Or perhaps exposential, which is the rate of increase of dangerously exposed breats in the absence of the burqa.

The possibilities seem to be growing expedientially.

I think Tim Minchin said it best when he sang:

"So if you..
Cover the bodies of your women
Everybody is grinning
Because black is so slimming
Though it’s not great for swimming
But it gives you an erection
With the increased sexual tension
What with the UV protection
That is second to none"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXfmjMlPEic

Particularly the bit about giving you an erection with the increased sexual tension. All we have to do is tell the regressive Muftis, Imams, etc.; and we can sit back and watch the amusing spectacle of them trying to ban burqas.

It's worth noting....that not many voices are being raised to ban the HIJAB..... it's only the Burqa which attracts such vehement opposition.

To me it's not about anyone's religious freedom, it's only about pragmatic issues such as recognition. I do however had grave reservations regarding where the 'freedom' to wear a burqa will lead culturally and legally in the future.

My position ? "Ban it"

Runner, the only person with any hatred is you and all the other religious bigots, hatred of the truth. Calm down maybe watch some Monty Python, get a grip on reality, you've got delusion bad?
The deluded surrounding yourselves with the totally deluded, seeking to delude all those you come in contact with.
"Bigot" from the German "bei Gott", With God!
Every religious cult member on this planet should stop and realise they were not born Muslim, Catholic, Christian, Hindu, etc, or any of the estimated 2500 other mythical religions invented by mankind since the stone age.
They are all evolving mammals and all religions are nothing but invented superstitious myth. You don't have to wear this or eat that, you are not going to burn in hell, you don't have to live in fear of witches, Devils, black cats, ladders, the number 13. There is nothing to fear but fear itself, these evil old men of religion are nothing but charlatans. Any person who needs a God (Idol) threatening them with fear and a burning hell to be a decent person has a real problem. First they make you believe absurdities then they can make you commit atrocities!

I prefer the Urban Dictionary's contribution:

"Expodential - The spiraling cost of childrens dental needs...
'My poor daughters teeth are in such a state, the dentist informed that the cost to fix them properly will be very Expodential'"

But please stop trying to explain it to Dan, his problem with reality is far more extensive than the inability to admit that he has made a simple spelling error.

jorge has raised an interesting point.

That banning the burqa (in Turkey, Syria etc.) has the outcome that devout women are unable to take part in the education system, and is therefore a form of oppression in itself.

Clever.

Pericles,
Go back, read it again, and then get your facts right.

Expedential was a spelling error.

I was very quick to thank Antiseptic for noticing the error.

I trust you have never made a spelling error on these pages.