10 outubro, 2006

||| O véu.
Artigo de Yasmin Halibhai-Brown na Time sobre a polémica do véu em Inglaterra:

«Feminists have denounced Straw's approach as unacceptably proscriptive, and reactionary Muslims say it is Islamaphobic. But it is time to speak out against this objectionable garment and face down the obscurantists who endlessly bait and intimidate the state by making demands that violate its fundamental principles. That they have brainwashed young women, born free, to seek self-subjugation breaks my heart. Trained creatures often choose to stay in their cages even when released. I don't call that a choice.»

(Sugestão, que agradeço, do Fernando Antolin).