Angry Rant #28: ...And the Burqa gets the cut.

So, if you've been living under a rock for the last few days, you would have missed the news that the Burqa has been officially banned in the land of revolution, France.

So this thing:

Now for someone who is anti-religion, I support this ban. For those that think that it's just a "cultural thing", I implore you to find a women who wears this and ISN'T Muslim.

That being said, I do support people who exercise freedom of expression, but I am stumped when it comes to the burqa. How is it "women's liberation" or "freedom of expression" if we don't actually know who's expressing themselves? If someone has to hide their face when they voice their opinion, why even bother voicing it? Where's the freedom?

Oh wait. 

It's because it's a religious based argument - and when it's a religious argument, anything that's logical flies out the window faster than that stupid Budgie we all had growing up.  

Go on. Fly away. Who will put up with your crap now?

Already, there have been two arrests in France from women who oppose the ban. I'm just very surprised that pro-women groups haven't come out to openly support this ban though. It's just another case of religious empowerment over women by men in an overly dominant religious culture. It's pretty much that simple. 

However, on the other side of the fence, we have a country which is predominately Christian with the largest population of Muslims in Europe, and with Christian leaders, so it's obvious that the laws that have come into place are based on their own moral system and what they've picked up from their own religion - and also because they are fearful of that all powerful "muslim threat" that seems to be sweeping the globe at the moment....much like the "threat" of communism did in the 60s and 70s.

"It's like Red Dawn was real!" - average American.

Give it another 20 years and the Christian and Muslim cultures will be best friends. We'll probably be flying into space together and solving real issues like poverty and finding a cure for cancer, or even cheering on out-spoken Russian spies who have used their fame to become gorgeous models...

Oh wait. That last one actually happened.

Don't believe the lies and spin.