1/22/2005: Bloody animal sacrifice

[garnet]

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Isn't that called "civilization"?

Huh? So are you saying that these Muslims aren't "civilized"?

There's just as much ugliness in the US, but it takes place behind closed doors. I don't think that makes us more "civilized" than anyone else.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by garnet

Huh? So are you saying that these Muslims aren't "civilized"?

There are degrees of civilization.

And as to canonizing Ted Nugent, the Nuge is first and foremost a showman. I'd bet money that he was saying that just to see what people would say, the same as he's been doing since the '70s.

You being a grazer is not going to come as any great surprise to anyone.

[404Error]

Originally Posted by garnet

Huh? So are you saying that these Muslims aren't "civilized"?

civ·i·lized
adj.

1. Having a highly developed society and culture.
2. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, ethical, and reasonable: terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world.
3. Marked by refinement in taste and manners; cultured; polished.

I don't believe hacking off someone's head with a machete fits the definition of civilized....nor does what these Muslims are doing in this picture.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by 404Error

I don't believe hacking off someone's head with a machete fits the definition of civilized....nor does what these Muslims are doing in this picture.

I'd pick beheading over electrocution if I had to be executed.

[Troubleshooter]

You can pick it all you want. It's the ones who don't pick it that are the problem.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

You can pick it all you want. It's the ones who don't pick it that are the problem.

Is that the civilized way? Allow the condemned to choose their method of execution?

I'm more concerned that the hostages were killed than I am about the method.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Is that the civilized way? Allow the condemned to choose their method of execution?

I'm more concerned that the hostages were killed than I am about the method.

What I meant was save the hacking off of heads for the people who are a part of your religion or your culture.

Otherwise join the 21st century and shoot them or something.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

What I meant was save the hacking off of heads for the people who are a part of your religion or your culture.

Otherwise join the 21st century and shoot them or something.

The US doesn't do firing squads (except perhaps for the military) anymore, but some states still use the electric chair. Europe has no executions at all. If a European commits a crime in the US, should they be immune to the death penalty because it's not part of their culture? Should Catholics be imune to the death penalty because it's against their religion?