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Archive for October 8th, 2006

Some things are best kept hidden.

Posted by Big John on October 8, 2006

I’m not too bothered if Muslim women wear burquas, hajibs, or old army blankets come to that.

straw.jpgWhat I find strange is that one week we are falling over backwards to please these women by providing  burqua-style hospital gowns ,  and the next a senior government figure is telling them to unveil.

The other thing that I find strange is that this demand comes from a politician who will dress up in any kind of  comical ‘religious’ outfit to win a few votes.

I would much prefer that some government minister demanded that all hospital gowns should be designed in such a way that they do not come open at the back, so that the next time my wife walks down a hospital corridor    …..

……    she does not expose her bare bum.   

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