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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 23 June | 357 comments (357 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Actually if you read the comments you'll see that this is largely about not allowing the burka to be worn in certain jobs.

Just saying.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 10:54:50 AM EST
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Re: yep (none / 1)

I read the comments. But that's very clearly not what he said.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 10:56:41 AM EST
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Re: yep (none / 0)

No, because he was pandering to the Le Pen vote, just like when he said he would clean the banlieue with a kärcher.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 10:57:45 AM EST
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Re: yep (none / 1)

Precisely. And yet because he's couched his racism in terms of "helping" women, he gets a pass from the left.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 11:09:02 AM EST
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Re: yep (none / 1)

He gets a pass from the French left because of secularism and "republican values".

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 11:11:43 AM EST
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Re: yep (4.00 / 3)

The veil and the burqa are great wedge issue for Sarko because it allows him to easily grab Le Pen voters while the left can't mount a clear, unified criticism about it as it is divided between multiculturalism fans and laïcards...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 11:24:26 AM EST
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