virgin-burner

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  1. Dude, I've read what you've written. Unfprtunately, you don't seem to have bothered to actually read and comprehend my posts. I'm not talking about what the system in Switzerland allows people to decide, I'm talking about whether it is right that a simple majority should be able to overturn the rights of a minority. I asked you to justify direct democracy, not to tell me again that Switzerland has direct democracy. I got that already. that IS my point, there's indirect AND direct democracy.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  2. i miss the DD-days.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  3. obviously you dont have no clue about the system in switzerland and cant be bothered what i wrote further up about it.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  4. why dont you chill the fuck out and get laid!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  5. OK. I'm not sure if you're saying that two wrongs make a right, or that you advocate Switzerland becoming more like Saudi Arabia. Either idea is pretty silly. I think he's trying to point out the hypocritical nature of some religious movements. At least I am. in fact, in some arabic countries you face death by "stoning" if you're christian.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  6. well, they are allowed to build places of worship; as there are buddhist and hindu temples, it's just a matter of the calling towers, those minarets. the swiss people's party also opposes islamist girls not participating in sports class, no swim education, etc. there are efforts of islamist groups that dont want cruxifixes in class-rooms; some regions here are deeply religious, much like the "bible-belt". same goes on in italy, germany as i pointed out and also in france; please leave the joking about france for once.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  7. switzerland still has some sort of character in landscapes, old cities, like, uhm, hundreds of years old? so that doesnt really fit that picture.. opposing a sign of islamisation; opposing radicalism is probably a fake one, but they put it out. integration; if you and your wifey go to the emirates, she better be wearing their "fashion", it is expected to respect our culture here as well. some of the top of my head.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  8. most laws are passed in some sort of congress, but that wont stop people from collecting signatures to pass laws from "the people" directly.. of course, most of the times that is pushed or opposed from one of the parties, according to their agendas.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  9. there's currently 3 minarets in switzerland if i'm right, there's the building of a 4th planned which the local people opposed; from the following debatte, this initiative was formed.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  10. I wouldn't care as long as; 1) They met zoning and building codes. 2) Noise pollution restrictions were firmly enforced. The absolute last thing I'd want is a 100 foot speaker tower built next to my house blasting calls to prayers every morning at fucking dawn and four more times throughout the day. And yes, that is the real purpose of a minaret. They way it looks and the religion it stands for is the least of my issues. same thing happening in germany; first they built mosques; then came the minarets; now the muezzin calls for prayer.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  11. So you're a supporter of the tyrrany of the majority. Why should 50.1% of a country be able to overrule the rights of the other 49.9%? this, unlike buying your presidency, democracy; but maybe you dont know the difference.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  12. Yeah, I had to laugh at that; it's classic Orwellian Newspeak - the "labeling in opposites"; in this case, justifying religious intolerance toward Muslims by labeling Muslim minarets as "religious intolerance." Goebbels would be proud. please note, this is not a swiss article; so the goebbels-reference is to be projected to the author.. ever heard of godwin's law!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  13. who's the hottie on the right!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  14. and the swiss people's party is about as right-wing as the republicans i suppose.. so, dont get the idea of some facist group - but yea, they're on the right/conservative side of the political spectrum.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  15. well, those steeples are part of the swiss culture since many centuries; there's two "country-religions", the catholic and the prothestant church. the muslims have not been part of the swiss community until a few decades ago. they have their mosques, the jewish have their synagogues etc.. sorry, i wasnt aware there were articles to linked in english; thanks for looking for those!
  16. since the election is coming up this sunday, what's the take of the mostly americans on this place!? like, uhm, we have direct democracy here, so we can vote about all sorts of stuff.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  17. absolutely - and then there's still the bouillon with an egg to cure that! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  18. sounds like that one could be me; except the smooshing-part! but we could infuse it with vodka and get smoo-wacked! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  19. are you saying you'd be doing this - for me - out of love!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  20. i rounded up to ~3kg's for two man, a woman and two relatively small kids.. i think i'll have meat-poisoning.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  21. i've said i'd eat at least 500gr of meat! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  22. do you *REALLY* want to know!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  23. post yourself jamming watermelons up your whoo-ha and post it on youporn! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda
  24. I think I just found my soulmate.
  25. i want to be invited to turkey dinner too! oh wait, i got an invitation to a "fondue bourgignon" fridays.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda