… for women in Belgium’s universities. For women all over the country. For the country.
Support for the ban in Belgium transcended party lines, ranging from the Greens to the far right, and also resulted in a rare show of unity between the linguistically divided halves of the country.
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:57PM
Talk about totally ass backwards. Idiocy by design.
Bring on the wedge!
Isabelle Praile, the vice-president of the Muslim Executive of Belgium, warned that a Belgian ban could be the thin end of the wedge.
“Today it’s the full-face veil. Tomorrow the veil, the day after it will be Sikh turbans, and then perhaps it will be miniskirts,” ,” she told the AFP news agency.
“Miniskirts”. What a disingenuous sack a crap.
April 3rd, 2010 at 9:38PM
david: I agree. That statement was so stupid I almost quoted it in the post.
April 4th, 2010 at 3:29PM
Today, take of that burqa!
Tomorrow, take off that veil!
The day after tomorrow, take off that turban!
Can’t wait for the day after that!