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Old 17-10-2005, 23:05   #71
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Re: Dutch to ban the wearing of the Burka?

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
I do not like that statement. "Denial of religious expression is not healthy in a democratic state." what if it was voted for in a referendum and the vote went to ban the burka that then would be democratic would it not? but that would still be argued against
Democracy is a somewhat more complicated than that.
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Hmmmm................. interesting figure but I have to make the point that since we don't actually know how many illegal immigrants we have in this country, we have no way of knowing what they cost us in lost revenues......to weigh against that £2.5bn.
Who's employing illegal immigrants?
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