tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post114596679056421385..comments2024-01-18T11:30:45.737-05:00Comments on Les Politiques: Wisdom is DutchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1146472500650284492006-05-01T04:35:00.000-04:002006-05-01T04:35:00.000-04:00Sorry for the late reply Sophia. I saw this log e...Sorry for the late reply Sophia. I saw this log earlier, but because it's been very busy on my end lately, did not respond to it, even though I would have liked to do so.<BR/><BR/>The things you mention are rather complex and not easily explained, which is why I did not respond. <BR/><BR/>Basically, the financial elite and the capitalistic system are a great part of the problem here. ImportingEarl Duthlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868406449372044040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1145988900056811202006-04-25T14:15:00.000-04:002006-04-25T14:15:00.000-04:00In Denmark welfare policies and tolerance is based...In Denmark welfare policies and tolerance is based on the tradition of a strong labour movement with influence on the state. More than 80 per cent of all workers and employess are organised in trade unions, the majority of them traditionally with a socialist/social-democratic ideology. This has meant the establishment of a welfare state with formal equal rights to all citizens. <BR/><BR/>This Cosmic Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940580862654685626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1145976883762914362006-04-25T10:54:00.000-04:002006-04-25T10:54:00.000-04:00Northern european countries are the most civilised...Northern european countries are the most civilised and tolerant in the world. There is a tradition of tolerance in these countries. You can see it in their social policies. I am sure that there are cultural and religious roots for this tradition and I am quite sure that despite the cartoon row, Danemark still more welcoming to many immigrants than say France or Spain. And I am quite hopeful Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1145976130833264742006-04-25T10:42:00.000-04:002006-04-25T10:42:00.000-04:00An interesting document. I agree that it is import...An interesting document. I agree that it is important not to put up barriers between islam and the West. Islamic culture must be respected, and it should have the right to develop slowly as circumstances permit. And development is not necessarily in the direction of copying Western democracy.<BR/><BR/>There may be practises that it may be difficult to accept from a progressive point of view, for Cosmic Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940580862654685626noreply@blogger.com