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Everything posted by archenemy
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Or maybe you just aren't thinking.
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twisted minds think alike. And its way more fun than being one of the smart kids.
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you're familiar with that though
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Dude, you took my answer. Cheater.
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and waterboarding. So there.
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The point is that they are killing us and others around the world due to their beliefs. I consider it acceptable to respond to mortal threat with deadly force.
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I don't see why they would cut the kid's hand off. He was just practicing honor killing. Kinda like playing house.
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Usually more so.
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On the contrary, I was quite satified.
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I'm looking for an abacus. Tax season is here.
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nothing like a full six inches.
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Rob, you are wrong.
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You really don't know much about the folks on this site. There are ones who won't fess up here (and I greatly respect that) about their direct experience with exactly what we are talking about. I also have no need to justify exactly how I came to know and believe what I do to you. It is easy for you to try to undermine me rather than try to undermine what I say. It makes me feel sorry for you.
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Please don't interject reality in Spray.
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you and your red button... No kidding. We're lonely.
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I am not a live and let live person. I do not believe in cultural relativism. When people are doing something wrong, I agree that others have the right to step in and make them stop doing it. So, for example (using this one b/c I am lazy and I think most people are aware of it and agree with it), when a whole religion still focuses on oppressing women to the degree this one does (yes, even the "moderate" believers do this), I am against it. Sure, I am against the fundamentalists in our own country who do this as well (fundamental Mormon church is my favorite target); but I do believe it is quite obvious women here have it way better than women in the middle east. And when one person is oppressed, we are all oppressed.
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Is he single?
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The gov't acts as politically neutral as possible. But you notice they didn't say anything to the papers not being allowed to print the cartoon, right? Smart.
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BTW: Danes have always had a pair. I would argue that their history is even more aggressive/bloody than American history. Not just due to the longer timespan, but due to their very nature. They just don't fight when there is no reason to.
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Hmmm, doublespeak? Muslim leaders in Denmark Wednesday attacked the republication of the cartoon, as well as the alleged murder plot, while calling for calm. Imam Mostafa Chendid, chief of the Islamic Faith Community, told AP his group was discussing whether to hold a demonstration before parliament, adding: "We are so unhappy about the cartoon being reprinted." "No blood was ever shed in Denmark because of this, and no blood will be shed. We are trying to calm down people, but let's see what happens. Let's open a dialogue."
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It has been the best news so far today
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Here's a statement I'll make clear for you: it's precisely pricks like you (and the politicians you support) on both sides that have lead us to the current warfare in the Middle East. Most folks, 'Them', and 'Us', are cool, and just want to be left alone. Along come 'you pricks', who point to 'them', and say, "what a bunch of assholes; it's fundamental to their religion". Clear enough? Fucking prick. Ad Yawninem. I'll add that you are the first person I look to for carefully constructed and nuanced critiques of religious doctrine. What puzzles me is the fact that you make no such concessions on behalf of fundamentalist or born-again Christians. No tortured pleading that the folks who sanction violence against doctors who perform abortions, no nuanced consideration of the larger sociopolitical currents that may have conditioned the beliefs of the opponents of gay marriage, no labored rhetorical chiaroscuro employed on behalf of the belief system that supports the creationist outlook. Yet we see this reflexive bristling at the very idea that the doctrines within Islam, the imams who interpret it, the convictions of those who behave in what they believe to be strict accordance with its dictates - have any essential connection with the set of ideas that constitutes the faith. What gives? And what response do you have - can you have? - to the people who were either born into or converted to Islam and have since renounced it, and who have submitted critiques of Islam that far exceed anything that I've put forth? Clearly, even if one were to accept the proposition that you've extended: that one cannot take a position on say, the jizya, unless one is a Muslim - which is a transparent absurdity that simply can't be defended, we're still left with this question. What about the infinitely greater number of people who live in majority Muslim states that are born into the faith and have to choose between suffering quietly or the very real prospect of *true* martyrdom for speaking, acting, or living in a manner that contradicts the doctrines of the Koran or the prerogatives of Sharia as they are understood by, and which largely govern, the societies that they live in? If you choose to respond, I hope that you can muster something more compelling than what you've put forth here. A perfect articulation of this argument. I can't wait for the response. Well?
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Hey yeah, there's that.