Yes the Swiss were lying about how they were going to vote on the measure to ban minarets

It always cracks me up when lefties trot around whining about how nationalistic Europeans are for voting for their own interests or to keep their cities looking the way they like them to. Switzerland is still a democratic country and the voters have spoken. Suddenly,the mere act of engaging in democracy by voting is considered nationalism by leftists. The ony acceptable way to vote is to vote against your own interests.

They should love Republicans right now, because they are aways accusing us of voting against our own interests, a la "What's the matter With Kansas?"

Even though here in the San Francisco Bay Area leftists will band together to prevent the demolition of any ugly buildings built before 1985 and act as if their hearts will be ripped out with the buildings if the demolition actually goes through, the idea of the Swiss controlling their own urban environments does not sit well with leftists.

San Franciscan Muslims would have a hard time getting a minaret built because of limits on high rise buildings. Maybe not though, because the Muslims are current pets of the lefties they might have an easier time getting a minaret approved than others would a church or synagogue or a Target store.

The left in Europe does not care one bit that their constituents are nationalistic, right-wing, religious fanatics, as long as those fanatics have brown or black skin. The problem is that the immigrants are not nationalistic about Europe, but about their original countries of origin or their parents' countries of origin. According to the leftists' playbook, the only people on the planet who are not allowed to feel nationalistic are white people.

The fact is that most immigrants to Europe are themselves far more nationalistic than any but the most fascist of Europeans are. The majority of immigrants from Arab countries are very nationalistic indeed. The very desire to build minarets in a foreign country is nationalistic, oh wait, when you force your culture on to another culture, it is considered imperialistic, not nationalistic.

I was watching a Scottish movie (Red Road) a few weeks ago, and was disturbed by the sound of a muezzin's call to prayer that I kept hearing in the background of the scenes shot in inner city Glasgow. Don't get me wrong, I love the sound of a muezzin, but I don't want to hear one in Scotland.