[lbo-talk] freedom to swim

[ravi]

On Jun 23, 2009, at 5:55 AM, Chris Doss wrote:
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> Isn't what counts as a ridiculous outfit completely culturally  
> determined? This is getting dangerously close to "look, they're  
> different from us and dress funny!" territory. ;)
>

That's the sort of puzzlement I feel when people like Doug (someone I  
listen to carefully) write that Iranians want to "join the world". I  
don't get it because he cannot really mean that the way I understand  
it. What does joining the world mean? Surely not [merely] the ability  
to wear bikinis? In what way are Iranians exclusively not part of the  
world that the rest of us are?

	--ravi


> --- On Mon, 6/22/09, ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
>>> [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]
>> On Behalf Of Dennis Claxton
>>> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] freedom to swim
>>>
>>> At 02:15 PM 6/22/2009, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>>>> Women have to wear ridiculous outfits
>>>
>>> Like burkinis:
>>>
>>> http://swimwearformuslimwomen.wordpress.com/
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	--ravi

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