Religion Madness [modified]
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The pressure wasn't put on him because people might be killed. The pressure was put on him because his actions were stupid and counter productive. he made it harder for the US to do the job that it's trying to do. If all the moderate Muslim leaders had come out and said that he had a right under the First Amendment of his country to build his bonfire, and he should just be ignored, it wouldn't have changed the fact that the guy is the best recruiter that the Taliban et al have had in years. When you've got someone in your country recruiting terrorists, you shut them down. Regardless of what the rest of the world thinks. This isn't a story about how Muslims can't handle criticism. This is a story about a nut job in Florida who thinks 'tragical' is a real word, running a recruitment drive for the very people he claims to hate. There were Party Hats and High Fives in Taliban HQ when Jones hit the world headlines. I wouldn't be surprised if they are considering putting his face on their bank notes or a postage stamp. -Rd
People are willing to kill and maim because a bloke acting under nobodies authority other than his own says he will burn some books - that's a story albeit a rather sad story.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11258739[^] Seems the crazy pastor has opened up a right can of worms. I'm so glad I'm a Atheist. [Edit] I wouldn't be at all surprised if something nasty happens this weekend.
Two heads are better than one.
modified on Friday, September 10, 2010 7:52 AM
I don't know who's more insane: the idiot who had the idea, or the zillions of people who take such an idiot seriously.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11258739[^] Seems the crazy pastor has opened up a right can of worms. I'm so glad I'm a Atheist. [Edit] I wouldn't be at all surprised if something nasty happens this weekend.
Two heads are better than one.
modified on Friday, September 10, 2010 7:52 AM
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The pressure wasn't put on him because people might be killed. The pressure was put on him because his actions were stupid and counter productive. he made it harder for the US to do the job that it's trying to do. If all the moderate Muslim leaders had come out and said that he had a right under the First Amendment of his country to build his bonfire, and he should just be ignored, it wouldn't have changed the fact that the guy is the best recruiter that the Taliban et al have had in years. When you've got someone in your country recruiting terrorists, you shut them down. Regardless of what the rest of the world thinks. This isn't a story about how Muslims can't handle criticism. This is a story about a nut job in Florida who thinks 'tragical' is a real word, running a recruitment drive for the very people he claims to hate. There were Party Hats and High Fives in Taliban HQ when Jones hit the world headlines. I wouldn't be surprised if they are considering putting his face on their bank notes or a postage stamp. -Rd
Richard A. Dalton wrote:
his isn't a story about how Muslims can't handle criticism.
On the contrary. Without that single fact, this would not be a story at all, as no one would give a damn if some nutjob burnt some books. on the other hand...[^]the reverse draws neither outrage nor even complaint.
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Norm .net wrote:
Seems the crazy pastor has opened up a right can of worms
God told him. :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11258739[^] Seems the crazy pastor has opened up a right can of worms. I'm so glad I'm a Atheist. [Edit] I wouldn't be at all surprised if something nasty happens this weekend.
Two heads are better than one.
modified on Friday, September 10, 2010 7:52 AM
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CPallini wrote:
Norm .net wrote: Seems the crazy pastor has opened up a right can of worms God told him.
Are you sure about that ID?
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Well, he is sure about, and we must trust him (because God talks with him). :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Norm, You're not the only one who picked up on the appeasement going on. Gee, wonder how those negotiations worked out with Hitler. Hmmm....
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
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He is causing a problem by burning one religous book. I think we should burn all religous books and thus rid the world of most of its problems.
That would just give rise to another psychotic schizophrenic who thinks he/she has a direct line to god and everything that is truth...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11258739[^] Seems the crazy pastor has opened up a right can of worms. I'm so glad I'm a Atheist. [Edit] I wouldn't be at all surprised if something nasty happens this weekend.
Two heads are better than one.
modified on Friday, September 10, 2010 7:52 AM
OK, so I'm British, so I don't have the same attachment to the Union Flag as many Americans seem to have to the Stars & Stripes, but isn't it a little mor/ironic for the protesters to be burning American flags? "I'm pissed off because you're saying you're going to burn something sacred to me...so to try to stop you I'm going to burn something sacred to you!"
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
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Norm .net wrote:
and who's God?
Fixed that for ya. -Rd
Richard A. Dalton wrote:
Norm .net wrote: and whose God? Fixed that for ya. -Rd
Fixed that fixed that for ya for ya.
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Norm .net wrote:
I'm so glad I'm a Atheist.
Me too. :thumbsup:
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
Me three! (As my son would say)
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Norm, You're not the only one who picked up on the appeasement going on. Gee, wonder how those negotiations worked out with Hitler. Hmmm....
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
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I don't know who's more insane: the idiot who had the idea, or the zillions of people who take such an idiot seriously.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
It just demonstrates that people are impressionable, illogical creatures by nature. Seeing as most of us in a forum like this are in IT, we are likely linear thinkers. We view the world using logic and sequential thinking. I have found that most "normal" people don't analyze things in that way.
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OK, so I'm British, so I don't have the same attachment to the Union Flag as many Americans seem to have to the Stars & Stripes, but isn't it a little mor/ironic for the protesters to be burning American flags? "I'm pissed off because you're saying you're going to burn something sacred to me...so to try to stop you I'm going to burn something sacred to you!"
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
It reminds me of my children when they were of pre-school age arguing about who mommy and daddy love more. The difference is that my kids at that young age came to the consensus that mommy and daddy love them both the same... Religious radicals will never realize that they are what they hate in the other parties that they target.
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OK, so I'm British, so I don't have the same attachment to the Union Flag as many Americans seem to have to the Stars & Stripes, but isn't it a little mor/ironic for the protesters to be burning American flags? "I'm pissed off because you're saying you're going to burn something sacred to me...so to try to stop you I'm going to burn something sacred to you!"
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
"We will burn your flag" "No, you bought it, it is your flag, my flag is in a drawer at home, now fuck off."
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11258739[^] Seems the crazy pastor has opened up a right can of worms. I'm so glad I'm a Atheist. [Edit] I wouldn't be at all surprised if something nasty happens this weekend.
Two heads are better than one.
modified on Friday, September 10, 2010 7:52 AM
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It just demonstrates that people are impressionable, illogical creatures by nature. Seeing as most of us in a forum like this are in IT, we are likely linear thinkers. We view the world using logic and sequential thinking. I have found that most "normal" people don't analyze things in that way.
Don't kid yourself, there are more than a few zealots here in the god squad who come out once in a while, I'm very surprised to see no comments from them in this thread so far.
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Norm .net wrote:
I'm so glad I'm a Atheist.
Me too. :thumbsup:
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
Norm .net wrote:I'm so glad I'm a Atheist. Me too.
Why are you glad Norm's an atheist? Do you want to avoid his beating your time with your God?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!