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I love how adults make rules for children who than grow up to either hate or feel inferior
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:02 pm |
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This is a bigger issue than football.
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:02 pm |
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:05 pm |
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:06 pm |
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And very important that Canada keep their athletic standards high for a little girl wearing a scarf in football. But funny how they overlook the mental, physical and even sexual abuse of young boys in the junior hockey leagues....
excellent priorities!
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:06 pm |
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Quoting KeithL: This is a bigger issue than football. |
Yes, but it is NOT about the rights of wrongs of whether the headscarf should be worn. It is about (a) the fact that a young child has to wear one while playing sports and is prevented from joining in the normal activites of other children. (b) the health and safety issues of children trying to partake in such sports while having to wear headscarts etc. (c) the outcries of injustice that great such decisions as FIFA's and the claims of discrimination which follow.
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:09 pm |
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Are you implying her headscarf is endangering the other players?
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:09 pm |
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:09 pm |
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Quoting qdemir: aenigma, you already know very well that that eleven-year-old girl isnt on the bull's eye for you and some other people. |
And what, may I ask, is on the bull's eye Qdemir?
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:10 pm |
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Quoting KeithL: Why have I never heard of people complain about nuns who wear traditional headress or jews that wear their varieties of head apparel or amish and menonites. I understand the headscarf issue in Turkey because of its fundamental need to be secular. But in Europe and N. America, it is harrassment and double standard. |
Good point...hmmm...still don't know where I stand in regards to on the football pitch...I honestly don't see the big issue. But, the safety one and it's a rule already. The rule wasn't made previously to keep Muslim girls from playing football but with safety in mind. I mean she does have to attach it somehow so it doesn't fall off. Safety pins could be very dangerous and so would elastic lead to possible choking if it falls or were pulled incorrectly. (Sorry it's the teacher in me thinking about all of the possible dangers) Also the idea of such competitions is the bring people together to celebrate the sport not individuality. Which is why in World Cup situations FIFA has a standad uniform regulation whereby teams can express themselves but within strict guidelines.
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:10 pm |
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Quoting KeithL: Are you implying her headscarf is endangering the other players? |
Have you actually read this thread? 
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04 Mar 2007 Sun 08:12 pm |
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