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If you shot yourself in the foot, you would not be as lame as that reply.
Mark Steyn agrees that reformation via the moderate side of Islam is the right answer, but contrary to some people on this thread, he says to do that one must be politically incorrect, and link Islam to terrorism: Quote:
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07-12-2005, 10:16 AM | #152 | |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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And of course religions should not be exempt from laws, whether it's Muslim honor killings or faith-healing child abuse. The honor killings should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but military occupation of Muslim neighborhoods in London, or random arrests of Muslims, would not be the way to go.
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OK, what are we doing that appears to you to be making things worse?
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07-12-2005, 11:18 AM | #154 |
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Ok--(I don't belong here, I'm not anywhere near as well-versed on this as all of you, but I am middle America and I'm not as stupid as you think, so--ok....)
You want politically incorrect? How's this---the Muslim world is 1,000 years behind the rest of the civilized world. At least. And they don't produce anything. To me, those are major, MAJOR flaws that won't be corrected until enough time has passed as such to render the culture/religion "aware"--my niece married a fresh-off-the-jihad Pakistani man. You all should get a load of HIM! How many of YOU have it in the family??? Anyone?? Yes, he's one man. No, he's not inclusive of the entire region/religion. Don't insult me. But he IS completely unwilling to "adopt" this country as his own------so, why the fuck is he HERE?????* *I've the answer, but it's waaaay off the thread. Now back to your arguement....
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The real solution is long term, but I think it's what happened in Russia: Give them all cable tv and internet access and eventually their kids will demand western culture.
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07-12-2005, 11:51 AM | #156 |
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[quote=dar512]They don't have to. They've got oil.
[/QUOTE} ...ok, WE did not always NEED their oil. They've NEVER produced anything except religious nut cases. If the world didn't need oil, they'd be Darfur. Period. No one would give a shit what they did or how many of them were killed.
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2) Our eternal dance of supporting corrupt governments if they will provide short term political advantage. This is not, of course, specific to the Middle East. It is just as harmful in Central and South America. 3) Until very recently, we supported Israel's position no matter what it was (I think we should always support Israel, but sometimes we would be supporting them better by not supporting some of their individual policies). This is something I think Bush has actually improved our position on. If US diplomacy had anything to do with settlement withdrawal, then good on him.
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Good point, Brianna. And you have to wonder if all our oil money wasn't flowing into the Mideast, would they the nutcases be able to afford to fly around and plant bombs hither and thither?
So support our troops - get rid of your suvs and humvees.
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I'm way, waaaaay below an SUV. I'm nowhere near a humvee. I'm a Ford kind of woman. While other RN's bought Lexus and the like, I raised two kids with all the opportunity I could muster. I think I got the better deal. My oldest is enjoying what we jokingly call "lawyer camp" at University of Cincinnati. He won via an essay he wrote (and he was identified as "gifted" as a youngster). The younger, Danny, just finished an elite sports camp. I feel lucky.
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Way to go sons of Brianna!
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According to the break-in on the noon news, buncha houses were raided in a "Muslim Section" of Leeds and arrests made.
There is now also speculation that the four bombers died in the attacks, although the reporters are not yet saying "suicide bombers" as there was also information that the bombs were triggered using cellphones as timing devices, like the Spanish train bombs. I wonder, though, if there is insufficient Islamic fervor on the part of the youth of Britain, and those who carried the bombs thought they were merely going to place them at some location and have the bombs go off later?
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There's also the possibility of an unsuspecting suicide bomber...
Abdul: We drop the bomb and then pretend we're tourists. Akbar: Hey Abdul, why is the bomb ringing? Bomb: Dumbasses... *boom*
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1 -- Fight the hype. When you hear news event Islamofascist dah dee dah...just subtract the hype part. This has postitive effects. You still get to prosecute a crime as in the honor killings, as is just. You starve the recruiters of a little bit of oxygen each time you don't run around in circles flapping on about how the "the Muslims are coming! The Muslims are coming!". You train yourself to respond to the facts, and not be distracted by the noise 2 -- Let them be. Let them fall of their own accord. If they believe they can make a functioning society and economy in the world of today, I say, let'em try. What happened to communism? We didn't bomb them into submission, we outplayed them. What makes you think we're unequal to this new foe? This effort will require considerable restraint on our part in two major ways. First--get out of their country. There are plenty of reasons to do so and plenty of places in the world where equally awful things happen that we are where we're NOT eyeball deep. Second--major reduction in oil consumption. Since that's their major economic bulwark, we'd be hittin' 'em where they live: in the wallet. Beat them in the market. Fix their little red wagon, don't buy what their selling. Look, if the can make go of it, fine. I, myself, don't believe in the righteousness of the coming American Hegemony. The world's big enough for other cultures. We already permit / tolerate / ignore / whitewash all sorts of societal differences in the name of national security / diversity / detente / benevolent disregard. There's room on the list for another. 3 -- Get to know them. Yeah, Kumbayah and all that sh*t. Seriously. Find a person, and get to know them. For this part to work, the person in question has to be a Muslim. But notice, they're a person first. Get to know another and then five or ten more. I'm leaving completely open what kind of Muslim-icity the person believes in. If they're moderate, surprise! You get to see moderate Islam in the flesh. If they're radical, bonus! Now's your chance to see how the other side thinks. And I get a golden opportunity to represent how my side thinks. I f*cking A believe that my way is better and I relish the chance to debate the issue on the merits. Notice this is possible in this scenario where you and another person have gotten to know each other as individuals. Presumably in a way that permits conversations, and the exchange of ideas. This one is the compliment to suggestion number one. This is anti-hype, and much more representative of the way the world is. I'll give you an example. Bush gets a lot of press. We all talk about him, every day (maybe TMI, I'm a freakin news junkie). But consider how many people vs. presidents you know? Really, my life is influenced much much more by people who aren't the president. Like my boss, my family, the people I interact with every day, the people in my local community, the people in my cyber community, etc. The ones that affect me the most aren't the ones making the most news or even getting the most attention. By getting past the loudness of what we hear and read in the media, we're able to make more informed judgements of how things really are. The map is not the terrain, but the terrain is what we must cover, regardless of what it says on the map. The hype is not the people, but it is the people with whom we must interact, and relying on a faulty map will lead to faulty decisions. Get to the truth. Get to know each other.
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When you say "their country", which one do you mean?
Winds of Change debuts this Flash presentation showing all major attacks since al Q. Note when Mar 2003 is on the timeline. Previous to that are the attacks you can't blame on Iraq. http://windsofchange.net/flashplayer...da&w=640&h=480 |
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bruce - this was a while ago.
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