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**O25YtQnn** · 10-16-2010, 03:00 AM

I see conservative as a very positive word.

Our swedish school minister (centre-right) got shit from leftist opponents because he wants "Christianity to dominate in swedish schools and not other religions".

Is that attitude common in French Switzerland, that all religions and cultures are equal parts of the country?

no, similar to France, French speaking Swiss are more secular, but not as much as French.

I believe in a separation of church in state, I don't believe the school should be in the business of instructing anyone about religion. That is why you have parents, ministers, priest, etc. I'm not muslim and I don't want to hear about your freaking religion in school either. I'm not sure why it is that some folks have not learned (despite all the evidence in human history) that states should stay out of the business of God.

In any case, GErman speaking Swiss are predominately Catholic (but there are large pockets of Protestants), the French speaking area is the opposite.

Which is the exact of opposite of Germany and France...

Conservative and Liberal, I view as neutral words, it really depends on what the topic of discussion is.

A purely conservative society is one that usually lacks innovation and progress, because it is obsessed with keeping everything the same.

A purely liberal leftist society is always into radical experimentation and revolution...also destructive for future progress.

I think a healthy balance is the best situation... you need some conservatives to temper liberals, but there should not be too much of either. In the end, liberals change society.

Everything that conservatives want to preserve is what liberals two or three generations fought to create, and that pattern always goes like that...because people get comfortable with the "new change" and then it becomes "reality' then people want to maintain (conserve) that system.

---------- Post added 2010-10-15 at 15:01 ----------

Also for the children who write "Jack wannabe swiss" grow a pair of man-sized balls and actually post something under your name and stop acting like a bitch. Thanks.

10-16-2010, 03:00 AM	#5
O25YtQnn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 552 Senior Member	I see conservative as a very positive word. Our swedish school minister (centre-right) got shit from leftist opponents because he wants "Christianity to dominate in swedish schools and not other religions". Is that attitude common in French Switzerland, that all religions and cultures are equal parts of the country? no, similar to France, French speaking Swiss are more secular, but not as much as French. I believe in a separation of church in state, I don't believe the school should be in the business of instructing anyone about religion. That is why you have parents, ministers, priest, etc. I'm not muslim and I don't want to hear about your freaking religion in school either. I'm not sure why it is that some folks have not learned (despite all the evidence in human history) that states should stay out of the business of God. In any case, GErman speaking Swiss are predominately Catholic (but there are large pockets of Protestants), the French speaking area is the opposite. Which is the exact of opposite of Germany and France... Conservative and Liberal, I view as neutral words, it really depends on what the topic of discussion is. A purely conservative society is one that usually lacks innovation and progress, because it is obsessed with keeping everything the same. A purely liberal leftist society is always into radical experimentation and revolution...also destructive for future progress. I think a healthy balance is the best situation... you need some conservatives to temper liberals, but there should not be too much of either. In the end, liberals change society. Everything that conservatives want to preserve is what liberals two or three generations fought to create, and that pattern always goes like that...because people get comfortable with the "new change" and then it becomes "reality' then people want to maintain (conserve) that system. ---------- Post added 2010-10-15 at 15:01 ---------- Also for the children who write "Jack wannabe swiss" grow a pair of man-sized balls and actually post something under your name and stop acting like a bitch. Thanks.
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