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http://www.voanews.c...10-30-voa20.cfm



Holy crap.

First Italy and now France where the top dog faces charges.

Funny thing about France is that they screamed about Polanski being tried because Polanski sins were 30 years ago, same thing with Chirac, whatever he did was a long time ago and like Polanski, putting a 70 something in jail for an alleged crime committed a long time ago means that the State of France, or any other state or country's prosecutors are not going after the real criminals.
They are just grandstanding and want their face in the media.

These are easy cases to bring to court and worth nothing but the paper they are written on.

Something out of nothing?

I dare you...dare you to go to the Hindu Kush wearing a skirt.

And yet I saw this walking down Robson Street in Vancouver last week.

Your point that Hillary wore different clothing at different times in Pakistan is heard.  But the symbolism still exists.

The larger point still sits out there exposed like a gay man in Tehran: obvious, yet somehow unacknowledged.

Respect goes both ways - or at least it should.

When you are visiting another country, you should respect their culture.  That is so simple.  Remember "when in Rome"?  

If you are Catholic, you may remember that there was a time when women could not go into a Catholic Church without covering their head.   Catholic Church finally got over it, maybe so will Islam.

Hillary did the right thing.

I don't understand why Hillary Clinton wore a Hijab in Pakistan.

Can someone please explain this to me?

Do you have a link to a picture of  Hillary wearing a hijab?  Haven't seen her in one and don't expect to.

That's either a typo, or they're talking about "over the weekend" -- but I can see why you posted the wrong information. That's very misleading if it's the latter. Perhaps it is simply an error.


It's over a thousand. Can't say how much, but Obama declared the National Emergency after the death toll hit over a thousand.


This is true, but in the past, illnesses have not become more serious because of the preventive measures taken.


Without a link confirming that, I have to question it.


Better to be safe than sorry. Would it be a bad thing if the death rate were no higher? Would it prove that the vaccine prevented more deaths? Would it prove that the other measures being taken helped prevent more deaths? No. At least not conclusively. But it's better to do it and have a death toll within the norm than it is to do nothing and find out too late that something should have been done.


There's a huge gray area between 'doing nothing' and "crying wolf." While there are always going to be people on both ends of the spectrum, I think there's always going to be more in the middle ground.

I sure have no 'fear' of catching H1N1. In fact, I've been about as exposed as one can be, really, on more than one occasion. But I'm not personally in a high risk group and I personally don't worry about catching things. I was one of the few tourists on the streets of Toronto at the height of the SARS scare. Yet I agree with Obama's decision. First and foremost, remember that Americans don't all have health coverage, so making the treatment less expensive is a big thing for those who can't afford it. So while Canada may have no need to make such a declaration, it helps some here in the States.

Furthermore, it's not just the flu itself. Those who are hit with this flu need to beware a secondary infection after recovering from the flu, as there is a real likelihood of that happening. One little two year old I know who survived the flu just fine was just diagnosed with pneumonia.

So if treating people without the symptoms away from those who are exhibiting them can prevent others from getting this flu, I say that's also a good thing. I don't see how anyone could argue that.

I really don't see a huge danger of people not paying attention in the future when national emergencies are declared because if the numbers of H1N1 flu deaths are no higher than ordinary flu seasons, I think people will see the precautions as having worked.

All anyone needs is to follow simple hygiene rules.  WASH YOUR HANDS.  Unfortunately most humans do not and pass on their dirty germs.

First of all, Lictor is a racist.  Secondly, if you actually read the article, you'd find out the guy didn't in any way try to contact the courts.  It's the usual nature of such cases that if you don't show up, the ruling may go against you.

A few points:
1. Does it matter whether the murderer is black or not?
2. Is it a good idea not to respond to lawsuits?
3. Let me reiterate, Lictor hates blacks, hates Jews, denies the Holocaust, and is generally a monster.

Point 1.  It does matter as the majority of men in prison are black.

Point 2.  It is the the best of ideas, as the majority iof blacks in prison have longer sentences than whites who have comitted the same crime.

Point 3.  I could tell, but thanks for confirming that.  My response to liktor was tongue in cheek.

I live in Texas, when I am not in France, and it boggles my mind that Texas has to release so many "criminls" that have been wrongly tried.

The real criminals are the district attorneys who put people in jail for their own political gain.