Comments on: This year’s model: sports hijabs

By: Hening

Hening — Wed, 17 May 2006 13:15:14 +0000

Yale thankfully has someone in the student body, who has experience dealing with these women if they show up at that institute of higher learning showing their faces and forgetting their modesty during sport competitions.

By: ForYourEdification

ForYourEdification — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:24:02 +0000

What, no veils?

By: dallas94

dallas94 — Tue, 16 May 2006 20:15:15 +0000

Unless those things are skin tight, it won’t do much for their times. Then, as under Sadam and Ude, they will have a part of their body cut off for not winning.

BTW – I love Groupers comment – soooo right on!!!

By: birdman

birdman — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:46:09 +0000

labwrs: For the woman living under Muslem law it is terrifing, you are no more that A slave, to be used or abused as your husband (master) sees fitting. A woman is nothing more than an object, and treated like dirt, to be dicarded at will.

By: labwrs

labwrs — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:39:19 +0000

I lived in Paris 2002-4 while the hijab in schools debate was raging. It was my first upclose and personal experience with women who were clothed head to foot. They didnt look human to me..they looked like chattle. Invariably the men with them were wearing casual and comfortable clothing while the women and girls were forced ( yes FORCED!) to resemble a clump of fabric. They dont even look HUMAN in those things! Every single time I see a woman like that it looks like slavery to me! I do not believe for one second this is voluntary..it is indoctrination and intimidation by men who are afraid of women. I attended the demonstrations and attempted once to take pics of the men with sticks “instructing” the covered women when to chant..they threatened me and only a big French riot policeman intervened. To this day I am disgusted with myself for NOT shooting the pics, instead I ran away from them like the girl I am. And if the scared and intimidated me in that moment when I could get away from them, what is it like every minute of every day? It terrifies me.

By: The False Dervish

The False Dervish — Tue, 16 May 2006 17:12:57 +0000

This is ridiculous! I can understand the philosophy of modesty, but to make those women wear restrictive clothing during sports event is simply foolish, especially during swimming where wet clothing adds weight. Wearing the tight “Bay Watch” swim suits during contests or the T-Shirt and bikini shorts during track meets does NOT suggest promiscuity or loose morals on those women. It is a SPORTING event!!!!

This reminds me of the Miss Afghanistan situation where Afghanistan sent a constestant to some beauty contest where one of the events was the swimsuit competition. Miss Afghanistan took part in that event. She was then condemned by the Afghan Womens Affairs Committee of the Afghan Govt for wearing the bikini and I think she faced some type of punishment for it. Indeed, then what was the purpose of her competing in the contest in the first place????

As far as I am concerned, there is nothing sensible about this type of sensibility.

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Tue, 16 May 2006 16:08:50 +0000

Caption for the picture at the bottom

The 100m butterfly is to be immediately followed by the always popular wet burka contest and then a public execution for immodesty and immorality

By: Attila (Pillage Idiot)

Attila (Pillage Idiot) — Tue, 16 May 2006 16:06:03 +0000

You’ll know we’ve entered a new era when frumm Orthodox chicks run the 400 in their calf-length skirts.

By: venmax

venmax — Tue, 16 May 2006 15:52:49 +0000

Wow! That’s some goofy $#!%

By: Dread Pirate Roberts VI

Dread Pirate Roberts VI — Tue, 16 May 2006 15:31:12 +0000

Has anyone ever tried Googeling burka? Frieghtning, very frieghtening!!!

By: birdman

birdman — Tue, 16 May 2006 15:27:25 +0000

Hillary Clinton I think would look good in A burkka, sexey, gives me goose bumbs.

By: Grouper

Grouper — Tue, 16 May 2006 15:26:36 +0000

Amazingly, this potential terrorist is wearing the same striking outfit that John Kerry, D-France wore at NASA during the ‘04 presidential campaign.

By: ScottG

ScottG — Tue, 16 May 2006 15:19:00 +0000

Anyone notice the World Cup shill commercials? Take a look at the montage and you’ll see fully bagged women playing kickball. Of course they could be nuns…nah.