Intolerant Spain bans certain types of clothing

[Myrddraal]

Are you the same person as the one who was outraged because the burqa got banned?

Yes I am. Well, perhaps not outraged, but definitely disappointed . I am under the impression (correct me if I'm wrong) that the population in this case is fed up with foreigners behaving in a loutish way. Though I find banning clothing a rather silly way to deal with anti-social behaviour, if the Spanish population don't want to wear bikinis in the streets, then so be it. Equally, if in Saudia Arabia I am not allowed to hold hands with a woman, then so be it, it is thanks to their generosity that I am allowed in the country at all.

The fundamental difference with the burqa ban in Belgium is that it is not aimed at restricting visitors, it is aimed at restricting a subsection of the population. Visitors are there on the tolerance of the population only. Belgian Muslims (should) have equal rights and respect under Belgian law as any other Belgian citizen.

EDIT: just for the sake of being provocative: tourists are not citizens at all, and so their opinion does not directly count for anything in the law making process. You could of course consider Belgian Muslims to be second class citizens, who's opinions and culture do not figure in the law making process because they are not proper Belgians. (I know that isn't your point of view, from the previous thread, you consider yourself to be acting on behalf of Muslim women by banning the Burqa, that's a separate issue to the one you're raising here, i.e. whether it is justifiable in general to ban clothing)

Also, for the record, I would be very disappointed if they banned bikinis in the UK, (and not because it would make my summer walks in the park less entertaining). I would consider it a ridiculous and unnecessary restriction on the wishes of a significant part of the British population.