German state bans burqas, niqabs in schools

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[–]immersang 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Right, so if there are people clearly mistreating their children in other ways, forcing them to work for example, then the government also shouldn't do anything, because that's just how these people decide to raise their children? No, we have child labor laws for that and for good reason. Just as we have laws around education to ensure that parents don't just, for example, take their daughters out of school and keep them from receiving an education because their worldview includes "women should just stay home and marry".

The idea that parents always know what's best and should be able to do with their kids however they please is a strange one at best and a highly dangerous one at worst.

[–]Tortoise 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The government let's amish children work.

[–]immersang 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I wish US posters here would understand that not every discussion is focused on their country. Honestly, I love your country, but not everything is about you. This is clearly a discussion about the situation in Germany and we do neither have Amish nor homeschooling nor anything else connected to that (such as children apparently working full time).

[–]Tortoise 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Fair enough, and you should not be running your government based off american opinions just as we should not be running our government off yours.

That being said though, as is the entire internet is filled with people outside of america giving their input on how to run things, so I think its only fair americans can do the same, we just shouls mutually agree we are not going to listen to eachother because America is for the americans and Germany is for the germans.

[–]immersang 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Eh? I’m not telling you you cannot have an opinion on the matter. The only thing I was saying is that you tried to argue based on facts that are not true for Germany, i.e. my comment on child labor laws is somehow not true because the US government allows Amish children to work.

I’m simply asking you to understand that not everything is the same in other countries as it is in yours.