ITV This Morning "Ban the burka?" poll

[djdest]

Currently on 9.5k votes, with 84% agreeing it should be banned.

That's quite a majority!

http://www.itv.com/thismorning/hot-topics/should-b...

[djdest]

I didn't say there was a problem did I?
I simply posted that there was a pole and how the current vote was going.
If you're trying to imply something, then you're barking up the wrong tree.

[djdest]

But how is a helmet different? There are signs to remove them in banks and post offices for security reasons, why not any other face coverings too?

Just to be clear, I don't care what people wear or not or whatever religion they choose to believe in, as long as they don't try to force it upon others.

I main reason I posted the poll was due to the large majority, usually votes are closer to 50/50

[djdest]

I used to see it first hand, when I lived in Peterborough years ago it was on the edge of a large community/area of Muslims.
It didn't bother me at all, but there were shops where you were definitely not felt to be welcome, and quite often heard about things being thrown out of windows at you if you walked down some of the streets.

One moment that does spring to mind is when my Dad's wife went into one of their shops for some material.
She is a muslim from Morocco, they've been married 10 years since he met her when living in Spain.
She had been in the shop for ages, and Dad was in a hurry so went in to see what the problem was.
When he walked in his wife was just about to pay, as soon as the shopkeep saw she was with my Dad he pulled the material off the counter and said it wasn't for sale any more!

Its things like that that really make you wonder just how much do they want to integrate with the country they live in, or do they really prefer to just stay in their own little communities pretending they are elsewhere?

[djdest]

Thats an easy statement to make, but yeah probably the majority of the votes/viewers are the great unwashed who haven't bothered turning over after getting their fix of Mr Kyle!
My excuse, I don't start work until 2pm and the Mrs had the TV on

[djdest]

fesuvious said:

It is difficult to throw the term bigot, racist or simply 'intolerant' monikers around when the critics of Islam (or just plain haters) will quite happily host dinner with people of any skin colour, sexuality or any other faith.

Like I said, at some point we're going to need to accept 'islamaphobia' for what it actually is.

NOT racist for starters and not 'intolerant' in the modern (wide) meaning, and not bigoted either.

Just a singular concern amongst many about a religion into culture that isn't widely welcomed in Western society.

'Ban the Burka' is NOT a face covering issue, it is an Islam issue.

Heads in sand to say otherwise.

I think that sums it up very well. People are far too quick these days to throw around the racist card, when they are clearly not.
The race is irrelevant, its the beliefs and actions that cause others to get blown up or whatever that is what people have a problem with

[djdest]

anonymous said:

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Exactly. If a group of English, French, Chinese or where ever they came from started to do similar things, there would be hatred towards those too, nothing to do with race.

[djdest]

I have also noticed that even without removing cookies it keeps asking you to vote if you return to view the voting.
Also, it was only on around 20-30k this morning, yet has now jumped up to over 100k