What, pray tell, is a Gutmensch? Paranoid? Sounds vaguely Yiddish... dj
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:06 PM, 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. > > > -- 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.
