Ban the burkha ?

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Only when pressing your burqa.

Is that a metaphor?

[Gary L]

Two suicide bombers dressed in burqas struck a crowd of displaced people collecting aid handouts, killing at least 41 and wounding more than 60 on Saturday at a camp in northwest Pakistan.

The bombers struck minutes apart in the Kacha Pukha camp on the outskirts of the garrison city of Kohat, a registration centre for people fleeing Taliban violence and Pakistani army operations close to the Afghan border.

The attacks underscored the grave threat posed by extremists despite stepped-up Pakistani offensives and a significant increase in US drone attacks targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked commanders in the nearby tribal belt.

"We have 41 dead in the twin suicide bombing. There are 64 injured," local police chief Dilawar Khan Bangash told AFP by telephone.

He said the bombers walked into the crowd wearing burqas, the loose-fitting head-to-toe outfit that obscures the face and worn by conservative Muslim women in parts of northwest Pakistan and Afghanistan.

and Britain.

http://inform.com/politics/burqa-bom...n-camp-906593a

[Stuart]

Funnily enough, Gary, suicide bombers also wear other clothing, and don't always cover their faces (if you are aiming to kill a load of people, yourself included, you may not worry about being spotted). Apparently, big, baggy jackets are a favourite as they hide the bomb vest well.

Are you going to suggest banning jackets as well?

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Stuart C

Are you going to suggest banning jackets as well?

No. just the burkas. if you start a thread on why we should ban jackets I'll consider it a bit more

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Gary L

No. just the burkas. if you start a thread on why we should ban jackets I'll consider it a bit more

Gary purely out of curiosity would you care to tell us your age? if not is it 1,2,3,4,5

1/ under 15

2/ 15 to 25

3/ 25 to 35

4/ 35 to 45

5/ over 45.

As you can see from my sig I'm a rather old 45 soon to be 46.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by frogstamper

Gary purely out of curiosity would you care to tell us your age? if not is it 1,2,3,4,5

1/ under 15

2/ 15 to 25

3/ 25 to 35

4/ 35 to 45

5/ over 45.

As you can see from my sig I'm a rather old 45 soon to be 46.

We have more chance of not seeing any more anti Muslim threads from Gary than knowing Gary's age.

As for banning the burka only if we can ban Grays favourite party the BNP

Originally Posted by Gary L

and Britain.

http://inform.com/politics/burqa-bom...n-camp-906593a

And the next day, in the same area, another suicide bomber in a car - best ban cars.....

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by frogstamper

Gary purely out of curiosity would you care to tell us your age? if not is it 1,2,3,4,5

All them come under the under 15 category

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Originally Posted by Sirius

As for banning the burka only if we can ban Grays favourite party the BNP

Let's not do politics here

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Originally Posted by foreverwar

And the next day, in the same area, another suicide bomber in a car - best ban cars.....

The topic is about the security implications of wearing a burqa. not the driving of a motorised vehicle.

Originally Posted by Gary L

The topic is about the security implications of wearing a burqa. not the driving of a motorised vehicle.

There are security implications for both.After all we haven't as yet in the UK had a suicide bomber delivering his/her bomb dressed in a burkha but we have had an attempt at using a car in a suicide bomb attempt at Glasgow Airport.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

There are security implications for both.After all we haven't as yet in the UK had a suicide bomber delivering his/her bomb dressed in a burkha

We haven't. yet.

but we have had an attempt at using a car in a suicide bomb attempt at Glasgow Airport.

But that doesn't fit in with the topic/subject of the thread of a burqa. unless the connection is the people that wear the burqas and drive the suicide bombs into public buildings.

Originally Posted by Gary L

We haven't. yet.

But that doesn't fit in with the topic/subject of the thread of a burqa. unless the connection is the people that wear the burqas and drive the suicide bombs into public buildings.

I'm sorry it IS on topic as the suggestion was if we ban the burkha as being a danger to security then we have therefore to ban every form of delivery of a suicide bomb just in case.No vans,cars,lorries,jackets,rucksacks as all have actually been used by suicide bombers.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

I'm sorry it IS on topic

So any discussion on muslims will be on topic in a thread about banning burqas. mosques and religion included?

Originally Posted by Gary L

So any discussion on muslims will be on topic in a thread about banning burqas. mosques and religion included?

No and don't try to make wriggle room..each thread is judged individually for topic drift.

[Gary L]

So let's ban cars then. debate over

Originally Posted by Gary L

So let's ban cars then. debate over

Temper,temper..and I'll survive.