Does it really matter what we wear?

But then the French decide to give everyone an excuse to discuss the whole thing once again.

I think there are a fair few people who are sick and tired of reading article after article written by some pompous middle-class private school-educated bloke telling the world that the veil is somehow ‘hindering integration’.

No wait, it also stops community cohesion because people can’t see the face of the person they would rather not talk to anyway.

Now, the land of democracy and liberty is proposing to ban it in some public places.

Which is nothing new if you think about it because a woman has to lift her veil at the airport or a bank if asked to do so to identify herself.

But as always we tend to miss the bigger picture when it comes to issues like this.

Can I simply point out a simple fact which always seems to escape everyone’s attention.

Nowadays, it makes no difference whatsoever if you can see someone’s face because we are living lives of anonymity anyway.

We have become so used to it we don’t even know we are doing it.

I know there are some who will think this is not true but then promptly leave an anonymous comment under this very article.

With hundreds and thousands spending their precious moments on this planet writing pointless text messages and making ‘friends’ on social networking websites do we really know who our neighbours are anyway?

The world was more concerned about the next ‘hero’ in the latest reality TV show.

We can then find different ways to argue how ‘he deserved to win because he was the best’ rather than making an effort to talk to real people on the street.

We are quick to point out how people’s physical appearance causes ‘separation’ yet rejoice when we have found other ways to live in total isolation ourselves.

I sense most people couldn’t care less who wears what and where as long as they don’t rob your phone or play loud music at three in the morning.

And I’m still waiting for a woman wearing a veil to do either of those things.