JackRiddler
JackRiddler's JournalIt also shows one reason for Trump's appeal.
Eight persons depicted, six of them identifiable as white -- including Superman. One black kid and one Asian very safely rendered as an adorable six-year-old. Not so far from the actual demographics of the time, the poster would look ludicrous today. That self-evident hegemony has declined, and it's had a number of white people in a moral panic ever since.
It might be very easy to enforce.
After all, no one can hide that they're wearing a burqa.
The question is, how much state force gets applied. It would be one thing if they offered a safe house for women who want out of their burqas to flee to (but what about their children or female relatives?). Probably be decried as welfare by many who approve of the burqa ban...
Or do they detain the woman? How long? Force her into other clothing? Arrest the male presumed to be in charge of her? Raid the house?
Suddenly this makes sense as a wedge item for surveillance without ethnic/racial "profiling."
Not that it's going to happen...
But you may have the wrong idea about the Greek position in such an unlikely case (i.e., that Turkey breaks openly with NATO - we agree, very unlikely). Athens might well be next on the line to cut a protection deal with Moscow. And if anything, Turkey aligning with Russia practically guarantees no further moves on the Orthodox south of Cyprus, which is very much a Russian billionaires' plaything. It may open the way to new negotiations. Not that I'm thrilled with the potential Turkish-Russian axis, if it actually happens, but new peace moves would be a lot likelier than any new Greek-Turkish conflict over Cyprus. Hm, kind of seems the logical next step for Putin to endeavor in his makeover as Dr. Peace.
There is absolutely zero chance of this.
They might leave - I doubt it - but nothing of the sort will be done from the NATO side.
Also, ahem, who said Russia is the enemy of NATO? Are we at war with them? Is there somewhere we can vote on this?
Personally I'm not for any military alliances, I'm for scaling it all back and ending the international arms trade and interventions generally. That would involve sitting down with Russia while there's still time to prevent the insanity from spinning out of control. If there's still time.
Because our laws and customs...
are supposed to be based on freedom and rights (a basis on which the burqa might be challenged, by the way) and not on a dress-code supposedly mandated by God?
I'm glad you agree that arresting immigrant or refugee women for wearing burqas should be less of a priority in actually changing the situation with Islamic terrorism than cutting off arms and funds to "our" "allies" who foment it.
Now that's a rational contribution.
It's one thing if De Maiziere condemned the burqa as a hateful instrument that oppresses women, and wanted to do something about that.
In that case he could be more effective by calling for an end to military collaboration with Saudi Arabia, don't you think? Alongside, in any case. Have you heard any such indication from the German government?
It's another thing to put forth this canard that burqas are the disguise par excellence for terrorists, without which they'd be less effective. That's just turning it into a symbol of the Other, whom we should hate. He's competing for the AfD vote, not putting forth a serious proposal.
You also would not know if the fat guy in shorts...
had 30 pounds of explosives in his grocery bag.
It's important to separate the canard of "burkas help terrorists" from the reality of burkas are a cultural expression that oppress women.
As for the latter, if I'm understanding you right, you're saying the West needs to be more like Saudi Arabia? Tit for tat?
I'd like to see as much passion going into the idea of suspending all weapons sales and military aid to Saudi Arabia and other countries with such practices, who use these weapons and aid to murder around the globe. As long as they are "our" "ally," this seems incomparably more urgent. Where's De Maiziere's statement on that?
Do you agree?
No they did not.
They were already occupying Crimea, where they have 90+ percent support of the Russian population. I guess the coup d'etat government in Kiev should not have declared war on the Russian-speaking citizens of the Ukraine, encouraging the Crimeans to run to Moscow for protection.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the NATO propaganda about a threat to the Baltic states, which is setting up pretty much the dumbest confrontation ever. The neocon-neoliberal-neoimperialist posturing has barely been noticed in the U.S., where you can be certain most people would be horrified if they could actually figure out that the U.S. is setting up for a possibly nuclear war with Russia. This is in not in our people's interest!
"8.7 million members" of Republicans Abroad -- yeah right.
Clearly Trump's not the only one who qualifies for a DSM number on the basis of hallucinatory beliefs.
There is no "upswing" of violence in Germany, it's coverage only...
based on the current framing wherein a case of anyone committing any act of violence in Germany is going to be played in the media as potentially part of an "ISIS" terror spree = All Muslims (Arabs, German-born youth with an Iranian father and no religious background, French Algerians, whatever) are terror-programmed = Syrian refugees = that fucking Merkel let them in, serves her right!
See this thread! Some old demented man in Berlin shoots his doctor in one of X hundred murders that happened today, it's global news, and as the upshot you will find posts here attacking Merkel for taking in war refugees!
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