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France considering ban on burqas, spokesman says
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| June 20, 2009
Posted on 06/19/2009 12:30:50 PM PDT by george76
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06/19/2009 12:30:50 PM PDT
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george76
To: george76
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:31:32 PM PDT
by
my small voice
(A biased media is the biggest threat to our democracy)
To: george76
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:32:58 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: george76
How about a law requiring them to shower regularly?
To: george76
Come on France, get up off your knees and show us your better side again.
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:35:41 PM PDT
by
americanophile
(Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
To: george76
Europe still hasn’t figured out that freedom thing. Nor have many on the FR. Maybe there should be a competing “Regulatory Republic” website.
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:36:00 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(Obamalama lied, the republic died.)
To: george76
Was it an Air France jet that went down recently?
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:36:31 PM PDT
by
sarasota
To: george76
However, there are a few good reasons why such garments would save many "barf" alerts on FR posts and resulting appetite loss......
(Being a gentleman, I won't mention any names.)
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:36:43 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: Slapshot68
OMG, how f’n hard is it to take a 10 minute shower once in awhile, and they wonder why nobody likes them, eeewwwwwh!
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:36:48 PM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: george76
I’m torn on this issue. Religious (or, really, any) oppression should be fought wherever it is found. But what happens when France decides that Christians wearing cross necklaces or Jews wearing yarmulkes are being “oppressed” and forbids them from wearing articles of their faith? If women are truly being forced to wear these articles of faith, find ways to heavily punish those forcing women to wear them. But does France know where to draw the line between protecting people and suppressing expressions of religious faith? To orthodox Muslim women, forbidding the hijab would be like “liberating” women by forcing them to walk around in bikinis.
To: Seruzawa
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:39:04 PM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: george76
The French are as tough on Moslems as they are on Catholics.
To: george76
whoa....maybe the French are about to shock us by showing a spine here
To: george76
When France does, they’ll all head this direction.
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06/19/2009 12:40:00 PM PDT
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bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: Buckeye McFrog
To: Seruzawa
"Europe still hasnt figured out that freedom thing. Nor have many on the FR. Maybe there should be a competing Regulatory Republic website." Honestly, I'm torn. It's a complicated issue. There was a case, perhaps several, recently where a woman on the east coast wanted to take her driver's license picture wearing her face covering hijab. I believe the state's supreme court finally ruled that they had to reveal their face for identification pictures.
I think France actually has good, legitimate intentions, but we all know about intentions and that road to hell. Also, France (and most European countries) doesn't have the same ubiquitous First Amendment protections that Americans enjoy.
I think that in some very specific, isolated places, a ban on full-face hajibs or burqas is probably appropriate. After all, try to walk into a bank with a ski-mask on and see what happens.
To: Devils Avocado
I think of it more as a security issue. How many weapons could be hidden under all that cloth? for that matter even a bomb...Cannot hid a bomb behind a cross. Its not a religious thing, security is important..
To: george76
So France spins this to make the banning of burquas necessary for the civil rights of Islamic women? The same argument could be had, more effectively, in favor of allowing women to have burquas.
It sounds like France has climbed up a sh*t-pole with its Muslims and can find a good liberal way back down.
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06/19/2009 12:42:53 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(The UN has never won a war, nor a conflict, but liberals want it to rule all militaries.)
To: george76
Go for it! And if the Muzzies don’t like it they are free to return to the Islamic paradise from whence they came.
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06/19/2009 12:43:36 PM PDT
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Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: george76
burkas are a start... work your way up to Mosques.
Its been a few years since the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was destroyed by caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, and many others taken down over the centuries.
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posted on
06/19/2009 12:44:53 PM PDT
by
C210N
(A patriot for a Conservative Renaissance!)
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