08-18-2016, 04:49 AM
Speedy wrote:
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The Burkini used to be known as a warmup or jogging suit. So they banned long pants and sleeves, I feel so much safer.
SteveG's second image is NOT what the French are banning.
A quick image search says that it is...
does it mater? It's an article of clothing - they are banning a type of clothing. It's insane - period.
Hate and bigotry have few bounds.
So does your ignorance.
This is probably the first time SteveG got something right.
The PC drones see the world through their bigoted, myopic peepers.
French Revolution was as much against monarchy as against its ideological institutions like the Church and clericalism. Add couple centuries of religious wars preceding it, read a bit of Voltaire and you might understand the origins of the French view of religion
They do not see it freedom of religion the way we do.
It is much more more than that. They did not subdue the religious institutions to let them go without any state controls.
The state owns most of the religious buildings and controls them in other ways, as well.
The basic difference is that the French system promotes essentially freedom from religion and as such displaying religious symbolism is often limited by law. Burqas and burkinis are not outside of those definitions....