tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post6028228653408935306..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: If you don't do as you're told, it means you're oppressed.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-49205942231753974182010-02-11T17:28:30.491+00:002010-02-11T17:28:30.491+00:00I can well remember sitting in church with my moth...I can well remember sitting in church with my mother as a child, and her never being quite able to explain why the old ladies were allowed to wear hats in church and yet I wasn't. The old men never did though. <br />It is a cultural thing. And why not? I've no problem with anyone wearing anything (or nothing!) they like. And yes, I think Sikhs should be allowed to carry a sword. And so should I.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-5165241092018174702010-02-11T11:52:54.387+00:002010-02-11T11:52:54.387+00:00ref. eastern europeans,for hundreds of years they ...ref. eastern europeans,for hundreds of years they were a part of the muslim otterman empire,hence the headscarves.Andy MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-76498551724451246412010-02-11T02:27:14.338+00:002010-02-11T02:27:14.338+00:00Subrosa,
Ladies still wear hats in the Free Presb...Subrosa,<br /><br />Ladies still wear hats in the Free Presbyterian Church I sometimes visit (Ian Paisley's 'lot') as they do in the Gospel Halls.<br /><br />They are the opposite of what feminists would have you believe, i.e. second-class citizens. They tend to be strong women who keep their husbands in check despite recognising them as the boss.<br /><br />Feminism is about destroying the fabric of society and doubling the tax take!Stewart Cowanhttp://www.realstreet.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-31875637276541973272010-02-11T01:24:55.260+00:002010-02-11T01:24:55.260+00:00Babushka. It used to be common among women in Eas...Babushka. It used to be common among women in Eastern European countries and common in the US among immigrants from Eastern Europe. <br /><br />So someone feels comfortable wearing a headscarf, headsquare or babushka. Why is that such an alarming thing, to wear something someone's grown up with and is comfortable with wearing?<br /><br />If people keep going on about banning headscarves and babushkas, then the next thing you're going to end up with is someone suggesting a ban on smoking.<br /><br />It's known as a slippery slope, once you ban headscarves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-44054886867887733382010-02-10T23:08:05.454+00:002010-02-10T23:08:05.454+00:00The Bible declares that it is a shaming thing for ...The Bible declares that it is a shaming thing for a woman to enter the house of the Lord (church, synagogue) with a bare head. But, then, women were also not permitted to speak or preach but were advised to 'ask their husbands at home'. To which one feisty Civil War wife replied, 'But what if he should he be a dolt, what then would she learn of him?'PT Barnumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-77468955376151641142010-02-10T22:12:36.532+00:002010-02-10T22:12:36.532+00:00Women always covered their hair, but not tightly b...Women always covered their hair, but not tightly because it squashed it. A covering kept it tidy, kept it cleaner because it was probably only washed once a week and there was a lot of soot and dust around, and it kept the heat in too.<br /><br />I don't see anything wrong with anybody wearing a scarf or a hat, I don't see why some think they should be taken off when going indoors - ladies were never expected to take off their hats, imagine trying to put it on again without using a mirror.<br /><br />I don't like veils because I like to see the person's face, and I don't like masks either, but as long as it's <i>real</i> personal choice and not coercion who'm I to say what somebody else should wear?<br /><br />But I'm in Britain. The French don't like religious symbolism so, if a Christian shouldn't wear a little cross and the few French Sikhs shouldn't carry a little dagger then why should it be reasonable for a Muslim to cover her head?Mrs Rigbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06389986110372627649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-17918356787871378952010-02-10T21:26:33.091+00:002010-02-10T21:26:33.091+00:00I can really feel the oppression. There is only on...I can really feel the oppression. There is only one thing to do, "Off with her head"! :SCynaraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622055597158147596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-55658219443695290272010-02-10T21:16:23.596+00:002010-02-10T21:16:23.596+00:00I was brought up in the North East - all my female...I was brought up in the North East - all my female relatives wore headscarves just as you describe....and, never mind the menfolk, the old dears wouldn't have been backwards in giving some friendly female advice to anyone that "tried it on". The men would just finish off anyone that was left standing.JohnRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021101596935644363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-85219934191312455302010-02-10T21:11:20.033+00:002010-02-10T21:11:20.033+00:00My grandmother wasn't scruffy (as you admit to...My grandmother wasn't scruffy (as you admit to!) but she always wore a hat. Even when visiting she kept her hat on and I never understood why.<br /><br />Then my mother's generation decided hats were 'out' so moved to headsquares. When outside as a teenager I always wore a headsquare. You couldn't have your home Toni perm destroyed by the weather.<br /><br />There was nothing religious in wearing of hats or headsquares although, 50 years ago, presbyterian women always wore a hat to church. Then again so did the men, although they removed it when entering.<br /><br />A decent headsquare is hard to find these days. Most scarves are fashion statements and long, thin things.<br /><br />I'm not complaining, but explaining.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-88082864283777998002010-02-10T21:10:21.424+00:002010-02-10T21:10:21.424+00:00Feminism,oh how utterly boring
and so "yester...Feminism,oh how utterly boring<br />and so "yesterday".So I will finish<br />now before I really upset the twisted pathetic tarts.<br /><br /><br /><br />Miss HogonistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com