Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Bye-bye to bling for Sarkozy
Many attribute the change to the influence of the president's wife, Italian-born singer and songwriter Carla Bruni. From the wealthy Tedeschi family, Bruni has a long history of intellectual engagement. Her sister is a well-known actress. The shift in Sarkozy's musical tastes is seen as proof of the "Carla effect". Previously he listed figures such as Johnny Hallyday, France's ageing rocker, as favourites. Now he has private meetings with Bob Dylan and Marianne Faithfull.
IMO: I like the music of both Johnny Hallyday and Marianne Faithfull, but I do not see either as especially cultural
Now France's Muslim council hit out Thursday at a lawmakers' call for an inquiry into women who wear the burka, the head-to-toe Islamic veil, warning not to "stigmatize" the country's five million Muslims. A group of 58 French MPs are asking for a parliamentary panel to look at ways to curb the wearing of the burka or niqab, which they describe as a "prison" and "degrading" for women and contrary to French secular principles.
The sight of fully-covered women has become commonplace in France, which has the largest population of Muslims in Europe. "Our politicians need to stop acting so blind," Mayor Gerin said, describing the burka as evidence of a new "green fascism" led by Islamic Fundamentalists.
IMO: I suspect Gerin is right. This burqa nonsense is almost male cultural bling, nice to have a female accessory wearing a burqua, those french Muslim guys should be ashamed of themselves, they really are cheese-eating surrender-monkeys. You can't see those muslim cheese-eating surrender-monkeys in Tiananmen Square protesting against Chinese suppression of Islam. All they can do is force their girlfriends to stick a bag on their heads, and ridiculously call that their religion! The french muslim cheese-eating surrender-monkeys would be burnt in the street in Iran. Also, it is encouraging to learn that Sarkozy is taking an interest in cultural matters, after all Simone de Beavoir is almost a French cultural icon etc. etc. But Charles Martel must still be turning in his grave, with all these muslim cheese-eating surrender-monkeys.
IMO: I like the music of both Johnny Hallyday and Marianne Faithfull, but I do not see either as especially cultural
Now France's Muslim council hit out Thursday at a lawmakers' call for an inquiry into women who wear the burka, the head-to-toe Islamic veil, warning not to "stigmatize" the country's five million Muslims. A group of 58 French MPs are asking for a parliamentary panel to look at ways to curb the wearing of the burka or niqab, which they describe as a "prison" and "degrading" for women and contrary to French secular principles.
The sight of fully-covered women has become commonplace in France, which has the largest population of Muslims in Europe. "Our politicians need to stop acting so blind," Mayor Gerin said, describing the burka as evidence of a new "green fascism" led by Islamic Fundamentalists.
IMO: I suspect Gerin is right. This burqa nonsense is almost male cultural bling, nice to have a female accessory wearing a burqua, those french Muslim guys should be ashamed of themselves, they really are cheese-eating surrender-monkeys. You can't see those muslim cheese-eating surrender-monkeys in Tiananmen Square protesting against Chinese suppression of Islam. All they can do is force their girlfriends to stick a bag on their heads, and ridiculously call that their religion! The french muslim cheese-eating surrender-monkeys would be burnt in the street in Iran. Also, it is encouraging to learn that Sarkozy is taking an interest in cultural matters, after all Simone de Beavoir is almost a French cultural icon etc. etc. But Charles Martel must still be turning in his grave, with all these muslim cheese-eating surrender-monkeys.
# posted by uv : 7:40 AM
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