Develepero:
I'm really not sure where your argument is going - it seems to me that you are denying that the Burka goes with a set of attitudes and beliefs -- these attitudes and beliefs makes the Burka crowd something that is always going to seen as less than reasonable -- look at the example of these attitudes and beliefs below:
I agree that the choice of a dress style -- the burqa is just one example -- conveys a message about the wearer's beliefs in certain matters. In this case, modesty. But the attitudes you quoted are not limited to the burqa crowd: these are the attitudes of social conservatives around the world, regardless of religion.
The problem happens when the Taliban start whipping and executing people, and we all agree that is wrong. We are not going to solve that problem by stigmatizing burqa-wearing women. The womanmay be doing it of her free will, or she may be forced to wear it. In either case, it does not help if society scorns her in public.
Certainly not, that's exactly what's wrong with so many Pakistanis, they have suspended judgement of right / wrong and good / bad -- such that it seems that they can no longer tell the difference - and instead see them not as opposites but equals -- a more wraped view of reality cannot be imagined.
The only right or wrong I acknowledge is the right of people to freedom of thought and expression, as long as they don't curtail others' freedoms or break any laws. That's the significant point, in my opinion. You can't control people's thoughts or ideologies. You can only try to educate them and have legal safeguards to keep zealots in check.
A burqa-wearing woman who looks at a woman wearing tight jeans as a tramp is wrong, of course. The other woman may be a corporate professional who likes to dress sexy. Similarly, a 'liberated' woman who dismisses a burqa-wearing woman as an oppressed chattel may be equally wrong. The burqa woman may be a lawyer working for women's rights or a volunteer at a battered women's shelter.
Personally, I don't like the burqa; it isolates a person from society. But I also don't like mohawks or people wearing baggy purple pants.
But that's part of society. People shouldn't be stigmatized for their appearance, as long as they are not harming anybody.
The other main reason for my stance is my absolutely firm conviction that the debate over the burqa is just a precursor. Next they will go after the hijab and the headscarf. This is not about women's rights; it's about demonizing Muslims in general.