With this new story: Teen dead after alleged attack by father It included this supposed reason for the killing: In my opinion, it seems like western societies are attacked as being intolerant and unaccepting of muslim people but in reality, it is them who push to change western society into being more like their societies. We see examples of this kind of behavoirs all over the world where muslims have gathered in large numbers, all attempting to drastically change these places. In Canada, there is a hard fought battle going on to allow sharia law (in limited scope) to be practiced there, mostly family law areas. I have nothing against muslims other then the ones that are terrorists, but why do we have to give up our traditions (like Christmas decorations) to be considered tolerant?
We western society people, I don't know if your just being silly or you are incapable of average reading comprehension but either way, it gets old constantly taking the time to educate you on every tiny detail, it is like you are isolated on your own world, away from reality. Again, who is truly intolerant, the established society or the new members that feel we must completely change ourselves to accept them?
"We" western society people are not one entity. "We" are all individual human beings. Just as "muslims" are not a living entity, but rather individual human beings as well. Pretty important details whilst trying to condemn hundreds of millions of people based on beliefs. Are you intolerant of muslims?
In Australia and some Scandinavian coutries there have been rapes of Western Women by gangs of moslem men. And not just a few. The moslems believe their religion takes precidence over any countries laws. . They imagine that if they find a woman who is not clothed from head to toe, then its OK to rape her. Its got to be OK of course because its in their Koran ! If it has happened yet in the UK then the authorities have managed to keep it quiet. What they have not managed to hush up is the grooming of white school girls by moslems and possibly other "religiously minded" groups from the Indian sub continent. They are plied with gifts, money, alcohol, drugs and attention. Then led into prostitution. Its difficult to find it in the mainstream news coverage as its frowned upon to be critical of minorities here in the UK. However the practice is well covered by the BNP web site- A UK right of centre party We have had several murders though. Usually the victim is a daughter who refuses to marry some old fart in Pakistan, just so he can enter the UK. The father and her brothers are usually the killers.
There are also Catholic priests who molest little boys but to paint all catholics with the same brush would be wrong based on the actions of individuals. Should that be any different for individuals who call themselves muslim?
Whenever you see someone protesting public supported Christmas decorations it is almost always an atheist, not a Muslim
I think it is pretty safe to say (especially when reading what Timesjoke said in his first post: that those of us replying to this are all adult enough to understand that no one is referring to every single follower of Islam on the planet, but instead are referring to those followers of Islam that specifically are perpetrating whatever issue that is being discussed. To start playing the "Who is 'we'?" game and the constant pointing out of generalizations is pointless and is nothing more than a ploy to shift attention from the thread and topic and back onto one single member. Moving forward: Wez brought up Catholic priests and how some have been busted for molesting young boys. This is almost a comparable point, except for all the Catholics (and other Christians) that speak out against those priests actions. It is extremely rare to find a Muslim publicly speaking out against suicide bombers and the like (although I was very impressed with the outcry among UK Muslims recently regarding the Teddy Bear teacher.)
Muslims destroyed Christmas? "We" don't like being an individual, do "we"? The catholic church sought to conceal this, and did for decades, protecting child molesters.
Well, I'm a n Atheist and I have never protested about Christmas. The real Xmas is 21 st Dec. Its a pagan thing and nothing to do with Christianity. It 's just a celebration that the worst of the winter is over, and from then on, the daylight hours get longer, as time moves us toward spring and the summer. Christians dumped their festival on top of the pagan one to cause obscurity, hoping I suppose to promote their new religion and weaken the older one. They did the same thing with Beltane- they dumped their Easter right on top of it. They also did it with Samhain, they dumped their "All Hallows" on top of that, which is now remembereed as Halloween.
The church may have tried to cover it up, but many, many Catholics made, and continue to make, public statements against it. Lumping all Catholic followers into the "we" of the 'Catholic Church' is wrong, don't you know that? I guess I was wrong when I assumed that we were all adult enough to not do that here... Like I said-- You would be hard pressed to find many Muslims that speak out against suicide bombers and/or the atrocities being perpetrated by Islamic Fundamentalists. I don't know if those that don't speak out are scared, don't speak out because of their faith, agree with it, or what exactly- but they (those that don't speak out) don't speak out. It can lead to assumptions that they (those that don't speak out against it) are ok with it, since they (those that don't speak out) don't speak out. I hope that makes better sense now.
Isn't that the point I made Dr. Spin? The individuals high in the catholic food chain in Vatican city who sought to conceal this for so long are as guilty as the molestors.. Maybe more so. How the f*ck would you know what individual muslims think of suicide bombers? People typically don't speak out when they fear for their very life, doesn't mean they support killing people, like TJ does. Other individuals most likely lead to assumptions that every American supports invading foriegn countries, killing their people and telling them what to do, like you, TJ and the majority of other hypocrites do.
The difference between suicide bombers and a soldier killing by remote control. One is willing to stand out as an individual and sacrafice their life for their beliefs and foolishly thinks murdering people is the proper course of action. One takes all possible measures to protect their individual life and remain an anonymous "we", hundreds of miles away and foolishly thinks killing people is the proper course of action. You gonna speak out against remote control killers eddo? Perhaps when someone who wants to harm "us" decides to do it to "us", you will. I'm not saying suicide bombers are good, "we're" bad. It's all bad and to condemn another for what you are, and then some, is called hypocrisy. I thought an adult who has spent his life going to church would understand that.
Yes, and then you rather hypocritically turned right around and did the very thing you are arguing against. I just thought I would point that out to you. I agree. But that doesn't disprove my point. I don't know, and don't claim to. But when Christian fundamentalists do things I don't agree with (see: Fred Phelps) I make damn sure that people know that I disapproves and in no way condone their actions. I also have at times shown how their actions go against the very Word and character of God that they speak about. It is rare that I see that kind of reaction in regards to Islamic fundamentalists (from other Muslims, anyway.) I am gonna leave this one alone. I, as one that has not served my country in a military capacity, have no experience to speak from on the issue of "remote control" killers. I do, however, find it interesting that your terminology in regards to the soldiers that fight to protect your freedoms gets harsher the more you and TimesJoke disagree. Call me dense if you would like, but I didn't understand that at all. Maybe less use of quotes is in order.
I don't lump all Catholics as child molestors. So what was it you pointed out? What is your point? You speak for TJ, TJ speaks for you? I have watched you act the opposite of the very word and character of the God you speak about for almost 3 years now. What should you're, and you're muslim brothers in hypocrisy punishment be? What should we call soldiers who use technology and a button to murder people? The U.S. government and the UN makes it legal and acceptable? Please explain. What is ok for you to do to another human being, is ok for every other human being to do to you. What is ok for your country to do to another individual in another country, is ok for every other country to do to you. Is it ok for other countries to work and strive to build a military as immpressive as ours and China's without us telling them no and proving it through murdering them?
Eddo did not say that he knew what individual moslems thought of suicide bombers. He said that moslems as a group were pretty quiet about these outrages . Nothing more. Perhaps they are indifferent, or perhaps afraid to have an opinion publicly. But I dont think so for a minute. I'll never forget watching moslems whooping with joy, and passing around sweets at the news of the outrage in NY city on 9/11. It was not just the odd few. It was the whole street full of them.
No you didn't say that, but you did say this: Thus implying that all Catholics tried to cover it up, right after saying that it is wrong to lump all Muslims together. You did exactly what you were telling others not to. Is it a big deal? No, because I knew what you meant. I wouldn't even have said anything about it, but you had made such a big deal out of TJ and Shiek doing it. Point: Eddo. Nope, not at all. We do agree on some things though. I am pretty sure that his original point in this thread and mine are different. He argues that Islam is not as tolerant towards their own followers as they would like the Western World to be towards it, and my point is that you rarely ever hear of non-fundamentalist Muslims speaking out against fundamentalist Muslims. Point: Eddo. (that's 2-0 for those keeping score at home.) Since you don't believe in the word of God as being the Word of God, how can you say that I have ever acted the opposite of it? I will grant you that I am a sinner and a hypocrite (and have said so publicly before, so no point for you,) but that does not exclude me from being able to discuss other religions or what they represent (or don't represent.) If it did, no one would ever be able to talk about anything, because we are all hypocrites at one time or another in our lives. Point: Eddo. 3-0 These are nice and happy thoughts, but rather impractical in the grand scheme of things. If I am late for work, I get yelled at by my boss. Does that mean that I can yell at him when he is late? Theoretically, yes- but I won't have a job for long if I do. Insubordination is grounds for job termination. When I was 3 I used to get a lecture from dad if I **** my pants. Does that mean I can do the same when he is old and looses bowel control? Theoretically, yes, but that would be just a cruel thing to do to an old man who is already likely very embarrassed by the situation he is in due to his age. Get what I am saying?
wez if they had the capability to kill by remote don?t you think they would? Suicide bombings are done because it?s the best way to kill as many innocent people at one time as possible. They are indiscriminate in their killing and will kill there own kind. We use remote bombings to reduce as much collateral damage as possible. The complete opposite of what they are trying to do. Also we don?t brainwash our troops or religious sect to go out and kill themselves.