RE: Jasmine Loves Children, Magic & Freedom (This Prompts Muslim OutRage)
December 11, 2013 at 12:42 pm
(December 11, 2013 at 12:16 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(December 11, 2013 at 10:49 am)MarxRaptor Wrote: I believe that what I am actually referring to is the the French form of secularism; Laïcité.
The definition of 'laïcité" is absence of religious involvment in government affairs and absence of government involvement in religious affairs. Banning the niqab is a violation of laïcité, not an example of it.
Political secularism or laïcité is the idea that the government should be as neutral as possible toward religion, neither promoting nor oppressing it. Banning an article of clothing because of what its religious significance is oppression. And it's stupid, since oppresson promotes solidarity in the oppressed.
(December 11, 2013 at 12:16 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Valid point, Quebec extends very far north, and there was times as a kid that it would get so cold here in nova Scotia I had a wear a ski mask to school.
No worries, ski masks are fine in Quebec, only facial coverings with religious significance were banned. It had nothing to do with security concerns.
Oh it a actually passed?
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
