Law of the seven veils

I was going to blog about this French stupidity about banning Islamic veils on women, but it turns out I don't have to, because Martha Nussbaum already did for the NY Times.

That should cover the basics. In general, I find it hard to articulate how distasteful I find it that governments in the 21st century west are passing laws on what their citizens are allowed to wear. This time, we really are going back to the middle ages, because the last time these kinds of laws were passed was the sumptuary laws of the late middle ages.

Look how far we've come.