Sunday, November 19, 2006

Dutch ban birqas

The generally tolerant Dutch have taken the step of banning its citizens from wearing birqas in public as they believe it inhibits integration and public safety. While this is probably partially true, it does seem to be somewhat of an infringement of personal freedom. It seems to make sense in some areas, like not being able to wear a motorcycle helmet into a service station for safety reasons, but it does seem a little unnecessary and probably difficult to enforce as well.

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