The Burqa Debate

I personally believe the Burqa is a tool of submission but what concerns me is the erosion of anyone’s human rights and the way in which people with an agenda hijack an issue where naturally emotions are high. Can someone please publish the crime figures because there’s something going on I know nothing about and we need to divert away from this xenophobic diatribe into an informed and objective debate. Some points to consider might be; not so long ago I was paying for my petrol when another customer entered wearing a helmet which alarmed no one nor did the need arise to hit the ground and take cover. The console jockey didn’t bat an eyelid but and may I say I have never experienced it but I bet if it was a woman or anyone for that matter wearing a Burqa that all eyes would be on them. The Burqa is about as inconspicuous as Bin Laden strolling around the Pentagon. Airports are very different places to the $2 shop or even Chadstone and strangely enough the last ball I went to, all the men were in black tie not beachwear because it was not appropriate and acceptable! Why must one set of generic values be imposed on everyone; the only reason we can have such a public debate is because we are secular and have enviable freedoms which were paid for in blood. Yes you must wear a Hijab in an Islamic State but you would have found if you went to Iraq when Saddam Hussein was in power you were free to walk around in bathers if that’s what you wanted because it is secular; Iraq never forced anyone to wear anything so why should we; after all aren’t we better than them? Look for solutions, not exclusions, in multicultural suburbs solutions are found for all sorts of things but I can’t recall the last time I saw a woman wear a Hijab in Eastland let alone a Burqa.