Ref: The Burka FN (1) Very interesting to see men define what is suitable for women to wear! It is as if they were our property! BP (1) If it were a man in a Burka, most parts of what I said would apply, as well. Only happens that it was a woman I was talking about this time. ------------------------------------------------------------------- FN (2) Would it be okay if women were to lay down their diktat on what the menfolk of "their" community and other communities had to wear? BP (2) Human Rights, which I said I respect, takes care of this question. ------------------------------------------------------------------ FN (3) To me it just appears to be an exercise in laying down rules for someone else. Why not let everyone decide what they are comfortable in? It is also interesting to see us define what is acceptable by presuming that our own standards are the norm and normal! FN BP (3) It was an exercise in laying down facts in today’s terror stricken world (and not my standards), that it is lot more convenient/comfortable for a person (whether male or female) to let his/her face be left open, if not on hygienic grounds, at least for easy identification at every step of his/her way, i.e. at banks, air-ports, hotels, shopping malls, public/corporate offices, and what have you – one’s own home excluded. On the other hand, if a person would come up to above places with the whole body covered, except for bare hands & two openings for the eyes, it would throw a huge veil of suspicion at points of entrance and thereafter – first of all, not knowing at first glance whether the burka-clad person is a man or a woman and secondly, whether the person has even the remotest links to terror. NOTE: Perhaps we may soon see a ‘designer-burka’ with a silk laced opening for the face, in which case my whole exercise would be have been rendered futile. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Another one responded with a sermon on human anatomy which I thought as much confusing as irrelevant to what I said about the burka. The above answers will perhaps help put her mind at rest. Bennet Paes
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- On Fri, 16/7/10, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Burka To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Date: Friday, 16 July, 2010, 11:16 PM Very interesting to see men define what is suitable for women to wear! It is as if they were our property! Would it be okay if women were to lay down their diktat on what the menfolk of "their" community and other communities had to wear? To me it just appears to be an exercise in laying down rules for someone else. Why not let everyone decide what they are comfortable in? It is also interesting to see us define what is acceptable by presuming that our own standards are the norm and normal! FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 16 July 2010 18:47, Nascy Caldeira <nascy...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > It is not only the Face that should be shown. Most parts of the Human body > are beautiful, more so a woman's legs, so there should be no restrictions on > 'dressing up or not' like wise... > --- On Fri, 16/7/10, From PAES <bennetp...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> THE BURKA >> By: Bennet Paes >> The world over, the part of a human body that is most >> visible to other humans is the face. Unlike those parts >> that remain covered in privacy, it’s only the face that >> faces the task of determining one’s identity. In fact, any ...