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Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France's state-run schools, the education minister has said.

The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September.

France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.

Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools.

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago
[-] theKalash@feddit.ch -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was mostly for showing that forcing a clothing standard sometimes does have reasons. Team sports would be another one.

Also, banning every item of clothing that could be seen as religious, might turn into an endless game of whack-a-mole. So if France is so keen on secular clothing in schools, school uniforms seem like a legit option.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I am not a fan of school uniforms either.

Why can't we just let kids decide what to wear? Especially when it isn't even their own children. I generally let my kids pick out their own clothing. My middle school rolled out a uniform and it was an uncomfortable disaster. Always vowed that when I became a parent I wouldn't do this to my own kids. Fun fact it isn't illegal to take a picture of your shredded uniform you found in the attic and mail it to your old principal's house with a note scrawled on it "fuck you for making me wear this".

In any case team sports are also a really bad analogy. A small cross or head covering is not a distraction from learning the way kids not wearing sports stuff would be for the game.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm also not a fan of school uniforms in general and I don't have personal expirence with them.

But the topic of dress codes came up a couple of time when I was in highschool. One of them even lead to a "ban" though, it was only school policy, not a law. But yeah, there were a couple of girls that really pushed the limits of how short they could make their tops and hotpants. I, of course, loved it at the time, but looking back as an adult, 14-16 year olds probably shouldn't dress like that in school.

Another topic I even caused myself. I went through kind of a punk phase and one day showed up with steel-tipped boots and a 30cm, neon green mohawk. There were some complaints, but ultimatly nothing happened.

My point is, regulating clothing in certain public situation is quite common with widley varying regional standards. It's not as simple as "everyone should be able to wear what they want".

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My point is, regulating clothing in certain public situation is quite common

Is a rule a good rule because it is common or because it is good?

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Definitly because it's common. I don't believe in fundamental "good" or "evil".

I just know what I think is good and I compare that with what other people think is good. And when enough people do that in a society, eventually "rules" emerge that are commonly accepted. And those change with time, which means the collective perception of what is "good" also changes.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Definitly because it’s common. I don’t believe in fundamental “good” or “evil”.

You say this but I bet you would stop a baby from getting run over no matter how many people encouraged you to let the baby die.

Not going to agree with you on this one. That is what is good is what allows the individual to flourish not what opinion polls have to say. The majority might get their way but that doesn't make them infallible.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

You say this but I bet you would stop a baby from getting run over no matter how many people encouraged you to let the baby die.

I'm not sure that is fair. I've never been in a "hero" scenario and I have no idea what the hypothetical situation is and if I just adrenline rush in ... or rationally weigh the risks. I just don't know how I would react there.

Morally I would of course agree to save the baby, if possible with acceptable risk. And it wouldn't detere me if people disagreed, from a moral standpoint (literally being evil and saying the baby should die).

That is what is good is what allows the individual to flourish not what opinion polls have to say.

I'm sorry, but that is just naive. History is littered with people dying for a "good cause" (by today's standards) for nothing. Lucky enough to be recored in history at all. You flourish or prerish at the will of opinion polls, be through lynchings, tribal war or a modern justice system.

The majority might get their way but that doesn’t make them infallible.

There is no fallibility because there is no truth. We don't know if what we believe is good today, will be judge so in the future. Good (and evil) only ever exist from the perspective of some observer in space and time.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It is plenty fair. You use your own judgement all the bloody time. You don't conduct opinion polls on every moral or ethnical decision. I gave you an extreme example but the concept is there. Right and wrong are not determined by what the majority has to say they are determined by individual actors.

So no I don't think children should have their right to expression stripped away because 51% of the population decided to. That might be what ends up happening but that doesn't make it good.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 0 points 1 year ago

Right and wrong are not determined by what the majority has to say they are determined by individual actors.

The majority is composed of individual actors.

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