What is the best car for travelling 47.9 miles in?

[55palfers]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3574263/Wo...

[TooMany2cvs]

Wrong forum. "News, Islamophobia and Bigotry" is that way ->

[55palfers]

Not bigoted at all.

Just reading that Government grants are being used to curtail women's rights leaves me a little depressed.

[Rammy76]

TooMany2cvs said:

Wrong forum. "News, Islamophobia and Bigotry" is that way ->

It's not him that's made the ridiculous rule up though is it?

[Pesty]

Rammy76 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Wrong forum. "News, Islamophobia and Bigotry" is that way ->

It's not him that's made the ridiculous rule up though is it?

No but you have to pretend not to see it. They are beyond criticism and as such even mentioning things happening makes you an islamophobic biggot. HTH

[Jasandjules]

TooMany2cvs said:

Wrong forum. "News, Islamophobia and Bigotry" is that way ->

Can you clarify how posting a link to a report about what some organisation or other suggests is bigoted?

[Beati Dogu]

47.9 miles? I've heard of range anxiety, but that's ridiculous.

[rovermorris999]

Beati Dogu said:

47.9 miles? I've heard of range anxiety, but that's ridiculous.

Must be an electric car.

[anonymous-user]

Not too surprising. My home town, though I'll never go back. FUBAR.

[TooMany2cvs]

Rammy76 said:

It's not him that's made the ridiculous rule up though is it?

No, it's a random group of self-important people who nobody actually has to listen to. No more than that.

[powerstroke]

Maybe they are onto something if the added taking kids to school then I see the basis of a sound rule

[br d]

TooMany2cvs said:

Rammy76 said:

It's not him that's made the ridiculous rule up though is it?

No, it's a random group of self-important people who nobody actually has to listen to. No more than that.

And yet linking to a news item about it makes him a bigot?

Got the balls to apologise to him?

[Randy Winkman]

It does make this school's sexism efforts look a bit tame.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3569463/10...

[Getragdogleg]

TooMany2cvs said:

Wrong forum. "News, Islamophobia and Bigotry" is that way ->

Out of order. OP has not specified a horse in this race so to call him a Bigot for the link is over the top regardless of what you feel about the inevitable path the imminent discussion is about to take.

You ought to apologise for this response really. Its a bit OTT.

[Some Gump]

TooMany2cvs said:

Wrong forum. "News, Islamophobia and Bigotry" is that way ->

If calling out vile backwards women haters makes one a bigot, put me down for a dozen.

[mephistophelean]

The linked article is at best misinformed, at worst deliberately missing out information. The Q&A section of the website was quoting what the Qur'an states i.e. that women shouldn't travel more than three days without a male escort. It didn't state that was the BMA's position - just what the Qur'an says - which was the norm for the time. The 47.9 miles quote is the estimate of how long one might walk for three days.

The various newspaper reports have picked this up and then said this must be what the BMA thinks - when they were merely answering a question as to what the Qur'an says on this issue.

Edited by mephistophelean on Friday 6th May 22:16

[powerstroke]

mephistophelean said:

The linked article is at best misinformed, at worst deliberately missing out information. The Q&A section of the website was quoting what the Qur'an states i.e. that women shouldn't travel more than three days without a male escort. It didn't state that was the BMA's position - just what the Qur'an says - which was the norm for the time. The 47.9 miles quote is the




estimate of how long one might walk for three days.

The various newspaper reports have picked this up and then said this must be what the BMA thinks - when they were merely answering a question as to what the Qur'an says on this issue.

And for those people who want to jump on the bandwagon about how "backwards" the Qur'an is, this is interesting viewing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvMky3ZNE0

Maybe a new test I mean new qur'an would be usefull in the 21st century!!!
or maybe a secular socity

[mephistophelean]

powerstroke said:

Maybe a new test I mean new qur'an would be usefull in the 21st century!!!
or maybe a secular socity

We do live in a secular society don't we? I don't see the article saying that anyone actually does this?

[Mr Snrub]

Odd how the NUS and Reddit feminist brigade are always so quiet about these sort of issues

[del mar]

TooMany2cvs said:

No, it's a random group of self-important people who nobody actually has to listen to. No more than that.

I am not sure you can say that. Muslims in that town will listen to what this organisation says. These tend to be very religious people that listen to what their religious leaders / groups ay.

We dismiss it as we don't listen to what the Church says but these people live a different life to you and I.

To play this down seems to ignore what Trevor Phillips said - and he knows far more about "race" issues than we do.

Yes giving a random distance seems silly, but I know of adult muslim women who were not allowed to go on a holiday to Spain unless their brother went with them.