It's always nice to be reminded that the US is not the only country in the world prone to acts of petty and childish xenophobia. The last eight years have been especially rough, but between the Obama administration acting like adults and now this silly minaret ban, we no longer look like the most infantile Western nation.
So, thanks, Switzerland. I'll be sure to pick you up some chocolate later.
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One of the most fascinating things about political ideology is the following juxtaposition:
1. An ideology typically makes complete sense to the person holding the ideology--that is, it is internally coherent.
Another view from the minaret.
I posted a note the other day about the difference between internal and external coherence of political ideology.
Petty and xenophobic? Try building a church in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere in the muslim world...
Mark, does that make it right to ban minarets?
O, that way madness lies.
of course it's a disgrace for switzerland and today i'm ashamed of my country... :(
by the way the german scienceblog has an article (for once in english too) about this:
http://www.scienceblogs.de/zoonpolitikon/2009/11/a-majority-of-swiss-vo…
"Petty and xenophobic? Try building a church in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere in the muslim world..."
Saudia Arabia has 30 million Muslims. My home country of Bangladesh has 150 million people, 90% of whom are Muslims and less than 1% of whom are Christians. Nevertheless, Christmas is an official government holiday. There are several churches all around the country. Please educate yourself a little more about the Muslim world - there is more to us than just Saudia Arabia.