http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:56:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/comment-page-1/#comment-935 No news is better news « Verisimilitude Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:43:43 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/#comment-935 [...] to Frank for bringing up these articles, and Noble Savage for articulating the frustration of our often xenophobic [...] [...] to Frank for bringing up these articles, and Noble Savage for articulating the frustration of our often xenophobic [...]

]]> http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Charlotte Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:54:52 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/#comment-933 I agree: the double standards are appalling. I can hardly bear to think about that poor girl. I agree: the double standards are appalling. I can hardly bear to think about that poor girl.

]]> http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/comment-page-1/#comment-931 NS Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:55:28 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/#comment-931 *Andrea, thank you for the history lesson, I find it fascinating. I know I can count on you for some Islamic scholarship. *Becky, don't be sorry! It's not your fault. You're obviously not someone who only gets outraged about things that affect them so it's all good. :) *Mjohnson, thank you for the update. I do hope this woman is not lashed and receives just the fine or the six month prison sentence, though that seems pretty harsh too. Will be following the developments with interest. *Andrea, thank you for the history lesson, I find it fascinating. I know I can count on you for some Islamic scholarship.
*Becky, don’t be sorry! It’s not your fault. You’re obviously not someone who only gets outraged about things that affect them so it’s all good.
*Mjohnson, thank you for the update. I do hope this woman is not lashed and receives just the fine or the six month prison sentence, though that seems pretty harsh too. Will be following the developments with interest.

]]> http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/comment-page-1/#comment-928 mjohnson Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:39:22 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/#comment-928 She has now been charged: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7117430.stm She has now been charged: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7117430.stm

]]> http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Becky Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:18:05 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/2007/11/27/bully-for-the-burka-boo-hoo-for-the-brit/#comment-926 I'm sorry. I'm sorry that England is so middle-class, prissy, insular and smug, and that international news only makes it when it's 'one of us' who is affected. It is sick, sad and wrong. I’m sorry. I’m sorry that England is so middle-class, prissy, insular and smug, and that international news only makes it when it’s ‘one of us’ who is affected. It is sick, sad and wrong.

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