[lit-ideas] Re: Religion & Public Reason
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:02:26 -0400
On 8/7/2010 8:46 AM, Phil Enns wrote:
But what is the danger suggested by the niqab?
It's like spending all day wearing a mask.
Permanent Halloween, where Osama in drag, an
escaped fugitive, Ferris Bueler, or a mad bomber
can pose as a pious Muslim woman.
Tens of thousands of people in armored
bomb-disposal suits carrying boxes on the streets
of Chicago every single day ... what's wrong with
that picture? If one were to dress as Zorro all
the time, eventually someone would question the
garb's appropriateness, the issue of public
safety, and the wearer's sanity.
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