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Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident, and mild. It would be like the authority of a parent if, like that authority, its object was to prepare men for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood: it is well content that the people should rejoice, provided they think of nothing but rejoicing. For their happiness such a government willingly labors, but it chooses to be the sole agent and the only arbiter of that happiness; it provides for their security, foresees and supplies their necessities, facilitates their pleasures, manages their principal concerns, directs their industry, regulates the descent of property, and subdivides their inheritances: what remains, but to spare them all the care of thinking and all the trouble of living?

--Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Sharia Watch: UK

'Muslim only' pool outrage

By BEN ASHFORD
December 08, 2006

A COUNCIL has sparked fury by virtually shutting a swimming pool on Sunday afternoons for "Muslim-only" sessions.

All women are banned and non-Muslim men may swim IF they follow the strict Islamic dress code of swim shorts that hide the navel and extend below the knee.

Croydon Council in South London runs the sessions at Thornton Heath leisure centre between 4.45pm and 6.45pm.

Similar slots are laid on for Muslim women outside opening hours, where bathers must be covered from the neck down to the ankle.

Locals who flock to the area's only major leisure centre each week are furious.

Member Daniel Foley, 44, said: "I turned up and saw a sign saying it was closing early for Muslim afternoon. I couldn't believe it."

Nearby Croydon Mosque defended the move. It said: "Muslims are not allowed to show off intimate parts of their body. This is non-negotiable. Muslims have as much right to go swimming as anyone else."

Croydon Council said: "We are keen to ensure sports facilities are there for everyone."

Funny stuff.

Try moving to Tehran and demanding separate swimming hours for Dhimmi when Speedos and thongs could be worn.

Good luck retrieving your head.

The Ponderosa

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Sharia Watch: UK

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