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France picks and chooses which style of religious dress it does not permit. Priests and nuns regularly wear clerical dress in public. Strictly speaking clerical dress is not allowed, but the one time that the law has been followed a hue and cry was initiated...

In most religions, suicide is either a sin or is not supported. e.g. Buddhism does not advocate suicide. Those following Judaism will be buried in a separate part of the cemetery. But Christianity sometimes accepts suicide, e.g. the wicked falling on their sword. But in general a suicide is...

There is definite difference between withdrawing life support, and ending a life that can exist without that support.

There are 26 Bishops and Arch Bishops in the House of Lords having a direct influence on UK laws. Sittings in Both H of P begin with prayer.

So the wife of a councillor did not understand the offence or could not afford legal representation? So she pled guilty?

Precisely. She was not sentenced for "not caring". If 'not caring' was a reason for a jail term, Mottie would be serving a life sentence. All the Reform supporters would be behind bars. LOL. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/27/the-farage-faithful-know-hes-a-but-they-dont-care

Policing is by consent. When it becomes unequal domination of the civil population, depending on the ideology of the police, it is called totalitarianism. When the 'police' unite to cover their own crimes it is called corruption.

They are called soldiers or policemen and are expected to follow a code of behaviour. When they choose on who to visit violence, according to their own ideology, they become those who would do us harm.

"Israel" refers to a state's government. It is the government that creates the policies, legalises its practices, and influences its beliefs.

That is part of the Zionists ambition. Their ambition relates to the whole of the Levant. The Levant includes Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Once Israel takes territory in any of those countries, it has demonstrated in the past that it will not relinquish that territory, despite UN Resolutions to do so.

Israel is neither a race nor a religion. It can be a nationality. But criticising Israel is very clearly criticising the actions, policies and beliefs of its government, not its people, unless those specific people are the ones that constitute the government. One cannot be racist about a...

It was the dictionary definition. of "to import" it was not my definition. It is perfectly possible to import goods or services for your own use. Similarly it is possible to use import in the IT scenario. But the dictionary definition that I used did not cover that. But you do not import people...

If they weren't doing such good work their funding might be cut.

Even worse, for you, to be devoid of both.

If the process of registering new voters is under way, it has some way to go before completion. They need to get a move on, there is only 17 days left now before the election and most states require a minimum of 20 days. Voting has already started in some states.