Re: French Secularism, suburbia and Burning Beds

I'm glad Luke posted this. Chirac, I think, can argue what he argues as
a valid principle of government, but he sounds in this paragraph:

> He said, ""In France, there are no rules superior to the laws of the republic," adding that there was a need to "put limits on the public expression of one's own characteristics, to understand others, and to put oneself in their shoes." At Thursday's ceremony, Chirac appointed a commission to review how secularism fits in with everyday life in France and will report to him by the end of the year, putting off calls for new legislation restricting religious expression until then.

that he's arguing for it as a normative principle of life for all French
citizens. That's sadistic and totalitarian, in my opinion, and worthy
of the numerous critiques it's been subject to over the last 75 years or
more.

In the Enlightenment position from which Chirac speaks, faith and reason
are indeed irreonciliable. But people from outside that position don't
agree....

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:
> Luke, I picture you with a canoe paddle sized spoon, sweating over a tea cup
> sized pot. France like Jacob's Ruben has always had problems with women,
> especially the types with a book under one arm and a large lit match held
> over the head with the other. You know, it all ends up the same, Ruben,
> lying in bed, wakes up to flames, the mistress standing over him.
> Daniel
>
>
>
> A friend in the Catholic Students Association brought up this article.
> Chirac declares France's commitment to Secularism. Does he reconcile it with
> Zooey's thoughts on suburban sameness?
>
> This Chirac quote, from the text: "In France, there are no rules superior to
> the laws of the republic," adding that there was a need to "put limits on
> the public expression of one's own characteristics, to understand others,
> and to put oneself in their shoes."
>
> The full text:
> http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=23346
>
> Also, this subscriber comment: "The French Revolution continues to live and
> reason is worshipped instead of God." Are reason and God necessarily
> mutually exclusive?
>
> luke
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