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To: Elroy who wrote (40938)	9/3/2007 11:20:13 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541582

enough people in Iraq think a woman's bare head is indecent. I don't recall the Iraqi constitution or any other referendum supporting that point. Imposing veils is just tyrannical for citizens who choose otherwise.

To: Elroy who wrote (40938)	9/4/2007 2:39:30 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541582

>>.so why do I think it is wrong when women are socially encouraged to veil themselves?<< Elroy - There's a big difference between being "socially encouraged" to wear a veil and being beaten in the street for not wearing one. The latter was the norm in Afghanistan when the Taliban were in power. I don't know what it was like in Iraq, but I can certainly see why the author of that article finds it a good thing when women aren't forced to wear veils. I also happen to think that the phobic reaction Americans have to bare breasts is just plain silly. I have never heard of a person being psychologically scarred by seeing a breast. - Allen