[MD] What is the intellectual argument about Islamic veil wearing?

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Mark 14-11-06: Hello SA.
The first consideration is to distinguish between Social patterns of static  
quality and Intellectual patterns of static quality:
Social patterns are imitated behaviour, rituals and celebrity status.
Intellectual patterns are symbolic manipulations.
Clothing such as viels are not functional, they are:
1. Imitated rituals,
2. Symbolic representations of celebrity status.
1 may be thought of as purely static social structure.
2. may be thought of as a Dynamic function.
Any Intellectual objection to these social patterns would be made in order  
to support intellectual patterns over social patterns. However, DQ is not  
patterned, and neither social nor intellectual patterns can contain it.
So, 2 may be ambiguous; imagine a T-shirt with MOQ or DQ printed on  it.
1 is a method of social organisation which controls biological  patterns.
2 is a method of celebrity status which organises social rituals and  
behaviour.
The central deity of Islam is the ultimate controling celebrity which  
subordinates all other social patterns.
If this celebrity does not sanction the veil there is no requirement for it  
to be worn.
This celebrity IS the law in Islamic culture.
Love,
Mark
 
 
 
What is the intellectual debate about Islamic
veil wearing?  So  far, as I've skipped a lot of these
nude Isalmic veil wearing posts, I  haven't seen what
the intellectual debate is.  I know you want a  law
banning veil wearing, but I know law to be on the
social level, yet, I  also know the making of laws
occur on the intellectual level with  debates,
thoughtful approaches with reasons (when it comes to
western  law).  Any attorney would need an intellectual
foothold to convince any  judge and jury, and the
legislatures need a good intellectual argument as  well
to convince other legislatures.  This is not a simple
cause I  want it to be a law.  I'm seriously curious as
to what the intellectual  story is behind this veil
wearing debate, as I said I didn't read and follow  the
posts that covered this topic last  month.

Thanks,
SA