Masks [was: Re: About 5yr. log retention]

Tom Vogt tom at ricardo.de
Fri Dec 8 07:23:20 PST 2000


"Trei, Peter" wrote:
> > rounding that up, I'd guess that if we were religious about our privacy,
> > things may be different (possibly just more ugly, but who knows).
> >
> Be careful about making sweeping generalizations about Islamic cultures;
> they vary almost as much as Christian and Jewish ones. While female
> modesty is a widely practiced virtue, it's implementation covers a wide
> range, from all-encompassing covering to a simple head scarf.

point taken. I've had little first-hand experience with anything in this
direction, I just happen to live in a country with a considerable
islamic population (among others, the largest number of turks outside
turkey, according to some statistics).





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