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French Court Suspends Swimsuit Ban

posted by martyb on Sunday August 28 2016, @08:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the we're-covering-this-story dept.

butthurt writes:

BBC News and CNN (disable CSS if page appears blank) report that the Council of State, a French administrative court, has suspended the ban on "burkini" swimsuits enacted in the town of Villeneuve-Loubet. The court has not yet decided whether the ban is legal or not. In the ruling, the court said that the ban "seriously and clearly illegally breached fundamental freedoms." Several other towns have recently enacted similar bans.

The Guardian (safe for work) reported on an incident in Nice in which the ban was enforced: police appeared to make a sunbather remove part of her suit.

previously:
The French Solution - or How I Learned to Laugh More (subtitle: Cannes Bans "Burkinis" Over Suspected Link to Radical Islamism)

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @01:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @01:43PM (#394197)

    It goes both ways really. It is not, as you may think, that only radical islamist are wearing such clothing. Many moderate people started doing so because they perceive any reaction toward Muslims of not-Muslim people as an attack. And this shifts them ever more towards one side of the conflict, until they too, count as radicals. On the other side of the debate, people who used to be very tolerant are also shifting towards more strict attitudes towards immigrants, Islam, etc. I would not be surprised in the least to see the numbers of burkinis actually increase as a result of this ban (the fact that the court now prevented it does not matter, the damage is done), whereas the other-side will feel they "lost" because of the court decision and will not push for more strict regulations in another form. It is an ever increasing spiral reinforcing the us-against-them mentality that is happening on both sides. And it is very hard to break out of this.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @01:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @01:57PM (#394201)

    Many moderate people started doing so because they perceive any reaction toward Muslims of not-Muslim people as an attack.

    How so? Muslims attack, main and murder other muslims more frequently than any other group.

    On the other side of the debate, people who used to be very tolerant are also shifting towards more strict attitudes towards immigrants, Islam, etc.

    There is only one side to the "debate"...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @05:28PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @05:28PM (#394265)

      > How so? Muslims attack, main and murder other muslims more frequently than any other group.

      Don't forget black on black crime! Because, you know, BLM is a terrorist group!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @12:41AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 31 2016, @12:41AM (#395525)

        Don't forget black on black crime! Because, you know, BLM is a terrorist group!

        Really pal, do you want to go there?

        Black gun crime is 30 times... THIRTY FUCKING TIMES,,, not 30% but 30 times that of the white population! The black community have a problem and they can damn well deal with that before they dare start playing victim! George Soros's money is stretching thin!