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Title: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: The Muslim Agorist on December 01, 2009, 09:51:16 PM
"If you make these laws to target Muslims today, you don't know who it's going to be used against tomorrow."
~Sheikh Alauddin El-Bakri (http://www.examiner.com/x-17122-SF-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d29-Transcript-of-Sheikh-Alauddins-speech-at-CAIR-SV-dinner) - CAIR SV 7th Annual Banquet (http://www.examiner.com/x-17122-SF-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d29-CAIR-SV-7th-Annual-Banquet-my-second-impressions)

On November 29th a referendum banning new minarets passed with 57% of the vote. The campaign included fear mongering posters, repeated vandalism to Geneva's largest mosque, and a vehicle with a loudspeaker mocking the call the prayer.

Amnesty International and others want to make this about freedom of religion. That’s a red herring in my opinion. This is about property rights. A person has the natural right to build any structure they wish on their own private property. Those who want to utilize the coercive power of the State against Muslims must take heed that the legal precedents they set can and will be used against others in the future. Probably themselves. The Swiss people, in their bigotry, have weakened their own right to private property.

Read more (http://www.examiner.com/x-17122-SF-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m12d1-The-Minaret-Ban-damages-property-rights)
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 01, 2009, 10:01:35 PM
I think it's a good idea finally someone in Europe has some balls to stand up to the Muslims.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 01, 2009, 10:24:53 PM
Did you try searching (http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=13491.msg576039#msg576039) before posting?  :roll:

Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Diogenes The Cynic on December 02, 2009, 01:37:58 AM
You're attacking this from the wrong angle.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Manuel_OKelly on December 02, 2009, 08:18:20 AM
I think it's a good idea finally someone in Europe has some balls to stand up to the Muslims.

[sarcasm] Yeah it would be nice to have freedom, except we've got to teach those Muslims a lesson. [/sarcasm]

Fuck you.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: The Muslim Agorist on December 02, 2009, 09:44:11 AM
I think it's a good idea finally someone in Europe has some balls to stand up to the Muslims.

Balls? Meaning what, courage? Ha! A bunch of people signed a piece of paper giving a bunch of other people permission to tell another group of people how to decorate their paint factory at gunpoint...

Did you try searching (http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=13491.msg576039#msg576039) before posting?  :roll:

Yeah, I searched "Switzerland" and saw "Hoplophobes" and didn't piece it together. I move it there.

You're attacking this from the wrong angle.

Care to elaborate?
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Rillion on December 02, 2009, 11:21:47 AM
I think it's a good idea finally someone in Europe has some balls to stand up to the Muslims.

[sarcasm] Yeah it would be nice to have freedom, except we've got to teach those Muslims a lesson. [/sarcasm]

Fuck you.

Yeah.  That's Republican talk-- "We support freedom, but only for ourselves.  Screw those people we don't like." 

If you only support freedom for people you agree with, you don't actually support freedom at all. 
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 02, 2009, 11:26:25 AM
I think it's a good idea finally someone in Europe has some balls to stand up to the Muslims.

[sarcasm] Yeah it would be nice to have freedom, except we've got to teach those Muslims a lesson. [/sarcasm]

Fuck you.

Yeah.  That's Republican talk-- "We support freedom, but only for ourselves.  Screw those people we don't like." 

If you only support freedom for people you agree with, you don't actually support freedom at all. 

I support freedom for those who support freedom. I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: BonerJoe on December 02, 2009, 11:29:38 AM
Hey, have your minaret. You annoy me with the fucking loudspeaker on top for the call to prayer though. Same thing with Catholic church bells. Don't bother me with your religious noise.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Rillion on December 02, 2009, 11:52:45 AM
I support freedom for those who support freedom.  I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.

Sorry, that's not how it works.  People who really support freedom have to be bigger people than those who don't.   And "European Islam" is not a monolithic group.  I knew plenty of Muslims in Europe who support your freedom.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 02, 2009, 12:16:39 PM
I support freedom for those who support freedom.  I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.

Sorry, that's not how it works.  People who really support freedom have to be bigger people than those who don't.   And "European Islam" is not a monolithic group.  I knew plenty of Muslims in Europe who support your freedom.

If I see people carrying out "honor killings," saying that they wish to conquer Europe, and generally promoting violence, and it nearly all seems to be from one group, then there's no way I can support that group.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: The Muslim Agorist on December 02, 2009, 12:42:28 PM
I support freedom for those who support freedom.  I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.
...
If I see people carrying out "honor killings," saying that they wish to conquer Europe, and generally promoting violence, and it nearly all seems to be from one group, then there's no way I can support that group.

Hey fascist, I support your freedom. I'm not killing anyone, or conquering anyone. Can I have my minaret or do you support collective guilt too?

The way I see it Europe is already conquered by people who generally promote violence.

BTW
Honer Killings: lies, damn lies, and statistics.  (http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-17122-SF-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Honor-Killings-lies-damn-lies-and-statistics)
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 02, 2009, 12:54:11 PM
I support freedom for those who support freedom.  I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.
...
If I see people carrying out "honor killings," saying that they wish to conquer Europe, and generally promoting violence, and it nearly all seems to be from one group, then there's no way I can support that group.

Hey fascist, I support your freedom. I'm not killing anyone, or conquering anyone. Can I have my minaret or do you support collective guilt too?

The way I see it Europe is already conquered by people who generally promote violence.

BTW
Honer Killings: lies, damn lies, and statistics.  (http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-17122-SF-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Honor-Killings-lies-damn-lies-and-statistics)

Yes, we all know how violent the Dutch are. Theo van Gogh was a bloodthirsty maniac.

Also, that link doesn't address at all the honor killings that do go on in Muslim countries.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing#Locations

This is interesting too. Why does it only seem to be Muslims who usually do this? (Not sure if the Hindu practice of sati still goes on, or if that counts here.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#Usage_today

This is related as well; I find it very interesting that stoning today only usually takes place in Muslim countries.

And finally

(http://img.moronail.net/img/3/8/1238.jpg)
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: The Muslim Agorist on December 02, 2009, 01:01:34 PM
Hey fascist, I support your freedom. I'm not killing anyone, or conquering anyone. Can I have my minaret or do you support collective guilt too?
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 02, 2009, 01:03:54 PM
Hey fascist, I support your freedom. I'm not killing anyone, or conquering anyone. Can I have my minaret or do you support collective guilt too?

Not on my property :P
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: BonerJoe on December 02, 2009, 01:04:07 PM
Hey fascist, I support your freedom. I'm not killing anyone, or conquering anyone. Can I have my minaret or do you support collective guilt too?

Don't call yourself a Muslim then. It has the same effect as saying you're an Anarchist.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: The Muslim Agorist on December 02, 2009, 01:15:32 PM
Hey fascist, I support your freedom. I'm not killing anyone, or conquering anyone. Can I have my minaret or do you support collective guilt too?

Not on my property :P

Hey half wit! This isn't about building on your property! I want to know if you "have the balls" to point a gun at me and force me not to build on my property.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 02, 2009, 01:29:36 PM
Hey fascist, I support your freedom. I'm not killing anyone, or conquering anyone. Can I have my minaret or do you support collective guilt too?

Not on my property :P

Hey half wit! This isn't about building on your property! I want to know if you "have the balls" to point a gun at me and force me not to build on my property.

No, because I am not Swiss.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Rillion on December 02, 2009, 01:42:04 PM
I support freedom for those who support freedom.  I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.

Sorry, that's not how it works.  People who really support freedom have to be bigger people than those who don't.   And "European Islam" is not a monolithic group.  I knew plenty of Muslims in Europe who support your freedom.

If I see people carrying out "honor killings," saying that they wish to conquer Europe, and generally promoting violence, and it nearly all seems to be from one group, then there's no way I can support that group.

Who said anything about supporting that group?  You're not supporting anybody in particular by refusing to authorize the government to forcefully dictate what they may do with their bodies and property if they're not harming anyone.  You're supporting freedom in general.  That freedom includes advocacy of ideas you don't like. 
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 02, 2009, 01:55:31 PM
I support freedom for those who support freedom.  I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.

Sorry, that's not how it works.  People who really support freedom have to be bigger people than those who don't.   And "European Islam" is not a monolithic group.  I knew plenty of Muslims in Europe who support your freedom.

If I see people carrying out "honor killings," saying that they wish to conquer Europe, and generally promoting violence, and it nearly all seems to be from one group, then there's no way I can support that group.

Who said anything about supporting that group?  You're not supporting anybody in particular by refusing to authorize the government to forcefully dictate what they may do with their bodies and property if they're not harming anyone.  You're supporting freedom in general.  That freedom includes advocacy of ideas you don't like.  

I refuse to advocate the freedom of groups which are actively against my freedom.

Also, for the issue in general, can you give me specific examples of good, integrating European Muslims denouncing non-integrated ones and the negative aspects of their culture that they bring from their native countries, and also provide a fairly recent example of a Western government attempting to reach out to their Muslim population about a culture issue and being met with understanding and compromise? Preferably a European government, because that's sort of what we're talking about here: the Swiss voted against this because of fear of Muslims not integrating into a largely secular Europe.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: hellbilly on December 02, 2009, 05:50:30 PM
Amnesty International and others want to make this about freedom of religion. That’s a red herring in my opinion. This is about property rights.

Nice spin.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: blackie on December 02, 2009, 06:33:30 PM
Hey, have your minaret. You annoy me with the fucking loudspeaker on top for the call to prayer though. Same thing with Catholic church bells. Don't bother me with your religious noise.
I feel the same way about the internal combustion engine.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Diogenes The Cynic on December 02, 2009, 07:04:04 PM





You're attacking this from the wrong angle.

Care to elaborate?


Their reason for the ban was because the Swiss saw the minarets as political symbols. Thats just factually untrue.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/29/switzerland.minaret.referendum/index.html
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 02, 2009, 07:31:34 PM
So they finally admit that government is a faith-based religion?  :D
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 02, 2009, 07:59:01 PM


Yeah.  That's Republican talk-- "We support freedom, but only for ourselves.  Screw those people we don't like." 

If you only support freedom for people you agree with, you don't actually support freedom at all. 

yeah, those swiss are a raging pack of far-right, republicans.....

fuckers are THE most liberal, leftists on the planet
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: The Muslim Agorist on December 03, 2009, 11:43:17 AM
Fixed the link... oops
The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights (http://www.examiner.com/x-17122-SF-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m12d1-The-Minaret-Ban-damages-property-rights)
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 03, 2009, 01:00:10 PM
someone posting on your link hit it spot-on:

...''The Swiss did not ban mosques, they banned minarets. USA and other countries should follow suit. When Saudi Arabia and the other twenty-odd Islamic countries permit church bell towers, or even carrying a Bible, then the issue of building minarets can be revisited. ''......


i love how muslims love to ban anything ''offensive to islam or allah'' around the world, yet are the most INTOLERANT fucking group of people to ever walk the face of this planet..........

with that, i say shutthefuckup, whining cunts.
how are the property rights doin in pickafuckingislamic country?
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Andy on December 03, 2009, 01:05:04 PM
Hey fascist, I support your freedom. I'm not killing anyone, or conquering anyone. Can I have my minaret or do you support collective guilt too?

Don't call yourself a Muslim then. It has the same effect as saying you're an Anarchist.

Pretty much this.

Mark had a line a while back, "that's a nice religion you got there pal, but it's not Christianity," I don't see why that doesn't apply to Islam.

That said banning minarets is silly.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Rillion on December 03, 2009, 01:22:44 PM


Yeah.  That's Republican talk-- "We support freedom, but only for ourselves.  Screw those people we don't like." 

If you only support freedom for people you agree with, you don't actually support freedom at all. 

yeah, those swiss are a raging pack of far-right, republicans.....

fuckers are THE most liberal, leftists on the planet

I wasn't talking about the Swiss. 
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 03, 2009, 01:30:23 PM
[...]  how are the property rights doin in pickafuckingislamic country?

Strongest in the world (http://www.forbes.com/global/2009/0413/034-tax-misery-reform-index.html), actually.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 03, 2009, 04:20:58 PM


Yeah.  That's Republican talk-- "We support freedom, but only for ourselves.  Screw those people we don't like." 

If you only support freedom for people you agree with, you don't actually support freedom at all. 

yeah, those swiss are a raging pack of far-right, republicans.....

fuckers are THE most liberal, leftists on the planet

I wasn't talking about the Swiss. 


well, you originally replied to;

I think it's a good idea finally someone in Europe has some balls to stand up to the Muslims.
and
sarcasm] Yeah it would be nice to have freedom, except we've got to teach those Muslims a lesson. [/sarcasm]

Fuck you.

the 1st guy was talkin bout the swiss.....
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 03, 2009, 04:22:13 PM
[...]  how are the property rights doin in pickafuckingislamic country?

Strongest in the world (http://www.forbes.com/global/2009/0413/034-tax-misery-reform-index.html), actually.


bullshiite, blobag...
as was said earlier.....
try building a catholic church w/ a steeple & bell tower & see how far you get....
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 03, 2009, 04:45:45 PM
You're comparing apples to mangosteins here.  Western societies are based on the religion of government statism, not Christianity.  Islamic societies are based on Islam as their primary social contract and the source of all laws and rights.  Building a Catholic Church is an Islamic country is equivalent to not openly not paying taxes (or marrying 14-year-old quadruplets) in a statist one.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: hellbilly on December 03, 2009, 04:59:16 PM
You're comparing apples to mangosteins here.  Western societies are based on the religion of government statism, not Christianity.  Islamic societies are based on Islam as their primary social contract and the source of all laws and rights.  Building a Catholic Church is an Islamic country is equivalent to not openly not paying taxes (or marrying 14-year-old quadruplets) in a statist one.


Then is it not proper to wonder if Muslims seeking Islamic society may be better suited in settling in an Islamic society instead of bending incompatible societies to suit them?

If I share my tea with you, shouldn't you be willing to share yours with me?
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 03, 2009, 05:20:35 PM
You're comparing apples to mangosteins here.  Western societies are based on the religion of government statism, not Christianity.  Islamic societies are based on Islam as their primary social contract and the source of all laws and rights.  Building a Catholic Church is an Islamic country is equivalent to not openly not paying taxes (or marrying 14-year-old quadruplets) in a statist one.


fine then, they should stay in their ''own little world'' then.
a tad hypocritical to go around the globe bitching about shit they all do in their backyards
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: MacFall on December 03, 2009, 06:31:04 PM
I support freedom for those who support freedom.  I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.

Sorry, that's not how it works.  People who really support freedom have to be bigger people than those who don't.   And "European Islam" is not a monolithic group.  I knew plenty of Muslims in Europe who support your freedom.

If I see people carrying out "honor killings," saying that they wish to conquer Europe, and generally promoting violence, and it nearly all seems to be from one group, then there's no way I can support that group.

Unfortunately, there is NO SUCH THING as "that group". Only individuals exist, can act, and can be held responsible for their actions.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 03, 2009, 06:38:27 PM
I support freedom for those who support freedom.  I don't see any of that from CAIR, or from European Islam in general.

Sorry, that's not how it works.  People who really support freedom have to be bigger people than those who don't.   And "European Islam" is not a monolithic group.  I knew plenty of Muslims in Europe who support your freedom.

If I see people carrying out "honor killings," saying that they wish to conquer Europe, and generally promoting violence, and it nearly all seems to be from one group, then there's no way I can support that group.

Unfortunately, there is NO SUCH THING as "that group". Only individuals exist, can act, and can be held responsible for their actions.

Groups do exist and there are people who consider themselves to be parts of groups.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: MacFall on December 03, 2009, 07:27:43 PM
No member of any group has the power to create obligations upon another member without the knowledge and consent of the other. If a bunch of people calling themselves Christians decide to go out and kill gay people, that does not make me responsible for their murders, nor does it give anyone the just power to forbid the construction of steeples, except on their own property.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: TimeLady Victorious on December 03, 2009, 07:49:01 PM
No member of any group has the power to create obligations upon another member without the knowledge and consent of the other. If a bunch of people calling themselves Christians decide to go out and kill gay people, that does not make me responsible for their murders, nor does it give anyone the just power to forbid the construction of steeples, except on their own property.

It does if you give aid and comfort to them, and approve of their actions.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 03, 2009, 08:47:37 PM
No member of any group has the power to create obligations upon another member without the knowledge and consent of the other. If a bunch of people calling themselves Christians decide to go out and kill gay people, that does not make me responsible for their murders, nor does it give anyone the just power to forbid the construction of steeples, except on their own property.

do you hear yourself???
how bout all those imams & muslim fanatics that trick/brainwash/connive young muslim men & women to strap bombs to themselves & turn themselves into a grease spot???!!
fuck sakes
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: MacFall on December 03, 2009, 10:30:43 PM
how bout all those imams & muslim fanatics that trick/brainwash/connive young muslim men & women to strap bombs to themselves & turn themselves into a grease spot???!!

That would be an example of people consenting to a pretended obligation. Basically you proved my point, good job.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 03, 2009, 11:27:46 PM
Then is it not proper to wonder if Muslims seeking Islamic society may be better suited
in settling in an Islamic society instead of bending incompatible societies to suit them?

That's a very statist way of looking at geopolitics.  Human societies experience perpetual change, with good ideas expanding and bad ideas shrinking and withering away.  This is how small Saxons tribes managed to expand from a forested slice of northern Germany to Britain, North America, Australia, and beyond.   And now, this is how Islam is managing to expand, filling in the economic void created by the West's self-destructive socialist and feminist mistakes.

And I can't think of any major examples of any Islamic minority trying to "bend" society, only act in self-defence.  (Taking into account that they consider insulting the foundations of their social contract to be a mind-blowing insult, far more than America's right-wing socialists frown on pot or flag-burning, and far more than America's left-wing socialists frown on guns or the n-word.)  I guess the closest example to them trying to "bend" society would be the car burnings in France, but that was more of a socialist / racist riot than a Muslim one.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 04, 2009, 07:55:34 AM
Then is it not proper to wonder if Muslims seeking Islamic society may be better suited
in settling in an Islamic society instead of bending incompatible societies to suit them?

 Human societies experience perpetual change, with good ideas expanding and bad ideas shrinking and withering away. 


this, obviously, NOT applying to the islamic world, where stonings, beheadings, genital mutilation and, best of all, sacrificing your son/daughter with a TNT offering to the fabricated man-behind-the-curtain....''allah'' , remain ''good'' ideas
what a fucking tool
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: The Muslim Agorist on December 04, 2009, 12:03:22 PM
I refuse to advocate the freedom of groups which are actively against my freedom.
That's a recipe for tyranny. Any group following your principle could not possibly advocate your freedom, since you clearly don't advocate theirs. If we all followed your example there'd be no freedom advocate anywhere.

someone posting on your link hit it spot-on:
...''The Swiss did not ban mosques, they banned minarets. USA and other countries should follow suit. When Saudi Arabia and the other twenty-odd Islamic countries permit church bell towers, or even carrying a Bible, then the issue of building minarets can be revisited. ''......
And Jasons response was spot-on:
“Mutalip Karaademi is Albanian and has lived in Switzerland 26 years. Albania is about 40% Christian with lots of Churches. The law in Saudi hardly reflects on Swiss moslems who are mostly Turkish… To characterize this as a *non-violent* solution ignores the gun in the room. All government solutions are inherently violent because they carry the force of law. In affect the Swiss people have given the state permission to use violence against a moslem who builds a minaret. Although not overtly violent, it is the threat of violence which enforces a ban of any kind.”

Unfortunately, there is NO SUCH THING as "that group". Only individuals exist, can act, and can be held responsible for their actions.

I'm glad someone is thinking clearly.

There’s really only one question. If I own a piece of land and I build a structure that makes no sound, emits no pollution, requires no energy, and endangers no one, and you don't like it, are you willing to threaten me, or sanction the government to threaten me, if I don't dismantle it?
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith) on December 04, 2009, 12:05:29 PM
Try building a synagoge in Tehran.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Rillion on December 04, 2009, 12:08:24 PM
Daily Show mocks Switzerland about the minaret thing.   (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-3-2009/oliver-s-travels---switzerland)
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith) on December 04, 2009, 12:19:34 PM
That was pretty funny.

"Easy to take a position on neutrality, but difficult to take a position on Hitler?" lmao.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: hellbilly on December 04, 2009, 07:46:14 PM
Then is it not proper to wonder if Muslims seeking Islamic society may be better suited
in settling in an Islamic society instead of bending incompatible societies to suit them?

That's a very statist way of looking at geopolitics.  Human societies experience perpetual change, with good ideas expanding and bad ideas shrinking and withering away.  This is how small Saxons tribes managed to expand from a forested slice of northern Germany to Britain, North America, Australia, and beyond.   And now, this is how Islam is managing to expand, filling in the economic void created by the West's self-destructive socialist and feminist mistakes.

And I can't think of any major examples of any Islamic minority trying to "bend" society, only act in self-defence.  (Taking into account that they consider insulting the foundations of their social contract to be a mind-blowing insult, far more than America's right-wing socialists frown on pot or flag-burning, and far more than America's left-wing socialists frown on guns or the n-word.)  I guess the closest example to them trying to "bend" society would be the car burnings in France, but that was more of a socialist / racist riot than a Muslim one.


Not altogether so.. big gov. is expanding & that's not a good idea. Making welcome a culture based on kooky ideas also isn't a good thing. I think a better path is the West self correcting it's mistakes rather than remaining passive while the kooks get all comfy. TimeLady has already put it all out there & I agree with her.

The bending doesn't have to be strong. Subtle stuff like this architecture drama for example. Seems obvious that the host country isn't partial to the idea. Whatever though.. I've posted all this shit already.

What I don't get about a lot of people here is their ability to collectively refer to cops and politicians as one and the same without having to provide the disclaimer of "except the good ones", yet when people criticize other groups as a whole it becomes an orgy of PCness with all this shit about discrimination, bigotry, etc.

Cops and politicians are known to have a large portion of assholes in their numbers. So does the "muslim community", "ghetto people", "Republican", "Democrat" ..so if it's fair to call out one group it should be fair to call out others, without the need to preemptively defend your position.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 04, 2009, 07:55:55 PM
You have to separate functional effectiveness from [the false construct called] "the common good".  Being a highly contagious (but not lethal) virus is good for that virus.  Big government is good for big government - that is the class of people that benefit from it.  A culture "based on kooky ideas" can still have a functional advantage over a more rationalistic culture if the latter forgets to take care of the fundamentals, like to reproduce. 
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Diogenes The Cynic on December 05, 2009, 07:16:04 PM
Try building a synagoge in Tehran.

There are like 4 there.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith) on December 06, 2009, 05:54:29 AM
Try building a synagoge in Tehran.

There are like 4 there.
Yeah, try building a new one.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Level 20 Anklebiter on December 06, 2009, 11:37:46 AM
Alex, there's no such thing as a common good. Thus, I don't want you or others trying to speak for me. I can speak for myself quite clearly. And here's what I have to say, the fact that the Muslims that have become political in Europe and America isn't a cause for concern by itself, but rather a symptom of a human vice: the wish to involve one's self in other's concerns. It doesn't matter if it deals with the Muslim faith as faith in other religions in the past have resulted in similar discrimination and tyranny. All that matters in this case is whether the reaction will make both sides take religion out of politics (or is it vice versa?) or not. If the answer is not, then expect more retaliation both ways as so long as man's wish to find solace in this world in faith becomes the concern of a perfect stranger (a politician or bureaucrat). The only answer to this problem is the decoupling of culture and faith from the political system. But I don't expect this to happen just as I don't expect M-Theory to ever be proven true.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 06, 2009, 01:41:09 PM
Alex, there's no such thing as a common good.  [...]

Um, I never said there was - I merely referenced it as a false construct.

(SNIP arguments for individual sovereignty and against democracy / theocracy we all already agree on - I hope.)


[...]   just as I don't expect M-Theory to ever be proven true.

How can there be only 11 dimensions when I can see into the 13?

Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: The Muslim Agorist on December 10, 2009, 05:02:48 PM
Of the following structures, which ones are banned?

(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/Sidi_Oqba_Great_Mosque_of_KairouanTunisia.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/Spanish_steeple_LA.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/Berlin_Neue_Synagoge.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/Triesen_Switzerland_Church.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/The_Sankore_Mosque_in_Timbuktu,_Mali.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/Chicago_Watertower.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/First_Christian_Church,_Dalhart,_Texas.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/Church_of_the_Holy_Seplicre.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/Tartar_Mosque_in_Kruszyniany_Poland.jpg)(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17122/images/Russian_Orthodox_Church_-_Pyongyang,_North_Korea.jpg)

Answers (http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-17122-SF-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m12d10-How-Swiss-are-you)
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 10, 2009, 06:02:38 PM
The ones that don't preach Romans 13.  ;)

Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 10, 2009, 07:42:54 PM
fuck 'em & feed 'em beans
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Diogenes The Cynic on December 10, 2009, 10:27:26 PM
fuck 'em & feed 'em beans


The Swiss? Ill be on duty for the former, you could do the latter.
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: AL the Inconspicuous on December 11, 2009, 05:33:33 AM
Mmmmmm... beans...
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Riddler on December 11, 2009, 07:25:07 AM
fuck 'em & feed 'em beans


The Swiss? Ill be on duty for the former, you could do the latter.

no, i like swiss chocolate & their (used-to-be) secret banks w/ stolen jew money
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Willbert on December 11, 2009, 08:09:53 PM
How can you have freedom under religion?

With all this talk on the show as of late about rights...I would contend that the only truly unalienable right is the right to think for yourself. Why voluntarily give this up to some old guy who wears Halloween costumes all year?
Title: Re: The Swiss minaret ban damages property rights
Post by: Diogenes The Cynic on December 12, 2009, 06:47:59 PM
How can you have freedom under religion?

With all this talk on the show as of late about rights...I would contend that the only truly unalienable right is the right to think for yourself. Why voluntarily give this up to some old guy who wears Halloween costumes all year?


What the hell are you talking about?