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> Look at the intolerance and hypocrisy in France, one of the most secular states. A girl is not allowed to go to school with the Muslim head scarf. This is wor
by jhgb 5y ago
> Look at the intolerance and hypocrisy in France, one of the most secular states. A girl is not allowed to go to school with the Muslim head scarf. This is worse than the Taliban.
Tolerance of intolerance is a difficult topic, of course. Should France tolerate intolerance?
> France allows insulting the Prophet (pbuh), but you'll get to jail for insulting the president.
The Prophet is dead but the French president is alive. Even if you have laws promoting a mutually polite society, they don't apply to the dead (any more than for example property rights do -- the dead can't own things either).
- truetraveller 5y ago> Should France tolerate intolerance? How is voluntarily wearing the head scarf "intolerance". >the French president is alive. So what? It's still within my "Freedom of Speech" to say whatever I want, as long as it does not directly incite violence. Regardless of whatever Frances' convenient version is. I believe even the US allows insulting the president.
- jhgb 5y ago> How is voluntarily wearing the head scarf "intolerance". "Voluntarily", sure. > So what? It's still within my "Freedom of Speech" to say whatever I want, as long as it does not directly incite violence. Whatever the court says to be within your rights is the thing that is within your rights. It's the courts that interpret law. Are you a court? Specifically, if you're in France, are you a French court?
- truetraveller 5y ago> "Voluntarily", sure. There are many who want to voluntarily wear hijab to school in France, but are denied this right. So, my point stands that this "secular" law is intolerant. >Whatever the court says to be within your rights Weak argument. Let's say an extremist court says women have no right to education. Or, that blacks are less human, say the have less rights.