{"id":342,"date":"2016-09-03T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/03\/burkini\/"},"modified":"2016-09-03T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T19:56:00","slug":"burkini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/burkini.html","title":{"rendered":"Burkini"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\nIt has been said 
\nthat \u201cclothes maketh the man\u201d. 
\nMark Twain is quoted as saying\u201d Clothes make the man-Naked people have
\nlittle or no power\u201d. Hans Christian Anderson wrote of the Emperor\u2019s New Clothes
\n(to which we will return momentarily). 
\nPolonius advised Laertes (Hamlet- William Shakespeare) \u201cfor apparel oft
\nproclaims the man\u201d<\/div>\n
\nSo there appears to be a theme here.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nCloth is a basic human creation.  This experience is so commonplace that we rarely think about the
\nmultiple layers (no pun intended) of meaning our choice of clothing
\nconvey.  Intentionally, or not, we use
\nour dress as an identifier to others. 
\nThis, I firmly believe, is an individual choice,, one based upon social,
\nethnic, religious issues.   <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThroughout history there have been certain regulations
\nenacted regarding this freedom of choice. 
\nThe common Roman was not allowed to wear the color purple.  There were laws forbidding the use of gold
\nthreads to accent clothing in China. 
\nNow it is rare that laws proscribing dress codes become an international
\ndiscussion.  Certainly, there is a case
\nfor dress that is worn to purposely antagonize or offend, although it could be
\nargued that it is the right of people to be obnoxious.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nAll this brings this discussion to the recent controversy in
\nFrance over the wearing of \u201cburkinis\u201d. 
\nMuslim women have a modesty dress code, which ranges from hair coverings
\nto full body garments, depending upon their customs and religious beliefs.  One fashion designer, Vanessa Lourenco, felt
\nMuslim women should be able to conform with their religious codes and, at the
\nsame time, enjoy the pleasures of the seaside with their families.  Thereby, the \u201cburkini\u201d was born.  This is obviously a Muslim item of apparel,
\nalthough, with all the uproar it has created, I would suspect many non-Muslim
\nwomen might wear it in protest.  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThis action follows the terrorist attacks in France.  There have been more than 30 bans<\/div>\n
\n (the first in
\nCannes) on so called inappropriate clothing for women.  That they are targeting Muslim women is
\nobvious.  This ethnic profiling will not
\nstop terrorist activities.  There must
\nbe more effective measures that can be taken. 
\nOn Friday, the highest court in France The Council of State struck down
\nthe ban in one town.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBack to Anderson\u2019s The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes.  The tale goes that there was a very  officious Emperor, who ruled with the notion
\nthat all who disagreed with him were worthless and stupid.  This bully was approached by two tailors,
\nwho claimed they would make the ruler a fabulous set of clothes, very comfortable
\nand very prestigious-looking.  Of
\ncourse, they said, only those who were wise and deserving of high honors could
\nactually see the clothing, it would be invisible to all others.  You can already guess the outcome.  The naked Emperor paraded before his
\ncitizens, confident of his attire.  As
\nTwain said \u201dnaked people have little or. no power\u201d<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nSo, to those in charge of such things in France, I say
\n\u201cenough, already.  Let it go\u201d.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been said  that \u201cclothes maketh the man\u201d.  Mark Twain is quoted as saying\u201d Clothes make the man-Naked people have little or no power\u201d. Hans Christian Anderson wrote of the Emperor\u2019s New Clothes (to which we will return momentarily).  Polonius advised Laertes (Hamlet- William Shakespeare) \u201cfor apparel oft proclaims the man\u201d So there appears…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}