"Arabia 's heathen females will be your judges, who
cover not only the head, but the face also, so entirely, that they are
content, with one eye free, to enjoy rather half the light than to prostitute
the entire face."
- Tertullian
"We thank God that our enemies are idiots." - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
"Le
problème de notre temps, c'est que le futur n'est plus ce qu'il a été."-
Paul Valéry
In view of these
photos in the Gazette,
the pitiable
political theatre played before a captive audience, should please the
ghosts of Leni Riefenstahl and Martin Heidegger.
It would be
laughable if it did not have one regrettable effect: paranoid students (and,
indeed, teachers) who might be considering to express approval of the planned
Charter of values might imagine (perish the thought!) that those academics are
conveying a sinister message on behalf of their respective administrations and
infer a threat of reprisals.
Every one knows
that a university is run by saints, like a church; only proven heretics who challenge
dogma expose themselves to excommunication. Hence the deserved punishment of
students who dared fight in the Deep South for civil rights in the 50's and
60's and who were targeted under the disciplinary codes of their institutions.
On the other hand,
as for Rabbi Grusshcow and Prof. Brodeur, who think that the veil is not always
a sign of female oppression, they might want to read this:
No doubt that the
two female disciples of Brigham "Family guy" Young invited by Rev.
Rollert will contribute to a rational and pro-feminist conversation!
LP
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