Reply #122: That's pretty much how I see it, having lived in Europe and seen the racism first-hand. [View All]

[JackRiddler]

This is pandering to fears of a future "Muslim Europe" for the VOTE. Obviously they're not going to pick out exemplary qualities of Islam (banking, for instance) to attack, they're going to focus on things we will (with reason) find most repulsive and "other." This is analogous to Bush invading Afghanistan for "women's rights." Yeah, sure.

If this was serious, they would make a very public and financed offer of protection to women who wanted to drop the veil, establish means by which they could contact the state for help anonymously, etc.

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