Comments on: Duly Noted http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/12/21/duly-noted-94/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: willtell http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/12/21/duly-noted-94/comment-page-1/#comment-80985 willtell Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:37:31 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=7191#comment-80985 MounMan, take a long breath. Center your chi … You don´t have to call me names to make your point, unless I am the center issue rather than the article above... The subject is about referendums and also about religion. The swiss made it clear they want to keep their freedom in respect to direct democracy and about the place of religion in civil life. The text isn’t clear to say if the minaret referendum was local or national. If it was national, there is no doubt it was a religious issue. If it was local, and architectural, it should probably put under scrutiny the municipal guidelines for erecting buildings, rather than specifically addressing a minaret. Again if a government starts to rule whatever one does to his private possessions, without referring to a general rule, surely it is a government that is taking a step toward fascism. MounMan, take a long breath. Center your chi … You don´t have to call me names to make your point, unless I am the center issue rather than the article above… The subject is about referendums and also about religion. The swiss made it clear they want to keep their freedom in respect to direct democracy and about the place of religion in civil life. The text isn’t clear to say if the minaret referendum was local or national. If it was national, there is no doubt it was a religious issue. If it was local, and architectural, it should probably put under scrutiny the municipal guidelines for erecting buildings, rather than specifically addressing a minaret. Again if a government starts to rule whatever one does to his private possessions, without referring to a general rule, surely it is a government that is taking a step toward fascism.

]]> By: Mountain Man http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/12/21/duly-noted-94/comment-page-1/#comment-80981 Mountain Man Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:47:45 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=7191#comment-80981 No need to act like a jerk. The author wrote, "They forbade, in one of their typical and regularly held referendums, the erection of more minarets next to mosques which are unaffected by the ban." A minaret might be a religious symbol being expunged, or it might be an architectual issue. Although the author didn't say, you apparently can read his mind, draw conclusions, and extrapolate the application of a statement never made by the author. Congrats, that's amazing. It appears to me that the author is commenting on efforts to curtail direct democracy, not on the role religion should play in society. I suspect you know what a fascist is, since you act like one. No need to act like a jerk. The author wrote, “They forbade, in one of their typical and regularly held referendums, the erection of more minarets next to mosques which are unaffected by the ban.” A minaret might be a religious symbol being expunged, or it might be an architectual issue.

Although the author didn’t say, you apparently can read his mind, draw conclusions, and extrapolate the application of a statement never made by the author. Congrats, that’s amazing.

It appears to me that the author is commenting on efforts to curtail direct democracy, not on the role religion should play in society.

I suspect you know what a fascist is, since you act like one.

]]> By: willtell http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/12/21/duly-noted-94/comment-page-1/#comment-80977 willtell Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:41:52 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=7191#comment-80977 MounMan, uh, and I thought that a minaret was a religious symbol. You have just enlightened me writing that the issue of forbidding minarets has nothing to do with curbing religious presence in society. Minaret, is just pidgin for "I narrate" (Me narrate). So one can also say: Unaret, Henarets, Shenarets, Wenaret and Demnaret. I don't know what a fascist is. I think it is a tomb of a welshman named Fas! Come Mr MounMan tally me banana. MounMan,
uh, and I thought that a minaret was a religious symbol. You have just enlightened me writing that the issue of forbidding minarets has nothing to do with curbing religious presence in society.
Minaret, is just pidgin for “I narrate” (Me narrate). So one can also say: Unaret, Henarets, Shenarets, Wenaret and Demnaret.
I don’t know what a fascist is. I think it is a tomb of a welshman named Fas!
Come Mr MounMan tally me banana.

]]> By: Mountain Man http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/12/21/duly-noted-94/comment-page-1/#comment-80970 Mountain Man Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:35:10 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=7191#comment-80970 Where exactly did the author say "religion should not play a major role in a democratic society"? Do you even know what "fascist" means? Where exactly did the author say “religion should not play a major role in a democratic society”?

Do you even know what “fascist” means?

]]> By: willtell http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/12/21/duly-noted-94/comment-page-1/#comment-80966 willtell Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:55:02 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=7191#comment-80966 It is well said that the religion should not play a major role in a democratic society. However by forbidding someone to use their private property or even their own body as they please (e.g. by building whatever they want, or by using the garments they seem fit)is rather fascist, or not? It is well said that the religion should not play a major role in a democratic society.
However by forbidding someone to use their private property or even their own body as they please (e.g. by building whatever they want, or by using the garments they seem fit)is rather fascist, or not?

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