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Are you similarly suspicious of people who travel to Israel to find the " truth " about the Jews?

Stop being such a whiny little bitch. I was not associating crime with conservatism at all. I was merely pointing out that conservatism was not associated with lack of crime.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Bzd1ytm7nvoC&pg=PR2&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false Page 12: This statement certainly suggests that sexual abuse is not a recent phenomenon - only its recognition. Your continuous harping on this point is no different that the constant attention paid to the crimes of Israel - technically correct, but completely bereft of any context whatsoever, and entirely out of proportion with the wider phenomenon of criminality. Bad shit happened everywhere and all the time in history, and the history books are very selective about which bad shit they reported.

Since you cannot read you must have missed the part where I called him a child molester earlier.

What I am saying is that if they city wants to show they support the troops they should do something substantial: commission a plaque (or more substantial monument), or make an actual donation to the troops.

What I see is a single crest in a sea of wrong.

This is part of why I find annoying about them too. It is a feel good campaign that makes a few people feel righteous, demonizes others, and provides very little material support to the troops. Me? I bought two of the hats at the Canex. I never wear it (not even sure where mine is right now), but it was a damned sight more than buying a 50 cent sticker.

From afar it looks very fine and well to say that he got off scot free, but I am sure you would feel differently were you in the situation of very nearly having your eyes burned out with acid. I can only imagine that in that situation, as the moment drew near, you would feel pure terror in a way a mere jail sentence cannot inflict. That is not to say that he did not get lucky, of course.

There are various approaches to schooling that might be much more accomodating of " gifted " children, and even all children. Montesorrie schools, for instance, use a different style of teaching than most of us are used to. And personally, I think public (elementary) school would be far superior if the day were organized into periods, with each grade learning about the same subject at the same time. That way, it would be almost trivial to move a special needs child to a higher or lower level in appropriate subjects without changing their entire experience. Whatever happens though, the term " gifted " should probably be dropped. It has been shown that telling kids that they are smart actually have a harmful effect on their work, whereas telling them they are hard workers when they do well has a positive effect. As well, I do not think that more money should be put towards smarter kids, unless you are changing the whole system, rather than just giving them more resources specifically. That is just away of entrenching their " station " from the get go. I mean, I understand the desire to nurture exceptional talents, but if they are not expected to be exceptional on their own, then what will be praiseworthy about them later on?

Then how can you agree with Breivik's rhetoric? His writing seems to be compatible with the belief that even " good " immigrants are a " threat " to Europe, and that it does not matter whether you only like " good " Muslims if you believe in multiculturalism, you are still a traitor.

You mistake my meaning. Muslims spend all their time thinking about a guy who was a child molester. What I asked was why you spent all your time picturing the molestation.

Dude, Jane and Finch is in North York.

Yes, I saw the rates for the territories. A grim reminder of the problems our native population faces.

I am skeptical of the idea that it would have been common practice to consummate marriages with children who had not yet bled. And if I were to obsess over the abhorrent moral standards of everyone in the medieval age (such as considering the onset of puberty adulthood), I could probably keept busy for a lifetime. What I want to know is why you spend all your time thinking about some pervent in the desert screwing a little girl. Seems like the obsession of a sick mind...

Should I instead suggest that DogOnPorch is slandering all Muslims by implying they are all pedeophiles at heart?

If names are everything, then England is the Land of the Angles.

I find it interesting that Alberta has one of the highest crime rates in the country. Being, you know, the most conservative province and all.

Christianity = Love.

DogOnPorch should stop referencing battles that happened hundreds of years ago as if they are any more relevant than the historical hatred between the English and the French, for his part, if he wants me to think him reasonable. And if you do not mean to slander all European Muslims, you should stop grafting Islamist politics onto all Muslim culture.

I cannot say I quite understand te Laodacean reference.

The Reformation was merely one way for change to happen. I mean, can your point to a historical figure or event that triggered what we might call the " Counter Reformation " ; the many Protestants who have become crazier and more dogmatic than the Catholics?

Not my Bible, History's.

Yes, but that is only half the argument. We have two holy books: The New Testament, and the Koran (whatever spelling you fancy). As much as it can be argued that the Koran says, " Conquer the infidels, " the New Testament can be argued to say, " Stop killing one another " . Bob and DogOnPorch argue that it is necessarily the case that Muslims all want to " Conquer the infidel, " yet I argue that Christians were better at that than the Muslims ever were, despite the fact that the New Testament says the complete opposite. Thusly, I argue that there premise is flawed: the politics of the faithful is not at the mercy of their religion.

Is your argument that it is irrelevant that Muslims suck at killing Christians compared to Christians?

Explain. The article on it suggests Treblinka was mostly Jews and some Roma.