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    "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
   Interesting: (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
     (...) Another piece of trash coming form the infamous John Neal... Not surprising... (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
     (...) You should read more carefully, Terry. The article was written by Guy Milliere, a *Frenchman*, not me. JOHN (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
     (...) It was reported by you, though. And as for Milliere, you can't be surprised to find at least one stupid person coming from a big counrtry like France to be an ignorant right-extremist... BTW, I read that article only in part. It's too dumb, I (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Bruce Schlickbernd
   (...) I had to roll down the window to let out the stink from this one. Were you offering it as humor? Terry was right not to read the whole thing - I gotta take a shower just to clean it off (and I find France pompously self-righteous). -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
   (...) So, you offer ridicule in lieu of constructive criticism? (...) Well, that certainly is his perogative, but then his commenting on it seems particularily ignorant. Reminds me of a line from a Steve Martin song..."Criticize things you don't (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
     (...) John johm john... When will you realize that the ridicule here is you ? Why should we read the whole article to realize it's stupid altogether? You are ignorant. Terry (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
      (...) Here's the thing, Terry. You are certainly entitled to your opinion and to express it. I merely questioned the wisdom of your public criticism of something you hadn't fully investigated, or to call something patently stupid without any attempt (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
      (...) Well, John, I couldn't care less about your opinions. I don't seek any facts from people like you. You have prove many times that you believe certain things and I, like many others, think you are not very brilliant. So I don't care what you (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
      (...) Try harder. You speak for fewer than you suppose. Besides, they can speak for themselves. JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
      (...) And they do. Don't you realize that MANY people are against your point of views? Don't you get the fact that your hatred and racism is not approved by most of people here? The only person I recall insulting in my whole Lugnet life is you. You (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
       (...) Uh, I thought that they were silently disagreeing with me. But so what if they do? You don't seem to care about what others think of your views. Are you suggesting that I keep quiet because the majority happen to think differently than I do? (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
       In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes: I promised in a earlier post I wouldn't call you names again, so I won't tell you what I think of you, but yes, by all mean, shut up. You attacks against some cultures here are most unwelcome. Terry (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Spencer Nowak
      (...) Hellooooo?? This is .DEBATE! Debate-A formal contest of argumentation in which two opposing teams defend and attack a given proposition. Notice there is nothing about attacking the other person, just their idea. If we didnt all have oppsoing (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
      (...) There is a difference between debate and propaganda. What he does is not debate. I told you gus my English was far from being perfect! Wreak Havoc... thx for the information. Terry (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —David Koudys
      (...) Ah, but Terry, you seem to be swayed by separatist propaganda. It seems, and maybe it's your 'english being far from perfect', that propaganda and hatred towards anything that isn't what *you* believe is all you go on about. It comes thru loud (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
      (...) Separatist propaganda? What about your federalist propaganda? I told you before, I'll tell you again, You know nothing about Québec. You arguing on this subject is as irrelevant as me talking about the political situation in lituania. I've (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) You're not doing much for your own stature with comments like that. I suggest you stop baiting people. (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
     (...) Larry, mind your own business, will you? Taking a sentence out of context as you just did is exactly what I'm talking about when I condemn extremist right-wing propaganda. The simple fact that John submitted this article to us implies that he (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) I'll repeat, I suggest you stop baiting people. If you (and others, some of whom have already been warned about it, and recently, too) continue to do so, you continue to make off-topic.debate a much less pleasant place. And that's as much "my (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richard Marchetti
      (...) In countless ways you have lost this right, Lar. You rarely listen to anything anyone else may have to say about anything. And that fact has been amply shown in this forum. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
      (...) Pot, kettle. You are probably the most uncivil individual in this NG. JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
       (...) Thanks Richard! You just stole me my title! ;-) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richard Marchetti
      (...) Perhaps, but you have yet to counter many of my claims with anything like a fact or anything like authority. Like I said, I need more than lame right-wing excuses or justifications out of some moldy old book. Show me with the use of facts how (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
      (...) What you are asking for is akin to me asking you to prove that God doesn't exist. The facts that you are providing are not causal, but more like coincidental, and certainly not evidence of conspiratorial. Bechtel got some contracts. Fine. And (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richard Marchetti
       Really, you are the biggest bore. I have never suggested conspiracy -- ever! I have suggested favors in exchange for favors, which you seem ready to admit as a fact of political life. So wonderful, we agree. I hope you don't mind my pointing out who (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Dave Schuler
      (...) Careful--in principle, God's nonexistence can be proven simply by demonstrating a logical contradiction in his essential nature. Of course, the faithful are generally willing to accept any number of logical contradictions in order to preserve (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richard Marchetti
      I think I like where Dave! is going with this stuff -- and again, this liberal stance doesn't respect parties: w oppose corruption, cronyism, and stupidity in matters domestic and foreign irrespective of which party is involved. Right now, we are (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
     (...) Who are you to tell me this? I'm only telling one stupid person that posts racist and hateful stuff here on Lugnet that what he posts is stupid. If you endore his attitude, if you endorse what he says, it should be you who should be warned (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Bruce Schlickbernd
     (...) How does posting constructive criticism here get back to the writer of that trash? If you wish to quote or paraphrase the parts you think are salient or you agree with (or disagree with), I can have a discussion about that with you, but (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
     (...) What I found most interesting about it is his addressing the issue of the growing Muslim population of Europe, especially in France. In that context, it is understandable to see the growing rift between countries like France and the US, and in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Bruce Schlickbernd
      (...) In the context that the Muslim population is growing in Europe, it might be interesting, but the article you quote is absolutely venomous about it. Since you make no mention of it even after me refering to the article as "drivel" and "trash", (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
      (...) Oh, the bitterness didn't escape me. And I never claimed to ascribe to his view-- I just, as I said in my one word review, found it "interesting". How many feel the same as he? Is it a growing sentiment? I have no idea. I frankly didn't even (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
       (...) Ah! There it is! The proven fact that you are a racist. What? You think your religion is enlightened? Can you tell us which religions have passed the JohnNeal test of Enlightenment? Please, show the world the greatness of your prejudices! (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
       (...) Okay, let's put away the racist card already. Islam is a *religion*. Followers of Islam are *Muslims*. "Arab" is a race term, not "Muslim", okay? (...) Sorry I wasn't clear in my meaning: "Enlightenment" A philosophical movement of the 18th (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Dave Schuler
       (...) All right. Why don't we use the term "bigot" then? (...) If you're going to use the term "enlightenment" as litmus test to determine whether a group is worthy of respect, then you need to throw out groups that work to foster pseudoscience in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
       (...) Thank you. But really, I haven't a problem with Islam per se. There are many peaceful Muslims. What I *do* have a problem with are extremist Muslims who tend to comprise a shockingly high percentage of the Muslim population, and the seemingly (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Dave Schuler
       (...) It might be useful to have a clear, legitimate tally of extremists relative to the whole sample population. We can't use the US media or Arab-state-run media, since both of these sources are tainted. There are over a billion Muslims in the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
        (...) Well, say we compared it to the percentage of extremist Christians for example. I don't know what that number is, but judging from reported Christian terrorist attacks I'd say that it is pretty low. Even if the percentage of extremist Muslims (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) What if the belief system itself is flawed? As I understand it, to be a good muslim, one has to follow sharia (religious law). Sharia is used as civil law in many countries and in many others, it's being pushed as something that SHOULD be used (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
        (...) Most like USA's death penalty. Who are we to decide what is right or wrong? This is called a cultural clash. In the Muslim culture, Adultery may be one of the worst thing a person can do in his/her life. If so, it would be logical for this (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Frank Filz
        (...) You seem to be saying we can't judge other cultures. Can we judge people? Can we judge groups of people? How many people have to follow the same idea before we can't judge it? I would point out that many wrongdoers in the world believe that (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
        (...) Of course, you judge your own values better to others. Muslims would also have great arguments to debate with you, I suppose. That's not the point. We can't kill others. It's a human right to be alive, to have our life preserved and protected. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richie Dulin
       In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Far better to simply declare that all rights are property rights and assign a dollar value for all transgressions, eh Larry? Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) You're being sarcastic, but I'll take you seriously anyway... my answer is yes. Seems fairer to me than imposing sharia on all residents of a country just because an islamic government happens to get into power. (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richie Dulin
       (...) Why would sarcasm be a reason *not* to take a comment seriously? (...) But it's okay simply declare that all rights are property rights and assign a dollar value for all transgressions, just because a capitalist government* happens to get into (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) Capitalist governments, *by definition*, don't just "happen" to get into power, and the process of assigning dollar values is not random, capricious, unappealable, or unchanging. Given those clarifications... yes, in my view, it is OK for such (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richie Dulin
       (...) Are you confusing 'capitalist' with 'democratic'? (...) A new dollar value determined every time for every transaction... Imagine the beurocracy behind that! LOL (...) Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) Nope, are you? (...) I imagined it already, it's ZERO. There is no bureacracy involved.. We said *capitalist*, remember. The market does it for you. I determine a dollar value every time I do a transaction now. Don't you? Or do you buy stuff (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richie Dulin
       (...) Apparently so. (...) It *seems* like a good idea, it *seems* like it might work. Because all rights are property rights and all that... Okay, so I accidentally kill my neighbour. Darn it, I say. I must make recompense for the killing. Do I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) In a manner of speaking, yes. You can expect a wrongful death lawsuit from his heirs (and insurance company) unless you settle out of court. But even so you may get some criminal penalty applied too... depending on the nature of the accident (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
        So people have a value... A $$$ value I mean. Depending on their status, where they live, what they do, how they act... We are far from the "We are all equal" objective here. To me, the fact that money gets involved to settle a crime is wrong. Money (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richie Dulin
       (...) Ahh... so we can dispense with the beaurocracy do determine the price of the crime and build a judiciary instead. Seems like a good idea. But what is this mention of a criminal penalty? How does that fit with an 'all rights are property (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) I think breaching a contract is wrong. That's a general principle. My contract prohibits it. Why? I personally don't think that it would be a good idea for me personally to be an adulterer. So it would be wrong for me. But I am not so (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Richie Dulin
       (...) <snipped the adultery bit> (...) Determined by a judicial process... so once again, you need a judiciary... and because your theoretical system is dynamic, values for transgressions need to be determined each and every time, so it's going to (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Bruce Schlickbernd
      (...) France has long had a difficult relationship with Arab countries due to its colonialism in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia come to mind). That reverse migration has happened only seems appropriate: the link worked both ways. There has (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
       (...) I'm seeing that the term "Enlightenment" was probably too loaded a word for the idea I wished to convey. What I meant by it was an intellectual passing into the 20th Century. By most accounts I have read, it is generally agreed that Islam is (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Pedro Silva
      (...) About 20% strong. The number comes from the percentage Mr. Le Pen had in the last presidential election. (...) (To John: a significant number of Muslims has lived in Europe for centuries, notably in the Balkans. They are not Arabs, and they (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
      (...) To answer your question above, I was referring, as I believe the author of the article was as well, to Arab immigration and their direct descendants post WWII. When I said "dominated", I meant in the context of numbers. The Muslim population (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Pedro Silva
      (...) So doesn't that make your own distinction between "Muslim" and "Arab" a bit shakier? You claimed to be referring to Muslims, and that Arab was a race-related term. (...) (and exactly what do you propose to do about it???) Don't you think it's (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —John Neal
      (...) lol Absolutely nothing-- it's not really my problem! I just found the statistics interesting and am just wondering how *Europe* will react. (...) Again, I don't want to speak about *Arabs*, unless we are talking about those Arabs who are (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
       (...) Right there, I can tell you exactly why you are mistaking. Oussama Bin Laden attacked USA because of USA's foreign affairs. Your country gets involved in almost every political tension in the world, even when USA has nothing to do with it and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Pedro Silva
       (...) Should it react at all? Are we in trouble? If so, exactly what kind of trouble? (...) Read some paragraphs above: you stated *clearly* that you were referring to Arabs, as you supposed that the author was too. (...) Of course not. You won't (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Thomas Stangl
      (...) ...and non-existent to the radical Christians, which there seem to be more and more of every day. Go ahead, try to sweep your own people under the rug, but you can't deny there are quite a number of absolute NUTCASES that swing some decent (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —Terry Prosper
     (...) So? Even if Europe was to become 90% Muslim, what would it change? You state an article that prones violence and racism against a country, someone asks why, you say it's because there are a lot of Muslims... This would be called racism by most (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore" —David Koudys
   (...) "I'm a ramblin' man....r-a-m-b-l-i-n...ostrophe!" Oh I love that tape Dave K (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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