Uganda's ethics and integrity minister says miniskirts should be banned - because women wearing them distract drivers and cause traffic accidents.
Nsaba Buturo told journalists in Kampala that wearing a miniskirt was like walking naked in the streets.
"What's wrong with a miniskirt? You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally," he said.
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" should be banned - because women wearing them distract drivers and cause traffic accidents."
In that case you should probably ban shiny objects, pretty faces, cartoon characters, loud noises, billboards in general, and just plain ban people with ADD from getting their license.
You could care less about distractions and traffic, and you know it. This has nothing to do with it.
Maybe they should ban men from steering a car instead.
Or you should introduce an additional test for men wanting to get the driving licence:
"You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally,""
We have that problem with our fundies too.
You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally," he said.
I hope they don't let many mini skirts loose around the bible belt, or there'll be lots of Clems 'n' Zekes putting their Ford pickemup trucks into ditches and trees and such . . .
uh oh, too late.
funny story...
"What's wrong with a miniskirt? You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally," he said."
Meanwhile, the rest of us possess something called Self Control. It's a great concept. It means you don't cause accidents or end up in jail. Y'know, taking responsibility for your own actions, and all that jazz.
Real morals.
What kind of self-entitled sadist expects women to cover up... in a tropical climate?
Gigantic asshole. People like him should be publicly mocked, not allowed to make policy.
It's ridiculous of course, but the one positive is that Uganda must have come a long way from the madness of the Idi Amin days if they've got nothing more important than this to worry about.
I can also add that the only Ugandan woman I've ever met had a body that could stir the dead - and that was while she was wearning jeans. I'd not blame anybody for driving off the road if they saw her in a mini skirt. Everytime some crackerhead fundie makes a noise about how people should marry within their own "race" I remember her - and her very lucky white husband.
Are they also going to force men to wear shirts? A bare male chest might distract drivers too, ya know.
Maybe Uganda should focus on the problem of the weak mentality instead? In other countries people manage to drive without accidents even when people in bikinis walk by. Maybe that's why; when you're accustomed to seeing bare flesh, it's not particularly shocking or interesting. If you never get to see so much as an ankle, you're bound to panic at the sudden sight of a knee.
Because women sightings are statistically the major cause of death everywhere. That's why the Taliban forces women to cover again in Afhanistan. Sarcasm aside, perhaps your problem is that you've not seen enough women, so you're crazy when you do. That's not the women's problem, is it? Then why impose such control over them? I think that your motivations are different than you admit and that your excuse is a false justification.
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