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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.

 

A few assholes dropped a couple of our buildings, and we responded by invaded their turf with nearly a quarter million soldiers...after bombing them for 12 straight years.

 

I'd say we cut our own dicks off on that one.

 

 

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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.

 

My point is who they fuck are "they", why are their ideas so potent now, and don't for a second believe the wielders of deadly force have your interests in mind whatever justifications they may use.

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Or maybe you just aren't thinking.

but then you couldn't fault him for not knowing he wasn't thinking, could you?

 

archenemy is dumb

muffie is not the brightest bulb on the marquee

jayb is a prick

blah blah blah

 

yeah everyone *else* is dumb. everyone *else* is an asshole. :rolleyes:

 

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Maybe it's not fair to blame islam for the mysogeny of its followers

 

 

or maybe it is. i do think it's important to understand what a particular group's beliefs are, and what they are based on.

 

i don't think it's intellectually honest to overlook aspects of codified religious dogma and its influence on people simply because it's "not nice" to do so; we seemingly hold up christianity to a more critical reading here than we do islam. i think it's this "hypocrisy" that one might have a problem with.

 

there are aspects of islam, and mohammed's teachings, that seem terribly violence condoning and barbaric, just as there are in christianity.

 

 

havng said this, i think it's important to understand the political context of so called religious extremism, and the role this plays in shaping people's relationship to their religious and cultural heritage.

 

 

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