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In Belgium the only reason full-face burkas and niqabs are outlawed is because you need to be recognisable. There isn't a burka prohibition but rather one again
by glenndebacker 10y ago
In Belgium the only reason full-face burkas and niqabs are outlawed is because you need to be recognisable. There isn't a burka prohibition but rather one against clothes/masks/... in general that can make it difficult to identify somebody.
The only exception is when it's carnival ergo the reason why it's called the carnival law here. And I assume that is also the case in most European countries.
When you are wearing a headphone you can be still identified.
- sevenless 10y agoI assume that sunglasses and beards are not banned.
- castis 10y agoSunglasses and beards do not obscure your entire face to the point where you are unrecognizable whereas a burka obscures all but your eyes. Surely you can see the difference?
- allemagne 10y agoA beard, large sunglasses, and a hoodie can obscure all but your nose. Do you really believe a burka is that much different where one should be legal and one should not?
- castis 10y agoIf you don't think that the situation is more complex than wearing a hoodie and sunglasses, then I don't believe that answering your question would have any positive outcome. Having said that. If I were to see someone walking around with a beard, large sunglasses, and a hoodie in a possible effort to conceal their identity, I would look at them a little more careful than I would the people around them.
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoClearly it's a scale, though. Do you think a man with a full, long beard wearing large sunglasses is just as recognisable as one without?
- castis 10y agoI agree with you that it (like everything else) shouldn't be a black and white issue. I should have stated my original response a little more clearly. I don't think someone with 40-70% of their face covered is as recognizable as someone with 0% of their face covered.