by galion » February 17th, 2008, 9:24 pm
Oh dear. It occurs to me that while Rusmeister and I could with profit discuss Chesterton, the Russian Orthodox Church and the history of the women's movement in Britain, that is not what this thread is supposed to be about, and I am at fault for diverting it with the post that started this - like Dr Williams, I failed to make clear what I meant. Many years ago I read Emily Dickinson:
"Tell all the truth, but tell it slant -
Success in circuit lies".
Sorry, Emily, you got that wrong and I am evidence thereof. Anyway, my apologies for leading us off the track.
What I actually intended to say was that a lot of freedoms that we tend to take for granted now had to be fought for, and were hard won, and we get a bit worried when we see an attempt to deprive at least Muslim women of some of them - as indeed do many Muslim women, like Yasmin Alibhai Brown and those Canadian Muslims. Let's take it from there.