An intelligent response to the events in Paris

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5. "Let them practice their religion freely" -- NO.

Not when their religion involves treating women as property.

If someone wants to move to my country, they need to live to a certain minimum standards of human rights. If they refuse to do that, they can stay and fight their adversaries in their country, fight over which barbaric rulers will rule them all.


Otherwise I think your sentiments have a lot of merit. But we have to realize that religion - or beliefs people ascribe to their own religion, whether their sacred texts really support those beliefs or not - is a prime motivator for these acts of terrorism, and we must face that fact and come up with realistic solutions to address it.

And frankly if someone wants to beat his wife and force her to cover from head to toe in a heavy black garment in 105 degree heat, and she is not allowed to leave the house without an "appropriate" male companion, and if she is raped then SHE will be punished by being stoned to death, or having acid thrown in her face if she rejects a suitor ... fuck that shit, don't bring it here. We already have enough misogyny and other extremism to deal with.

I know that the many of the refugees from mid-east conflicts don't conform to the negative stereotype I wrote above. Fine. Those folks will have zero problem living within our laws, and giving up their burqas and other forms of repression.