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Old 07-15-2010, 01:02 PM
Sean
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Re: French MPs vote to ban Islamic full veil in public
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Originally Posted by Deckard View Post
Chris Hitchens in Slate:
The French legislators who seek to repudiate the wearing of the veil or the burqa...are attempting to lift...a ban on the right of women to choose their own dress
Does he not see this inherent conflict within his stance? How exactly are you making it possible to give women the right to "choose their own dress" through telling them they aren't legally allowed to wear something? That is, by definition, limiting women's right to "choose their own dress".
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