French MPs vote to ban Islamic full veil in public

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

Its retarded for a government body to posture themselves as a solution to this problem

But which problem? That's what I'm trying to ascertain in all this.

Honestly, me personally, I wouldn't have a major problem with the government coming out with a rule about keeping faces uncovered in certain public buildings. It's just about at the limit of what I'd find acceptable in the security-liberty trade-off, but I could just about accept it if the reason was right. The problem I have is that in this instance the reasons aren't remotely convincing, or at least they're reasons that the government has no business getting involved in (effectively forced integration). And yet it has such overwhelming backing, it's disturbing.

A British newspaper carried out a poll last month and found a ban on burkhas is supported by 99 per cent of Britons

A third of Britons back an outright ban on the burkha and two-thirds believe it should be illegal to wear the full-face covering in places such as banks and airports, a poll found. The survey of 1,000 people this year also found that 60 per cent said schools should be allowed to prevent teachers wearing burkhas.

Admittedly that newspaper was the Daily Express (giving Muslims a good kicking since 2001) but there seems to be no question about it, the public are solidly behind this.

EDIT: The Islamic veil across Europe