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drankin
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,380802,00.html"
Interesting. Couldn't get away with that in America.
Interesting. Couldn't get away with that in America.
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I applaud their discretion on immigration actually. The French have a sense of who they are as a culture. America? Not so much. We are an ever changing soup.Welcome to Nicolas' world. I am not surprised at all. Please do not think all french people would agree with this specific decision.
Interestingly enough, we do have quite an ambitious project more generally, which Nicolas has already began to work on as he begins leading the Europe presidence. "Union for the Mediterranean" raises many questions and resistances in Europe. He already has been approved for his "selected immigration" proposal, some would see it as an important step in a bigger picture.
Even the Indians came here from somewhere else.America was founded as soup. That is our culture.
The interpretation of the general intent in the US (my opinion anyway) is that the Constitution is designed to protect the many from the tyranny of the few - the democratic aspect which protects against despots and unpopular repression - and as well protect the few against the tyranny of the many such as setting limits to the Federalism the government may engage in and foster the inherent differences between all people with fundamental individual rights that supercedes potential abuses of the democratic pressure toward uniformity.There is a long history of the "veil issue" in France/Europe. Indeed we have a very different position on religion, which must never interfere with the Republic considered as a priority over the individual (as opposed to the american conception, at least my understanding of it !). It is very unfortunate that people have concentrated on the specific "veil" aspect, hiding many more important issues with the way women are treated in the middle east. But as a result, this is what you get.
Where are the French going with this Mediterranean union business? I've only heard of it in very general terms so far in as much as it made the news because Libya boycotted the inaugural meeting.Welcome to Nicolas' world. I am not surprised at all. Please do not think all french people would agree with this specific decision.
Interestingly enough, we do have quite an ambitious project more generally, which Nicolas has already began to work on as he begins leading the Europe presidence. "Union for the Mediterranean" raises many questions and resistances in Europe. He already has been approved for his "selected immigration" proposal, some would see it as an important step in a bigger picture.