Chess Players Forced to Wear Hijab at 2017 Championships (Or Face Arrest)

The Post ^ | 10-02-2016 | Alice Green

[brucedickinson]

Alexandra Botez of Canada

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I’ve started to put hijabs in the Planet of the Apes scenario. So as not to offend the apes, all women who visit the ape areas are required to wear gorilla masks and walk on all fours. And, if a male ape wants to mate with them, they must comply. To do otherwise is “apephobic” (Pithecophobia) and “racist” (specieist).

[MichaelCorleone]

Hey femininazi’s and lesbians: this is your future if you insist on ‘making history by electing the first woman president’.

I strongly suggest you stop fooling yourselves; for a couple of months anyway.

[Stosh]

So what happens if they show up in a hajib (and nothing else)?

[brucedickinson]

"So what happens if they show up in a hajib (and nothing else)?"

[real saxophonist]

Works for me.

[PapaBear3625]

I like how Li'l Kim wears hers

[Gay State Conservative]

My first visit to the Arabian Peninsula (the UAE) was a bit of a shock.A good percentage of the men wear those long white robes with the black thing-a-ma-jig on the head and most of the women wore those black burlap sacks.With the women,some had it so you could see their entire face,some had everything hidden except the eyes and some had everything concealed.How *they* could see I don't know.

[stockpirate]

Why would they have it in Iran to begin with.

Corrupt is why.

[brucedickinson]

[ameribbean expat]

Creates tension, possibly conflict, draws press. Everything that used to be a nice break from the grind now has to be tarted up for progressive commentary and guidance. The NFL started wearing pink, now they’re the primary vehicle for a BLM message.

[healy61]

The contestants need to make a decision. Go and follow the rules, or skip it. I’m betting they will all go except one or two.

[stylin19a]

looks like it might become a contact sport...

[skimbell]

Well, they originally planned the event for Charlotte, but you know how those "types" are.

Tehran is probably just way ahead of the rest of the world in gay and transgender rights.

Only makes sense..?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I believe it fits quite well within definition 1.a . I think I can spot you a rook, any time you’re interested.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport

Full Definition of sport
1
a : a source of diversion : recreation
b : sexual play
c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in
2
a : pleasantry, jest
b : often mean-spirited jesting : mockery, derision
3
a : something tossed or driven about in or as if in play
b : laughingstock
4
a : sportsman
b : a person considered with respect to living up to the ideals of sportsmanship < a good sport> < a poor sport>
c : a companionable person
5
: an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limits of individual variation usually as a result of mutation especially of somatic tissue

[battousai]

Good point, Chess actually requires having some intelligence...

[The_Media_never_lie]

Anyone going to an islam country is an islam apologist.

Dang, I was planning my vacation in Pakistan, and now I cannot go there. I don't want to be seen as an islam apologist!

[PGR88]

Go to the event, but refuse the hijab.

let the islamo-fascists arrest you. See who blinks first.

[spankalib]

From the article:
Chairwoman Susan Polgar of Fide’s Commission for Women’s Chess continues to insist that players respect cultural differences:

“I have traveled to nearly 60 countries,” says Polgar. “When I visited different places with different culture, I like to show my respect by dressing up in their traditional style of clothing. No one asked me to do it. I just do it out of respect… I personally would have no issues with wearing a head scarf as long as it is the same to all players.”

Susan, you are dead to me.