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[–] derram 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

https://archive.is/xJO9Q :

Dutch parliament approves partial burqa ban in public places | The Independent

'But an outright ban is one of the central demands of the Under the law, the burqa could still be worn on the streets. '

'But an outright ban is one of the central demands of the anti-Islam opposition Freedom Party, which is leading in polls ahead of parliamentary elections in March. '

'Freedom Party founder Geert Wilders called the limited ban, "a step in the right direction", adding that he will push for a complete ban if his party is elected next year, The Associated Press reported. '

'Under the law, the burqa could still be worn on the streets. '

'Few women in the Netherlands wear Islamic veils – such as the niqab and burqa – but the issue has been hotly debated for years. '

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[–] piratse 1 point 6 points (+7|-1) ago 

I'm not really okay with this. By backing this, you are literally allowing the government to tell you what you can and can't wear. Which they already do with swastikas and other shit. But that's not okay in my book. Individual business owners should be allowed to ban what they want, but the government has no say in it IMO.

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[–] DinoRider 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I find it ironic that a group called the “Freedom Party” is pushing to limit peoples’ freedom.

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[–] piratse 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Their freedom, not yours you silly goose.

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[–] solar_flare 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I called this a long time ago. I've long thought importing these Muslims from the Middle East is just a way to implement authoritarian government because of the self-imposed terror threat. Every time there's a terror attack by one, the next few days will be nothing but talk on what civil liberties need to be done away with next.

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[–] piratse 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

This is plausible. A thing governments have always done is to cause chaos among the people to gain more power. Collect gold at such a rate it keeps everyone poor so they rely on the king. Give them an enemy to band against when they are turning on you. Restrict access to things so they get information from you. It's not even conspiracy (in the internet sense of the world), this is what was done. Now all these things weren't done JUST to cause controlled chaos, sometimes they were done for other reasons too. It's why open borders is a bad thing (until ALL people are on the same level and all governments are on the same level, but then you have one world government issues) because everyone is mad at "them". But "them" drive down wages and their culture doesn't have the same laws, so now it's a way for countries to add even more control because of "them". Obviously, like the controlled chaos, this isn't the ONLY reason but it's a part of it.

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[–] sweetholymosiah ago 

Wonder how much money it will cost to follow through on this law, all for some fabric on your head.

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[–] carnold03 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Don't be a racist. If you respect Muslims, demand your governments repatriate them to Islamic republics so they can freely and confidently express their faith and religion in all it's spontaneously combustible glory amongst their fellow Muslims in pieces.

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[–] gbiota1 ago 

Of course you can't integrate a group when half of that group is only allowed to travel in portable isolation chambers. But the isolation chamber is not the cause of the fact that they never wanted to integrate in the first place -- least of all with secularists! Their religion is the core of a separate society. The isolation of their women is the backbone of the isolation of their culture. Any dent this manages to make will only come at a cost of being called racist and authoritarian that wiser people would never have put themselves in a position to be paying in the first place. The twisting of western freedoms represents a situation already out of control.

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[–] Shoahshekelmeister ago 

It's a muslim ban we need, not a burqa ban.