I guess I missed the banning of minaret's aspect because it seems so absurd I assumed they just naturally meant the adhan, well, this is great news, I'm always overjoyed when civilized nations do something like this, it cheers up the nasty cynic in me.
whose last election campaign contained a poster of several white sheep standing inside a field with the colours of the Swiss flag, kicking a black sheep out of the field. Subtlety isn't their strong suit.
Link didn't work but I found it, zero subtlety, the way politics should be. My favorite remains "His wife was a thespian before their marriage and even performed the act in front of paying customers, he himself is a known pedagogue."
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
It seems the Swiss ban on muslim minarets has passed rather quietly
02/12/2009 04:15:22 PM
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I mostly support the Swiss decision. As from my comment at Der Spiegel,
02/12/2009 05:54:11 PM
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Re: I mostly support the Swiss decision. As from my comment at Der Spiegel,
02/12/2009 06:23:09 PM
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I understand the first in Qatar was built in 2003.
02/12/2009 10:11:31 PM
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So you ban the steeples where church bells are not needed?
02/12/2009 07:19:16 PM
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I would take an equal line against steeples where there is no bell/or no bell allowed to be used.
02/12/2009 08:29:21 PM
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Does anyone know the legal effect of this referendum?
02/12/2009 10:00:54 PM
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It's Switzerland. Their referendums are binding.
02/12/2009 10:07:52 PM
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Do the Swiss think they live in 5th-century BC Athens or something?
02/12/2009 10:11:29 PM
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Switzerland is odd in a great many ways.
02/12/2009 10:14:26 PM
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Actually, I think I meant the European Court of Human Rights, not the ECJ.
02/12/2009 10:16:38 PM
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Yeah, but does that one have any power?
02/12/2009 10:17:54 PM
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ECHR Article 9 – Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
02/12/2009 10:52:35 PM
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I feel like I'm missing something in this debate
02/12/2009 11:21:03 PM
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The latter.
02/12/2009 11:22:49 PM
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Huh, that's bizarre
02/12/2009 11:39:03 PM
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It's coming from a party...
02/12/2009 11:42:49 PM
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sicherheit schaffen, that's great!
03/12/2009 12:00:00 AM
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I don't really see a problem with it
02/12/2009 10:09:55 PM
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They pretty much have.
02/12/2009 10:16:46 PM
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I would say it is a bit reactionary but i guess it depends on your definition of intolerance
03/12/2009 03:39:48 PM
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The Adhan can really get to you
02/12/2009 11:14:47 PM
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I think it seems kind of a silly waste of government power...
03/12/2009 12:27:29 AM
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It's not the government that did it. *NM*
03/12/2009 12:29:35 AM
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*re reads* Oh. I guess it's really power to the people over there
03/12/2009 12:35:59 AM
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