Is this right. Please discuss - no yes or no answers
By sekhmetgb
@sekhmetgb (462)
5 responses
@nannacroc (4049)
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21 Nov 06
Because of the world climate, anti social behaviour and terrorism. I think it's becoming necessary to ban clothing that partially or fully covers the face. Other than that people should be free to dress as they choose.
@sekhmetgb (462)
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21 Nov 06
I take your point and I guess that is why they passed that particular piece of legislation. So I suppose then that this new law is a sad reflection of an even sadder reality.
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@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
20 Nov 06
Well, we see in certain areas here in the US where they are doing it with certain types of clothing all of the time. I feel it is up to each country or individual, to determine what is allowed in each area. Some stuff that is allowed around I feel should not, and vice versa sometimes with stuff not allowed. It is something you just learn to live by, and follow.
@sekhmetgb (462)
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20 Nov 06
Certainly. Like I responded above, indecent clothes or showing your underwear in public, I can understand that and feel personally quite happy that that goes against long-standing laws and morality we have had for a long time. But do you feel that you could just say outlaw all women from wearing skirts that are above calf-level - when before you passed the law it was never really a problem?
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@isasice (2015)
• Iceland
23 Nov 06
I can understand the reason for it when the public feels threatened by people wearing certain types of clothing. Luckily this hasn't been a problem in Iceland but I can't see how some people expect to be able to take their customs to other countries when they expect us to adopt to their customs and regulations when we visit their country. I know it's very controversial but this is just my opinion.
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@sekhmetgb (462)
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27 Nov 06
I have some sympathy with that point of view, because I understand that if I were to go and live in some other countries I might have to change the clothing I wear. My fear is that it might spread further and also that the instance I was talking about might force some women to have to stay indoors even more, because their husbands will not let them leave the house dressed in any other way. :)
@sekhmetgb (462)
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20 Nov 06
I think like you. I don't want to start another argument on this site so I won't go into details, but I think that, unless the clothes are indecent or sexually provocative in the extreme, what you wear when you walk about outside is up to you. Thanks for your response :)
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@prejudice (94)
• Romania
20 Nov 06
i can't believe such a law exists!!!i believe that this law violates our right to make our own decisions concerning our lives.sometimes,thse decisions involve our clothes,because,face it or not,clothes help us gain strength an makes us more confident in our own powers and even in our inteligence.i thinnk that who ever proposed this law really hates those clothes.
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@sekhmetgb (462)
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20 Nov 06
I think they must do. I don't want to start another row on this site, which is why I have started this discussion in as discreet a way as is possible, but it will only affect women and it is a supposed liberal country in Western Europe. I find this so frightening. I live and die in my jeans, what if one day the government suddenly decided that women are no longer allowed to wear their jeans in public? To me it smacks of absolutism. Thanks for your response by the way :)
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