However, if you go upstate just a little, you will find the town of Kierias Joel. This is a largely Orthodox Jewish community. You will be greated at the town limits by a large sign. The message? You are told to dress modestly, avoid profanity and maintain gender segregation.!!!!?
?? WTF? Are women supposed to wear bhurqas as well? Its not just the muslims. Its what happens when the state allows religious extremists of whatever stripe to impose their values on their neighbors because they somehow think that because they really, really believe something that they get to make their own rules. Sorry, not the way it works. Since its Sunday, I'll turn to scripture here. Render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's, and render unto God that which is God's. Worship what you want, but dont think for a second that it means the rules don't apply to you. The French ought to be ashamed of themselves for their cowardice (but I guess that's asking too much of them). We on the other hand, should make damn sure we dont follow in their footsteps.
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You end up in the right neighborhood, but your use of "moral equivalency" at the beginning is appalling at the least. Offensive too. If you go to Kierias Joel then you are entering their community, just like Williamsburg in NYC, or the way Devon Ave. used to be in Chicago. As a faux "libertarian", I would at least have expected you to recognize their community's powers to set norms and expect them to be respected. This is just one example of why you are a FAUX "libertarian".
That is not the same as a bunch of beheading camel jockeys coming into your town and demanding you allow them to violate the laws. Or violating the laws and through the threat of violence force you to allow them to continue to violate the laws. If this were a motorcycle gang doing this - as they have in some towns - instead of some mooslims, the police and National Guard would be working overtime to take them all down.
BTW, I was not able to find anything about "Kierias Joel" on teh interw3bs. Given your propensity to misspell damn near your whole post at times, I'm sure it is just a permutations of what you wrote. Got a link?
And ichiban, we are not being sold down the river. The sale is over, past tense, and the new owners are simply taking possession. It ain't just the Chinese who bought us. I wonder when the biggest debt holder (China) realizes that other creditors of ours have been handed the assets we used as collateral?