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I don't think most Jewish or Christian women are subject to the threat of honor killing, deprived of any right to drive, to vote etc.

most muslim women are not subject to the threat of honour killing, deprived of any right to drive, to vote, etc.

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most muslim women are not subject to the threat of honour killing, deprived of any right to drive, to vote, etc.

Note I used the word "threat" and not actuality.

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What kind of statement is that? What do you mean by easily? Are you easily provoked into violence? If I came up and insulted you (in person) would you respond to this provocation with violence? I dunno about you, but I wouldn't. Most people I know are not at all easily provoked to violence. The only people I ever see/encounter participating in violence are complete idiots, modern day barbarians, the guys that aimlessly hang out on the street all day, that's like the bottom few percent of the population.

Yes, I think they would indeed react differently. Countless sacred Jewish sites in Arab lands have been desecrated since the formation of Israel, yet I don't see Jews blowing themselves up. In fact, none of such incidents of desecration even provoked any kind of military response from Israel. And these incidents go far beyond someone simply walking up to the site, as Ariel Sharon did.

Just in case you didn't know, atheists don't have any sacred religious sites. And no, I don't expect to see many atheist suicide bombers either, not even if someone peed on Darwin's grave.

What kind of statement is that? What do you mean by easily? Are you easily provoked into violence? If I came up and insulted you (in person) would you respond to this provocation with violence? I dunno about you, but I wouldn't. Most people I know are not at all easily provoked to violence. The only people I ever see/encounter participating in violence are complete idiots, modern day barbarians, the guys that aimlessly hang out on the street all day, that's like the bottom few percent of the population.

What I mean by easily is people in that situation. You have a crowd of palestinians, and a guy that is not only a symbol of the country whose military occupation they have lived under but a war criminal to boot (in their eyes) shows up a sensitive religous site with a contingent of armed troops. Anyone with a brain would have been thinking "theres gonna be trouble here!".

There have been violent riots all over the world sparked by those types of stand-offs. Never mind the middle east, theres been worse riots in Vancouver, Montreal and Newyork.

56 Dead in LA King riots.

150 Dead in Mali.

100's Dead in Kosovo 2004.

1000 dead in Madagascar.

I could go on and on and on. Crowds of people are easily provoked.

Sharon knew which buttons to push and he got exactly the result he wanted.

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I question things because I am human. And call no one my father who's no closer than a stranger

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The point of the story is that if God tells you to do something, you do it, and that is the root of a number of evils. Some pretty nasty people have insisted they were doing God's will when they were doing bad things.

I think the message goes to the heart of what's wrong with religion, or with similar social constructs; and that is that it encourages a sort of groupthink mentality. Frankly if a voice popped into my head telling me to kill my son as a sacrifice, I'd be assuming I'd lost my mind. But that would, apparently, according to the moral of the Abraham-Isaac story be questioning God's will, and that's a bad thing.

Yeah most people would think I am nuts if I told them that god talked directly to me.

So civilization and barbarism are equivalent?

Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference, some civilizations are acting like barbarians.

How about the recent gambit where some "activists" tried to stuff explosives into live dogs so the dogs would explode in the kennel holds of planes? Justifiable response to "resentment"?

If you believe that I got some swamp land in Florida to sell you. Those types of plots are so absurd that only

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Yeah most people would think I am nuts if I told them that god talked directly to me.

Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference, some civilizations are acting like barbarians.

If you believe that I got some swamp land in Florida to sell you. Those types of plots are so absurd that only

There is some smelly swamp land in Mexico for sale..you can either build a hotel on it - or in the alternative harness the methan and sell it in jars to the fart challanged.

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Note I used the word "threat" and not actuality.

who cares if you did.

most muslim women, just like jewish or christian women are not "subject to the threat of honor killing, deprived of any right to drive, to vote etc."

you are spreading lies and trying to defame muslims again, jbg.

you suck.

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Islam = Peace

As supported by Presidents of the United States.

"Islam is Peace" Says President

No, not THAT one. THIS ONE.

The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.

This is one reason why he was a better president than many realize.

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Islam = Taliban

Taliban= Islamofascism...

Folks like Tarek Fatah and Salim Mansour are more of what Islam really is,or should be...

The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!

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Taliban= Islamofascism...

Folks like Tarek Fatah and Salim Mansour are more of what Islam really is,or should be...

I agree with the "should" part, not so much the "really is" part though. Tarek Fatah and others like him are a tiny minority among Muslims, they represent the best that can come out of it, just as terrorists represent another minority in Islam and are the worst that can come out of it. Most Muslims are somewhere in between, neither willing to personally engage in violence nor willing to personally denounce it.

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Most Muslims are somewhere in between, neither willing to personally engage in violence nor willing to personally denounce it.

So? Why should they have to denounce it? I don't have to denounce people every time a Canadian commits a violent act why should Muslims when all they share with the guy committing the violent act is their religion? And of course odds are they share completely different denominations of that religion.

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Because one day it won't be a conventional bomb that explodes in a city due to so-called radical Islamic terrorism.

You've trotted out this little scare tactic before, it didn't work then it won't work now.

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Right...radical Islam has no interest in domestic terrorism. My bad.

They're interested they just suck at it, and they're much more interested in killing other Muslims.

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I say we hand over the Czech Republic and see if that calms 'em down.

:rolleyes:

Nah they can piss off, they want attention and people to act like all of Islam is the enemy, that's exactly what I'm not going to give them.

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I say we hand over the Czech Republic and see if that calms 'em down.

:rolleyes:

Most of the Czech Republic is the Sudatenland...

Interesting choice in trying to appease the Islamofascists...

The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!

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