The debate - UKIP want to ban the Burqa

There's a great deal more to this issue than just individual liberty though. I agree that on the face of it it's easy to say that this proposal is counter-libertarian, however equally the argument that although perhaps not explicit in the Quran, the frequently enforced wearing of the burqa by Islam, could be said to be the same. Now two wrongs don't make a right of course, but when the additional factor that under some circumstances the legal protection offered to minority groups, such as recognising this 'right' to wear the burqa, gives the minority enhanced rights over the majority, and that's surely wrong. The one aspect of this which has caused me to change my views and come down more in support of a ban than not, is that these 'right' are seen by the general public as most unfair, in particular in situations such as where an indigenous British person might be legally required to completely show his/her face by removing full head covering (say a balaclava or crash helmet) - when in a post office or bank or public building for instance - yet a Muslim woman wearing an even more covering burqa is not required to do so. Is not fairness and equality for the majority not more important than legally elevating the position of minority groups, often for no other reason than party political vote catching?