Banning the Burqini...

[Neil_H]

Jasandjules said:

The Article said:

The Australian creator of the birqini swimsuit said last week that the French did not want Muslims to integrate.

Surely it's the opposite? Integration isn't that one side always makes allowances for the other is it? Wearing such a thing more segregation than integration?

I agree, typical religious arrogance to expect integration to mean everyone pandering to them.

If they genuinely wanted to integrate, they'd drop the 'dress code'.

[zac510]

They should wear stripey shirts and wear a beret too!

[BrassMan]

zac510 said:

They should wear stripey shirts and wear a beret too!

For swimming?

[zac510]

BrassMan said:

zac510 said:

They should wear stripey shirts and wear a beret too!

For swimming?

No, to fit in with the culture.

[Mojooo]

Neil_H said:

Jasandjules said:

The Article said:

The Australian creator of the birqini swimsuit said last week that the French did not want Muslims to integrate.

Surely it's the opposite? Integration isn't that one side always makes allowances for the other is it? Wearing such a thing more segregation than integration?

I agree, typical religious arrogance to expect integration to mean everyone pandering to them.

If they genuinely wanted to integrate, they'd drop the 'dress code'.

Myabe they thought they were in a free country where they could choose their own dresswear?

[TheFlyingBanana]

Soovy said:

Conian said:

thehawk said:

Many people won't have showered, wiped themselves clean, exercised prior to swimming, done the wife up the chuff and not washed before swimming etc.

Does yer wife mind all these people? She sounds very liberated.

A superb response that deserves further recognition!

[XitUp]

All religions are stupid, but people are free to be stupid.

Muntu said:

Burqinis are mandatory for even non muslims in some UK swimming pools

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

Telegraph said:

British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs. UK councils running restricted swimming session for Muslims. Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire. Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest" code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the knees...

Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.

Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the ankles and wrists"

There are similar rules at Shorpe Leisure Centre, in North Lincolnshire, where "users must follow the required dress code for this session (T-shirts and shorts/leggings that cover below the knee)"...

Shorpe sounds about right

It's a few hours a week, get over it. Do you feel the same about mother and baby sessions/pensioners sessions/etc?

[Muntu]

XitUp said:

All religions are stupid, but people are free to be stupid.

Muntu said:

Burqinis are mandatory for even non muslims in some UK swimming pools

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

Telegraph said:

British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs. UK councils running restricted swimming session for Muslims. Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire. Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest" code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the knees...

Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.

Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the ankles and wrists"

There are similar rules at Shorpe Leisure Centre, in North Lincolnshire, where "users must follow the required dress code for this session (T-shirts and shorts/leggings that cover below the knee)"...

Shorpe sounds about right

It's a few hours a week, get over it. Do you feel the same about mother and baby sessions/pensioners sessions/etc?

I am not convinced that I am the one who needs to get over something here. Introducing a strawman to the subject does not really add much TBH

[XitUp]

Hardly a strawman talking about other sessions that are aimed at a specific group.

I'm not old so I don't go swimming at OAP time and don't have to worry about them pissing near me. Same with the mother and kids sessions.
I'm not a muslim so I wouldn't go to a muslim session and so don't have to worry about seeing people dressed like tits.

[mybrainhurts]

cazzer said:

Better ----->

[elster]

Muntu said:

XitUp said:

All religions are stupid, but people are free to be stupid.

Muntu said:

Burqinis are mandatory for even non muslims in some UK swimming pools

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

Telegraph said:

British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs. UK councils running restricted swimming session for Muslims. Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire. Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest" code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the knees...

Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.

Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the ankles and wrists"

There are similar rules at Shorpe Leisure Centre, in North Lincolnshire, where "users must follow the required dress code for this session (T-shirts and shorts/leggings that cover below the knee)"...

Shorpe sounds about right

It's a few hours a week, get over it. Do you feel the same about mother and baby sessions/pensioners sessions/etc?

I am not convinced that I am the one who needs to get over something here. Introducing a strawman to the subject does not really add much TBH

They have nudist sessions at some pools.

So I don't really see the problem with clothed sessions.

[mybrainhurts]

elster said:

Muntu said:

XitUp said:

All religions are stupid, but people are free to be stupid.

Muntu said:

Burqinis are mandatory for even non muslims in some UK swimming pools

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

Telegraph said:

British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs. UK councils running restricted swimming session for Muslims. Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire. Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest" code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the knees...

Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.

Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the ankles and wrists"

There are similar rules at Shorpe Leisure Centre, in North Lincolnshire, where "users must follow the required dress code for this session (T-shirts and shorts/leggings that cover below the knee)"...

Shorpe sounds about right

It's a few hours a week, get over it. Do you feel the same about mother and baby sessions/pensioners sessions/etc?

I am not convinced that I am the one who needs to get over something here. Introducing a strawman to the subject does not really add much TBH

They have nudist sessions at some pools.

So I don't really see the problem with clothed sessions.

An elderly lady in my neck of the woods, who frequents omnibuses, insists some traditionally bedecked Muslim women pee as, when and where they wish, thus leaving the seats damp to wet.

If this is true, they ought to be barred from public swimming pools as a matter of hygiene.

Then there's health and safety...

Don't these garments soak up water until they sink and drown...?

[Mojooo]

mybrainhurts said:

elster said:

Muntu said:

XitUp said:

All religions are stupid, but people are free to be stupid.

Muntu said:

Burqinis are mandatory for even non muslims in some UK swimming pools

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

Telegraph said:

British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs. UK councils running restricted swimming session for Muslims. Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire. Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest" code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the knees...

Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.

Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the ankles and wrists"

There are similar rules at Shorpe Leisure Centre, in North Lincolnshire, where "users must follow the required dress code for this session (T-shirts and shorts/leggings that cover below the knee)"...

Shorpe sounds about right

It's a few hours a week, get over it. Do you feel the same about mother and baby sessions/pensioners sessions/etc?

I am not convinced that I am the one who needs to get over something here. Introducing a strawman to the subject does not really add much TBH

They have nudist sessions at some pools.

So I don't really see the problem with clothed sessions.

An elderly lady in my neck of the woods, who frequents omnibuses, insists some traditionally bedecked Muslim women pee as, when and where they wish, thus leaving the seats damp to wet.

If this is true, they ought to be barred from public swimming pools as a matter of hygiene.

Then there's health and safety...

Don't these garments soak up water until they sink and drown...?

WTF?

Sounds like the old woman is mega confused and is probably wetting herself.

[XitUp]

An old lady on the bus told me that jews control the banks and the media.

[mybrainhurts]

XitUp said:

An old lady on the bus told me that jews control the banks and the media.

That's not true...































You don't use buses...

[XitUp]

Damn it, you caught me out.

[mybrainhurts]

[Colonial]

XitUp said:

All religions are stupid, but people are free to be stupid.

Muntu said:

Burqinis are mandatory for even non muslims in some UK swimming pools

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

Telegraph said:

British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs. UK councils running restricted swimming session for Muslims. Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire. Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest" code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the knees...

Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.

Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the ankles and wrists"

There are similar rules at Shorpe Leisure Centre, in North Lincolnshire, where "users must follow the required dress code for this session (T-shirts and shorts/leggings that cover below the knee)"...

Shorpe sounds about right

It's a few hours a week, get over it. Do you feel the same about mother and baby sessions/pensioners sessions/etc?

Yes. Yes I do. Old people should be used for heating fuel and babies should be locked in cupboards until the are 7

[Jasandjules]

Mojooo said:

Myabe they thought they were in a free country where they could choose their own dresswear?

That's being trite.

The statement quoted that the maker stated that The French did not want Muslims to integrate. Plainly, that is not the case, because the item itself is one of segregation, and not integration.

[zac510]

In effect, and perhaps not intentionally, the French are pushing Western values onto them too.