Blog Fight!!
This, on the burka ban in France, via stageleft:
a) We find it appalling that your religion dictates what you may and may not wear. b) We therefore propose to dictate what you may and may not wear.
Except that the "we" includes men AND women in a culture that has been modernized by Feminism and the "you" is really directed at Muslim men, not Muslim women - if you ask me, a woman.
It's not about the burka. It's not even about Muslim women, not really. It's about, yes, the state, erring on the side of caution for some, and telling others - loudly and clearly - that the state trumps religion - here.
