In “The Letter B” you will hear
* Intro music by Tumivut
* A short plug for Tumivut
* B is for Burka
(The podcast is 3.27 Mb in size and runs for 3 minutes and 33 seconds, it can be downloaded here for those who do not want to stream it)
[audio:sl-0002-the-letter-b.mp3]
Said in October 29th, 2006 @12:00 pm A burka is a whole lot different than a cross, Vinny. I have no problem with any sign of religious affiliation except for the burka. I shudder everytime I see a woman in a burka.
It’s so creepy….kinda like a ghost.
Of course you don’t have difficulity with anything other than the burka Jeff, it’s religious bigotry - admitting a problem is the first step in dealing with it, now that you’ve taken that stepp keep walking.
Said in October 29th, 2006 @5:39 pm Sure stageleft. Critical thinking is always bigotry. No need to ask any tough questions of anyone. Just chalk it up to good ol bigotry. Btw, you might want to ask
good old Sheila Copps why she opposes the burka so much.
Perhaps it has something to do with her almost being run off the road by a woman wearing one that had no peripheral vision?
I wrote a shitty little piece on the story:
Said in October 29th, 2006 @6:00 pm “It’s so creepy….kinda like a ghost.”
Ah. Critical thinking. Yes, of course.
Critical thinking needs a logical base to start from, your base is not logical, therefore the best you can hope for is a phobia — could that be it?
Do you have burkaphobia Jeff? An unreasonable, unfounded fear of veiled women? Man, oh man, Freud could have a field day with that sort of thing?
– as potentially rich as that particular field may be I’ll stop there.
– do seek help though Jeff, you can overcome it.
Said in October 30th, 2006 @9:53 am Thanks for addressing the real issues, guys. I see that a person’s inability to safely operate a moter vehicle doesn’t seem too important to you folks. That’s kinda scary?!
Said in October 30th, 2006 @10:04 am It’s good to know your reservations about burkas are based on your concern for safe motor vehicle operation, Jeff. So many folks seem to view it as some kind of assault, or object on the basis of an apparent generalized loathing of Islam; it’s a relief to hear that your objection has so sensible a basis.
Said in October 30th, 2006 @11:54 am So you agree with me?
Said in October 30th, 2006 @12:07 pm About what?
That burkas aren’t like crosses? That burkas are “creepy”? That your little piece on the Copps story was “shitty”? That driving a car in a garment that impairs your vision is dangerous? Which assertion are you asking about?
Said in October 30th, 2006 @12:26 pm This whole debate aside (which I still think is a good debate), I wanted to congratulate Tumivut for their contribution to this podcast.
That intro song was really cool - I have never hear anything like it. I recognize those two ladies in the pic, but I had no idea they were producing music.
Where can I get a copy of that CD SL?
Good work Tumivut!
The CD is not yet out, when it hits the shelves I’ll let ya know. Someday if you’re by the apartment I can load up the masters I have on my laptop.
There’s a lot of good stuff there, some of it is gonna make a few of the more traditional folks complain about the way things have been done, and a lot of it is gonna grab the attention of the younger set - which is of course the whole idea.
– if ya wanna hear something cool you should hear Charlotte playing the mouth harp and throat singing at the same time - very unique indeed.
Said in October 30th, 2006 @1:50 pm Traditional folks will always complain about that sort of thing, but they should understand that this expression of culture is probably one of the only ways the culture is going to live in an increasingly technological and fast-paced world.
Mouth Harp and throat-singing? Each on it’s its own is not easy to do, but to do them together sounds cool.
It's a sad state of affairs when Canadian kids are treated like this by the government - read about it here then contact your MP
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I’d agree with you entirely except on one issue. The women who want to wear their hijabs on their Driver’s License. Since those pictures are used for identification purposes, I’d say they have to take ‘em off. Sorry.
Other than that, anyone trying to ban anything people wear are just idiots, particularly when legislating religious clothing, something that any normal-thinking free society should be against.
If we’re gonna get all pissy and outraged that US women have to take their crosses off in Saudi Arabia, then we shouldn’t be imposing similar restrictions on others (we being the collective Western “we”)