves is to cover their body from the belly button down till their knees. And during their prayers they should cover their torso up till their elbows and lower body till their knees. And Mitch is a pathetic person drawing on people's fears to get votes and publicity.
Australia is not multicultural, it is multiracial. Australia has one culture. Any person or group intent on introducing their own culture must be deported.
I'm going to start wearing a balaclava everywhere I go, and then when people tell me I can't wear it for safety reasons i'll tell them it's apart of my culture. Banning the burqa isn't telling people what to wear, it's ensuring the safety of people in the community. Use some brains you dumb bitch.
Hows this Il go against the burqua ban if the man have to wear one as well, gimme a break all theyre for is so the arrogant assholes make a statement about them thinking theyre better than us. Do you honestly expect me to believe if a woman had a CHOICE from birth she would choose to wear one, no she wears one because its been drumed into her that she must, no other reason stick your culture BS up your ass
@Inthemoodfor2046 So what god created women with hair and a face but he cant stand the sight of it. And as I said in my previous statement why dont men have to wer them?
Where does the idea that ths brings them closer to god come from, its simple theyre told by other muslims that it does its not a feeling they get, or do you think god himself tells them give me a break. If muslims had their way eery woman muslim or not would have to wear one
@GeneralG1810 Rubbish again. It states that women should cover themselves modesly, not dress like strippers. How they choose to interpret that is their way, its not a religious dress, it is cultural so fail again. Men do not have to wear them because who is the one looking? Muslims do have their way, some corrupt ones in Saudia Arabi may make their women do so, but others don't especially in the west or other muslim countries. Again you should actually
@Inthemoodfor2046 Well why does modestly mean burqua, why not just a nice dress or suit, you assume that if a womans not dressed like a muslim shes a slut that theres no in between. Ive met plenty of women who can dress decent without wearing that shit. Is uppose your right on the men part Ive seen those arab blokes big fat slobenly men with a look of shear arrogance about them, I cant imagine women perving on them.
same argument can be made about women going topless in public, or going nude for that matter. it is only our cultural background that makes formentoined behavoiur shamefull (and even unlawfull).
@turboturtle2002 The difference is that the muslim women migrate to the west to escape that culture, we've all heard the horror stories about living in a sharia state. So if they want to get away from that culture why do they bring it with them when they leave. Dont give me the religious BS argument many muslims have said the burqua ISNT in the quoran
lol at the coward panelists pretending the burqa is a symbol of freedom. No, it's a cultural symbol of oppression against females. France has done the right thing.
Why is it that the right in Australia gets this one thing, and the left simply does not? Multiculturalism (hereafter: MC) is a crime against humanity. It is the elitist view that while the MCist enjoys the benefits of an advanced culture, he condemns those in less advanced cultures to their status because HE thinks that diversity is necessarily good. Melting pot is the only ethical method of cultural integration. It puts everyone on even footing. MC is ghettoisation on a global scale.
'one of those freedoms of expressions is to be able to dress how you wish?' ha so long as you DO dress.... can one walkaround naked in australia? nooooooo, one cannot - so it's utter hypocrisy! the point is that on the one hand we demonize kids for whereing hoodies or baseball caps etc covering ther faces and wo-betide anyone who tries to walk around in a balaclava, yet it's acceptable to walk around completely covering one's face entirely? i believe should wear in public but not in bank/school
@MegaFrogzor Islam is not a terrorist religion. thats a convoluted, majority ruling from an extremely ridiculous minority sample of the entire Islamic population. you're thinking of radical extremists. radical extremists (terrorists) would account for like .2% of the Islamic population. thats just a wild guess, but it couldn't be any more than that.
So what the first polition is saying is that as soon as you go into another culture, you are instantly forced to change your culture? Cultrul meshing isnt forced. Its like glue. It cant be forced apart, it must be eased apart. Not saying that i belive that it is right to tear someone apart from their culture at all.
The Burqa is a cultural thing - people do not realise it is not only for male opression. Its prpase is to stop other men getting turned on with the mans daughter/wife.
How on earth can anyone, who isn't a female Muslim, sit here and talk about what the values of the Burka are? Surely, surely, the only way you can find such things out is by talking to the women who live their life wearing it. I have no doubt that there are Muslims in Australia who wear it, not because they have to, but because they want to.
@arjunmeeko Islam is not to strict, its the most beautiful religion. The burcka is cultural and it doesnt say in the quran to wear one but it might say in man made hadiths that you should.
@Treckorz The most beautiful religion? The hadith that talks about killing apostates? The koran that claims its the direct and final revelation from god? Really? The one that talks about jews and unbelievers as chattel? Wow. Don't spread your BS on a free internet, you WILL get called out on it. Sorry, free speech wins over totalitarian belief systems.
@AR333 Hadiths are man made and i do not follow hadiths as they are not the word of god so dont go and look at hadiths to represent islam because it doesnt. The true muslim would never follow hadiths over quran.Yes it is the final revelation my friend i wish you would do more research and speak with a humble knowledgable muslim about this, i have read the quran and its beautiful you need to understand it. But i guess you never will beecause you are very arrogant! go google: answeringchristianity
@Treckorz Nice try. First, the claim about arrogance is jaw-droppingly ironic given to what you admit in your comment. You claim to have a divine truth, a revealed one and one that could never be superseded or question. Sorry, the arrogance belongs to you, and the fact that you do not know that much says you probably know very little about philosophy.
And your puny intellect reveals itself more by telling me to google answeringchristianity. Religiosity itself is the radix malorum.
@AR333 Every aithiest claims what you have just clamid, well for ur informaiton im probably not as old as you and as inteligent with words; so what? i think you want a medal? And its funny you only answr about the orragance part :) And i dont think i have a puny intellect im studying masters in pharmacy :)
But anyway my friend you stick to thinking that you turn to dust when you die and enjoy your fast life... Life is better with religion in my life and i love it :D Take care
the burka should be legal...........in arab states , so if you want to wear one you know where to go and live. Europe will one day have to rise up and rid our lands of this parasitic virus and the sooner the better for our childrens sake.
The burkha is the ultimate visual symbol of female oppression which is being used to alienate and control women under the guise of religious freedom. It is never right for a woman to hide behind a veil and shut herself off from people in the community
The burkha is the ultimate visual symbol of female oppression which is being used to alienate and control women under the guise of religious freedom. It is never right for a woman to hide behind a veil and shut herself off from people in the community
Your pathetic....Its up to a Muslim Woman is "WANTS" to wear a Burka. The Women "CHOOSE" to wear a Burka..U aint got no clue have u you pathetic moron..Am a female of Irish heritage yet I respect Muslims and Islam..Its not ur mofo business if they wear the Burka or not..U make an excuse for people superior, purer, cleaner and dignified then u. Just because Muslim Women hate non-muslim men who are pervs and just cuz u don get to see their beauty u think they're oppressed? lmao.
Judging by your poor grammar.. I'd say you'll still live to rue your words. Fuck Islam apologists. Fuck you for sending Islamic women further down the river.
@nimrod959 muslim men have certain dress restrictions too. Also, do you feel the same way about nuns? do you think they're oppressed/alienated/controlled? They cover their bodies with their nun's outfit as much as a burqa covers a muslim womans body too. Burqa btw is just referring to the body cover not the head covering part which is called the hijab(head scarf) or the niqab which covers the face. Also, many muslim men wear this cloak thing that is similar to a burqa in many ways.
@nimrod959 Although I agree with you, it is similar in western culture also.. males can legally walk down the street and through the city without a shirt, whereas women can't. Muslim men also dress quite conservatively, and i'm sure they, as well as the women, would feel uncomfortable adjusting to being seen in public wearing less clothing than they have been used to wearing their whole lives.
@izzy8bella Im afraid you may be missing the point. It is not about the dress it is about the face veil. Western society finds the face veil devisive, oppressive and anti-social. The saying is "when in Rome do as the Romans do" what you have to decide in a western society is "when in the west is wearing a face veil doing what the westerners do?????" and if you use your common sense the answer you will get is NNNNNOOOOOOOO!
@nimrod959 agree with you to an extent, but you could argue that men in western civilizations don't wear bikinis. men don't need to cover their breasts at all. why?
@nimrod959 i think if you read Quran,, there is no wear mention about burqa its cultural,,yes while Quran just peak about modesty and modesty change its position according to culture , Quran first speak about men hijab(modesty) which is in his eyes ,very next verse speak about women ,so Quran is very fair with women modesty ,while believe me next generation even in muslim countries will admite that burqa is just a culture ,but ban for Burqa by force will not be good ,its simple plz understand
Left MP's refuse to address this issue with any conviction, instead approaching with a sanctimonious "I'm just so liberal" strategy to appear well-rounded.
Hence, there may be a swing to the right here like there is in Europe right now, ie. Netherlands, France... for the first time I might be voting liberal. Sick & tired of the Multicultural-Mafia. They don't acknowledge Western VALUES - which is OUR culture, and that the burqa is degenerative to integration - but that's the point.
@qwertyness4 U have to accept 98% of Muslim Women who wear the Burka do so out of their "Own-Will". So called western culture has high rape, high adultery, high single Mothers, high sexual dieases, high teenage pregnancies, high murder etc. I can go on and on...Its not ur business what Muslim Women do. Its the Muslims who got the west out of the dark-ages! What abt non-muslims who rob a bank in a mask? name one Muslim Girl who robbed a bank with a Burka? rest my case. U MOOROON!
Well what other things must we now except because of cultural/religious tolerance? Female circumcision? Domestic violence against women? Where do we draw the line? Why cant we say this is what we like about your culture, but these other aspects are going to clash with our freedoms and democracy so you must stop practicing it?
Now the burka is purely a security issue, in our culture we communicate and identify each other through looking at faces. It isn't to much to ask..
@aussieguy2109 to show your face. Secondly Mcrew was wrong. We do tell people how to dress in public hence why no women go through a shopping centre topless or people wear motorcycle helmets at a bank.
There is nothing wrong with multiculturalism, it adds character to a nation. However there is a problem with cultural relativism. Not every culture is equal, and we should not accept every aspect of migrants culture, especially aspects that conflict with security, human rights and democracy
Bernardi doesn't know what he's talking about on Australian culture. He's a child of the white Australia Howardites, the white washers of Australians history. He's fine with telling women they cant wear a mask because a) he's prejudiced against anything too far from white xtian b) he's a conservative and telling women what to do with their bodies comes naturally to him. If he can say no to your burka, why not you abortion?
This woman beside the goul Bernardi is awesome. Crappy show, though. Very bias to right, a sign the ABC is still run by the Liberal Party. See the crowd cheer at the Liberal dickhead's empty spin? That's because at the ABC they have to balance reasonable positions with complete fucking stupidity and bigotry to appease the Liberals and various noisy and usually wealthy conservative minorities. Church groups for example are pushing hard for the internet filter no matter who wins the next election
As a young, proud, Muslim girl living in a western society, I find highly disrespectful for people to refer to the burqa as a mask. I mean Muslims do not go around and cause controversy amongst other religious practices, they highly respect other practices, why don't you show the same level of respect back? Honesty some people in this world seriously need to judge their own religion, way of life, and faith before judging someone who already has all those qualities. PEACE!!
@xxpwinkxx What on earth are you talking about? muslims murder Christians daily in countries with a majority muslim population and muslims burn down Churches. So for you to say that muslims don't cause controversy amongst other religious practices is a joke. The only reason muslims don't interfere with others in Western Countries (like the one you're living in) is because muslims are a minority and you don't have the power or control to enforce your ways on others.
@xxpwinkxx "I mean Muslims do not go around and cause controversy amongst other religious practices,..." I have met quite a few who do here in Australia, both male and female. "...they highly respect other practices, why don't you show the same level of respect back?" Not all of them do unfourtunatly, same as every other demographic. I prefer not to generalise all muslims in the same category thought. I take each person individually. You sound honest and sincere and I respect you greatly for it.
Sometimes when I am sitting around in 40 degree weather I wish I could take my shirt off as it is already soaked in sweat. I cannot. This is what the government dictates. What does it matter if it is my husband or my government dictatiting it? It is still a right given to men that is not given to me.
Why not ban women wearing shirts in hot weather, as it isnt my utilising my freedom. I am only dressing as my government dictates.
@Stipoon It isn't the cloth that oppresses us, it's the illiterate mind. Seriously, it's ignorance such as yours that fuels the muslim womens desire to wear the burqa and that decision has absolutely NOTHING to do with our husbands.
yeah, let's all cover our faces. What a great world that would be ! Can't wait ;)
Peppylepew 4 days ago
Who cares? I personally think it's a stupid custom regardless, but if a woman seriously wants to dress like that? Power to her. I just don't get why we're all so terrified of Muslims...
ramonathewaitress 5 days ago
what the heck ever happen to pro choice.. its ok to be gay. its ok for women to have abortions. BUT! when a women chooses to cover her face. NO NO NO!
double standards.
Salahuddin07 2 weeks ago
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Salahuddin07 2 weeks ago
the ones who say its cultural are the ones who are born and raised in the west.
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writersblock26 4 weeks ago
It is about the government telling its citizens what they can and cannot wear. That's the crux of the issue. The government should make sure women can escape households where they forced to wear something, but the government coming in and telling people they can't choose to wear a certain piece of clothing is oppressive and an over-reach.
Cnd1867 1 month ago
@Cnd1867 so people should be allowed to walk into a bank wearing a motorbike helmet and balaclava then. people should also be allowed to leave their houses naked and not be charged with indecent exposure by your logic. you must be a green voter
sexcwog2010 2 weeks ago
When in Rome do as the Romans do??????????? What is wrong with, my wife, sister ,( any female) when visiting or living in a Islamic country is required to wear the Burqa, I say, that is OK. , BUT let's reciprocate, if any female from an Islamic country is visiting, living in Western Democracies, same should apply. - SO, AS THE SAYING GOES: WHEN IN ROME DO AS THE ROMANS DO , IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT THEN, pardon my German Fucken ziii OFF.
TheLaw055 1 month ago
Why do women in western society defend the sick culture of the burqa that demeans women? Feminists are going to be in for a rude awakening when they end up living in an Islamic society. Then they will be told what to wear, who to marry and how to live every aspect of their lives. And they can kiss their feminism and rights goodbye.
ghostframer 1 month ago
Why can't people understand; they do things differently in their country, why can't we do the same? If a woman was to go to Iran, not wearing some sort of head garment is asking for it. Why not if they come here, you don't wear one, as here, it is how WE do things, and if they wish to live here they should comply to the rules?
CYC10PZ 1 month ago
It's a bad sign when intelligent people of an advanced civilisation are at the point where they're actually spending time debating with someone who is a straight-jacketed (apostasy carries the death penalty in Islam) brainwashed denizen of a worthless, backward and diseased fascist dogma from the deserts of medieval Arabia.
Islam isn't worth a single syllable in debate because when you scratch the surface with Islam there is the demand to submit to it or else.
Remove it from Australia. Deport
NowLearnAboutIslam 1 month ago
gays are allowed to wear and behave atrociously in public places. It's difficult sometimes to go to a restaurant with your wife and kids. The burqa doesn't harm anybody (except, maybe the wearer.) I think we are pissed out with muslims for other (legitimate) reasons; and the dress code is just a scape goat to hit back at those other reasons.
lambuponthethrone 1 month ago
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stuflikethis 2 months ago
There is a reason why the burka is banned in muslim majority contries such as Turkey and Tunisia...
prossihalty 2 months ago
Omg this is so blatantly racist,,, fuck this guy!
jejo02 2 months ago
@jejo02 This isn't in any way racist, stop being so butthurt.
XplosivCookie 2 months ago
@XplosivCookie butthurt? I'm from America I have no idea what that means...but I'm pretty sure this is still racist.
jejo02 2 months ago
@jejo02 It's not racist when it's well reasoned, you're the type of person that is so afraid of racism, you defend other groups till the end.
Just like here in Finland. A white man punches a black man, it's hate crime. A black man hit's a white man, it's a "single act of violence".
XplosivCookie 2 months ago
@XplosivCookie It's very obvious you're a white male.
jejo02 2 months ago
@jejo02 Your point being?
XplosivCookie 2 months ago
@jejo02 How about this TRAITOR you and your ilk are our problem in America, unfortunately we have been asleep here and Europe and this PARASITIC BS is now HERE
when the sleeping giant wakes up the world will know especially Islam and it will wake up. The world knows what we can do, so please don't act like the Japs because this country is a powder keg, you make nice targets we bear arms don't cause some lunatic to go apeshit and kill about 1000 of you for God's sake.
debzeppeliniv 1 month ago
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jejo02 1 month ago
@debzeppeliniv Oh you're gonna kill about 1,000 of "us" huh? How about I'm a 25 y/o, white, American. And being such, I STILL don't think the burka should be banned, you racist sack of shit.
jejo02 1 month ago
IF IT'S O.K,. to wear a burga in Australia then I should have the right to wear nothing but a pair of speedos{BUDGIE SMUGGLERS} and some thongs in a muslim country....see that's my culture and I don't want to be culturally repressed...
nphanlon1973 2 months ago
Its funny that the first man advocate banning the burqa know more about the background of burqa and its negative impact in Middle East, while the second third and fourth speakers are bunch of arm-chair analysers think they stand on the moral high ground...they are true hypocrites. i honestly don't care what you wear, be it bikini or the muslim scarf, but covering the whole face is just fuked up, its anti-social.
IKNFLY666 2 months ago
Cory Bernardo is a brainless catholi, narrow minded and stupid. His analysys is flawed. Wearing the Burqa serves more to identify people than the opposite. In addition, people should show respect for peoples choices with different cultural choices.
vinspank 3 months ago
If i rode to a petrol station with my helmet on, and walked in with my herlmet on, what is the difference with a burqa.
speccwolf 3 months ago
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i was in a muslim country.then i saw the way of the poeples life,i didnt like
the islamic way.i left after one week.if you dont like the way of the west then leave.
whats wrong with this muslims?
jayudoka 3 months ago
The reason motorcycle helmets are banned inside secure areas is because it obscures identifying features. Same goes for balaklava's. The Burqa and veil also obscure identifying features. I'm sorry if people dont like it or dont understand it but that does not change how much it obscures identifying features. It's not a religious or cultural question, its a security question.
davidsfriend01 3 months ago
@davidsfriend01 Just to clarify, I am against banning the Burqa in al public areas, but support banning them in secure area's, ie banks, hospitals etc. Anywhere you currently cannot wear obscuring garments such as balaklava'a and motorcycle helmets.
davidsfriend01 3 months ago
The burqa should not be banned for fears of concealing your ID or because of cultural disagreements but because of this...Any old radical muslim psycho can walk into a building with a full burqa on and be like "this is part of my customs" and everyone would be like "okay fine that is their religion big deal" then out of the blue KABOOM people are now dead. They can use this as a "religious disguise" to hide their intent of destruction upon the western world. They just hate white people period!!
Superstrat1990 3 months ago
Turkey bans the burqa in public places, so does Syria and a number of other secular Muslim countries. Australia sounds like a politically correct nightmare. What a bunch of cowards kowtowing to the most extreme Islamists.
ZF1000 3 months ago
I appreciate the tolerance that Australians demonstrate on freedom of expression in terms of dress. Well done!
muhammedbhyat 4 months ago
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Yeah because people where them in public and into banks and other secure areas, fuck head
DREAMofSLEEP1NG 4 months ago
It's a good point she made at the end. It's no reason to ban a burka just because someone robbed a bank with one. People will rob banks with anything that will conceal their identity. Interesting debate but I'm sorry I have to agree with the more liberal argument that people should be allowed to dress as they freely wish.
mikeleza 4 months ago
wow who is that red head? clever and sexy, the perfect woman
Redasflame 4 months ago
If only those petro dollars had been put into a moslem space program to mars,they then would have a moslem world,one god,one religion-
I estimate the wealth of all middle east oil money,could have funded a project like the above,100 times over,-the catholics must be ruing the lost chance to wave good bye to the very last mullah,
ShortStack989 4 months ago
When in Rome, Do as the Romans do, otherwise go back to your countries.
lady2342002 4 months ago
why are some people so diplomatic out of fear they'll be labeled something their not or hated with unjustified reasons. It takes true courage to choose a side despite the criticism that might be inflicted upon you. I personally think every country has the right to make whatever law they see fit in order to establish a utopia within their society. If country wants to ban the burqa, then let them do as they please without any controversy. .
MegaAntman22 4 months ago
Here is the problem :
Australia is giving away its identity by being too tolerant. The very thing that makes Australian culture and lifestyle so good is the same thing that is wittling away our sense of community and sense of identity.
ihaveairlockers 4 months ago
Anyone else notice how Muslim men just love dating and marrying NINJAS!?
robtron2 4 months ago
@robtron2 you're completaly wrong, they're beekeepers!
doombow666 4 months ago
I would just for once like to hear someone make the comparison between full head to toe covering and complete nudity. If we allow one, why not the other?
cyprokka 4 months ago
IMHO, as an anti-theist, the less religious people around; the better off I'll feel.
But what if "I" want to wear a burqa for shits and giggles? Why would the ban affect my male, technocratic, thoroughly anti-religious ass as well?
You can't just ban an article of clothing, be it a swastika armband, a burqa, or a bikini - outright in public.
I can completely agree on a ban within the confines of privately owned grounds, like schools/universities/offices but not out in public.
ba3cool 5 months ago
Why do Muslims desire to live in Oz in the first place, anyway. Their values are so alien to those of Oz. We ALREADY have a pre-emptive anglo-based PARENT culture in this country - freedom of religion is fundamental to our values - NOT to declare all non-believers as infidels & devils, as Muslims actually behave. As far as Oz is concerned, I'd like only to see thick, flowing climate-unsuitable gowns on Uncle Fester, that great character from the old TV Series "The Addams Family".. no one else.
colindominy 5 months ago
Clare Bowditch is a moron,she should go and live in Iraq
angus1000001 5 months ago
Bernardi for PM!
angus1000001 5 months ago
I have no problem with women wearing a Burqa, but working in retail and needing ID to process peoples sales, its impossible to know that the person behind the Burqa is the person on the ID, not to mention that if Legal Photo ID like drivers license in SA are allowed to wear their Burqa @ the time of the photo means that its not really ID @ all as we cant tell if thats them or not, 2 avoid being held up 4 fruad I refused 2 sell 2 those in a Burqa as I cannot tell who they r not racist but realist
darkfenix898 5 months ago
moist
PaladinswordSaurfang 5 months ago
If i can't ride a bike without a helmet someone wearing a burqa shouldn't be allowed in any facility where money is exchanged that simple
youbetzler 5 months ago
@youbetzler This can be easily addressed and you and i both know this, stop using 'security' as a blanket reason to ban the burqa in general.No one has objected to security reasons, muslims are more than compelling to reveal faces in banks, airports and other such facilities where identiication is required.
tarneit69 5 months ago
women should wear a burka because these days women are too bitches
Churruminonian 5 months ago
burqa isn't a priority issue, focus on honour murder , genital mutilation of female children
666plb 5 months ago
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Babylauncher3000 5 months ago
The hypocrisy in this argument is thick. As a male, I cannot wear my motorbike helmet wherever and whenever I want. I cant even take my motorbike helmet onto an aircraft anymore (on my head or not) so why is it that it is the 'moral right' of some people to wear something that is even more concealing? And no, I refuse to accept any difference between the two items as the whole point of this argument is the right to freedom so if I want to wear a motorbike helmet 24/7 no one should question me.
vanRijn64 5 months ago
@vanRijn64 for security reasons women can take off their burqas/niqabs 2 b indentified
Alldevouringsnail 5 months ago
@Alldevouringsnail Thats fine. As long as they take their burqas / niqabs off in any situation where someone would be expected to take a motorbike helmet off. So when entering airports, service stations, 24hr convenience stores, banks, court houses, hospitals and schools or any other premises where the owner or manager deems it a condition of entry to show one's face. There should be no difference between a burqa and a motorbike helmet as far as who can ask you to remove it and why.
vanRijn64 5 months ago
@vanRijn64 ur right as i agree with u and so many others who wear the burqa/niqab wud also agree that if asked 2 b identified preferably by a women 4 security reasons there shud b no problem the only problem is wen ppl try 2 ban it just because they dont like it
Alldevouringsnail 5 months ago
@Alldevouringsnail I agree that banning the burqa is excessive. it does not need to be banned as long as there are no issues with compliance. There cannot be an onus (a requirement) on the challenger (the person asking for identification) to provide any 'cultural sensitivity' such as 'preferably being a woman'. If wearers of the burqa see a sign in a shop window that says "Please remove all face concealing head-wear before entering" and are happy to comply, there should be no further issue.
vanRijn64 5 months ago
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It should be banned. Am i allowed to walk into a bank with a balaclava on? No. We let them come here but then give them the right to hate us, flout the rules, and reject our culture. If they don't like it here, go away! If we went to their home countries and spouted hate and did not integrate at all, we would be kicked out or worse. Why then is it ok for them to not accept our culture and hypocritically hide behind democracy - the very thing they hate.
Shrubery10 5 months ago
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Shrubery10 5 months ago
In Islam, a man has to cover his body as well. The bare minimum for men themselves is to cover their body from the belly button down till their knees. And during their prayers they should cover their torso up till their elbows and lower body till their knees. And Mitch is a pathetic person drawing on people's fears to get votes and publicity.
dropelwalker 6 months ago
Australia is not multicultural, it is multiracial. Australia has one culture. Any person or group intent on introducing their own culture must be deported.
wcb67 6 months ago
exaclty…leave your culture and join ours when you leave your country
OldNewsThinker 6 months ago
i have no problem with it.. but when it comes to security
i'll lock the door
Sem5626 6 months ago
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These Muslim clowns should be singing the " Ban the Burqa in Australia jingle song", as posted on you tube " No Burqa Please"
rooboysrock 7 months ago
Go Cory! You want to live in Australia? You better f**king adapt to their culture. Otherwise, you have the RIGHT to LEAVE! F**king eh!
PolishStud101 7 months ago
@PolishStud101 Very true mate!
satojinnthehero 5 months ago
@PolishStud101 australia is multicultural so wat culture r u on about exactly?
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HeLeX63 7 months ago
That woman is the biggest bitch of the century.
I'm going to start wearing a balaclava everywhere I go, and then when people tell me I can't wear it for safety reasons i'll tell them it's apart of my culture. Banning the burqa isn't telling people what to wear, it's ensuring the safety of people in the community. Use some brains you dumb bitch.
jacynm 7 months ago 12
@jacynm ABSOLUTELY! We need more people LIKE YOU
HeLeX63 7 months ago
Hows this Il go against the burqua ban if the man have to wear one as well, gimme a break all theyre for is so the arrogant assholes make a statement about them thinking theyre better than us. Do you honestly expect me to believe if a woman had a CHOICE from birth she would choose to wear one, no she wears one because its been drumed into her that she must, no other reason stick your culture BS up your ass
GeneralG1810 8 months ago 11
@GeneralG1810 RUBBISH.
Many girls wear them it is a sign of their commitment to their religion.
I know this as i asked some.
How many have you spoken to, not about, but to?
Inthemoodfor2046 3 months ago
@Inthemoodfor2046 So what god created women with hair and a face but he cant stand the sight of it. And as I said in my previous statement why dont men have to wer them?
Where does the idea that ths brings them closer to god come from, its simple theyre told by other muslims that it does its not a feeling they get, or do you think god himself tells them give me a break. If muslims had their way eery woman muslim or not would have to wear one
GeneralG1810 3 months ago
@GeneralG1810 Rubbish again. It states that women should cover themselves modesly, not dress like strippers. How they choose to interpret that is their way, its not a religious dress, it is cultural so fail again. Men do not have to wear them because who is the one looking? Muslims do have their way, some corrupt ones in Saudia Arabi may make their women do so, but others don't especially in the west or other muslim countries. Again you should actually
SPEAK TO ONE OF THEM!!!!!!
DO NOT ASSUME!
Inthemoodfor2046 3 months ago
@Inthemoodfor2046 Well why does modestly mean burqua, why not just a nice dress or suit, you assume that if a womans not dressed like a muslim shes a slut that theres no in between. Ive met plenty of women who can dress decent without wearing that shit. Is uppose your right on the men part Ive seen those arab blokes big fat slobenly men with a look of shear arrogance about them, I cant imagine women perving on them.
GeneralG1810 3 months ago
same argument can be made about women going topless in public, or going nude for that matter. it is only our cultural background that makes formentoined behavoiur shamefull (and even unlawfull).
turboturtle2002 2 months ago
@turboturtle2002 The difference is that the muslim women migrate to the west to escape that culture, we've all heard the horror stories about living in a sharia state. So if they want to get away from that culture why do they bring it with them when they leave. Dont give me the religious BS argument many muslims have said the burqua ISNT in the quoran
GeneralG1810 2 months ago
@GeneralG1810 Burqa isnt religious, but the hijab is and some women do chose it- the hijab, im not sure about the burqa.
01aeiou10 2 months ago
imposing our culture to the ones that want to be in our society...
magnets how the fuck do they work...
Darusdei 8 months ago
I totally agree with the first guy, ban it!!!
jokifka 8 months ago
lol at the coward panelists pretending the burqa is a symbol of freedom. No, it's a cultural symbol of oppression against females. France has done the right thing.
shotgunwound 8 months ago
The right degenerates to Nazi's on this issue, their beloved freedom of expression is thrown out the window
eaterHP 8 months ago
@eaterHP Nazis may express their opionions as they wish. And so may equality exponents.
Selecting only certain groups to have freedom of expression is blatant fascism. And yes, fascists have rights to expression also.
ThisHaloFan 8 months ago
@ThisHaloFan
I agree but to me it seems to me that generally reasonable people have far more extreme views on this issue and other similar issues
eaterHP 8 months ago
Corey Benardi is the scum of the earth, at least the arrogant prick will bring down their vote amongst moderates
eaterHP 8 months ago
Looks like the punters of Bennelong agree with Bernadi.
Wheres Maxine McWHO?
crocodile2006 9 months ago
I'm going to wear a balaclava to the airport.
It's "part of my culture" and if anyone disagree's you are racist.
crocodile2006 9 months ago
If everyone wore a burqa we would quickly realise how ridiculous this is, the burqa needs to be banned in public because it is ultimately a mask.
The problem is you get people with good intentions turning in to PC thugs ironically defending what we should be fighting against.
CosmicSignificance 9 months ago
Why is it that the right in Australia gets this one thing, and the left simply does not? Multiculturalism (hereafter: MC) is a crime against humanity. It is the elitist view that while the MCist enjoys the benefits of an advanced culture, he condemns those in less advanced cultures to their status because HE thinks that diversity is necessarily good. Melting pot is the only ethical method of cultural integration. It puts everyone on even footing. MC is ghettoisation on a global scale.
jymbo1969 9 months ago
'one of those freedoms of expressions is to be able to dress how you wish?' ha so long as you DO dress.... can one walkaround naked in australia? nooooooo, one cannot - so it's utter hypocrisy! the point is that on the one hand we demonize kids for whereing hoodies or baseball caps etc covering ther faces and wo-betide anyone who tries to walk around in a balaclava, yet it's acceptable to walk around completely covering one's face entirely? i believe should wear in public but not in bank/school
rugbyboy198127 10 months ago
Islam is a terrorist religion. Muhammad was also a pedophile, that is a fact.
MegaFrogzor 10 months ago
@MegaFrogzor Islam is not a terrorist religion. thats a convoluted, majority ruling from an extremely ridiculous minority sample of the entire Islamic population. you're thinking of radical extremists. radical extremists (terrorists) would account for like .2% of the Islamic population. thats just a wild guess, but it couldn't be any more than that.
wue2117 9 months ago
This guy is a hero. Now lets euthanize all islamics. Then we can move on without that dangerous ignorant bronze age way of desert life
699backstab 10 months ago
I agree with that opening speaker...very intelligent
Damian1975 10 months ago
So what the first polition is saying is that as soon as you go into another culture, you are instantly forced to change your culture? Cultrul meshing isnt forced. Its like glue. It cant be forced apart, it must be eased apart. Not saying that i belive that it is right to tear someone apart from their culture at all.
The Burqa is a cultural thing - people do not realise it is not only for male opression. Its prpase is to stop other men getting turned on with the mans daughter/wife.
calstifer 10 months ago
You know what is truly oppressive? When the government tells you what you can or cannot wear. Democratic society guys!
ritapham 10 months ago
GO BERNADI GOO!!
Rafdaganga 11 months ago
islam is a backward, satanic, sub-human religion. muslims are devil worshippers. we need a burqa ban asap.
sexcwog2010 11 months ago
is it racist to expect people to follow cultures of a country they CHOOSE to come to?
good call
kylejjaustin 11 months ago
How on earth can anyone, who isn't a female Muslim, sit here and talk about what the values of the Burka are? Surely, surely, the only way you can find such things out is by talking to the women who live their life wearing it. I have no doubt that there are Muslims in Australia who wear it, not because they have to, but because they want to.
77Gordinio77 11 months ago
Islam is too strict !! Its definately missing the love aspect
arjunmeeko 11 months ago
@arjunmeeko Islam is not to strict, its the most beautiful religion. The burcka is cultural and it doesnt say in the quran to wear one but it might say in man made hadiths that you should.
Treckorz 11 months ago
@Treckorz The most beautiful religion? The hadith that talks about killing apostates? The koran that claims its the direct and final revelation from god? Really? The one that talks about jews and unbelievers as chattel? Wow. Don't spread your BS on a free internet, you WILL get called out on it. Sorry, free speech wins over totalitarian belief systems.
AR333 11 months ago
@AR333 Hadiths are man made and i do not follow hadiths as they are not the word of god so dont go and look at hadiths to represent islam because it doesnt. The true muslim would never follow hadiths over quran.Yes it is the final revelation my friend i wish you would do more research and speak with a humble knowledgable muslim about this, i have read the quran and its beautiful you need to understand it. But i guess you never will beecause you are very arrogant! go google: answeringchristianity
Treckorz 11 months ago
@Treckorz Nice try. First, the claim about arrogance is jaw-droppingly ironic given to what you admit in your comment. You claim to have a divine truth, a revealed one and one that could never be superseded or question. Sorry, the arrogance belongs to you, and the fact that you do not know that much says you probably know very little about philosophy.
And your puny intellect reveals itself more by telling me to google answeringchristianity. Religiosity itself is the radix malorum.
AR333 11 months ago
@AR333 Every aithiest claims what you have just clamid, well for ur informaiton im probably not as old as you and as inteligent with words; so what? i think you want a medal? And its funny you only answr about the orragance part :) And i dont think i have a puny intellect im studying masters in pharmacy :)
But anyway my friend you stick to thinking that you turn to dust when you die and enjoy your fast life... Life is better with religion in my life and i love it :D Take care
Treckorz 11 months ago
@Treckorz Even if you are studying in pharmacology you clearly have no grasp of the laws of evidence of logic
Case in point: "Stick to thinking you turn to dust when you die"
Appeal to consequence.
AR333 11 months ago
Ban the burqa.
TheRealOsmond 1 year ago
how about the country will have a vote by the people about the burka & we'll see
RZ4HED23Q 1 year ago
the burka should be legal...........in arab states , so if you want to wear one you know where to go and live. Europe will one day have to rise up and rid our lands of this parasitic virus and the sooner the better for our childrens sake.
FFFUUUCCCKKKEEEDDD 1 year ago
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The burkha is the ultimate visual symbol of female oppression which is being used to alienate and control women under the guise of religious freedom. It is never right for a woman to hide behind a veil and shut herself off from people in the community
Muslim Men: Why don't YOU wear the Burka?
nimrod959 1 year ago
The burkha is the ultimate visual symbol of female oppression which is being used to alienate and control women under the guise of religious freedom. It is never right for a woman to hide behind a veil and shut herself off from people in the community
Muslim Men: Why don't YOU wear the Burka?
nimrod959 1 year ago 23
Your pathetic....Its up to a Muslim Woman is "WANTS" to wear a Burka. The Women "CHOOSE" to wear a Burka..U aint got no clue have u you pathetic moron..Am a female of Irish heritage yet I respect Muslims and Islam..Its not ur mofo business if they wear the Burka or not..U make an excuse for people superior, purer, cleaner and dignified then u. Just because Muslim Women hate non-muslim men who are pervs and just cuz u don get to see their beauty u think they're oppressed? lmao.
easynowww 1 year ago
@easynowww
Judging by your poor grammar.. I'd say you'll still live to rue your words. Fuck Islam apologists. Fuck you for sending Islamic women further down the river.
misscaffeinenicotine 1 year ago
@nimrod959 muslim men have certain dress restrictions too. Also, do you feel the same way about nuns? do you think they're oppressed/alienated/controlled? They cover their bodies with their nun's outfit as much as a burqa covers a muslim womans body too. Burqa btw is just referring to the body cover not the head covering part which is called the hijab(head scarf) or the niqab which covers the face. Also, many muslim men wear this cloak thing that is similar to a burqa in many ways.
missusapples 1 year ago
@nimrod959 what about Western men not covering their chest, when women have to do exactly that?
dspm90 10 months ago
@nimrod959 Although I agree with you, it is similar in western culture also.. males can legally walk down the street and through the city without a shirt, whereas women can't. Muslim men also dress quite conservatively, and i'm sure they, as well as the women, would feel uncomfortable adjusting to being seen in public wearing less clothing than they have been used to wearing their whole lives.
izzy8bella 9 months ago
@izzy8bella Im afraid you may be missing the point. It is not about the dress it is about the face veil. Western society finds the face veil devisive, oppressive and anti-social. The saying is "when in Rome do as the Romans do" what you have to decide in a western society is "when in the west is wearing a face veil doing what the westerners do?????" and if you use your common sense the answer you will get is NNNNNOOOOOOOO!
greeny202a 8 months ago
@nimrod959 agree with you to an extent, but you could argue that men in western civilizations don't wear bikinis. men don't need to cover their breasts at all. why?
dspm90 6 months ago
@nimrod959 lol...they kinda do, u've never seen religious muslim men wearing those loose, long cloaks?
nikitaislam 5 months ago
@nimrod959 women are too bitches these days. They should wear a burka
Churruminonian 5 months ago
@nimrod959 i think if you read Quran,, there is no wear mention about burqa its cultural,,yes while Quran just peak about modesty and modesty change its position according to culture , Quran first speak about men hijab(modesty) which is in his eyes ,very next verse speak about women ,so Quran is very fair with women modesty ,while believe me next generation even in muslim countries will admite that burqa is just a culture ,but ban for Burqa by force will not be good ,its simple plz understand
amirzubairmughal 5 months ago
ugh, look at all of these superliberals making excuses for ninja masks. they'd be the first ones beheaded in saudi arabia.
for once, the conservative white man makes the most sense. what the hell is going on in this world?
karlsmith00 1 year ago
just cuz cory thinks tht some1 behind burqa is dangerous, doesnt make tht person dangerous....
uNamed2lyfe 1 year ago
Left MP's refuse to address this issue with any conviction, instead approaching with a sanctimonious "I'm just so liberal" strategy to appear well-rounded.
Hence, there may be a swing to the right here like there is in Europe right now, ie. Netherlands, France... for the first time I might be voting liberal. Sick & tired of the Multicultural-Mafia. They don't acknowledge Western VALUES - which is OUR culture, and that the burqa is degenerative to integration - but that's the point.
qwertyness4 1 year ago
@qwertyness4 U have to accept 98% of Muslim Women who wear the Burka do so out of their "Own-Will". So called western culture has high rape, high adultery, high single Mothers, high sexual dieases, high teenage pregnancies, high murder etc. I can go on and on...Its not ur business what Muslim Women do. Its the Muslims who got the west out of the dark-ages! What abt non-muslims who rob a bank in a mask? name one Muslim Girl who robbed a bank with a Burka? rest my case. U MOOROON!
easynowww 1 year ago
@easynowww Where did you find this 98 percent figure? Where are your statistics about all the other crap coming from?
davenavarroforpm 10 months ago
Well what other things must we now except because of cultural/religious tolerance? Female circumcision? Domestic violence against women? Where do we draw the line? Why cant we say this is what we like about your culture, but these other aspects are going to clash with our freedoms and democracy so you must stop practicing it?
Now the burka is purely a security issue, in our culture we communicate and identify each other through looking at faces. It isn't to much to ask..
aussieguy2109 1 year ago
@aussieguy2109 to show your face. Secondly Mcrew was wrong. We do tell people how to dress in public hence why no women go through a shopping centre topless or people wear motorcycle helmets at a bank.
There is nothing wrong with multiculturalism, it adds character to a nation. However there is a problem with cultural relativism. Not every culture is equal, and we should not accept every aspect of migrants culture, especially aspects that conflict with security, human rights and democracy
aussieguy2109 1 year ago
@aussieguy2109 Brilliantly put. Good to see some common sense.
Chimpdaddy 1 year ago
Give that dog whistle a big blowjob Bernardi
fredlockful 1 year ago
Bernardi doesn't know what he's talking about on Australian culture. He's a child of the white Australia Howardites, the white washers of Australians history. He's fine with telling women they cant wear a mask because a) he's prejudiced against anything too far from white xtian b) he's a conservative and telling women what to do with their bodies comes naturally to him. If he can say no to your burka, why not you abortion?
Tuathalful 1 year ago
@Tuathalful Sorry to say this, but this IS Australia.
angelrosiie 1 year ago
@Tuathalful you make all these claims with no proof. How is he prejudice against anything 'too far white xtian'?
aussieguy2109 1 year ago
This woman beside the goul Bernardi is awesome. Crappy show, though. Very bias to right, a sign the ABC is still run by the Liberal Party. See the crowd cheer at the Liberal dickhead's empty spin? That's because at the ABC they have to balance reasonable positions with complete fucking stupidity and bigotry to appease the Liberals and various noisy and usually wealthy conservative minorities. Church groups for example are pushing hard for the internet filter no matter who wins the next election
Tuathalful 1 year ago
stupid bitch
TheRightDecision 1 year ago
It's more accurate to say that they have the freedom to dress as their husband wish.
Stipoon 1 year ago 31
As a young, proud, Muslim girl living in a western society, I find highly disrespectful for people to refer to the burqa as a mask. I mean Muslims do not go around and cause controversy amongst other religious practices, they highly respect other practices, why don't you show the same level of respect back? Honesty some people in this world seriously need to judge their own religion, way of life, and faith before judging someone who already has all those qualities. PEACE!!
xxpwinkxx 10 months ago
@xxpwinkxx What on earth are you talking about? muslims murder Christians daily in countries with a majority muslim population and muslims burn down Churches. So for you to say that muslims don't cause controversy amongst other religious practices is a joke. The only reason muslims don't interfere with others in Western Countries (like the one you're living in) is because muslims are a minority and you don't have the power or control to enforce your ways on others.
Daracon75 9 months ago
@Daracon75 what on earth are you talking about? You don't make sense, goodbye!
xxpwinkxx 8 months ago
@xxpwinkxx "I mean Muslims do not go around and cause controversy amongst other religious practices,..." I have met quite a few who do here in Australia, both male and female. "...they highly respect other practices, why don't you show the same level of respect back?" Not all of them do unfourtunatly, same as every other demographic. I prefer not to generalise all muslims in the same category thought. I take each person individually. You sound honest and sincere and I respect you greatly for it.
davidsfriend01 3 months ago
@Stipoon
speaking from your vast experiences with Muslim families no doubt
eaterHP 8 months ago
@Stipoon
Sometimes when I am sitting around in 40 degree weather I wish I could take my shirt off as it is already soaked in sweat. I cannot. This is what the government dictates. What does it matter if it is my husband or my government dictatiting it? It is still a right given to men that is not given to me.
Why not ban women wearing shirts in hot weather, as it isnt my utilising my freedom. I am only dressing as my government dictates.
angeltears87 5 months ago
@Stipoon It isn't the cloth that oppresses us, it's the illiterate mind. Seriously, it's ignorance such as yours that fuels the muslim womens desire to wear the burqa and that decision has absolutely NOTHING to do with our husbands.
tarneit69 5 months ago