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• Banning the veil in public schools - Raoul - 12/13/2003 8:21:49 PM
  • Less liberty does not build tolerance - ebnelson - 12/14/2003 6:22:26 AM
    • re:ONLY in specific places - Raoul - 12/14/2003 9:31:11 AM
      • Freedom of expression is what should rule, imho - ebnelson - 12/14/2003 3:58:44 PM
        • I'll bookmark this for the next time a discussion about school uniforms comes up... :D (n/t) - Mary Anne - 12/15/2003 2:49:16 AM
        • re: Freedom ? - Raoul - 12/14/2003 5:09:40 PM
          • Yet ironically, many Moslem women choose to wear it, and defend wearing it vigorously - ebnelson - 12/14/2003 6:53:59 PM
            • Many young Moslem girls wear it under threat of violence from male family members - c - 12/14/2003 10:15:04 PM
              • You sound pretty well indoctrinated yourself. - ebnelson - 12/15/2003 2:21:38 AM
            • re: But they can.. - Raoul - 12/14/2003 8:19:25 PM
              • So majority rule trumps individual choice? - ebnelson - 12/15/2003 2:23:00 AM
  • Good decision by the French - c - 12/14/2003 2:58:09 AM
    • Sound bite vs substance - ebnelson - 12/14/2003 6:26:38 AM
      • The need to believe in something is hardwired into people - c - 12/14/2003 8:13:01 AM
        • So instead it should based on backwards modern myths? - ebnelson - 12/14/2003 2:23:13 PM
          • re: Tolerance! - Raoul - 12/14/2003 5:17:24 PM
            • Marxism should be tolerated no more than fascism or apartheid - ebnelson - 12/14/2003 6:56:08 PM
    • That's one opinion... - Tom Brosz - 12/14/2003 5:11:58 AM