re: #49 sattv4u2

A helmet covers a face?
Folk clothing??
A nuns veil??? What order would that be??. When I was in school back in the 60’s and 70’s we had the nuns. I saw every single feature on every single face

You’ve never seen a full face MC helmet? Seriously? Or folk clothing? As for nuns clothing, that bit was mostly for sarcastic emphasis - although we do have christian sects who wear a similar dress.

re: #50 reine.de.tout

For those very few nuns who continue to wear a habit, their faces are clearly visible. I’m guessing you’ve never known an actual nun, or you would have known that.

I have no clue as to whether or not Belgians require motorcycle helmets to be worn, or whether they celebrate Halloween.

Was it really that hard to call the sarcasm about nuns? As to the latter; yes & yes.

re: #51 rwdflynavy

Don’t bother him, he’s throwing up strawmen as fast as he can.

Not really. I was trying to make the point that you can phrase a law to seem very all-encompassing, when it’s in fact very targeted. This seems to be one of those. If MC riders are indeed stopped and fined for full face helmets I will eat my words. I was also trying to make the point that, while this law did *not* include them, other proposals have targeted veils in general, which would actually strike at people not generally seen as having to justify wearing a headscarf. Like nuns. Or traditional folk clothing.

I thought you guys would be against this kind of invasion of individual liberty to wear whatever you want? :/