First, note the Good Mayor's Pepean misuse of the word "racist". Second, note his conflating of the braised or boiled flesh of swine with Xenophobia. Third, note that nuance and sophistication on the old continental sod is now fit only for nunces and sophisticates. Fourth, note that the French body politic is showing us skanky parts not even the Hollywood Ho's yet dare proffer.
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ruled Tuesday that an organization with far-right links can continue offering pork soup to the homeless, rejecting police complaints that the food distribution was racist.
Police banned the soup kitchen last month, arguing that the handouts discriminated against Jews and Muslims who do not eat pork on religious grounds.
The administrative court said the distribution was “clearly discriminatory,” but could not be stopped because the organizers offered to feed anyone who asked for help.
The mayor of Paris condemned the ruling and urged the police to appeal the ruling.
“Faced by this initiative which stinks of xenophobia, I want once again to express city hall’s desire to fight all forms of discrimination, racism and anti-Semitism,” mayor Bertrand Delanoe said in a statement.
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Bertrand Delanoe -- isn't he the guy who made Mumia (a convicted cop killer from Philly) a honorary Parisian? After that, nothing he can do or say will surprise me. Only question is: is he a mere singularity, or is representative of a wide swath of French public opinion? Judging from the fact that he was elected by a majoriy of Parisians (I presume), I tend to believe the latter. Maybe Pepe can tell us mote?
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