Dear Gilbert, I hope that this is not a surreptitious method of diluting/revising the sheer horror of the most unHOLY Inquisition.
A few points in response to the nonsense you have written below. a: re Burkha: [1] Have you sought out the wishes of women who do NOT want to be forced to wear burkhas? [2] From a purely security point of view, would you be able to decipher who the person behind the burkha is ....or even the gender of the person. b: re Dress code for Hindu women: Do you believe that 'lower caste' women volunteered to expose their breasts when 'upper caste men' passed by? Did the Hindu community cry "Inquisition" when this was banned i.e. reform introduced? Please.....let us put our brains in gear before we spout nonsense. At least then, we would spout nonsense voluntarily. jc On 18 July 2010 17:44, Gilbert Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: Reading many past posts on goanet, it would appear many goanetters - Hindus and Catholics favor the European countries introducing anti-Muslim burqa-ban legislation. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/18/spain-burqa-ban-parliament_n_650394.html Many of these same Goans likely condemn very similar anti-Hindu legislation introduced in Goa. I am bringing this up to help us understand why similar laws and regulations on dress-codes were introduced in Portuguese Goa in the 16th-18th century. I have no strong feelings either way on this issue; which is aimed to harass a minority group. I think such rules are more of an effort to curb and discourage migration than any security threat. Regards, GL
