is it ok to ban the hijab??

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21 Mar 2007, 5:45 pm

nirrti_rachelle wrote:

Eh, I wouldn't worry about him. He's shooting off at the mouth here because he has anonymity. No way he'd have the balls to utter that kind of nonsense to someone's face.

Well, you're a fine one to talk about having the balls to say things to someone's face considering what you get up to elsewhere. With that in mind, I'm surprised you're still a mod. :wink:

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21 Mar 2007, 5:53 pm

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nirrti_rachelle wrote:

Eh, I wouldn't worry about him. He's shooting off at the mouth here because he has anonymity. No way he'd have the balls to utter that kind of nonsense to someone's face.

Well, you're a fine one to talk about having the balls to say things to someone's face considering what you get up to elsewhere. With that in mind, I'm surprised you're still a mod. :wink:

Um, I'm not. Alex forgot to remove the mod thingy from my profile :lol:

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21 Mar 2007, 5:53 pm

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nirrti_rachelle wrote:

Eh, I wouldn't worry about him. He's shooting off at the mouth here because he has anonymity. No way he'd have the balls to utter that kind of nonsense to someone's face.

Well, you're a fine one to talk about having the balls to say things to someone's face considering what you get up to elsewhere. With that in mind, I'm surprised you're still a mod. :wink:

whats a mod?

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21 Mar 2007, 5:55 pm

nirrti_rachelle wrote:

Um, I'm not. Alex forgot to remove the mod thingy from my profile :lol:

Perhaps it's punishment for your sins, so to speak...

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21 Mar 2007, 5:55 pm

Ribbons wrote:

...whats a mod?

Short for moderator.

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21 Mar 2007, 6:10 pm

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nirrti_rachelle wrote:

Um, I'm not. Alex forgot to remove the mod thingy from my profile :lol:

Perhaps it's punishment for your sins, so to speak...

Nah. I quit a year ago, though I still have my horns and pitchfork. :wink:

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21 Mar 2007, 6:17 pm

nirrti_rachelle wrote:

Nah. I quit a year ago, though I still have my horns and pitchfork. :wink:

Jolly good. Always pays to keep the tools of the trade close to hand, you never know when they may be needed!

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21 Mar 2007, 6:25 pm

I don't like burqas, full-face shields and so on. But I defend their right to wear them. Just as I should be able to go into a bank with a balaclava on and conduct my business peacefully. If people look at me and swear at me for wearing an IRA mask then that's my problem.

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21 Mar 2007, 6:28 pm

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You obviously don't travel around the UK much, old chap. This dress does dominate many districts of large cities: head to foot in black, with a tiny slit for the eyes.

I've travelled all around England with my work and lived in numerous different cities - what you're saying is inflammatory bullcrap - do you need dictionary.com to find out the meaning of the word 'dominate'?

women wearing the kind of dress you describe are statistically insignificant, even amongst the Muslim population, let alone taking the population as a whole, to say they 'dominate many districts of large cities' is not a view that can be taken seriously

you obviously don't live in a large city, old chap

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21 Mar 2007, 6:56 pm

konyannah wrote:

...women wearing the kind of dress you describe are statistically insignificant, even amongst the Muslim population, let alone taking the population as a whole, to say they 'dominate many districts of large cities' is not a view that can be taken seriously...

Statistically the numbers may be small when compared to the whole population, but as these ethnic groups cluster into specific areas then this dress does dominate in certain of those areas, amongst the females, naturally. I've a good mind to take my camera out and prove the point.

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21 Mar 2007, 7:04 pm

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I've a good mind to take my camera out and prove the point.

looking forward to it

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21 Mar 2007, 7:09 pm

konyannah wrote:

ascan wrote:

I've a good mind to take my camera out and prove the point.

looking forward to it

id be careful i know its frustrating if you have an opinion that others dont believe but i think you can get arrested for soing that
when iwas in rusholme last year there were some men wearing no shirts covered in blood beating each other up
it was really horrible as the street was closed off and the bus i was on got caught up in it u cudent look away it was so horirfic
so anyway a man got up on the bus and said i shouldnt have to see this in my country
and basically a police man got on the bus and arrested him
im presuming for disturbing the peace
but i got where he was coming from
a large group of white shirtless men would not be able to beat each other up in public or publically self harm
my point is
dont take any pictures because youll be the one who gets in troubel

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21 Mar 2007, 7:25 pm

Ribbons wrote:

when iwas in rusholme last year there were some men wearing no shirts covered in blood beating each other up

this would be the shia muslim festival of ashura

I've stood in Rusholme and watched it too, they don't beat each other up, only themselves

doesn't mean much to me but I don't see what the problem is with them doing it if that's what they want

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21 Mar 2007, 7:29 pm

konyannah wrote:

Ribbons wrote:

when iwas in rusholme last year there were some men wearing no shirts covered in blood beating each other up

i must just be a wimp then
although i see blood every day i hate it when its self inflicted i want them to stop hurting themselves i want to give people who hurt themselves a cup of tea and a blanket and have a chat
but this was something else
i know now anyway
i just dont go that way when its on
x
ps thanx for actually telling me the name of the festival

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21 Mar 2007, 7:51 pm

People work in very strange ways. I expect you'd be very freaked out by some practices in BDSM and other stuff like that (not my cup of tea, personally).

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21 Mar 2007, 8:06 pm

whats BDSM?

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