[eznzt]

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss--burka-ban--vote-too-clos...

>A decade after another national vote that banned the building of minarets, Switzerland will introduce a clause in its constitution to outlaw face coverings, including the Islamic burka and niqab, in public spaces.

That's very cool, the EU has a lot to learn regarding direct democracy--I wonder if the refugee crisis would have happened at all if people were asked if they wanted to accept the refugees or not.

[tuwtuwtuwtuw]

> I wonder if the refugee crisis would have happened at all

Pretty sure the main issue, the fact that people needed to leave their homes and countries, would still have happened.

[wirrbel]

It amazes me how people buy into the right-wing narrative about politicians having invited refugees to Europe, when in fact, the EU is trying hard to keep them from entering in the first place.

What might have prevented the refugee crisis might have been if the middle-east region had not been destabilised in the previous decades. And part of that destabilisation is due to the US Republican party pushing for an invasion in Iraq.

[mLuby]

> “Facial coverings are contrary to our value system,” Wobmann told Swiss public television, SRF. He said there were now clear rules in place so that “people know that in our country, you show your face in public”.

I wonder if this reasoning will be re-examined due to widespread good faith face mask use during the pandemic.

[zaik]

Wearing a mask for health reasons is still allowed. That being said, laws prohibiting what you may wear, targeted specifically against a religion, are concerning.

[emteycz]

Oh no, another great country destroyed by democracy. When will people learn that there are things that shouldn't be voted about... :-(

[michaelmrose]

How do you decide the things that shouldn't be voted on without voting?