[kj] Jaz Straw

[Jim Harper]

Yes, I did read the article, thanks. I just don't see the fact that he wasn't literally 'face-to-face' as a great problem. And neither did he, since he was able to conduct satisfactory professional relations with veil-wearing women for many years. He might prefer it without the veil, but it obviously wasn't a huge issue before that.
  
flight Bringer <flightbringer at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
  *I'm going from memory here* . But I believe that Jack straw has a 
constituency in Blackburn where 25 % of the population are Muslim and when 
he talks with his female constituents who sometimes wear a veil . He finds 
is obtrusive and he feels that it creates a barrier between him and his 
constituent .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5413470.stm

"In part, this was because of the apparent incongruity between the signals 
which indicate common bonds - the entirely English accent, the couples' 
education (wholly in the UK) - and the fact of the veil. Above all, it was 
because I felt uncomfortable about talking to someone 'face-to-face' who I 
could not see."




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