[halfarmbandit]

There was a recent uproar in my country because a head teacher asked a young lady to either leave the premises of the school or remove her burka as it is against the law.

The head teacher was adamant about following the law against wearing any religious symbols because he believed they caused segregation and virtue signaling. The head teacher has held everyone accountable, from students to teachers for every law in the legislation and oddly enough, every student respected him regardless of their beliefs, religion or political alignment. Additionally, their school was the most ethnically and culturally diverse in the country.

Regardless of what the burka is classified as, a religious symbol, or head clothing, wearing it is against the law, despite that, his career was ruined due to the behavior of the lady and, the exploitation of the incident by certain actors looking divert attention or political gain.

Perhaps Pastafarianism could make a dent to the culture of outrage, political discord and virtue signaling. Perhaps we can start talking as the adults we are instead of not listening like the kids we try to “protect” and “look after”.