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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by flyinRyan on Friday July 12, 2013 @12:36PM (#6033527)
>we also voted to ban minarets for instance, which definitely wasn't very rationally based

Of course it was. The law itself was stupid, but it highlighted a real issue. Notice that after that vote France, Sweden and a few others looked at the Muslim integration problem (i.e. a large portion of the Islamic community simply don't) as well.

There is an issue here that needs to be addressed, it was just the way they chose to do it was silly but the people didn't let that stop them from using it to voice their opinion.

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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by inflagranti on Saturday July 13, 2013 @05:19AM (#6037108)
The Muslim integration might be real issue, but it's also to a large part fear-based; that was definitely the impression I had back then from the advertisements and the media. In any case, I don't think laws should be enacted just to voice opinions and this one might at the end actually further hinder integration. This is all a bit OT now though :)
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