At 10:59 PM 5/22/01 -0400, Gautam "Ulysses" Mukunda wrote:
> > Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro
> > Andrea Leistra wrote:
> > >
> > >Explain, then, if you will, why the new policy also requires Hindu
> > >women to go veiled, something directly contrary to the "protecting
> > >minorities from strict Islamic law" interpretation. The
> > Taliban *say*,
> > >according to the NYT, that it's a protection-of-minorities issue,
> > >but anyone who believes that needs their head examined.
> > >
> > Even though I find forcing women to cover their whole body an
> > atrocity, there is a point in enforcing those horrible veils into
> > every women. To make an analogy, imagine that some
> > brazilian native girls are visiting your University. Would you
> > accept them to be wearing their typical costumes?
> >
> > Alberto Monteiro
> >
>I, speaking as a (male) University student, would be _very strongly_
>in favor of it :-) I think it would have _vastly_ improved my college
>experience if there had been many of them here doing exactly that :-)
Your _grades_, on the other hand, might have suffered . . .
-- Ronn! :)
