Swiss ban on Minaretes

[dr_gn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8385069.st...

Interesting.

[gamefreaks]

At least the Swiss have a say in the matter!

[elster]

How dare they use democracy to decide something after getting a petition with 100k signatures?!!

You wouldn't get such nonsense under Adam Sutler.

[FarleyRusk]

If people don't like the Swiss vote then they can always leave!

Edited by FarleyRusk on Sunday 29th November 14:00

[Eric Mc]

Minaretes - did he play for Argentina?

[pincher]

Eric Mc said:

Minaretes - did he play for Argentina?

Durr! Everyone knows that the Thunderbirds were Minaretes

Edited by pincher on Sunday 29th November 14:19

[tzfan]

pincher said:

Eric Mc said:

Minaretes - did he play for Argentina?

Durr! Everyone knows that the Thunderbirds were Minaretes

Edited by pincher on Sunday 29th November 14:19

Thunderbirds?

Wasn't it Captain Scarlet?

[tegwin]

I go to switzerland to look at the mountains and "swis" buildings... I do NOT go to look at some religious building which does not belong in the culture.... I say good on them!

[Eric Mc]

Has anything worthwhile ever come out of Switzerland - apart from cuckoo clocks and Toblerone (with a nod to "The Third Man").

[Muntu]

Eric Mc said:

Has anything worthwhile ever come out of Switzerland - apart from cuckoo clocks and Toblerone (with a nod to "The Third Man").

The minaret ban.

[Eric Mc]

I like Minarets, in the right setting.

(Downtown Cairo or Istanbul).

[elster]

Eric Mc said:

Has anything worthwhile ever come out of Switzerland - apart from cuckoo clocks and Toblerone (with a nod to "The Third Man").

Wasn't it found out that they stole the Cuckoo clocks as their own idea.

[Eric Mc]

Apparently.

Cuckoos aren't native to Switzerland

(Ps - I might have made that bit up).

[elster]

Eric Mc said:

Apparently.

Cuckoos aren't native to Switzerland

(Ps - I might have made that bit up).

After the time I have spent in Switzerland I can be pretty sure I have never seen a Cuckoo. However I have seen a lot of Americans. So based on my research it is more likely for an American to be Native to Switzerland than a Cuckoo.

I think I could join a Government think-tank with my logic.

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

Has anything worthwhile ever come out of Switzerland - apart from cuckoo clocks and Toblerone (with a nod to "The Third Man").

Actually, Cuckoo clocks originated in Southern Germany...as I was told many, many times earlier this year on a visit to the Black Forest.

[ErnestM]

elster said:

Eric Mc said:

Apparently.

Cuckoos aren't native to Switzerland

(Ps - I might have made that bit up).

After the time I have spent in Switzerland I can be pretty sure I have never seen a Cuckoo. However I have seen a lot of Americans. So based on my research it is more likely for an American to be Native to Switzerland than a Cuckoo.

I think I could join a Government think-tank with my logic.

...Or Hadley CRU

[Scraggles]

pity they can't ban mosques over here, thought the idea was to integrate ?

building mosques is hardly the way to do that

[Halb]

gamefreaks said:

At least the Swiss have a say in the matter!

Opponents say a ban would amount to discrimination and that the ballot has stirred hatred.

Sure;y people who live there have a right to decide on such matters?

It says ...57% of voters
Does that mean 57% of the electorate, or the % of the vote?

[paddyhasneeds]

Scraggles said:

pity they can't ban mosques over here, thought the idea was to integrate ?

building mosques is hardly the way to do that

Why would you want to ban mosques though?

By that, I guess what I mean is, sure, if someone wants to build a fk-ugly building in your area it shouldn't be allowed, but I wouldn't say it's right to specifically ban mosques simply for being mosques, and of course they shouldn't receive any preferential treatment in any applications for planning permission and so on.

[Lost_BMW]

tegwin said:

I go to switzerland to look at the mountains and "swis" buildings... I do NOT go to look at some religious building which does not belong in the culture.... I say good on them!

Spot on!