Burkini banned in France
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The Conseil d'Etat has declared the ban illegal and a serious attack on civil liberties. It has been lifted by decree in the first commune it was applied in, and by implication will have to be lifted in all the rest.
Thank heavens common sense and decency has prevailed. I was becoming ashamed of being (nearly) French.
Thank heavens common sense and decency has prevailed. I was becoming ashamed of being (nearly) French.
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According to The Independent, the ban has been suspended - in one district anyway, with more to follow presumably.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 11396.html
That ruling may well scupper Sarkozy's plans - he was standing on an all-France burkini ban platform
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 11396.html
That ruling may well scupper Sarkozy's plans - he was standing on an all-France burkini ban platform
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Simply that? There must have been something else, about the economy say, or EU relationships or taxation. Maybe it was just Carla who didn't like Burkinis.PW in Polemi wrote:That ruling may well scupper Sarkozy's plans - he was standing on an all-France burkini ban platform
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I believe Nigella Lawson was pictured on a beach a few years ago wearing a burkini. My very fair-skinned nieces (or rather their parents) were challenged at our local thermal baths as they were wearing all in one SPF swimsuits to visit in mid-August. My sister works for a cancer team dealing with skin cancers. She was not the person to challenge over this, and actually went to speak to our Maire about it.
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Why should I strip off on a beach if I don't want to? !! We should be free to wear what we are comfortable in whatever our gender.
If that includes dressing modestly, then that's fine by me, if it is also fine with those wearing them. It should be their choice and their choice alone. Why do people think it is 'good' to wear nothing, and 'bad' to be covered up?
If that includes dressing modestly, then that's fine by me, if it is also fine with those wearing them. It should be their choice and their choice alone. Why do people think it is 'good' to wear nothing, and 'bad' to be covered up?
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I spent yesterday at a water park with my two young nieces where every type of body was on display. The girls are too young to be judgemental about bodies, they just saw a whole lot of people having fun together and I think that's the way to go. The desire to see a woman 'covered up' for purient, cultural or religious reasons so she doesn't offend the eyes of others seems a sad reflection of the increasingly beastly world in which we now find ourselves and should be stoutly resisted at every opportunity.pambon wrote:Would rather see a woman covered up than boobs and bums fully exposed and middle aged flab hanging down everywhere.
A 'woman's right to choose' - how often I chanted that refreshing slogan at demos in the 70s. We have gone backwards since then.
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