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