What we are seeing in the UK at present is a complete pendulum shift from one side of things (immigrants have no rights and earn lower wages etc, etc), to the other (more or less more rights than indigenous population, and enough numbers to push for even more).
Personally, i'm fed-up with the attitude of Muslims in particular toward free speach. In many Muslim countries, there are things you cannot talk about, especially in public. In the UK, we have no such shackles....but the ever-increasing Muslim population is attempting to put them in place. It is clear to me that many of the higher-ranking members of Muslim society have no sense of humour whatever and over-react to the slightest thing, which they contest is provocation.
I think Jack Straw was 100% correct concerning his comments on the veil, and to assume that a woman virtually coccooned in black makes a good teacher to young children is prepostorous. Facial contact is necessary....kids need and require that certain closeness, intimacy with their teachers...how is this possible when the teacher in question is covered-up?
The other interesting thing for me is that the teacher in the recent case
did not wear the costume and veil when she attended the job interview....which is not very open, is it?
Since there is no laid-down reason for wearing the veil, it is not a requirement of the religion for instance, it is merely pandering to the whims of Muslim men.
-Reborn.