Just Me, MocaGyrl

UPDATE:

Bushra Noah, the Muslim teen who can’t get a hairstylist job has doubled her claim for damages against Sarah Desrosiers, the salon owner. She’s done so claiming Desrosiers behaved in a “high-handed, malicious, insulting or oppressive manner” by discussing the case in public. She said there’s been media intrusion in her life, harassment, hate mail, and she feels “awkward and embarrassed”.

Hmmm. Shouldn’t she have considered how awkward & embarrassed she’d feel bringing this about, suing her in the first place? This move of hers makes it more apparent that she’s just after money, bitter she didn’t get 25 hairstylist jobs, & lashing out at Sarah Desrosiers, the unfortunate target. Desrosiers has been trying to raise money to pay for her legal bills. When it’s clear someone is being discriminated against based on their religion, I’m all for justice. But in this case, I hope Noah isen’t awarded a cent, because animosity shouldn’t be a basis to sue someone.

The court date is now apparently taking place sometime this month.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23433511-details/Muslim%20woman%20doubles%20her%20claim%20against%20hair%20salon/article.do?expand=true

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If anyone needs to be “protected” from their religious beliefs, I’d argue it’s Baljinder Badesha. He was fighting a ticket he got in 2005 for wearing his turban, not a helmet, while riding his motorcycle. Backing him up is The Ontario Human Rights Commission. To me, it’s a no-brainer (pardon the pun) - if you ride a motorcyle, you wear a helmet, it’s an appropriate law in Ontario. You can just see how something like this could play out - give a Sikh motorcycle driver the freedom to not wear a helmet, he’s killed in an accident, then his widow sues the province for not enforcing their law.
Some people need to be protected against themselves. I guess wearing a turban & respecting Sikhism is more important to him than wearing a helmet & respecting his life. Which I just don’t get. Valuing my life comes first. I suppose Sikh’s can’t manage to wear a helmet over a turban… or can they? But the turban must always be visible? If that’s not the case, time to design a helmet that can be fitted over a turban.

In court today he was ordered to pay his ticket.

http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/303897