mrrobinson2u's Comments (155)

“I thought about moving it from the children's aisle, but I didn't have my hand sanitizer with me.”

“standard modus operandi for hard core conservatives”

“You bet. GnOPers don't like the truth being thrown back in their face.”

“I heard Dick Cheney is the CEO of the chicken hawks.
They also react just as bad, when they hear the truth from congressman Grayson. They walked out of the house when the congressman was reading a list of people who had died in republican held districts, because of no health insurance. They just couldn't take it and walked out.”

“He's a letch. A womanizing wash-up.”

“Bad joke? My bad.

And I agree with everything you said :) My dream government would actually work very hard to teach people how to fish, so we can all be self sufficient. And protect the people from anyone or thing attempting to poison the water.”

“Bad joke? My bad. And the truth is I could never be a Republican because of one hurdle...e­mpathy. While I can see their POV many, many, times I just can't look at someone and say "tough $h!# you are on your own." t.do.itn't.do.it.

If that makes me a bad person to a conservative, I'm sorry. I want to find common ground with you and I think you all have a lot of great points but that's where I see the line between us that I can not cross.”

“like it or not,

France is THEIR country. THE MUSLIMS CITIZENS OF FRANCE”

“Gosh, I think I agree with Mr. Robinson. It is an unfortunate truth that a minority of Muslim individuals have twisted their religion and commit acts of terrorism, and, that the Muslim culture proscribes dressing in such a manner that weapons and identity can more readily be hidden. Therefore, if one wants to be safe, reasonable people of all faiths would agree to that we all must comport ourselves in such a way so as not to to be construed as a threat to others.

Why don't all religious leaders agree and proclaim to the world that all of their faiths lead to enlightenment, just by different paths?

In my opinion, one doesn't even need to be religious to be enlightened, just follow the golden rule. Thank God I was raised in a secular household. hee hee.”

“Oh please. Catholic women used to have to don hats, scarves in churches for years, and that includes France. Not to mention their many orders of nuns. Nuns never felt that their habits demeaned them. This is just bigotry, pure and simple. They don't like Muslims in their country, truth be known. Funny, France was always a place that African Americans could go and be readily accepted. What's the deal?”

“France claims to be "better" than Saudi Arabia, but by banning hijab it shows that they are not.”

“Saudi Arabia doesn't purport to support freedom of religion.

France, by virtue of its constitution, does. In fact, in addition to "LIberté, Egalité, Fraternité," they've added "Laïcité" (secularity) as one of the cornerstones of its government.

Freedom of religion, however, has often been interpreted by some like Sarkozy as "Freedom *from* religion" which is not mandated by law here.”

“Can someone explain to me why devout Muslims wish to leave their Muslim countries and move to the U.S. and Europe but retain their separate Muslim traditions of separation of the genders, traditional Muslim dress, and Muslim law. It would seem to me that would defeat the purpose. It would be like the Chinese who have migrated to the U.S. insisting on observing Chinese law and dressing in traditional Chinese dress. If you can't or won't integrate into the culture of the country you have voluntarily moved to, then just stay where you are.”

“I believe in freedom, but; on this one I agree with you. I took serious offense to Michelle Obama wearing an outfit that looked a lot like a burka to the Vatican.

The reason its their tradition. Well wait its not ours. It's demeaning to women and to have the first lady of the US demeaned in front of the world - belittled women all over the world.

I'm sick and tired of this religious nonsense. It goes both ways if everyone has to adhere to their beliefs when entering and living in their countries , well whats good for the goose etc.

I'm even sicker of this phony political correctness. When I see women all covered in these horrible outfits in the US it makes my blood boil. We've been fighting 2000 years to get some equity just to stand by and watch some religious flaks try to take it away. (There is NO GOD that finds a womans face and hair offensive, thats mans bullsht)

I don't believe that anyone forced this woman to live in France, hey if its an affront to your religion and you can't abide by it, go back.

I'm a 3rd generation Hispanic we speak english; especially in public. You don't want to speak English - go back to a Spanish speaking country. No one forced you to come no one will force you to stay, thats freedom.”

“1. the rules are only about schools, not about banks, so she didn't break any law at all.
2. if you think France would a better country when it behaved like some Muslim fundamentalist dictatorships, there should be a law imposing to all women to wear Christian headscarfs. Is that what you want?

In other words, I don't see why a French citizen whose (grand)parents fled a dictatorship today should be treated in a way that is equivalent to what is happening in those same dictatorships ... .

Following your logic, US citizens of Russian origin should not have the freedom to speak their mind because in Russia they don't have neither ... . That would be rather absurd, no?”

“"Well, non-Muslim women have to wear the scarves when they enter a Muslim country...­"

Actually, this is not true except in about 2 or 3 countries. Educate thyself!”

“Have you even been to a muslim country? Egypt is a muslim country and I saw a lot of westerners who don't wear headscarves. Same goes for many muslim countries like Qatar, Malaysia, Indonesia, UAE for that matter. If a muslim country would let women choose whether to wear headscarves or not why wouldn't a so-called secular country?

Mr.Robinso­n why don't you do research first before typing your ignorance. Save you the embarrassment.”

“So many things wrong with your post.... I don't know where to start. Firstly, there is no such law in France that prohibits a woman from entering a bank in Hijab. Secondly, she broke no law. Third, there is no religion that I know of that demands women to unclothe. Therefore comparing Saudi Arabia to France is not a good analogy, because a person's religious rights are not violated by wearing extra clothing. However, a person's religious rights ARE violated if you force them to uncover themselves. That is the fundamental difference. Fourthly, Hijab does not demean women. Making them walk around naked demeans women. Your view of life is backwards. Fifthly, the Bible also commands women to cover their hair. Read 1 Corinthians 11, verse 6: "For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, she should wear a veil."”

“seems strange to me, advocating for France's imitating the policies of retrograde societies.”

“Right on !
take it off we want to see your face , my sister had to go thru saudi arabia for a tour and she had to wear the scarf and she did not complain .”

“What about nuns and their habits? I suppose you'd have them thrown out of banks too, correct?
Of course, you would... because you treat everyone equally.”

“You know, part of the idea is that it's a BAD thing that Muslim theocracies force women to adhere to their oppressive standard. So France doing the same thing would be a BAD thing. I think you're a bit confused with your quid pro quo logic.”

“maybe the French should have hit her with a cane or stoned her, as they do back home.”

“so I suppose you think they should refuse to allow nuns in that are wearing a habit?

or do you just reserve your bigotry to one not so popular group of people?”

“Huh? What 5 years old law are you talking about? The HIJAB aka HEADSCARF, is banned in schools NOT in public places. She was going into the bank. And what Muslim countries are you talking about? The only Muslim countries that demand foreigners wear a scarf is Iran and Saudi Arabia. Correct me if I am a wrong. Other Muslim countries have no such demands. Learn your stuff before you write.”

“So if an Orthodox Jewish person went in wearing his religious clothing, would he be asked to change?

This is wrong. People should be allowed to wear their customary attire.”

“Double standards my dear, nothing special. If in an Arab country, lets say Saudi Arabia women, not only citizens, but all, have to play with the rules, or some sad gentelmans form a religious police (yeap, they do have it... well it is more sort of a 'moral' one) wil remind her.
Then it is ok, right? PC is a crap.”

“It looks like she has on a big black dress too. I think A LOT of people are afraid that women dressed like this are hiding explosives.”