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| ...Swiss politics used to be so boring. Not anymore. | |
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Boring as in functioning peacefully and operating reasonably smoothly compared to polarised politics elsewhere? God / spaghetti monster save us since Herr Blocher opened the box...
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| ... And this ban does not hurt anybody at all. Please tell me if otherwise.
...While the subject matter is wrong and misguided, I do like how it sought to address the future. For that aspect of it, I'd give the Swiss voters high marks... | |
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Ooh you almost baited me to post Off Topic. So I won't.
However, I find your Christian Charity to be way stronger than mine in finding the tiniest glimmer of positivity in this story: "it sought to address the future". Well, in a sledgehammer / nut fashion, you're right, but there were plenty who were making more considered dialogue before someone plugged in the jackhammer and stirred the pot of FEAR. I feel
this was the point of the article.
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| ...If the Weltwoche is correct, than what some these Imams said is clearly illegal, but its obviously pretty hard to prove and probably illegal to put tape recorders in Mosques. | |
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Yeah, I don't really recall the Weltwoche banging on about <insert Large Swiss Bank CEO's name here> illegal conversations and a desire to put recording equipment in the Boardrooms of Paradeplatz

Sorry, OT I know, but what's good for the goose, etc.
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| ...Not I might add that this has much to do with the thread topic before a Moderator goes loopy - its just an interesting aside. | |
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Cheers, it's not that bad. Yet.