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On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:43:19 +0000 (UTC), "Jack"
<someone@elses-domain.com> wrote:

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>"Rooney" <paulrooney@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:h29g21h2c9852e9ua3eb1j0ngvf7btgi6a@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 02:40:28 +0000 (UTC), "Jack"
>> <someone@elses-domain.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Rooney" <paulrooney@aol.com> wrote in message
>> >news:4kne21h2uge66gpfchbv4odiud3c9g116k@4ax.com...
>> >> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:07:15 +0000 (UTC), "Jack"
>> >> <someone@elses-domain.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >"TimB" <stokefolk@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >news:c7c19a01.0503030724.2c1d837b@posting.google.com...
>> >> >> Steve Greene <stephen_greene@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> >> >news:<1ctc21hf3lde8uo3djk8f1u8kb5khsim25@4ax.com>...
>> >> >> > LONDON, England -- A 16-year-old British Muslim girl has won the
>> >right
>> >> >> > to wear full Islamic dress at school.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Britain's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that Shabina Begum had
>been
>> >> >> > "unlawfully denied ... the right to manifest her religion."
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > The school said the jilbab posed a health and safety risk and
>might
>> >> >> > cause divisions among pupils. Eighty percent of Denbigh's 1,000
>> >pupils
>> >> >> > are Muslim, and the school feared those who wore traditional dress
>> >> >> > might be seen as "better Muslims" than others.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The fact that she is the only one of 800 pupils who can't handle
>this
>> >> >> policy suggests that religion has nothing to do with it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> By the way...what will she wear for PE?
>> >> >
>> >> >probably wont do it, for "religious reasons"
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Good for her - it's a complete waste of time.
>> >>
>> >true, but then why should anyone do it?
>> >
>>
>> We don't need no (physical) education
>> We don't need no (sartorial) thought control...
>>
>>
>
>whats your point?
>

That was three points actually - one about PE, one about school
clothes, and one subtle one about Pink Floyd.

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