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Old 07-03-2009, 12:17 AM   #360 (permalink)
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Agreed, and this is why banning the Burqa is a good idea.

By removing that symbol it plants the seed of the idea that the way these women have been treated is wrong.

See?
You don't see the banning of the burka as more of "ripping the weed out by the roots" than "planting a seed"?

My idea earlier was that this move was more confrontational, and therefore could entrench even those who marginally support the cultural status quo. The "planting a seed" approach that Psyke advocates is, to me, more of a cultural and education move - more subtle, more long term - instead of creating a specific and immediate conflict.

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