Seriously, GOP? Really?

[DinoDoc]

Having lived in France I'm certainly aware that there are dangerous areas, and heard talk about the police not entering certain areas.

There are hundreds of "sensitive urban zones" few of which are truly "no go" with most requiring that police operate under special procedures.

I'm also a little curious about why this is particularly relevant to the Muslims.

It's relevant as an example of Europe's existence as a "shrine to racial harmony" and my post didn't even mention Muslims or Islam. I was merely curious where you felt the existence of a large number of largely of officially recognized racially segregated ghettos played into the model of racial harmony and integration vs America.

[kentonio]

Except they aren't 'officially recognized racially segregated ghettos', rather areas where large numbers of immigrants have settled and because of which the police try and act in a sensitive way. France have some real issues with their immigrant populations, but as I pointed out before they have a vastly larger muslim population than America, and yet there is far more anti-muslim political rhetoric in America than there is in France.

[Zevico]

The Constitution was written in 1787, some 4 years after the end of the Revolutionary War.

Point taken; my memory isn't perfect. The point remains: the matter was deliberately avoided by the drafters of the Constitution. Even at that time people were discussing the possibility of a civil war or split as a result of slavery. It neither expressly legalised or abolished slavery--it left it to the States to do that. Each of the States had a different policy and laws on the subject. Slavery was not codified in the American Constitution as it was enacted. Equally the Constitution did not deny citizenship to blacks: the Supreme Court did in Dred Scott. If lawlessness judicial decision-making is an immeasurable good then what is the Dred Scott case? Or is it only lawlessness when you disagree with the political effect of the decision?

[Dr Strangelove]

Funny that you mention Jews though, as both the UK and France have both had Jewish Prime Ministers. How many Jewish Presidents is it you've had so far?

Benjamin Disraeli knew what was good for him, he converted to the C of E in his youth.

Most people don't know it, but Karl Marx was a raised as a Lutheran. No, I'm not claiming that Karl Marx was prime minister of France, but mosat people think that he was Jewish.

[regexcellent]

The idea that America has more racial hatred than Europe is hilarious considering that a racially motivated shooting war happened there within all of our lifetimes.

[dannubis]

Tell that to your mexican friends.

[The Mad Monk]

We can, because we didn't send them to the ovens.

[OzzyKP]

Compared to America we are indeed a shrine to racial harmony. If a politician in any of the major western European countries came out with some of the **** your reps do, they wouldn't be able to get a job mowing lawns afterwards.

Funny that you mention Jews though, as both the UK and France have both had Jewish Prime Ministers. How many Jewish Presidents is it you've had so far?

As for Muslims, the percentage per population is..

Russia: 11.7%
France 7.5%
Germany 5%
UK: 4.6%
USA: 0.8%

So who exactly is so anti muslim? You'll also find our politicians don't go around referring to muslims as terrorists like a number of yours do.

Headscarf bans, bans on mosque construction, anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy that puts America to shame, all sorts of anti-Gypsy laws and demagoguery lately. Oh yea, Europe is some paradise. Shall we look at how many race riots Europe has had in the last decade compared to the US?

[Hauldren Collider]

The idea that America has more racial hatred than Europe is hilarious considering that a racially motivated shooting war happened there within all of our lifetimes.

QFT

[dannubis]

We can, because we didn't send them to the ovens.

Nope... ze Germans were more efficient.

However, at that time it wasn't a good time to be born black in the US neither...

[dannubis]

QFT

Funny... the site Jew commenting on racism with other people...

[regexcellent]

So who exactly is so anti muslim? You'll also find our politicians don't go around referring to muslims as terrorists like a number of yours do.

This is patently false.

Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands all have anti-immigrant, (and principally anti-Muslim immigrant) parties which acquire a significant portion of the vote.

[regexcellent]

Funny... the site Jew commenting on racism with other people...

I'm quoting this to preserve it for posterity.

My whole floor is laughing at you.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Belgians always were German wannabe's.

[Dinner]

I thought that was the Dutch. Isn't the Dutch language really, really close to German?