re: #426 solomonpanting

Except for the banning of scarves and religious symbols in public schools in Germany and France and discussions under way in Spain and Italy for similar bans, and Europe’s centuries of anti-Semitism, you be correct.

Such instances do not demonstrate that these anti-secular, anti-religious freedom measures are the norm. The fact that they are so controversial should be a clue to that. As for your bringing up Europe’s ‘centuries of anti-semitism’, I could mention Americas centuries of racism and slavery, or the fact that even today her educational standards are threatened by brain-dead christian fundamentalists, but I’m not interested in engaging in any silly Europe vs America pissing matches.