http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europ … index.html
Prepare for the shit storm, ladies and gentlemen
Prepare for the shit storm, ladies and gentlemen
land of the free, eh?
Tu Stultus Es
I imagine if you asked many Americans they would support such a law...eleven bravo wrote:
land of the free, eh?
perhaps elipse elipse elipse
Tu Stultus Es
I don't think so. I think even the Christian religious right here in America would support them. They could team up and defend nativity scenes on public property togetherCapnNismo wrote:
I imagine if you asked many Americans they would support such a law...eleven bravo wrote:
land of the free, eh?
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
I think that getting a new federal government might be a more pressing issue than the banning of burqas.
I'm going to blame this on Twilight.
land of the freeCapnNismo wrote:
I imagine if you asked many Americans they would support such a law...eleven bravo wrote:
land of the free, eh?
Heh, you'd think so wouldn't you?FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
I think that getting a new federal government might be a more pressing issue than the banning of burqas.
Ban passed Parliament without a single vote against it... wow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8652861.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8652861.stm
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BBC wrote:
Only around 30 women wear this kind of veil in Belgium, out of a Muslim population of around half a million.
I don't particularly see a problem with this. Covering the hair and neck is sufficient in Islam, so the full face veil is really quite unnecessary.
When only 30 people in the country do it, but the government and media make a huge deal out of it, purely to make a statement, it's all rather stupid. I dunno, on one hand there's the freedom of religion and such, on the other... I wonder what the laws are about balaclavas are because the burka falls more or less into that same category. If they already have laws saying you can't walk around with balaclavas and shit...
I guess it's more of a message to Muslims than for any real purpose considering the small number of people in Belgium that do it. And that, only creates tension for no reason IMO.
Are they gonna start banning masks for Halloween now?
I guess it's more of a message to Muslims than for any real purpose considering the small number of people in Belgium that do it. And that, only creates tension for no reason IMO.
Are they gonna start banning masks for Halloween now?
Is there a ban on swastikas? If so why?Mekstizzle wrote:
When only 30 people in the country do it, but the government and media make a huge deal out of it, purely to make a statement, it's all rather stupid. I dunno, on one hand there's the freedom of religion and such, on the other... I wonder what the laws are about balaclavas are because the burka falls more or less into that same category. If they already have laws saying you can't walk around with balaclavas and shit...
I guess it's more of a message to Muslims than for any real purpose considering the small number of people in Belgium that do it. And that, only creates tension for no reason IMO.
Are they gonna start banning masks for Halloween now?
30 women? lol... Hope all Belgium's problems are solved now.
الشعب يريد اسقاط النظام
...show me the schematic
...show me the schematic
Don't think there is. Maybe in Germany, but only if there's Nazi connotations rather than any other reason (e.g: Hinduism)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#P … _countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#P … _countries
There is the NS Verbotsgesetz in Germany and Austria that bans anything to do with National Socialism.
No, it was approved unanimously in a plenary meeting of the Chamber of Representatives. It still needs to be approved by the Senate. And you can rest assured that it will take a while for that to happen.CapnNismo wrote:
Ban passed Parliament without a single vote against it... wow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8652861.stm
The BBC seems to think otherwise...
The federal parliament consists of the Chamber of Representatives AND the Senate. There are only a few domains in which the Chamber can decide on their own and this is not one of them. The bill will now go to the Senate, ergo you can't say that Parliament has passed it already.
The actual bill is not solely targetting burqas, it's prohibiting all clothing which conceals a person's identity in public.
The actual bill is not solely targetting burqas, it's prohibiting all clothing which conceals a person's identity in public.
They said the lower house of parliament passed it. Belgium is probably some sort of bicameral parliament. Generally speaking the representatives are considered the lower house, and senate and such is the upper house. Over here we use the words "commons" for lower and "lords" for upper.FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
The federal parliament consists of the Chamber of Representatives AND the Senate. There are only a few domains in which the Chamber can decide on their own and this is not one of them. The bill will now go to the Senate, ergo you can't say that Parliament has passed it already.
The actual bill is not solely targetting burqas, it's prohibiting all clothing which conceals a person's identity in public.
Which is strange because my sister saw pensioners giving each other Nazi salute openly in the street in Austria.CapnNismo wrote:
There is the NS Verbotsgesetz in Germany and Austria that bans anything to do with National Socialism.
Fuck Israel
I don't think the salute is actually covered... The FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria) is very extreme right and they often have neo-Nazis show up and support them...