VLVL II: "What is Fascism?"

[Richard Fiero]

Ghetta Life wrote:

>>From: "Otto" <ottosell at yahoo.de>
>>
>>The reason is that France is much more secularised since the 
>>French Revolution than (for example) the USA. At France they 
>>take the division between the State and the personal belief quite serious.
>
>In the US this separation is established by the First 
>Amendment to the Constitution:
>
>"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of 
>religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
>
>But you can see that it specifically would not allow the 
>outlawing of an individaul's practice of personal religious 
>beliefs.  Neither would it allow coercion of individuals to 
>practice any beliefs.  By this measure France has breached the 
>separation of curch & state.

http://wais.stanford.edu/France/france_muslimunwillingnesstobeassimilated51103.html
" . . . Like the US, France thought of itself as a melting pot, 
but the Muslims there seem determined to remain a foreign 
element in the body politic. For women, the headscarf has 
become the symbol of this determination. . ."

The Muslim Brotherhood and allied efforts are a far more 
fruitful area of study for violence against soft targets and 
government repression/infiltration than SDS.  Algeria comes to mind.

With respect to assimilation, there is a Tribe in Southern 
California which the Anglos have called the Gabrieleno for 
quite a while.  Their actual name in English is 
"Tongva."  Their language disappeared in the 1930's 
successfully repressed by the White school system.  They have 
no Federal recognition.  They are currently recreating their 
language.   They are assimilated yet have a separate existence 
without need for funny clothing or other outward signs.