I hope you watch this you tube video, and see what’s happening in France.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNnYYKc_7Jw

Then after watching it, I’d like to know what you think, could this possibly happen here in America one day.

i’m able to give you (at least) 50 things going on *right here in America* that i care more about than otherwise peaceful Muslims praying in the streets of France.

if this is such a big deal, where are the police nationale?

i’ve tried hard, but i can’t even feign concern about that video. what’s your answer? do *you* think this could possibly happen here in America one day? i presume by asking the question you are concerned if this might happen.

and ???

The idea that this video might frighten me or anyone else is absurd. Of course people may pray in the streets of America one day. I am sure if they had a better place they would move off the street. Their intent is not to block traffic; obviously they just want to pray together. “Somme nous toujours en France?” Or-Hey Toto, are we still in Kansas? Yes, we are. We just need to realize that not everyone prays like we do, and mutually make accomodations.

chascolover - 03 September 2010 12:09 PM

I am sure if they had a better place they would move off the street. Their intent is not to block traffic; obviously they just want to pray together.

I am 100% in favor of everyone following the deity or tenets of their choice.  But the point of this was that they are doing it to interrupt traffic.  Their claim is they don’t have the facilities to pray otherwise.  The problem is they seem to want to government to provide such facilities.  That is if I understood the text that accompanied the video. 

We have had protest where people prayed in the streets and they were arrested.  I would suspect the same would happen.

Please go to you tube and search on ‘easter parade’ NYC.

I didn’t even bother googling Christmas.

In NYC, they close the streets for the Easter Parade.  Not every New Yorker observes Easter.

Yes ma’am you are correct, but I see a difference between a sanctioned activity and a protest.  I am not saying that sanctioning the activities of one religion and not another is right, but there is a difference.  I was in Texas back in 84 and a group knelt in the road leading to a military base to pray for peace.  I saw the police order them to move and when they remained silently in place they were picked up and loaded on a bus to jail.  I guess Just A Citizens point was no one does anything about these protest.  Equal unfairness under law.  When I was an active member of the Patriot Guard we were permitted to drive our motorcycles into areas of some cemeteries were other vehicles were not.  Here again inequality was sanctioned.  We don’t live in a perfect world; we need to do our best to treat people the way we would like to be treated.  And when possible the strong need to stand up for the weak.  Those with a voice need to speak for those without.

how do we really know this was a “protest”? how do we really know their only point was to block traffic?

Muslims are a lot more integrated and assimilated into French society than they are here. they have been there for quite some time. this was probably the very neighborhood they lived and spent their money in, etc. and again, no police showed up, owing to the fact that no one probably cares about this activity. especially not the French citizens, who are all that really matters here.

Citizens’ point may have that no one does anything about these protests, but so what? please tell me, what should i be doing about peaceful Muslims praying in the streets of France?

xcitor - 04 September 2010 04:51 AM

how do we really know this was a “protest”? how do we really know their only point was to block traffic?

Muslims are a lot more integrated and assimilated into French society than they are here. they have been there for quite some time. this was probably the very neighborhood they lived and spent their money in, etc. and again, no police showed up, owing to the fact that no one probably cares about this activity. especially not the French citizens, who are all that really matters here.

Citizens’ point may have that no one does anything about these protests, but so what? please tell me, what should i be doing about peaceful Muslims praying in the streets of France?

Did you read the text below the video?  I was not there and I do not know the author but what you are saying is that these actions were somehow sanctioned by the authorities.  If all you want to do is list an alternate to what was posted then I think we could use up all the disk space on the server doing that.  Using the word probably does not change an assumption to a fact.  Let’s work with what we were given, the video showed people blocking a road.  The text said it was not a sanctioned activity.  The question was what if this happened in the US. And I think the answer is, if anyone breaks the law they need to face the authorities and pay the debt prescribed by law.  To read anything more into this is to use it to advance your agenda.

One last note, you say “Muslims are a lot more integrated and assimilated into French society than they are here”.  Do a bit of research and look at the cause of the 2005/6/7 riots.  And look deep, look at the housing projects that the riots started in look at the laws that they passed this past year.  There may be a lot of Muslims in France, but I don’t think they are very assimilated into the culture of France as you assert.