I live in a fascist country
October 17, 2006I now almost officially live in a fascist country.
Today, the Lower House has stated they are going to force the government to create a law that prohibits people from wearing burkas in public spaces (parks, streets, you name it). My elected officials are telling me what I can and cannot wear in public. When it’s really cold, I in essence won’t be allowed to wear a scarf surrounding my entire face and head because that would also be a burka.
This is fascism in its purest form, and I am appalled something like this is possible in The Netherlands. We allow fags to prance around naked on canal boats in Amsterdam whenever they fcuking well please, but people wearing a burka because they interpret their religion that way, is going to be illegal. What McCarthy-esque hypocrisy! What’snext, no more crosses anymore in public spaces? No more of those tiny ‘hats’ Jewish people wear (’keppeltje’ in Dutch)?
I can understand the government not wanting its employees and officials to wear burkas when they are on-duty, since they need to communicate and that’s simply not possible in a normal way when the entire face is covered; same goes for companies who may ban burkas like they ban other inappropriate clothing. However, out in the public, in their own time, people should be allowed to wear whatever the fcuk they want!
I am beyond angry at this point. There are no words for the amount of anger currently racing through my veins. This is one of them rare moments I could punch a hole through a door. It won’t be the first time.
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Haha! Not even in America!
— seriously though
If you people are trying to stop the Islamization of your country you should start becoming intolerant of intolerance with potential immigrants. Rather than being punitive with the fundamentalists you already have.
They aren’t exactly a nice fit given the fact that their religion necessitates the murder of homosexuals, apostates, etc.. I’m sure most have done nothing wrong, and they don’t deserve to be punished just people weren’t paying attention though.
Comment by Andrew — October 17, 2006 @ 6:25 pm
Well, let’s see, that law would be ruled a violation of someones freedom of religion and tossed out rather quickly. Gotta love the bill of rights.
Comment by John S. — October 17, 2006 @ 6:35 pm
I think you need to look up the word “fascist.”
“Fascist” generally refers to a government with complete and absolute power that oppresses all opposition. It doesn’t mean a government that happens to impose a notably strict law via a constitutional monarchy.
Comment by Adam — October 17, 2006 @ 9:10 pm
I think you need to look up the word “fascist.”
This (potential) law is fascist, no matter which way you put it.
A hyperbole is a style element.
via a constitutional monarchy
More precisely, we are a parliamentary democracy in a constitutional monarchy, meaning our monarchy is bound by the same constitution which applies to all other Dutchmen. This is different from the United States, where the head of state and its government are apparently placed above the constitution by which normal Americans are bound.
Comment by Administrator — October 17, 2006 @ 9:55 pm
I get your hyperbole.
It may be a dumb law, but it’s not fascist, because by common USE, the term fascist implies not control, but the forceful silencing and/or victimization of opponents of the status quo.
Comment by Adam Scheinberg — October 17, 2006 @ 11:21 pm
You mistakenly think of burkas as if they are a free expression of fashion or religion by the wearer. They are not. They are only used in the most extremist veins of Islam society and are an integral part of a policy to oppress and humiliate women and to keep them out of the public eye.
Defending burkas in the name of freedom is as foolish as defending the yellow stars for Jews in Nazi times as if they are some kind of fashion statement. In both cases, the message is the same: “please keep away from this woman/Jew”.
And if you think the wearers of burkas are free-willed because they tell you so: don’t forget how extremist cults play tricks with the mind of their members.
I think your government chose very wisely to ban burkas and can be called anti-fascist rather than fascist.
Comment by grmbl — October 19, 2006 @ 8:44 am
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Comment by Randi Lee — January 28, 2008 @ 2:39 pm