McTag wrote:Well that's interesting. And I thought, I could not wander round in Ku Klux Klan robes. That would be a breach of the peace, or incitement to racial disharmony. Those mean "I reject the right of black people to be here. I am a white separatist, who might resort to violence"
And the burqa or najab? It appears to mean "I reject this society, I wish to be separate, and my people may very well resort to violence under certain circumstances."
Not a whole lot of difference, it seems to me. But only one is illegal.
And to think they were going to introduce a law of incitement to
religious hatred punishable with up to 7 years gaol. Straw's ever so polite
request for the woman to remove her veil would have broken the law!
It only required that offense was given (i.e. the religious person said they were offended) for a criminal offense to have occured.
Even if no offense was meant. And
even if what was said was factually true. All that was necessary was for some hyper sensitive religious person to say they were offended.
Government has reluctantly put it to one side as it was clearly unworkable.
[Pity in a way I was rather looking forward to Christians Jews and Muslims all offending each other and all getting banged up for it].
I would like to nimh, really I would like to, but somehow I cant get my tongue around tonganesian.
