I found this picture amongst a few I took almost six years ago:
Its a very nice government building, wouldn't you agree?
The news media is buzzing with reports and opinions about the ban of minarets in Switzerland.
While perusing some of the articles, what has surprised me the most is that I've noticed a personal prejudice about Switzerland - I've always imagined the country to be completely intolerant of non-Swiss. I'm not sure why, perhaps because I've heard so many rumors that it is prohibitively expensive to live or even visit there? Who knows why? Fact is I've never been to Switzerland, and I only know a handful of Swiss people. Though they are friendly and nice, the number is hardly enough to represent an accurate sampling of the Swiss population!
I thought about this because several articles discuss how minarets potentially represent religion, and the minaret ban represents religious intolerance.
I'm not an expert on the matter, but I kind of feel that might be stretching it. Could it in reality simply be a matter of architecture?
In my home state of Massachusetts there are height limits on buildings in certain towns. For example, the town of Belmont had to make a special exception for an LDS Temple to be built.
In my hometown of Hingham, many historic houses must be painted their original colors, and on main street, residents are not allowed to use colored lights!
Not the best picture, but a beautiful building:
This is of course the Flatiron building in New York City.
This house on 22nd St in Washington DC is beautiful!
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