Darren New wrote:
> Tim Cook wrote:
>> That's considerably different wording, saying 'everyone is forbidden 
>> from constructing any building that doesn't follow X design' instead 
>> of 'you aren't allowed to build Y structure that happens to be 
>> important to you'.
> 
> You can say "Nobody, including Christians, is allowed to build a miniret."
> 
> We get that here too. "Neither straight men nor gay men are allowed to 
> marry other men."

Zing.  What I was getting at was more along the lines of "it's less 
troubling if the Swiss are just saying 'nobody can build anything that's 
not little-Swiss-village in theme' instead of 'nobody's allowed to build 
one particular building'".  The Arc d'Triumphe and Empire State Building 
would then be just as disallowed.  But they're specifically targeting 
minarets, and only minarets.

--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net

Post a reply to this message