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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 02:46 PM Original message |
Swiss voters back ban on minarets. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd be okay with this if they also banned steeples. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Why? |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. If this were a blanket ban on religious towers (which steeples and minarets are), it would be fair. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. are steeples allowed in Muslim countries? |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Woohoo! Let's all race to the bottom! |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. good question... |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yes, but they look a little different. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Why would that be fair? |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Last I heard Switzerland wasn't particularly interested |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. and it all comes back to the crux of the issue.. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Nice broad-brush statement there. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Banning certain types of structures is not going to change the cultural makeup of the country. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. Can I get the bells in the Catholic church banned? |
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