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Originally posted by AmmonSeth
This is outrageous, the internet may well be the current home of free speech, but regardless there are limits,
also being as the internet is an international platform, why dont the authorities of a country with laws that would allow them to intervene do something?
Personally, it beggars belief that people who hate non-islamic society and non-islamic countrys, would then choose to live in any of those countrys, why dont they go to an islamic country where they can speak whatever atrocities they like,
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
reply to post by centurion1211
The only thing I can suggest to you friend is that while you chide me for a lack of ‘balance’ because I don’t defend Israel there was not one word on your part that in any way is supportive of Islamic Nations either.
Originally posted by centurion1211
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Looks like that post from really about you not being able to post without making it about the Jews must be right on. You even did it in your response to him where you started out by claiming you don't do that.
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
reply to post by centurion1211
The only thing I can suggest to you friend is that while you chide me for a lack of ‘balance’ because I don’t defend Israel there was not one word on your part that in any way is supportive of Islamic Nations either.
I'm not "chiding" you because you are not defending Israel, it is because you never point out anything negative from the muslim side - and there is plenty there to point out. What I just said is a huge difference from what you said, because "balance" means criticism of all taking part in this debacle.
As far as me not supporting the islamic nations, first, they already have you and all the others here that like to play "dog pile on Israel" every chance you get, and second, I'll be happy to, when they start acting like they (any of them) want to play nice in the middle east and elsewhere in the world.
[edit on 10/15/2009 by centurion1211]
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Very interesting how you break billions of individual people into a homogenized “They”.
Amazingly you pretend not to see your own bias and prejudices in doing that as you choose to focus all the while on what you consider being other people’s bias and prejudices.
Obviously you have not read many of my posts or even my opening post to this thread as I clearly condemned what the Jewish man who has ahem converted to Islam was saying that was so hateful.
Here is what you don’t seem to want to acknowledge and many people suffer from it.
2 + 2 = 4
The facts of a particular occurrence are the facts of a particular occurrence.
2 + 2=4 even if you don’t also post 3+3 =6.
Yet there are some people who will dismiss that 2+2 = 4 and beg other people to overlook that fact all together by saying: So 4+3=7!
Yes it does, but it still doesn’t change that 2+2=4.
In the real world if I say 75% of the people I know don’t like me the first thing everyone else is going to say is: What do you do to make those people not like you?
It’s common sense of course, since the people are choosing not to like me for what is to them real reasons.
In the skewered world of politics and religion if someone says 75% of the world does not like Israel there is no question as to why instead it typically comes with this statement: They are anti-Semites!
They are supposed to like us because we say we are likable and therefore anyone who does not like us is unreasonable.
It’s not a common sense argument. In fact it’s an absurdity.
It is saying that 2+2=4 (why people don’t like us) doesn’t matter, what matters is 4+3=7 (why it’s wrong not to like us).
People don’t like things for real reasons. The moment you can grow up and Israel can grow up and start being honest with yourselves about what those REAL reasons are as opposed to the MADEUP reasons you like to DISMISS the numbers with is when the world will become a safer place and Israel will become more secure.
In the meantime people who imagine they are too clever for their own good, and believe in the collective lies and myths they reinforce with each other who desperately try to make 2+2=4 anything but by deflecting away from it and accusing others of not knowing basic math are in fact making the world a far more dangerous place and making Israel far less secure.
Personally I would rather have an intelligent honest enemy than a stupid lying friend.
That’s just me though, I have common sense.
The kind of common sense that says when a New York Jew converts to Islam and makes an incendiary website appealing to Muslims to pray to G-d to kill all Jews that it is a. a load of crap, and b. nothing to curb free speech over.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
It’s a very cut and dry, straightforward common sense position and is fair and unbiased towards everyone, even Jews pretending to be Muslims!
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
reply to post by centurion1211
As far as me not supporting the islamic nations, first, they already have you and all the others here that like to play "dog pile on Israel" every chance you get, and second, I'll be happy to, when they start acting like they (any of them) want to play nice in the middle east and elsewhere in the world.
Originally posted by really
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
It’s a very cut and dry, straightforward common sense position and is fair and unbiased towards everyone, even Jews pretending to be Muslims!
That's interesting. You would think converting would make him a Muslim and not "pretending to be one."
I agree with you about the free speech thing. People should be allowed to say what they want to. However, the US Supreme Court has found that when speech may give rise to imminent harm that it may be suppressed.
As for this thread, in general - It's kind of sad. One can find many videos and websites by people all western religions calling for the death of members of other religions (even "Real" Muslims who are not pretending to be Muslim).
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
When you mix the circular logic of religion with the near identical circular logic of politics you end up with a quagmire like Israel.
Too much of the politically correct argument is simply designed to protect people and groups from having to be accountable for their collective actions.
In this particular case the Jewish man who converted to Islam called on G-d to kill all the Jews.
[edit on 15/10/09 by ProtoplasmicTraveler]
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Originally posted by really
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
I will be honest and say that the only people I know of who really live their religious beliefs are the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish.
Originally posted by really
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
When you mix the circular logic of religion with the near identical circular logic of politics you end up with a quagmire like Israel.
Too much of the politically correct argument is simply designed to protect people and groups from having to be accountable for their collective actions.
In this particular case the Jewish man who converted to Islam called on G-d to kill all the Jews.
[edit on 15/10/09 by ProtoplasmicTraveler]
Thank you for proving my original point. Thank you for also going off topic after chiding people for not staying on topic. I await a long drawn out answer in which you spin fact and fiction to tell the story you'd like it to.
[edit on 15-10-2009 by really]
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
I have seen a lot of people (mostly black felons) convert to Islam over the years. I think they all are pretending to be Muslims. Like a lot of people pretending to be something they often over compensate and end up fixating on some rather stange aspects to over compensate on.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
I have seen a lot of people (mostly black felons) convert to Islam over the years. I think they all are pretending to be Muslims. Like a lot of people pretending to be something they often over compensate and end up fixating on some rather stange aspects to over compensate on.
I know a tasty and delicious Bar-B-Que Pork Rib really puts their new found faith to the test!
I will be honest and say that the only people I know of who really live their religious beliefs are the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish.
Wow, but really that's dedication to scripture and principle.
Most religious people I know use it as a shield to excuse their own less than perfect nature. I know it was wrong to lie, cheat, steal and kill that man but I will ask G-d for foregiveness on Sunday and he will!
Alrighty then right you are.
The big problem with faith based religions is promotes a lot of faith based self defeating and harmful circular logic.
Fact and science can't enter in to people who seek to win their arguments and validate their often criminal and amoral behavior with "G-d wants, and G-d says".
When you mix the circular logic of religion with the near identical circular logic of politics you end up with a quagmire like Israel.
Too much of the politically correct argument is simply designed to protect people and groups from having to be accountable for their collective actions.
In this particular case the Jewish man who converted to Islam called on G-d to kill all the Jews.
That does not represent an imminent danger as G-d is not likely to give up his permanent vacation to answer the man's prayers and I don't think the Supreme Court will be particuarly worried about that possibly happening either.
The long and short of it is the moment you make it a crime to question one group of people, those people are going to take advantage of that to commit crimes.
When you defend 100% of the time one group of people without ever questioning what the accusation is and trying to make it seem like it is a crime to question, that's just foolish as no one is right 100% of the time.
Ultimately a lot of weakminded people fall for the politically correct argument but the reality is politically correct is just a nice way of saying Thought Controlled Police State.
Courage is not defending a group of people 100% of the time no matter what and at all costs.
Courage is defending the truth by always looking for it and always speaking to it.
[edit on 15/10/09 by ProtoplasmicTraveler]
Originally posted by mattpryor
reply to post by ModernAcademia
That's the trouble with these forums, we judge each other based on select opinions. Not always healthy.
I know you have me down as some sort of Muslim hating bigot, but I'm really a peace and understanding kind of guy.
I just think that peace and understanding should apply to everyone, not just to one side of certain conflicts