Of course, it was to be held in a "heavily Muslim neighborhood" -- a provocation, to be sure. And yet I can't help but wonder what might have happened if a Muslim group in France had announced that it was going to do something in a non-Muslim area that many non-Muslims found offensive. (That would not be the same thing as holding the halal event in the same area, as described in the article below.) I expect that the same police who banned this party would be protecting the Muslims physically and lecturing the non-Muslims about "tolerance."
"French police ban planned street party serving pork and wine in heavily Muslim neighborhood," by Pierre-Yves Roger for Associated Press, June 15 (thanks to all who sent this in):
PARIS (AP) -- French police have banned a street party whose organizers planned to serve alcoholic cocktails and pork sausages in a heavily Muslim neighborhood of Paris, authorities said in a statement Tuesday.Police said the party, called "Sausage and Booze," could have been viewed as a provocation in the Goutte-d'Or neighborhood of northern Paris, where many Muslims pray on the streets because there are not enough mosques. Alcohol and pork are forbidden by Islam and the party had been slated for just after Friday's main Muslim weekly prayers.
Organizers said they were holding the party to protest Islam's encroachment on traditional French values in the neighborhood. Muslim groups had announced a counterparty serving halal, or religiously approved, food.
Police banned both events.
"Because of the organization, location, day and timing chosen, as well as the counterparty plans, this event ... creates grave risks of public trouble," the police statement said. Police also said they met at length with organizers on Tuesday before announcing the ban.
French rights group SOS Racisme praised the ban on the party, which they called it a "flagrant call for hatred."
The woman who organized the party on Facebook and gives her name as Sylvie Francois denies any ties to the extreme right. She told the free daily Metro newspaper on Tuesday that she had launched the party as a way to "express exasperation."
She complained that the "Islamization" of her working-class neighborhood was "more and more ostentatious," and complained that Muslims now block several streets during Friday prayers.
"It offends my concept of the republic's secularism, I feel increasingly excluded in the neighborhood," Francois said....
Jews don't eat pork either.
Do you suppose the "Sausage and Booze" party would have caused riots, carbecues, stone throwing and blood in the streets in a Jewish neighbourhood?
I say go ahead and provoke the muslims. They always show their true colours best when they're provoked...........and even when they aren't.
"Sausage and Booze,"
Oh my gosh, there is a great joke in there somewhere, but I will refrain...
"Muslim groups had announced a counterparty serving halal, or religiously approved, food." That one would have brought the hoards in. Definitely. Uh-huh.
Anyone else getting tired of measuring every f--king thing against what Muslims think is appropriate or not? Who cares what they think? Who cares what they want us to think? Who cares if they want us to act a certain way? Who died and made them the thought police?
Here I am, 7 weeks and much time spent looking into this Islamic menace. Typical European appeasement, the citizens are starting to wake up but their governments are as lame as ever. The muslims have a very good strategy, get the countries to allow an influx of ignorant dissaffected immigrants, throw in a few rabble rousers, and the clerics (very shrewd and NOT stupid) wait till the numbers go up and manipulate the cannon fodder to very sucessful results. Europe is invaded, and here we go again. I'm wondering about the west, how long before the net is censored from all things speaking out against Islam. I also revisited the speeches Obama gave heaping high praise upon all of Islam and never condemning the brutal acts commited daily by those beasts. I can't believe someone as stupid as me could know more than our president, makes me think of a wolf in sheeps clothing. At any rate he is far too weak a leader to deal with the terrorist countries (damn well most of the middle east i say).
EU-logic:
But lion cubs are so cute!
Let's adopt millions of cute little lion cubs!
What could go wrong?
"...and complained that Muslims now block several streets during Friday prayers."
What a nuisance. I would complain, too ...
And why aren't the cops arresting these pious prayer warriors for blocking traffic? Oh, wait -- that's right, they're dhimmi cops -- my bad.
What would happen if you served vegetarian style imitation sausage and confused everybody with the smell? :)
That'd be fun to watch.
Oh France - Who's sorry now? You let 'em in, and now they've procreated en masse and there's nothing you can do about it short of drastic measures like mass deportations.
"Anyone else getting tired of measuring every f--king thing against what Muslims think is appropriate or not? Who cares what they think?" - Isabella
The West has gone nuts. Utterly bonkers.
How many of you where in the trail end of a riot noboby want to caught in a riot not even the police it is easy to stop one before it can get started. Dumb french woman. Well I was than the local KKK leader was also and afterward he did everything to prent one from break out.
WTF? Over.
Again, I think the cartoon speaks for its self.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/More/ActivePage.aspx/Cart
But Defender, buddy, no one would have to prent a riot if Muslims knew how to behave.
Dumb Muslim man.
Whiskey, Tango, and Foxtrot are all haram, of course.
"It is how evil works against a free people". if you can call european A FREE people after all you guys got my people in two world wars, but let that go.
stand up we will soon show our government what to fear AND AFTER THAT WE WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO FIGHT EVIL.
Pig Latin translator ...
http://www.wordplays.com/fcgi-bin/pig.pl
This will help us better understand what DOI is writing.
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot . . .
Whoa--wait a minute, here!
Cute, Marisol, real cute--you sly vixen, you.
Would finely crushed bacon bits, either real or imitation, sprinkled on certain areas cause problems?
Profile Muslims or Die
I say go ahead and provoke the muslims. They always show their true colours best when they're provoked
Agreed. Keep provoking them over and over until the West finally wakes up and does something about it.
The West has a potentially deadly form of cancer known as Islam. It is the cumulative result of many years of political correctness and multiculturalism. Ignoring the symptoms won't cure the underlying disease.
In Africa if you are invited
to a party you cannot stop the
host from eating elephant meat...
if you are not invited than shut up...
In China, the chinese chose pork as the
national meat, because pork is the only
meat that can be cook into anything and
like pork chop, sweet and sour pork,pork
soup into any form of soup..you name any
lamb or beef and you have limited way of
cooking the meat but not pork....
This is a first time where an invited
guest telling the host in the host country
that they cannot eat their national food...
What a joke...
Wow - imagine what the response would have been if it had been a "sausage and Jooze" party.
-9/15/09 Telegraph: Most popular name for baby boys in London is Mohamed
-7/09 U of Maryland/World Press poll: Only 3% believe Muslims did 9/11.
-1/09 Timesonline UK: Muslim population multiplied 10 times faster than the rest of society
-UK Policy Exchange poll, muslims ages 16 to 24: 40% want Sharia law; 13% admire al-Qaeda; 36% say execute apostates; 75% want women to be veiled
-6/6 UK Pew poll: 80% of non-muslims in Spain and Germany believe Muslims are fanatics; most Muslims blame us for poverty in Muslim nations
-5/08 Gallup: 36% of world Muslims think 9/11 was justified
-2/09 The Finnish Ministry of Defense said: In 1991 there were approximately 300 mosques in Russia; today there are 8,000, financed by Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
-3/7/10 The Globe: By 2031 47% of second-generation Canadians will be a Muslim minority group, nearly double the proportion of 24% in 2006.
-07/09 Denmark: 55% of Muslims think criticizing religion should be forbidden: 64% support curtailing freedom of speech.
-8/8/09 Telegraph: 3.2% of Spain's population was muslim in 1998. In 2007 it was 13%. Europe's muslim population has more than doubled in the past 30 years and will have doubled again by 2015
-Muslims are involved in 25 of today's 28 civil wars
Only fools and appeasing traitors don’t care.
Nobody living in any (still) officially sharia-free western society of the planet shall ever say he didn't see it coming: Here is a collection of videos of Mohammedan "prayer behaviour" in France (Translation: "Infidel! You are my prey!"):
http://www.ripostelaique.com/Toutes-nos-videos-sur-les-prieres,4454.html
Scroll down, take time to watch. You need no French to understand this Declaration of War.
So, people in the area are upset that their traditional neighborhood and values are being slowly turned into an enclave of The East instead of a suburb in France.
I am on their side in holding a line on their cultural expressions.
That said, just what traditional French neighborhood activity falls under the banner of (self-declared)intentional provocation?
If they had actualy wanted to celebrate ANY traditinal French ANYTHING as their sole public "reason to party" I would be on their side. tactics and attitude are EVERYTHING... I beleive someone is once supposed to have advised people to judge others "by their fruits", this party would have been a hateful fruit, not a constructive tool to show the Muslims that they will only be accomadated so far.
However, in this case I will call partisans partisans and side with the cops; who shut down BOTH side's events!
For a local group to TARGET the culture that is encroaching is to descend to a level that is just as tribal and reactionary as the Islamists attitude in defending and promoting that encroachment!
Bottom line:
If they are truly about protecting their culture why do they not GET ON WITH IT by promoting theire CULTURE; they could have been just as "in your face", but not blatantly insulting in their stance. Provoking Muslims might be fun, but in this case you have to ask yourself - Is It Productive?
The Lure Partisanship Truly Sucks!
It is Past Time for the non-Sheeple to join the http://hereticscrusade.com
Don't just question authority, ANSWER BACK!
Between 800-1200 French made a demonstration yesterday in order to protest against this shameful ban.
They're from different backgrounds, both politcal or cultural.
You can find some videos or images here (no need to speak French)
http://www.bivouac-id.com/2010/06/19/le-rassemblement-du-18-juin-2010-jy-etais-photos-et-videos/
France Vichy is still alive. French resistance too.