I would like to bring into this argument, the French perspective on the uniform. As you may know the French banned the hijab in their schools amidst aggressive protests and threats from the Muslim community. Kudos to the French for not backing down. Schools should be a beacon of equality and the Muslim community continues to shackle their women using culture and religion as an excuse. Culture and religion are the untouchables under whose guise the most horrendous acts of inequality and injustice are condoned.
This reminds me of a personal story. At the age of 21, when I had cobbled together two pennies of my own, I announced that I was going to tour Germany and England. My mother was besides herself with worry. When she had exhausted all the weapons in her arsenal, she used the last one "well, it's not our culture" she said. As soon as the words left her mouth, she knew she had said the wrong thing. I did go to Germany and England. I shall forever be grateful to my mother for realising that my need to grow as a human being was much larger than her need to protect me. I hope as a nation, we realise the same thing. Elisabeth -------------------------- > FN: > This argument smacks of an authoritarian bent > of mind and also an > > inability to acknowledge cultural diversity ;-) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
