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On the other hand
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 Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:28 am Post subject: No stoning in Quebec |
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MONTREAL -- A rural Quebec town has taken the unusual step of formally declaring that it is forbidden to stone women in public -- part of a list of "norms" that it says is aimed at potential immigrants.
Herouxville, about 165 km northeast of Montreal, passed a document at a town council meeting this month that outlines what it considers to be its official behavioural norms.
BURNING ALIVE OUT
The document, sent to both the provincial and federal governments, states that "a woman can ... drive a car, sign cheques, dance, decide on her own."
However, covering one's face other than on Halloween, burning women alive or burning them with acid is not considered acceptable.
The document also points out to potential immigrants that Quebecers are used to receiving medical services from members of the opposite sex and that boy and girls often swim in the same pool.
"Don't be surprised," the document reads. "For us, it's normal."
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Somehow, I doubt that anyone who would think it just an everyday activity to burn women alive is going to be deterred by this letter. |
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On the other hand
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And I wonder how far they're planning to take this "no face coverings" business?
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thepeel
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: No stoning in Quebec |
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MONTREAL -- A rural Quebec town has taken the unusual step of formally declaring that it is forbidden to stone women in public -- part of a list of "norms" that it says is aimed at potential immigrants.
Herouxville, about 165 km northeast of Montreal, passed a document at a town council meeting this month that outlines what it considers to be its official behavioural norms.
BURNING ALIVE OUT
The document, sent to both the provincial and federal governments, states that "a woman can ... drive a car, sign cheques, dance, decide on her own."
However, covering one's face other than on Halloween, burning women alive or burning them with acid is not considered acceptable.
The document also points out to potential immigrants that Quebecers are used to receiving medical services from members of the opposite sex and that boy and girls often swim in the same pool.
"Don't be surprised," the document reads. "For us, it's normal."
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Somehow, I doubt that anyone who would think it just an everyday activity to burn women alive is going to be deterred by this letter. |
This is directed 100% at muslims. A small Quebec town. Amazing. Canadians are waking up. |
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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: No stoning in Quebec |
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MONTREAL -- A rural Quebec town has taken the unusual step of formally declaring that it is forbidden to stone women in public -- part of a list of "norms" that it says is aimed at potential immigrants.
Herouxville, about 165 km northeast of Montreal, passed a document at a town council meeting this month that outlines what it considers to be its official behavioural norms.
BURNING ALIVE OUT
The document, sent to both the provincial and federal governments, states that "a woman can ... drive a car, sign cheques, dance, decide on her own."
However, covering one's face other than on Halloween, burning women alive or burning them with acid is not considered acceptable.
The document also points out to potential immigrants that Quebecers are used to receiving medical services from members of the opposite sex and that boy and girls often swim in the same pool.
"Don't be surprised," the document reads. "For us, it's normal."
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Somehow, I doubt that anyone who would think it just an everyday activity to burn women alive is going to be deterred by this letter. |
This is directed 100% at muslims. A small Quebec town. Amazing. Canadians are waking up. |
Along these sames lines , there is the problem with Muslim taxi drivers in Minnesota according to a recent USA Today story:
Minneapolis-St. Paul is concerned that its taxi service is deteriorating. Citing their religious beliefs, some Muslim taxi drivers from Somalia are refusing to transport customers carrying or suspected of carrying alcohol. It started with one driver a few years ago, but the average number of fare refusals has grown to about three a day, says airport spokesman Patrick Hogan. "Travelers often feel surprised and insulted," he says. "Sometimes, several drivers in a row refuse carriage."
Taxi drivers and officials from the airport, taxi companies and the Muslim American Society are discussing how to address the issue. Partly out of concern that taxi drivers might be citing religion to avoid short-distance fares, the airport is now forcing drivers who refuse a fare to go to the end of the line for waiting taxis. It is not a popular decision among drivers, Hogan says.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2006-09-17-airport-check-in-usat_x.htm |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: No stoning in Quebec |
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The document, sent to both the provincial and federal governments, states that "a woman can ... drive a car, sign cheques, dance, decide on her own." |
A woman is free to behave as she chooses in small town Quebec, insofar as her behavior does not conflict with the deeply held religious beliefs of the Catholic community. Then she will be called a wh()re. |
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thepeel
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| Good point. It is all relative. Name calling and stonings are just different points on the oppressing-women spectrum. Who are we to say that one is better than the other? |
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Hollywoodaction
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:20 am Post subject: Re: No stoning in Quebec |
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The document, sent to both the provincial and federal governments, states that "a woman can ... drive a car, sign cheques, dance, decide on her own." |
A woman is free to behave as she chooses in small town Quebec, insofar as her behavior does not conflict with the deeply held religious beliefs of the Catholic community. Then she will be called a wh()re. |
First one to take the bait and bash Quebecers. The OP must be happy now, given he had to go through the trouble of bumping the post a few times so that someone would do so.  |
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Hollywoodaction
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| By the way, women often get stoned in Quebec---so do guys--- generally while listening to Pink Floyd. |
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thebum
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Ryst Helmut
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:28 am Post subject: |
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Thank heaven that stoning Quebecians is not only permitted in Florida, but fully endorsed as a state pasttime. Vermin they is!!!
Viva la roche!
!shoosh,
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On the other hand
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The OP must be happy now, given he had to go through the trouble of bumping the post a few times so that someone would do so.
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Actually, the "bumping" was a result of some screw-ups in my original posting, not a desperate plea for attention. Though I'm always happy to have a bit of that as well.
And I may or may not go along with the Quebec-bashing, depending on the stats. I'm taken to understand that Quebec has one of the lowest rates of church-attendance in North America. (Though interestingly enough Alberta has the highest rate in Canada of people who list "no religion" on the census.) I'd be curious to know how far Quebec's secularization has extended into the countryside.
And it should be pointed out that a place doesn't have to be predominantly religious to be hostile to immigrants and/or Muslims. |
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Hollywoodaction
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The OP must be happy now, given he had to go through the trouble of bumping the post a few times so that someone would do so.
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Actually, the "bumping" was a result of some screw-ups in my original posting, not a desperate plea for attention. Though I'm always happy to have a bit of that as well.
And I may or may not go along with the Quebec-bashing, depending on the stats. I'm taken to understand that Quebec has one of the lowest rates of church-attendance in North America. (Though interestingly enough Alberta has the highest rate in Canada of people who list "no religion" on the census.) I'd be curious to know how far Quebec's secularization has extended into the countryside.
And it should be pointed out that a place doesn't have to be predominantly religious to be hostile to immigrants and/or Muslims. |
You don't get it. Quebecers don't even like other Quebecers. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:33 am Post subject: Re: No stoning in Quebec |
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| regicide wrote: |
| BJWD wrote: |
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MONTREAL -- A rural Quebec town has taken the unusual step of formally declaring that it is forbidden to stone women in public -- part of a list of "norms" that it says is aimed at potential immigrants.
Herouxville, about 165 km northeast of Montreal, passed a document at a town council meeting this month that outlines what it considers to be its official behavioural norms.
BURNING ALIVE OUT
The document, sent to both the provincial and federal governments, states that "a woman can ... drive a car, sign cheques, dance, decide on her own."
However, covering one's face other than on Halloween, burning women alive or burning them with acid is not considered acceptable.
The document also points out to potential immigrants that Quebecers are used to receiving medical services from members of the opposite sex and that boy and girls often swim in the same pool.
"Don't be surprised," the document reads. "For us, it's normal."
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Somehow, I doubt that anyone who would think it just an everyday activity to burn women alive is going to be deterred by this letter. |
This is directed 100% at muslims. A small Quebec town. Amazing. Canadians are waking up. |
Along these sames lines , there is the problem with Muslim taxi drivers in Minnesota according to a recent USA Today story:
Minneapolis-St. Paul is concerned that its taxi service is deteriorating. Citing their religious beliefs, some Muslim taxi drivers from Somalia are refusing to transport customers carrying or suspected of carrying alcohol. It started with one driver a few years ago, but the average number of fare refusals has grown to about three a day, says airport spokesman Patrick Hogan. "Travelers often feel surprised and insulted," he says. "Sometimes, several drivers in a row refuse carriage."
Taxi drivers and officials from the airport, taxi companies and the Muslim American Society are discussing how to address the issue. Partly out of concern that taxi drivers might be citing religion to avoid short-distance fares, the airport is now forcing drivers who refuse a fare to go to the end of the line for waiting taxis. It is not a popular decision among drivers, Hogan says.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2006-09-17-airport-check-in-usat_x.htm |
I have not heard of the Muslims in Quebec creating, so far, the kind of problems that the Somali taxi drivers are creating in Minnesota. These Somali drivers should simply have their taxi permits taken away if they don't want to pick someone because they have alcohol in their possession. That is very ridiculous. |
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