Gutmensch wird oft mit Begriffen wie Pharisäer und Heuchler, seit Mitte der 1990er-Jahre auch mit dem Begriff „Politische Korrektheit“ verbunden und als Anklage verstanden, die drastisch als „Terror der Gutmenschen“ erscheint. Wot! Our Francis. Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs! And I had him down as a Godd Samaritan (oops!). Personally, I wouldn't cross the road to piss on a Minaret if it was on fire, but hope I'd risk my life trying to rescue anyone inside. I'm sure Francis would need no urging. Anyway Gabbers, there are no good Irish, not even ones with only badly aimed good intentions! And who would trust a race who can't even use English inverted commas! Sadly though Francis, I agree with the lady. It's time to stop these religionists in public. Let them practice in private without advertising. I still smoke a bit, even though no longer influenced by 'you're never alone with a Strand'.
I wonder whether this was an Xtian backlash, or a sensible atheist statement? On 2 Dec, 23:06, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > Argh, Francis, with your Irish-catholic background you have morphed > into such a Gutmensch that it is almost unbearable. > > On 2 Dez., 23:28, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 2 Dez., 17:58, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote:> Fantastic > > news and, despite what you say, very progressive! :) > > > Er, Ian, I don't believe I personally put forward any opinion as to > > the progressive, or otherwise nature of the decision of the Swiss > > people in my original post. I simply formulated some of the questions > > which are being publicly discussed in Europe following the referendum. > > > Formally, the Swiss simply decided to forbid the building of minarets > > in their country. No more, no less. Symbolically, of course, writing > > this prohibition into Swiss law means much more - indeed, many > > different things to different people. Personally, I would incline to > > the view that what can and cannot be built is more a matter for local > > authorities and their procedures for granting planning permission. A > > well-designed mosque with minaret may well improve certain urban > > landscapes from an architectural/aesthetic perspective, just as many > > badly designed and situated Christian churches are simply ugly and > > just don't fit in where they are. > > > The much deeper question of Islam and the relationship between it, as > > a religious-cultural-political Weltanschauung and western societies > > and the values they (we) see as being basic to their (our) self- > > understanding is complex and multi-facetted. My hope is that this > > thread may take up some of these issues. > > > Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
