RE: Once Again.... If You Don't Like France...
July 4, 2014 at 3:17 am
(This post was last modified: July 4, 2014 at 3:46 am by ManMachine.)
(July 3, 2014 at 2:35 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(July 3, 2014 at 12:20 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: If they brutally murder women and children, then why can't we goddammit?
(July 3, 2014 at 4:56 am)ManMachine Wrote: They also stone people to death is these countries, should France adopt that too?
I think you're both misunderstanding his point. He isn't arguing that we should take their customs and laws as our example. His point seems to me to be that if they find that sort of behavior acceptable in their home countries, they are practicing a double-standard when they complain of France doing essentially the same thing: limiting dress by law.
It's a fine distinction, but important.
Who are 'they'?
This complaint was brought by a French national about a French Law, the only 'they' in the discussion is the European Court of Human Rights who effectively established that in the absence of a unified position in the European Council, France could have its way.
It's not a 'distinction' that's 'important', it's just not relevant.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
