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   Governor Swill to trotsky   
   Re: Cannes bans full-body 'burqini' swim   
   27 Sep 16 03:24:08   
   
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   From: governor.swill@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:51:04 -0500, trotsky  wrote:   
      
   >On 9/26/16 8:16 AM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >> Bradley K. Sperman  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Cannes Mayor David Lisnard issued an ordinance in late July   
   >>> forbidding beachwear that doesn't respect "good morals and   
   >>> secularism." It notes that swimwear "manifesting religious   
   >>> affiliation in an ostentatious way, while France and its   
   >>> religious sites are currently the target of terrorist attacks,   
   >>> could create risks of trouble to public order."   
   >>>   
   >>> Last week, the mayor of a town outside Marseille banned a   
   >>> swimming day for women at a local park, citing a risk to public   
   >>> order because swimmers were required to cover up from chest to   
   >>> knee. The association Smile 13 organized the event for women,   
   >>> girls and boys, asking swimmers respect the Islamic notion of   
   >>> "awra," a reference to parts of the body to be hidden.   
   >>   
   >> This is hilarious.   
   >   
   >   
   >How so?   
      
   Yo, troll!  He already answered that question and you snipped it.   
      
   *content restored*   
   >This is hilarious. Both the Muslims and the French government are trying to   
   >put themselves where they don't belong: in other people's business by   
   >telling them what they can and can't wear at the beach and each side is   
   >whining about the other's intolerance.   
      
   Swill   
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   http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/07/can-conservativesor-liberals-govern.html   
      
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