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Subject: Banning the Burqa
I'll get right to the point: I don't like the burqa. I don't like what I think it means. I don't know its history and I'm too lazy to read up on it, but it seems to be a tangible sign of systemic repression. I don't like to ban things, but if ever I was convinced it could serve a greater public good, this is one thing that wouldn't take much effort to believe.
But a lot of people are serious about bans. Australia's talked about it. Germany's on the fence about it. Belgium's done it. Last night France took the first steps towards doing it. These countries are worried about their national character, and the kinds of things their neighbors must be thinking when they allow this sort of burqa shit to go on. I guess.
Now, it's important to act like a Roman when you're in Rome. When I lived in Japan I did everything I could* to blend in: I learned the language* and dressed like the Japanese* and acted like the Japanese* and so on. When these burqa-wearing women (I assume they're women, they have long fluttery eyelashes which make me want to rape someone (hrm, maybe they should be forced to wear sunglasses too (clearly I cannot be trusted... No wait, it's the woman's sexy fault, which is the point of the burqa))) come to my country** they should act like we do.
That's right, if you come to Australia, you gotta drink shitty rum, marry a guy with a fluorescent shirt, blurt out two or more unruly and uneducatable children, and get fat. But you do it in tight jeans or sweatpants, not a burqa! It's unAustralian! UnFrench, unBelgian, unGerman! For fuck's sake, you act as if you have your own history and culture or something. If you want to be like that, go back home to your mud huts and goats*** and wear whatever you want (probably dirt, 'cause you're shit-poor).
* None of these things are true
** lol jk I'm not from here
*** Outside of the West, everyone lives in mud huts with goats, don't they?
But a lot of people are serious about bans. Australia's talked about it. Germany's on the fence about it. Belgium's done it. Last night France took the first steps towards doing it. These countries are worried about their national character, and the kinds of things their neighbors must be thinking when they allow this sort of burqa shit to go on. I guess.
Now, it's important to act like a Roman when you're in Rome. When I lived in Japan I did everything I could* to blend in: I learned the language* and dressed like the Japanese* and acted like the Japanese* and so on. When these burqa-wearing women (I assume they're women, they have long fluttery eyelashes which make me want to rape someone (hrm, maybe they should be forced to wear sunglasses too (clearly I cannot be trusted... No wait, it's the woman's sexy fault, which is the point of the burqa))) come to my country** they should act like we do.
That's right, if you come to Australia, you gotta drink shitty rum, marry a guy with a fluorescent shirt, blurt out two or more unruly and uneducatable children, and get fat. But you do it in tight jeans or sweatpants, not a burqa! It's unAustralian! UnFrench, unBelgian, unGerman! For fuck's sake, you act as if you have your own history and culture or something. If you want to be like that, go back home to your mud huts and goats*** and wear whatever you want (probably dirt, 'cause you're shit-poor).
* None of these things are true
** lol jk I'm not from here
*** Outside of the West, everyone lives in mud huts with goats, don't they?
BLEARGH
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