Man Of Straw
Oct. 6th, 2006 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloSo here's Jack Straw- our weaselly former Home Secretary and Condi-groupie- doing his bit for community relations by saying Muslim women need to ditch the veil.
There's an intelligent debate to be had about this issue, but I don't want it initiated by someone indirectly responsible for killing Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq.
And how come it's always the women who get in the neck? Why doesn't Straw have a go at beards or turbans?
What's this fithy war of civilisations really about? It's about two sets of blokes fighting over who gets to control the women.
There's an intelligent debate to be had about this issue, but I don't want it initiated by someone indirectly responsible for killing Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq.
And how come it's always the women who get in the neck? Why doesn't Straw have a go at beards or turbans?
What's this fithy war of civilisations really about? It's about two sets of blokes fighting over who gets to control the women.
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Date: 2006-10-06 05:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-07 03:18 pm (UTC)I mean, I'm still sort of faintly interested....
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Date: 2006-10-07 05:49 pm (UTC)