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Originally Posted by DtheP47
John, the recent rumblings and rantings about wearing the veil in the court when giving evidence provides a clear example of the need to balance competing considerations and find a suitable compromise. The same applies in the school context where individual needs must be balanced against other important factors such as the school community, the ethos of the school and the impact on the wider community. This is not a case where one-size-fits-all will produce the right response.
In a free society, the state must allow citizens to do as they please as long as it doesn't harm others, and to resolve any problems that arise through negotiation and informal give and take, rather than legislating on the minutiae of everyday life in my book.
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The mind really does boggle Dave, so your saying that we should allow a woman to stand in the dock with no visual proof that it is actually the person accused of the crime. In your world Dave we shouldn't have rules and regulations and we have to make exceptions for people due to their religious believes, which actually are nothing to do with religion, in the first place. Just wonder what kind of response I'd get if I walked around Islamabad openly eating a bacon butty, I shudder at the thought
