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    #62
    Laneyh
    Registered Users Posts: 756 ✭✭✭Laneyh


    A hijab is a veil that only covers the head and hair your full face is still exposed. A niqab is a level up from that and covers part of the face , a burka covers the whole body.

    If you want to commit a robbery with your head covered but your face exposed go for it but don't be too surprised when you are caught.


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    #63
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    I'm confused, Clothes are a race now ??


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    #64
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,015 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    I'm confused, Clothes are a race now ??

    Yeah, arms race, clothes race. Try to keep up! :)

    Not your ornery onager



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    #65
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    JackieBauer wrote: »
    We just follow Britain constantly. Pricks like Blair/Brown/Cameron talk about most Muslims being alright (which they probably are) and let's face it, they all despise Muslims.

    I will say this publicly, the burka/hijab is degrading to women and has NO place in Ireland. Women can wear whatever the f.uck they want without religion dictating what they SHOULD wear. It's a simple solution - Islam is not compatible with western society. Let us have Europe, they can have North Africa and the Middle East. Simple solution but it should have been implemented 50 years ago. Too late now, I'm afraid

    Genuine question.

    What's your opinion on Nuns? They do, essentially, wear a Hijab.


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    #66
    JackieBauer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 277 ✭✭JackieBauer


    thattequilagirl wrote: »
    I have a Muslim friend who didn't cover her hair growing up as a teen/young adult. In her 30s she decided she wanted to feel closer to her religion, so she started wearing a headscarf.

    Would you support her decision, as an adult woman who isn't being pressured by either her family or her culture to do so?

    Yes, I would support her decision to wear whatever she wants


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    #67
    dresden8
    Registered Users Posts: 3,289 ✭✭✭dresden8


    JackieBauer wrote: »
    We just follow Britain constantly. Pricks like Blair/Brown/Cameron talk about most Muslims being alright (which they probably are) and let's face it, they all despise Muslims.

    I will say this publicly, the burka/hijab is degrading to women and has NO place in Ireland. Women can wear whatever the f.uck they want without religion dictating what they SHOULD wear. It's a simple solution - Islam is not compatible with western society. Let us have Europe, they can have North Africa and the Middle East. Simple solution but it should have been implemented 50 years ago. Too late now, I'm afraid

    Should we ban the wearing of the hood for christian monks and the veil for christian nuns?

    Barbaric medievalism if you ask me.


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    #68
    JackieBauer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 277 ✭✭JackieBauer


    dresden8 wrote: »
    Should we ban the wearing of the hood for christian monks and the veil for christian nuns?

    Barbaric medievalism if you ask me.

    It's more a case of barbaric modernism. Name a monk in a hood or a nun in veil who has carried out suicide bombings.


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    #69
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,015 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    JackieBauer wrote: »
    It's more a case of barbaric modernism. Name a monk in a hood or a nun in veil who has carried out suicide bombings.

    Would barbaric torture / murder do instead of suicide bombing?

    Not your ornery onager



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    #70
    JackieBauer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 277 ✭✭JackieBauer


    Esel wrote: »
    Would barbaric torture / murder do instead of suicide bombing?

    Yes, less casualties


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    #71
    Depp
    Registered Users Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Depp


    Esel wrote: »
    Would barbaric torture / murder do instead of suicide bombing?

    no


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    #72
    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    Theres no need to have a hoodie up,
    while in a shopping centre .
    I was asked to take out my headphones once by a security gaurd ,
    in a supermarket.
    i don.t know why.
    i like to listen to music while i shop.
    There,s signs inside banks ,
    please remove helmets ,
    for bikers that go inside .
    Some people might be put off shopping if theres teens there
    with hoods up,
    i don,t see loads of muslim women hanging around shopping centres in groups .


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    #73
    Depp
    Registered Users Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Depp


    riclad wrote: »
    Theres no need to have a hoodie up,
    while in a shopping centre .
    I was asked to take out my headphones once by a security gaurd ,
    in a supermarket.
    i don.t know why.
    i like to listen to music while i shop.
    There,s signs inside banks ,
    please remove helmets ,
    for bikers that go inside .
    Some people might be put off shopping if theres teens there
    with hoods up,
    i don,t see loads of muslim women hanging around shopping centres in groups .

    those pesky youths


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    #74
    fatknacker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭fatknacker


    riclad wrote: »
    Theres no need to have a hoodie up,
    while in a shopping centre .
    I was asked to take out my headphones once by a security gaurd ,
    in a supermarket.
    i don.t know why.
    i like to listen to music while i shop.
    There,s signs inside banks ,
    please remove helmets ,
    for bikers that go inside .
    Some people might be put off shopping if theres teens there
    with hoods up,
    i don,t see loads of muslim women hanging around shopping centres in groups .

    That's a lovely poem. Did you do tha?


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    #75
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,015 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    fatknacker wrote: »
    That's a lovely poem. Did you do tha?

    'Tis called prose poetry, don't ya know
    Doesn't have to scan or rhyme or nothin'

    Not your ornery onager



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    #76
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    JackieBauer wrote: »
    It's more a case of barbaric modernism. Name a monk in a hood or a nun in veil who has carried out suicide bombings.

    Brother Semtex of arimathea. Nawful hoor.


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    #77
    Samaris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    JackieBauer wrote: »
    It's more a case of barbaric modernism. Name a monk in a hood or a nun in veil who has carried out suicide bombings.

    http://saharareporters.com/2014/08/23/theft-nuns%E2%80%99-regalia-kano-may-be-tied-suicide-bomb-plots

    hey, could happen!


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    #78
    Esel
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    JackieBauer wrote: »
    Yes, less casualties

    Over the last 2,000 years, whose god caused more deaths?

    Not counting plagues, natural disasters, disease or other 'acts of dog'.

    Religion, not patriotism, is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #79
    galljga1
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    I have seen a woman in a burka in liffey valley accompanied by an adult male on one occasion. I have to say, I find it pretty bizarre that a woman would choose to wear such an outfit but I possibly have been brainwashed by western culture.


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    #80
    stoneill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭stoneill


    I'm not racist but......
    I am sectarian and think women having their faces covered is suspicious - no matter what race they are from.


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    #81
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,587 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    I get really uncomfortable when I see a woman dressed in a niquab face veil with tiny slits for her eyes or (on one occasion) in a complete burqua. I feel really sorry for the woman and I just don't think that sort of garb is compatible with Irish culture and society.

    The headscarf I have absolutely no problem with.


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    #82
    stoplooklisten
    Registered Users Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    I get really uncomfortable when I see a woman dressed in a niquab face veil with tiny slits for her eyes or (on one occasion) in a complete burqua. I feel really sorry for the woman and I just don't think that sort of garb is compatible with Irish culture and society.

    The headscarf I have absolutely no problem with.

    I like to pretend they are giant bottles of Guinness roaming around


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    #83
    EmptyTree
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭EmptyTree


    galljga1 wrote: »
    I have to say, I find it pretty bizarre that a woman would choose to wear such an outfit but I possibly have been brainwashed by western culture.

    I'm sure plenty of women wear it with great pride because it is part of their culture and their identity, but i suspect for many choice isn't a very strong factor.


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    #84
    galljga1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭galljga1


    EmptyTree wrote: »
    I'm sure plenty of women wear it with great pride because it is part of their culture and their identity, but i suspect for many choice isn't a very strong factor.

    Agreed. I wonder what the % of those who wear it by choice is.


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    #85
    stoplooklisten
    Registered Users Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    What is choice defined as?


    who wakes up in the morning as says "you know what, this bedsheet looks fantastic on me, I thinks I'll wear it to work"?


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    #86
    galljga1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭galljga1


    stoplooklisten wrote: »
    What is choice defined as?


    who wakes up in the morning as says "you know what, this bedsheet looks fantastic on me, I thinks I'll wear it to work"?

    Now you are on my wavelength. That is one of the few reasons I can see for wearing this type of clothing. No clean hijab, ya know what? I'll just fcuk this sheet over my head and off I go. It's a bit old so cutting out eye holes is ok. Hair's a mess? No makeup? Who cares? Or I could send out the husband. Who will know?


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