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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: sargentodiaz on May 25, 2015, 05:00:02 PM
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A big story in the international press but almost totally ignored by the American media is the fate of thousands of Muslim refugees from Myamar (nee Burma) and Bangladesh who are at sea and not being allowed to land. Many in Muslim countries. Seems the Hindi dominated countries are tired of Sharia law and a cult that demands superiority over their national laws and customs.
What is going to be done with them? Why are Muslim countries denying them entry? Perhaps someone here can give us a reasonable explanation of this. :loser:
Read more @ http://www.dw.de/unfolding-rohingya-crisis-not-something-of-a-civilized-world/a-18474683?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
Monk, called ‘Buddhist bin Laden’ targets Myanmar’s Muslims – which may explain the refugees from the area. The story comes from Stars & Stripes, a government subsidized news source @ http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/monk-called-buddhist-bin-laden-targets-myanmar-s-muslims-1.348457
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>>What is going to be done with them? Why are Muslim countries denying them entry? Perhaps someone here can give us a reasonable explanation of this. <<
because there is no political advantage to be gained.
The muslims kept to so-called "palestinians" out just to create a festering sore against Israel.
This is more of the same.
Hey, you worship the monkey god, you live with the monkey results. allah ain't much use to you , is he boat people?
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>>What is going to be done with them? Why are Muslim countries denying them entry? Perhaps someone here can give us a reasonable explanation of this. <<
because there is no political advantage to be gained.
The muslims kept to so-called "palestinians" out just to create a festering sore against Israel.
This is more of the same.
Hey, you worship the monkey god, you live with the monkey results. allah ain't much use to you , is he boat people?
Half or more of them are likely jihadists wanting to get into a western or non-Muslim country
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Myanmar has been doing an ethnic and religious cleansing for years, possibly more than a decade. The regime wants an all-Burmese, all Buddhist population. There are multiple refugee camps near the Myanmar border in neighboring Thailand.
As implied above, the US MSM have been largely ignoring Myanmar's ethnic and religious cleansing for many years. My cynical - though possibly at least partly correct - thought is that one of the first ethnic minorities affected was the Karens, who are largely Christian. The MSM don't like reporting persecutions and killings of Christians (e.g. the unreported 2-decades-long ethnic and religious cleansing the Arabic government of Sudan carried out against the black Christian and Animist south (that became the nation of South Sudan). This is the first I've heard of Myanmar persecuting Muslims, though I knew it was likely to happen.
India has had conflicts with neighboring, Muslim, Pakistan since before the were divided by the Brits and became nations. There has been a lot of Muslim-on-Hindu and Hindu-on-Muslim violence, much of it organized. then there's the terror attack against that hotel in Mumbai, several years ago, which originated in Pakistan. I suspect that India looks on these Muslim refugees as a potentially very large container of annelids.
Bangladesh borders Myanmar. I don't know whether they have taken in any refugees, but they aren't exactly a rich nation with plenteous jobs. there may also be language and ethnic barriers. Those factors probably are in play to varying degrees in the Muslim nations farther west.
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thundley4: "Half or more of them are likely jihadists wanting to get into a western or non-Muslim country."
If this is true, this meets O's criteria for entering America.
SVPete: "...thought is that one of the first ethnic minorities affected was the Karens, who are largely Christian."
If this is true, they won't be welcome by O.
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Sorry, but I have no sympathy left for muslims.
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Sorry, but I have no sympathy left for muslims.
The best thing for all involved is to just sink those boats in deep water. When Mudslime "refugees" went and killed the Christians on the same boat, they gave up the right to life.
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Sorry, but I have no sympathy left for muslims.
And what about sympathy for your fellow man? Ask yourself, would Jesus want you to turn your back on countless innocents because of what those on another continent have done?
"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;"-Matthew 5:44
These people have done nothing to harm you or America, so put aside your petty biases and your pathetic insults and have a little compassion towards suffering people.
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God forgave all even when we were His enemies. He expects the same from us.
42“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.]
Matthew 5
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And what about sympathy for your fellow man? Ask yourself, would Jesus want you to turn your back on countless innocents because of what those on another continent have done?
"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;"-Matthew 5:44
These people have done nothing to harm you or America, so put aside your petty biases and your pathetic insults and have a little compassion towards suffering people.
We can love our enemies at the same time we defend ourselves from their attacks.
If you haven't figured out by now that islam is deathly incompatible with any other peoples by now, you probably never will.
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We can love our enemies at the same time we defend ourselves from their attacks.
If you haven't figured out by now that islam is deathly incompatible with any other peoples by now, you probably never will.
Islam or radicalized minority followers of Islam? From 1980 to 2005 Muslims carried out only 6% of terrorist acts on the US, less than Jews which committed 7%.
Besides is the same to be said of Catholicism? Aside from hundreds of years of religious and political oppression by the Church there is the modern example of the IRA and Irish Catholics who bombed and killed hundreds if not thousands of innocents.
Irgun was Jewish.
Stern Gang was Jewish.
What about McVeigh? Was he a Muslim?
Was Castro a Muslim?
Hugo Chavez?
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Islam or radicalized minority followers of Islam? From 1980 to 2005 Muslims carried out only 6% of terrorist acts on the US, less than Jews which committed 7%.
Besides is the same to be said of Catholicism? Aside from hundreds of years of religious and political oppression by the Church there is the modern example of the IRA and Irish Catholics who bombed and killed hundreds if not thousands of innocents.
Irgun was Jewish.
Stern Gang was Jewish.
What about McVeigh? Was he a Muslim?
Was Castro a Muslim?
Hugo Chavez?
Your tune is changing.
I'm not surprised.
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I am simply stating that you should do some research before blindly spewing hateful comments with no factual evidence.
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I am simply stating that you should do some research before blindly spewing hateful comments with no factual evidence.
No, you're not.
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No, you're not.
Then what, pray tell, am I doing?
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Then what, pray tell, am I doing?
I, for one, was hoping you knew.
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I, for one, was hoping you knew.
I already stated the purpose of my post. Obumazombie said that my stated purpose was not my true purpose, yet he provided no explanation as to what he thought my purpose was. I was asking for an explanation, not a half-formed comment.
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Then what, pray tell, am I doing?
What a lot of libs do.
Oversimplify.
Proffer disproven theories.
Bash institutions you don't understand and greatly fear.
Another behavior you are exhibiting is carrying on like someone here knows you.
We have an introduction forum the better to understand who you are and what you are going on about.
Bad Dog was right, as usual.
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why do you feel the need to come.on here and defend the Fascist Islamic terrorists that are currently creating a new Muslim Caliphate?
If this was 1939 Id be willing to bet you be here defending Hitlers actions in Europe.
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A big story in the international press but almost totally ignored by the American media is the fate of thousands of Muslim refugees from Myamar (nee Burma) and Bangladesh who are at sea and not being allowed to land. Many in Muslim countries. Seems the Hindi dominated countries are tired of Sharia law and a cult that demands superiority over their national laws and customs.
What is going to be done with them? Why are Muslim countries denying them entry? Perhaps someone here can give us a reasonable explanation of this. :loser:
Read more @ http://www.dw.de/unfolding-rohingya-crisis-not-something-of-a-civilized-world/a-18474683?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
Monk, called ‘Buddhist bin Laden’ targets Myanmar’s Muslims – which may explain the refugees from the area. The story comes from Stars & Stripes, a government subsidized news source @ http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/monk-called-buddhist-bin-laden-targets-myanmar-s-muslims-1.348457
Look dude this isn't bresking news. If.you need a class on what is and isn't breaking news here I'd be happy to give you a class.
Right now you give the impression of.a spammer who can't even spell sergeant correctly.
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why do you feel the need to come.on here and defend the Fascist Islamic terrorists that are currently creating a new Muslim Caliphate?
If this was 1939 Id be willing to bet you be here defending Hitlers actions in Europe.
LMAO, you do realize Myanmar is in ASIA not the Middle East right? And that you have no facts to support the claim that these suffering peoples are "fascist" or "terrorists"? Or do you really believe all 1.2 billion of the worlds Muslims are terrorists??
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LMAO, you do realize Myanmar is in ASIA not the Middle East right?
Yes I'm acutely aware of where Burma is located on a map. I attended school before they became indoctrination centers.
I'm also aware of the spread of radical Islam and the destruction it brings in Asia as well as the Middle East.
And that you have no facts to support the claim that these suffering peoples are "fascist" or "terrorists"?
Really? So the beheaddings...the executions....burning people alive...destruction of ancient historical artifacts and archelogical sites aren't facts in evidence of the tyrannical beleif system of Sharia Islam?
I guess you're going to tell me it's all made up.
Or do you really believe all 1.2 billion of the worlds Muslims are terrorists??
Never said that. Don't beleive it either. But what I do believe is that the 15-20% of the follwers that are the radicals causing the death and destruction have cowered the rest into silence and servitude.
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Really? So the beheaddings...the executions....burning people alive...destruction of ancient historical artifacts and archelogical sites aren't facts in evidence of the tyrannical beleif system of Sharia Islam?
I guess you're going to tell me it's all made up.
No, just that it occurred on a different continent by totally unrelated people.
Never said that. Don't beleive it either. But what I do believe is that the 15-20% of the follwers that are the radicals causing the death and destruction have cowered the rest into silence and servitude.
So why then is it wrong to offer help to people who are suffering in poor oppressive countries with severe ethnic cleansing?
Also,you did compare these innocents to ISIS implying you think they are terrorists too:
why do you feel the need to come.on here and defend the Fascist Islamic terrorists that are currently creating a new Muslim Caliphate?
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No, just that it occurred on a different continent by totally unrelated people.
Muslim isn't a reace...it's a religion. The only way they have to be "related" is by their religion.
So why then is it wrong to offer help to people who are suffering in poor oppressive countries with severe ethnic cleansing?
We do that all the time. Do you realize just how many times we've done just that?
We have come into areas like this in the past with that evil...oh what did you call it...oh yeah "war machine" and stopped genocide and ethnic clensing many many times.
But thanks to Progressives like you who want to bitch and moan about how we spend too much on the military (National Defense is a constitutional requirement) and not enough on all of the things that aren't Constitutional requirements (Dept. of Ed, health care, food stamps, living wage etc) we can't go around being the world's policeman anymore.
So which way do you want it because you can't have it both ways.
Also,you did compare these innocents to ISIS implying you think they are terrorists too:
Umm no I did not.
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Umm no I did not.
why do you feel the need to come.on here and defend the Fascist Islamic terrorists that are currently creating a new Muslim Caliphate?
Umm yes you did.
We have come into areas like this in the past with that evil...oh what did you call it...oh yeah "war machine" and stopped genocide and ethnic clensing many many times.
But thanks to Progressives like you who want to bitch and moan about how we spend too much on the military (National Defense is a constitutional requirement)
I'm not a "Progressive" you ignorant fool. I never said anything about "spending" in the Defense Department. And I realize what we have done, and I love America for what it does and stands for.
not enough on all of the things that aren't Constitutional requirements (Dept. of Ed, health care, food stamps, living wage etc) we can't go around being the world's policeman anymore.
So which way do you want it because you can't have it both ways.
If we knew how to manage our finances better we would have an established National Healthcare System, a well regulated Government Assistance Program, a well funded competetive educational system, and a well funded, well stocked Defense Department.
And we would be much more up to par andbetter in the long run.
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Umm yes you did.
I was responding to your attempted moral equivlance between what's going on with radical Islam and Jews and Christians who've committed terrorist acts. Here's your own words.
Islam or radicalized minority followers of Islam? From 1980 to 2005 Muslims carried out only 6% of terrorist acts on the US, less than Jews which committed 7%.
Besides is the same to be said of Catholicism? Aside from hundreds of years of religious and political oppression by the Church there is the modern example of the IRA and Irish Catholics who bombed and killed hundreds if not thousands of innocents.
Irgun was Jewish.
Stern Gang was Jewish.
What about McVeigh? Was he a Muslim?
Was Castro a Muslim?
Hugo Chavez?
You were most certainly defending the actions of radical Islam. And in no way did I equate innocent and peace loving Muslims with the barbarians that currently dominate all of Islam.
I'm not a "Progressive" you ignorant fool. I never said anything about "spending" in the Defense Department. And I realize what we have done, and I love America for what it does and stands for.
So you are denying this:
Ralliers against big government seem to have no problem with the enormous war machine that is half the world’s military and the biggest prison system on the planet. The “tyranny†label only pops up about public funds for education, healthcare, the environment, or unemployment insurance. The problem with a government is not its size, but whose interests it serves. Big government can provide necessary things like healthcare, employment and education for all, and protect the earth. Or it can wage grisly wars in three countries at the same time!
Does your left hand not know what your right hand is typing? You very clearly said we spend too much on Defense and not enough on welfare.
You are very much a Progressive. Don't like that? Ok You're a Liberal Democrat. But lets just call a spade a spade...you're a Socialist.
If we knew how to manage our finances better we would have an established National Healthcare System, a well regulated Government Assistance Program, a well funded competetive educational system, and a well funded, well stocked Defense Department.
The ONLY one of the things you ticked off in that laundry list that is specifically a power granted to the Federal government in the Constitution...is National Defense.
Education didn't rise to the national level until Carter came to office in 1976 and seized what until that time had been a state function with the creation of the Department of Education. And our test scores and world standing in math and sciences has gone down every since...and spending has increased every year.
Healthcare was and should have stayed on the free and open market. Nationalized healthcare is and has been a debacle and a drain on national finances everywhere it's been implemented...it's going bankrupt before our eyes in the U.S.
Simply put...it's NOT the job of the Federal Government to provide us healthcare.
And we would be much more up to par andbetter in the long run.
No we won't
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Islam or radicalized minority followers of Islam? From 1980 to 2005 Muslims carried out only 6% of terrorist acts on the US, less than Jews which committed 7%.
Besides is the same to be said of Catholicism? Aside from hundreds of years of religious and political oppression by the Church there is the modern example of the IRA and Irish Catholics who bombed and killed hundreds if not thousands of innocents.
Irgun was Jewish.
Stern Gang was Jewish.
What about McVeigh? Was he a Muslim?
Was Castro a Muslim?
Hugo Chavez?
The Troubles has ceased and I notice you carefully choose your time frame -- and I see you lump 9/11 in there as a tiny % blip -- almost unnoticable.
muislims are at the heart of 99% of all the conflicts in the world and have cost us billions to keep them out.
Your sympathy for the monkey god worshipers and the followers of the pedophile muhammed (piss be unto him) is in the wrong forum. islam stands for death, destruction torture, pedophilia and slavery. Read the accursed qu'uran (if you dare) -- it says EXACTLY that and more evil.
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Umm yes you did.
I'm not a "Progressive" you ignorant fool. I never said anything about "spending" in the Defense Department. And I realize what we have done, and I love America for what it does and stands for.
If we knew how to manage our finances better we would have an established National Healthcare System, a well regulated Government Assistance Program, a well funded competetive educational system, and a well funded, well stocked Defense Department.
And we would be much more up to par andbetter in the long run.
You are on the wrong forum prog-boy. We don't want your communist health care. Trying to put lipstick on the pig that is you by mentioning funcgint Defense doesn't come close to the fig leaf for which you search.
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Ask yourself, would Jesus want you to turn your back on countless innocents because of what those on another continent have done?
People who ask what would Jesus do, tend to forget that Jesus drove the money lenders from the Temple with a whip!
All across the world muslims have been persecuting minorities. Only in muslim lands is slavery still practiced.
Here is one country has had its fill of muslim intolerance and bigotry. This is not persecution as much as muslims reaping what they have sown.
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I'm not a "Progressive" you ignorant fool.
Sure had me fooled. Calling people names whilst loosing an argument is a progressive trait.
By the way, I think an apology to txradioguy is in order.
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I'm not a "Progressive" you ignorant fool.
Shit, boy. Check the definition of "Progressive" before you embarrass yourself further.
And if you're not embarrassed, you should be.
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The problem with sheltering Muslim refugees is that we are doing virtually nothing to stop the excesses of the militant Muslims, while affording any who claim not to be militant (And who claim the same on behalf of their extended families, which are full of militants) as safe harbor to escape from the chaos created by the reaction to their own militants. It's like selling $10 bills for $5 apiece, and claiming what you lose on each sale you make up for in volume. I.e. it can't work in the long run.
Jordan was mentioned above; Jordan, not a rich country and no big beneficiary of foreign aid or a worldwide donor network at the time, did take in many Palestinian refugees. Ultimately the Palestinians in the form of the PLO and its associates tried to grab power from the King, and the Jordanians said 'Enough of that bullshit,' followed by a purge and expulsion of anyone associated with their 'Guests.' That is where the whole moniker "Black September" comes from...a dark day for the acquisitive refugees, but a bright one for Jordan.
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If we knew how to manage our finances better we would have an established National Healthcare System, a well regulated Government Assistance Program, a well funded competetive educational system, and a well funded, well stocked Defense Department.
And we would be much more up to par andbetter in the long run.
Want to know how I know you're not a "Christian Republican"?
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Look dude this isn't bresking news. If.you need a class on what is and isn't breaking news here I'd be happy to give you a class.
Right now you give the impression of.a spammer who can't even spell sergeant correctly.
If there's anyone here who's a spammer or troll, it's you.
You having a hard time dealing with things that upset you?
And no, it's NOT "news" as it's been going on for some time. However, as the American media is doing everything possible to ignore, I consider it news to those who don't bother to check news for elsewhere.
As for how I spell my user name - it you had the slightest bit of knowledge or brain power you would realize that it's SPANISH!
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If there's anyone here who's a spammer or troll, it's you.
Spammer/troll with 16,000 more posts than accuser? Is that you Nadin???
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If there's anyone here who's a spammer or troll, it's you.
Do you even know what a "spammer" or "troll" is?
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Do you even know what a "spammer" or "troll" is?
Didn't this guy melt down and leave once before over this same shit?
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Islam or radicalized minority followers of Islam? From 1980 to 2005 Muslims carried out only 6% of terrorist acts on the US, less than Jews which committed 7%.
Besides is the same to be said of Catholicism? Aside from hundreds of years of religious and political oppression by the Church there is the modern example of the IRA and Irish Catholics who bombed and killed hundreds if not thousands of innocents.
Irgun was Jewish.
Stern Gang was Jewish.
What about McVeigh? Was he a Muslim?
Was Castro a Muslim?
Hugo Chavez?
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols had some ties with Abu Sayyaf. Fidel and Raul Castro and Hugo Chavez are Communists.
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If there's anyone here who's a spammer or troll, it's you.
You having a hard time dealing with things that upset you?
And no, it's NOT "news" as it's been going on for some time. However, as the American media is doing everything possible to ignore, I consider it news to those who don't bother to check news for elsewhere.
As for how I spell my user name - it you had the slightest bit of knowledge or brain power you would realize that it's SPANISH!
This is pretty much the answer I expected from you.
And if you were really retired Army...you'd spell sergeant correctly like any former or current NCO worth their stripes ..regardless of your Spanish heritage.
That's a pathetic back peddle on your part.
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Didn't this guy melt down and leave once before over this same shit?
I believe so.
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Islam or radicalized minority followers of Islam? From 1980 to 2005 Muslims carried out only 6% of terrorist acts on the US, less than Jews which committed 7%.
Besides is the same to be said of Catholicism? Aside from hundreds of years of religious and political oppression by the Church there is the modern example of the IRA and Irish Catholics who bombed and killed hundreds if not thousands of innocents.
Irgun was Jewish.
Stern Gang was Jewish.
What about McVeigh? Was he a Muslim?
Was Castro a Muslim?
Hugo Chavez?
Don't like them there Joooooos, do ya?
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Don't like them there Joooooos, do ya?
I have no problem with Jewish people, I was pointing out a flaw in ye old "death to the Muslims! Muslims cause all terrorism and anguish that exists!" argument that was spouted by previous commenters.
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I have no problem with Jewish people, I was pointing out a flaw in ye old "death to the Muslims! Muslims cause all terrorism and anguish that exists!" argument that was spouted by previous commenters.
They should and they do.
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They should and they do.
That's not exactly true. However, what misery the Muslims don't cause, is usually caused by leftist freeloaders. Greece is a prime example of a country going to ruin because of leftist ideology.
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I have no problem with Jewish people, I was pointing out a flaw in ye old "death to the Muslims! Muslims cause all terrorism and anguish that exists!" argument that was spouted by previous commenters.
And when Muslims chant "Death to America"?
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And when Muslims chant "Death to America"?
I expect the d. m. f. would be chanting right along with them.
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I expect the d. m. f. would be chanting right along with them.
And so would Buzzy
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This is pretty much the answer I expected from you.
And if you were really retired Army...you'd spell sergeant correctly like any former or current NCO worth their stripes ..regardless of your Spanish heritage.
That's a pathetic back peddle on your part.
I can see already that dealing with your closed mind set it a complete waste of time and effort. You would rather confront and accuse instead of dealing with anything logically.
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And when Muslims chant "Death to America"?
Then they are obviously anti-America and probably violent.
Let's see if I can phrase this better: there are over billion, that's more than 1,000,000,000, Muslims in the world. My point is that generalizing them all (or speaking in a manner that implies you are doing so) as either peaceful or violent is wrong and factually unsupportable. Most Muslims are peaceful, but many are violent terrorists or extremists.
Was that easier to understand?
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Then they are obviously anti-America and probably violent.
Let's see if I can phrase this better: there are over billion, that's more than 1,000,000,000, Muslims in the world. My point is that generalizing them all (or speaking in a manner that implies you are doing so) as either peaceful or violent is wrong and factually unsupportable. Most Muslims are peaceful, but many are violent terrorists or extremists.
Was that easier to understand?
Silence is consent. The number of Muslim groups speaking out against the terrorists could be counted on one hand.
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I can see already that dealing with your closed mind set it a complete waste of time and effort. You would rather confront and accuse instead of dealing with anything logically.
What you call a closed mind is very typical of the members of this forum. It's called knowing the difference between right and wrong. You socialists always fall for the pipe dreams of our liberal academics being unable to see the obvious (to us) shortcomings of their silly plans. You will never achieve "fairness" or equality of outcomes you seek.
In short you are a moron.
P.S. I still really like your cheese especially the Swiss.
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I can see already that dealing with your closed mind set it a complete waste of time and effort. You would rather confront and accuse instead of dealing with anything logically.
Actually n00b I've stayed pretty quiet until Monday on your spamming of the forum and putting stories where they don't belong.
My comment was pretty mild and your overreacting to what I said was excessive.
From your reactions to people who question what you're doing here...it's you that are itching for a confrontation.
If that's the case...I'm your Huckleberry.
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sd, try being smarter in how you participate in your next discussion forum.
* When you post a news article, comment on it, why it's important (realistically).
* Before starting a lot of threads, participate in existing threads for a while, so as to get to know folks and let them get to know you.
* Don't be on a crusade for some cause or conspiracy theory, and don't be a fanboy for your pet politician.
* Be prepared to explain/defend your views without getting huffy;
* Don't pontificate about things of which you have little knowledge or pretend to be something you aren't; doing either will quickly get your @$$ handed to you by some one who's been there, done that, and got a closetful of T-shirts;
* Don't pick fights with long-termers on the forum; it won't end well;
* Once you get on the @#$%-list of many of a forum's long-termers it's usually time to move on; clean-slate restarts are seldom a realistic possibility.
I'm not asserting any authority, as I have none here. If you wanted a pretext for ignoring the above, I just gave you one and I expect it will get more use than my suggestions above. I've simply been participating in discussion forums for 17 years and seen what goes well and what doesn't.
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sd, try being smarter in how you participate in your next discussion forum.
* When you post a news article, comment on it, why it's important (realistically).
* Before starting a lot of threads, participate in existing threads for a while, so as to get to know folks and let them get to know you.
* Don't be on a crusade for some cause or conspiracy theory, and don't be a fanboy for your pet politician.
* Be prepared to explain/defend your views without getting huffy;
* Don't pontificate about things of which you have little knowledge or pretend to be something you aren't; doing either will quickly get your @$$ handed to you by some one who's been there, done that, and got a closetful of T-shirts;
* Don't pick fights with long-termers on the forum; it won't end well;
* Once you get on the @#$%-list of many of a forum's long-termers it's usually time to move on; clean-slate restarts are seldom a realistic possibility.
I'm not asserting any authority, as I have none here. If you wanted a pretext for ignoring the above, I just gave you one and I expect it will get more use than my suggestions above. I've simply been participating in discussion forums for 17 years and seen what goes well and what doesn't.
Pearls before swine Pete.
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Pearls before swine Pete.
Maybe dmf will clutch some of them.
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Pearls before swine Pete.
The mini-spectacle of people like sd ignoring or urinating on common sense when it is recommended to them amuses me. Can a sexagenarian be a sick puppy?
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Back on-topic, FWIW, this "crisis" has been going on for many years, possibly for more than a decade. But one PC "oppressed" group is oppressing another PC "oppressed" group. When it's one PC group vs. another PC group, Libs' and Progs' first impulse is to squirt ink and swim away. Their class-based world view handles oppressed class vs. oppressed class conflicts poorly (think, "Rwanda"!).
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Back to the thread - if the name calling is over.
The prime minister of Myramar, an avowed champion of human rights, has been repeatedly asked about the persecution of the Muslim minority in her country. She has repeated avoided the question and won't even issue a press release.
As these refugees are Muslim, one has to wonder why Malaysia refuses to take them in.
The Philippines, a predominantely Christian country, as agreed to take a few of them into those islands where Muslims already live.