format_quote Originally Posted by
Trumble
Who, exactly, are "they"?
I thought this is clear from my sentence.
who's seeking to ban shalah from the streets?
who's not seeking to ban naked people running around the streets and have sex in public like animals in gay pride parades?
Do I even need to spell it out for you?
format_quote Originally Posted by
Trumble
I would have thought it's precisely those people who have no problem with the Gay Pride festival (I mean the real one, not your ridiculous parody) who were least likely to have problems with muslims establishing as many mosques as they want.
what parody?
do you think this news is a parody?
Does everything have to be written in plain words for you?
OK, since you seem to be genuinely not knowing who these people are (even though they are all in the news), I'll spell it out for you.
who's seeking to ban shalah from the streets?
the government of france
who else is banning muslim women from covering themselves in public?
the same government
Are those authorities (
the government of france) ok with naked people running around the streets acting like animals during gay pride parties?
yes. In fact, the same government must have given permission and license towards those public indecencies.
Hence, the government of france who is sympathetic towards a group of people acting like animals in public is the same people who are hostile to another group of people who want to live their life in decent manners and who need facilities to worship god.
In addition, I don't see the french people defending the rights of muslims (minorities) in both cases (veil and street prayer), do you?
I don't see the atheists in france up in arms defending the rights of muslims to practice their belief, do you?
Tell me where I made it up and where is my ridiculous parody?
english is your native language right?
do you need to argue against anything Islam?
are you not afraid of your karma as a buddhist and that, in accordance to your belief, you will be born in your next life as a muslim woman who needs to wear veil and stripped almost naked because the future french government decide that women public attire is bikinis?
format_quote Originally Posted by
Trumble
Those not bigoted towards one minority group tend not to be bigoted towards others.
not necessarily.
I've seen many groups not bigoted towards one minority group but have no qualms in their bigots towards others. It depends on the social trends of the day in their countries.
format_quote Originally Posted by
Trumble
As to the drunks, that is an occupational hazard of alcohol being legal anywhere. And that isn't going to change any time soon in an economy with so much invested (money and tradition) in wine production. That's a rather unfair portrayal of Paris anyway, they tend to do 'social' drinking much better than most people. It's far more true of London, where there are mosques all over - so I'm struggling to see any connection.
God help you if you didnt see the contrast and irony I was trying to make. Here it is:
French government tolerate drunk and their rowdy public behavior -granted as not bad as those in London, but has no tolerance towards well-mannered public prayers by muslims who lack worship facilities because the very government makes it difficult to build mosques?
Also, from the reports, it is reasonable to make a guess that it is easier to obtain permits for a nightclub, sexclub or gayclub, than getting permits to build a mosque. This again, shows how the government of france is not bigoted towards minorities acting like animals, but bigoted towards muslims.
I thought as a buddhist you would totally understand and has sympathy towards the muslims who is oppressed by the french government?
I guess I was wrong.