It takes every conceivable kind of fruit and nut to make the chaos trail mix that we call the United States of America 2011. In this case it’s a 35 year old female phd. Pakistani immigrant who wants to be a powerlifter when she grows up.
Problem is, the regulations require that in competition one must wear the approved bare arms and legs uniform and our girl here has a problem with that:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43527580/ns/world_news-americas
Needless to say she has found no shortage of lawyers and advocates to take the system to court and change the rules so that little miss modesty can do exactly as she pleases because apparently her religious tradition takes precedence over the traditions of the sport of powerlifting which nobody seemed to have any heartburn with until now. This is the same religious tradition mind you, that in a muslim country would have forbidden her from lifting weights or getting a black belt or a phd. or even entering a mosque for that matter.
So, to hell with ‘seperation-of-church-and-state’ ! To Hell with all these archaic rules made up by white guys who just wanted to keep everybody down! Let us have nuns in full habit in the NFL and cowled monks swimming in the olympics and sikhs boxing in their turbans!
I wonder if the opponent will be charged with a hate crime for knocking it off his head?
-JPB
My New Renaissance 