Post by danceswithruskies on Jun 20, 2010 4:43:09 GMT 1
Interesting little snippet on the news this morning-
Makes you wonder as to who the country really belongs too.
Sausage and booze party goes ahead
Several hundred people attended a party serving sausage and wine on a Paris street after the event was banned from a different location.
Organisers had planned on holding the event in a heavily Muslim neighbourhood of the French capital. The so-called Sausage and Booze gathering was seen as offensive to Muslims, and police banned the event earlier this week.
That didn't stop some 300-400 people from turning out for the party. Some carried French flags.
Instead of the neighbourhood originally chosen, it took place on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue near the Arc de Triomphe.
Police officers looked on as revellers tucked in to sausages and drank wine from plastic cups. The event apparently took place without incident.
Alcohol and pork are forbidden in Islam.
Makes you wonder as to who the country really belongs too.
Sausage and booze party goes ahead
Several hundred people attended a party serving sausage and wine on a Paris street after the event was banned from a different location.
Organisers had planned on holding the event in a heavily Muslim neighbourhood of the French capital. The so-called Sausage and Booze gathering was seen as offensive to Muslims, and police banned the event earlier this week.
That didn't stop some 300-400 people from turning out for the party. Some carried French flags.
Instead of the neighbourhood originally chosen, it took place on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue near the Arc de Triomphe.
Police officers looked on as revellers tucked in to sausages and drank wine from plastic cups. The event apparently took place without incident.
Alcohol and pork are forbidden in Islam.
