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2007-07-21 Britain

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Posted by tipper 2007-07-21 09:32|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 One could also argue that hijabs are incubators for illness. No ventilation, just a steamy environment for odor and bacteria to flourish.

Posted by Northside Visitor 2007-07-21 10:30|| 2007-07-21 10:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Hijabs and burkas are just as unreasonable as the girdles women used to wear. Those things used to pinch their midsections so tightly that they would be prone to fainting.

Women have always suffered in the name of cultural fashion, it seems. Although I personally can't say I hope it happens, someday women will probably give up wearing high heels too.

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-07-21 12:18|| 2007-07-21 12:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Tall women may give up high heels, but never those of us at the other end of the bell curve, Grumenk Philalzabod0723. Else I'll have to go beck to my old habit of standing on chairs to talk to people at parties.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-21 12:22|| 2007-07-21 12:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Burqas and rickets aside, despite their damaging effect upon calves, tendons and overall posture, high heels work a singular miracle upon a woman's gait.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-21 14:19|| 2007-07-21 14:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Else I'll have to go beck to my old habit of standing on chairs to talk to people at parties.

[struggles desperately not to begin singing "You Can Leave Your Hat On"]

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-21 14:21|| 2007-07-21 14:21|| Front Page Top

#6 A symptom, surely?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-21 17:38|| 2007-07-21 17:38|| Front Page Top

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