https://common-place.ingonoka.com/tags/switzerland/ Recent content in Switzerland on Common-Place Blog Hugo en Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://common-place.ingonoka.com/2026/09/18/burqa-just-cultural/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://common-place.ingonoka.com/2026/09/18/burqa-just-cultural/ <div class="paragraph"> <p>In a comment to a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/1BvprorLLk/?mibextid=wwXIfr">post</a> on the burqa ban in Switzerland, Chris Weston states that such a ban is obscene.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>My thoughts on this:</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>There used to be (and maybe still are) tribes whose culture was to eat humans. You would not allow them to open a specialty restaurant in your country just because it is their culture.</p> </div> <div class="paragraph"> <p>This extreme example shows that it does not help the argument to simply point to cultural differences. It does not help much to move the argument to the definition of obscene either.</p> </div>