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The funny thing about the "nice, intelligent Muslims" apology is that those are the ones that have killed people and will do so again.
As a relatively recent European example, look at the '05 London bombings. Everybody involved was educated, intelligent, and by most accounts quite pleasant to be around. Society had done them no wrong. The only motivating factor in their attack was an Islamic one.
You don't need to be a screaming zealot in order to be a fanatic. If the Muslim religion is capable of warping otherwise well-adjusted people into murderers, then there is indeed cause for concern when Islam is an ever-growing import. Draw whatever parallels you want to Christianity, but this specific kind of faith-based aggression is uniquely Muslim and any mirroring of it in other religions is scarce. I don't see many (if any) Christian suicide bombers anywhere in Europe. Even the troubles in Ireland, though steeped in religion, had a relevant political subtext. The same cannot be said for many Islamic attacks.
I don't see many (if any) Christian suicide bombers anywhere in Europe. Even the troubles in Ireland, though steeped in religion, had a relevant political subtext. The same cannot be said for many Islamic attacks.
Speak for yourself. I work in london, one of the most ethnically diverse towns in the world (Unless you count white people ), and almost every single muslim family I have visited is nice and polite. They always try to make me feel welcome in thier homes whilst I'm there, and treat me as an equal, when most other people treat me as some kind of skivy whos there to fix thier 'net.
By far, the majority of my colleagues are muslim, and they are all as english as I am.
Muslim extremeists arn't terrorists because they are muslims, thats just thier excuse. They are terrorists because they are mentally unstable, and open to the suggestion of the ringleaders who also use muslim religeon as an excuse.
Either the problem is the muslim religeon or its not. If it is, then UK based muslims would be the same as middle eastern. As I say muslim is the excuse, not the cause.
Terroists who are muslim do not make muslims terrorists.
Speak for yourself. I work in london, one of the most ethnically diverse towns in the world (Unless you count white people ), and almost every single muslim family I have visited is nice and polite.
By far, the majority of my colleagues are muslim, and they are all as english as I am.
Muslim extremeists arn't terrorists because they are muslims, thats just thier excuse. They are terrorists because they are mentally unstable, and open to the suggestion of the ringleaders who also use muslim religeon as an excuse.
Absinthe, you think the problem is the Islamic religion and not the poverty that surrounds those Muslim countries? You don't think it has anything to do with my countries and your countires continued aggression toward that religion?
Like you said Chrisianity was just as violent when they faced a threat from other religions. Currently there is virtually no threat to Christianity so there is nothing to be violent about. Muslims on the other hand continually feel threatended and from what I've seen on some of your British "news" programs they have a right to be threatened.
With that said I've met many Muslims here in the states. I have not met a single one that was some kind of extremist.
Poverty doesn't surround Muslim countries. Muslim countries are poor because of Islam.
With those huge oil reserves to draw on, Europeans would settle the Middle East like they settled the USA and make the most amazing, prosperous society in history. There is simply no excuse for the Middle East to be poor. It is ineptitude, incompetence and ignorance, pure and simple.
And you don't think it has anything to do with the fact that the people in power there abuse these oil reserves for their own personal gain, and they do it with our help?
Absinthe, you think the problem is the Islamic religion and not the poverty that surrounds those Muslim countries? You don't think it has anything to do with my countries and your countires continued aggression toward that religion?
Like you said, Chrisianity was just as violent. They were violent when they faced a threat from other religions. Currently there is virtually no threat to Christianity so there is nothing to be violent about. Muslims on the other hand continually feel threatended and from what I've seen on some of your British "news" programs they have a right to be threatened.
With that said I've met many Muslims here in the states. I have not met a single one that was some kind of extremist.
I think you should take the hint from the fact that whereever Islam spreads, shit follows and wherever secularism and capitalism goes, prosperity follows.
whereever religion spreads, shit follows
Don't get me wrong, I mostly agree. However, if you don't mind I would like to correct your statement to the following:
But the fact I think still remains. Since the start of religion people in power have exploited it for their own personal gain. It is nothing new and it is happening in this country with christianity and it is happening in places like Saudi Arabia where with the help of the west they are able to toally exploit their resources for the good of the rich while keeping the poor down all in the name of religion. I was just watching a show on the Discovery HD, I think it was extreme engineering. They showed how they were building this huge mall with the largest indoor skii resort ever built. The entire project was funded by the west, yet you had poor saudis working on this thing in 130 degree weather with 90% humidity from sun rise all the way to dawn. You could see the westerners getting upset that workers would arrive late because of traffic, yet these workers got to work on company buses. How much do you think those workers got paid and how much do you think the westerners actually received.
That's why I get a little upset when people try to blame all the problems these people are facing on the general islamic population and not on us when we are the ones that are exploiting them.
Ok, I get it, paying poor starving people with families to feed just as much as you can get away with is not exploitation, its capitalism.You're confusing exploitation with capitalism. If it wasn't in their interests to work from dusk until dawn for the money they received, they wouldn't have done it. Wages are always set by supply and demand, hence why plumbers now get paid more than IT professionals. Hence why driving instructors get paid a lot more than motorcycle instructors.
Businesses are profit-making enterprises, not charities. Your response indicates an inherent naivete.
The Middle East is a shithole because Islam encourages oppression, subjugation, ignorance and intolerance. If we allow the spread of Islam to continue indefinitely, eventually Europe will go the same way.
Wait just a sec, did you just imply that Israel is peaceful?I do mind, because your statement is inaccurate. Israel is about 60 years old, is a nation founded on religion, and yet it's actually a fair, just, democratic, tolerant and relatively prosperous society.
I have no love for religion, but your "correction" is nothing more than an attempt to deflect blame away from Islam.
Speak for yourself. I work in london, one of the most ethnically diverse towns in the world (Unless you count white people ), and almost every single muslim family I have visited is nice and polite. They always try to make me feel welcome in thier homes whilst I'm there, and treat me as an equal, when most other people treat me as some kind of skivy whos there to fix thier 'net.
By far, the majority of my colleagues are muslim, and they are all as english as I am.
Muslim extremeists arn't terrorists because they are muslims, thats just thier excuse. They are terrorists because they are mentally unstable, and open to the suggestion of the ringleaders who also use muslim religeon as an excuse.
Ok, I get it, paying poor starving people with families to feed just as much as you can get away with is not exploitation, its capitalism.
What I don't understand is why with a mentallity like that you are confused as to why these people hate you so much.
Wait just a sec, did you just imply that Israel is peaceful?
QFT, most Muslism are nice people who woulnd't dream of murdering. Sorry Absinthe, but if they sincerly believe that they will be rewarded by Allah for the murder of others then they ARE mentally unstable, and by a long way, no matter what you might think.
Wait just a sec, did you just imply that Israel is peaceful?
I guess you don't understand how painful hunger really is. If they didn't take the job in the first place they would starve, so they really don't have much of a choice, now do they? You guys must have it good, real good. Congratulations, I guess that means you don't have to be considerate of other people that weren't lucky enough to be born in to the prosperity you were born into. I'm sure there are poor people in London as there are poor people here, but the definition of poor is very different depending on which region of the world you happen to live on.Well if they didn't take the job in the first place, they wouldn't have any money at all would they?
40% of Londoners barely earn enough to survive...that's just life I'm afraid.
And because of that they are trying to defend against you. Its wonderful, isn't it? Let me ask you this, who do you think started this aggression, them or us? And what information are you actually basing that on?I don't give a **** whether they hate me or not or why.
I care that we are not adequately defending ourselves against them.
Ok, I'll bite. In the last 100 years which muslim country has actually attacked another non muslim country with a military. I'll give you some time to think about that. Meanwhile look up Israel's invasions and look up Americas invasions in the last decade or so. In the mean time also look up how Israel actually got its country. I guess those brown people are the barbarians, we on the other hand are extremely innocent. When we support the unprovoked killing of over 1000 lebanese civillians its self defense from a country that has never provoked us in any way, shape, or form.Yes, Israel is peaceful. Defending yourself is not the same as actively seeking conflict. Although I actually made no indication of their actions towards the outside world in my post - I merely pointed out the fact that as a country founded on religion, it is a tolerant, democratic society and a desirable place to live.
I guess you don't understand how painful hunger really is. If they didn't take the job in the first place they would starve, so they really don't have much of a choice, now do they?
You guys must have it good, real good. Congratulations, I guess that means you don't have to be considerate of other people that weren't lucky enough to be born in to the prosperity you were born into. I'm sure there are poor people in London as there are poor people here, but the definition of poor is very different depending on which region of the world you happen to live on.
And because of that they are trying to defend against you. Its wonderful, isn't it? Let me ask you this, who do you think started this aggression, them or us? And what information are you actually basing that on?
Ok, I'll bite. In the last 100 years which muslim country has actually attacked another non muslim country with a military. I'll give you some time to think about that.
Meanwhile look up Israel's invasions and look up Americas invasions in the last decade or so.
In the mean time also look up how Israel actually got its country.
I guess those brown people are the barbarians, we on the other hand are extremely innocent. When we support the unprovoked killing of over 1000 lebanese civillians its self defense from a country that has never provoked us in any way, shape, or form.
I need to add one last comment about this. You have absolutely no clue as to what the hell you are talking about. You think that because in your wonderful country you can suceed that must be true all around the globe. I guess all those people starving in Sudan or ethopia just need to get off their lazy asses and do something with their lives :dozey:. Same with those people that worked from dusk to dawn in 130 degree weather constructing a nice resort for the westerners, they are just lazy idiots that don't know how to better their own life.I wasn't born into prosperity. Quite the opposite. But it's actually not that difficult to make something of yourself if you aren't a self-absorbed prick with a victim complex and an inflated sense of self-worth.
So you still don't get it?
Why is it when we invade a country, or our "allies" invade a country it is always seen by people like you as self defense when those countries never actually attacked us. Your facts on everything are completely backwards. You are trying to imply these muslim countries are responsible for the weapons and training that the 9/11 attackers got when it was in fact the west that provided them those weapons and that training in the 80s. Back then they were our allies. You don't remember any of that?
You say Israel invaded lebanon as self defense. What exactly was accomplished by that killing of 1000 innocent civillians? There is absolutely no evidance what so ever that hezbollah used civillians as human shields, you are making shit up based off Israel propogenda.
Was it self defense when Israel shot on numerous occasions at red cross ambulances?
Was it self denfesne when they destroyed the lebanses infostructure such as roads and power plants so hospitals could not operate and the wounded could not be transported?
Was it self defense when they killed a bunch of children, said it was because hezbollah was firing rockets from there and then refused to release the videos that would have proved this?
How about Iraq, was that self defense when we invaded them? Self defense from what?
I really don't understand people like you, you seem to think that any killing done in your name is always justified no matter how many facts there are that prove other wise. Yet when those bloody muslims attack us without the backing of any actualy government (other than our own) its called terrorism. So I'll repeat myself, I can not understand how people like you can not comprehand why most muslims, muslims that were never extreme, hate you so much. How do you not see how it is your own policies that are creating these extremists. You didn't answer my main question in my last post, who started all of this? You don't think it was the British when they occupied most of muslim territories? You don't think this had anything to do with the west taking a muslim country away and giving it to the Jews? We had nothing to do with 9/11 when it was our government that created Al Queda? If it helps you sleep at night ignore all this and call me a moron instead, I'm fine with it. But next time your country gets attacked again because you refuse to understand anything that goes on around you don't come bitching to me.
I need to add one last comment about this. You have absolutely no clue as to what the hell you are talking about. You think that because in your wonderful country you can suceed that must be true all around the globe. I guess all those people starving in Sudan or ethopia just need to get off their lazy asses and do something with their lives :dozey:. Same with those people that worked from dusk to dawn in 130 degree weather constructing a nice resort for the westerners, they are just lazy idiots that don't know how to better their own life.
This kind of shit comming from people that never had to actually starve themselves makes me sick, it really does.
Israel is a country founded on land stolen from the Palestinians by the Jews, and in fact the Palestinians learned from them that terrorism works. The King David hotel bombing in 1946 was the first act of modern terrorism in history. Since the British left Israel has steadily taken more and more land from the Palestinians. The aggression against Israel is nothing more then a logical outcome of it's aggressive expansion en violence against the original population.
Israel is a country founded on land stolen from the Palestinians by the Jews, and in fact the Palestinians learned from them that terrorism works. The King David hotel bombing in 1946 was the first act of modern terrorism in history. Since the British left Israel has steadily taken more and more land from the Palestinians. The aggression against Israel is nothing more then a logical outcome of it's aggressive expansion en violence against the original population.
You really are arrogant, you can only see the world through your deluted eyes. I guess its true what they say, ignorance is bliss.non-Jews are free to live rich and full lives there
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**** the lot of them