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@hworta269
A plane highjaker would wear modern clothes, have no beard, and act cool as much as possible. Look at previous cases (70s and up until the most recent case). Based on your discriminative comments, I do think that CAIR has a real case in the US.
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@WilliB
Based on the fact that you managed to involve Hamas somehow, I advise you that instead of doubting others, you might be better of spending some time doubting your logic and feelings.
@ExportExpert
By mean you mean "our"? You and your companion the pilot? To be frank I saw my share of sick people at both sides, east and west. Take it from me, none of you is better that the other. And your highly discriminative remarks just prove my point (along the thumb-ups you managed to receive from people of similar mentality). I could imagine an older version of a person like you complaining about black people riding public buses with their indecent look and manners.
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@some14some
They, al-qaida, indeed has nice ideas once in a while. Though the problem is mostly in the execution. When Iraqi branch of al-qaida decided that smoking is bad for your health and is against Islam's teachings, they enforced a smoking ban by cutting the fingers of smokers. Can't help but wonder what methods they will use to force people to look after their parents and grand parents.
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@tmarie
In case you have doubts, in a country where the majority are Muslims (not necessarily an Islamic country), you are not allowed to eat (or drink) in the streets in Ramadan (to not offend Muslims). And in most Islamic countries, there are certain limits to what you can dress as a woman (they believe that they are helping you in not offending yourself).
While I'm defending Muslims continuously against discrimination based on religion, terrorism accusations, or that their religion is worse to others. As far as understanding of others goes, they have a serious problem. But it's not a religion issue, rather a level of civility issue. Had Canada and Europe were accepting intelligent immigrants only, this problem would unlikely have been, as I didn't hear much of complaining of Arab/Muslim researchers in the west, who are doing fairly well in their work and in adapting to other cultures.
As far as Christmas tree goes, I say if the Christians came up with it, let them enjoy calling it what they want, can't be much offended. Though in countries like Russia (and in Soviet Union previously), were all families had Christmas trees although atheists, I find it kind of difficult to force them to call it a Christmas tree (especially that they celebrate new year, not Christmas). So it much depends on the Circumstances.
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vladrin
To be frank, one thing I'm not catching up with the critiques of the article is on being different. Everyone is different. You can be the Otaku of a class, and be different this way. You don't have to be Einstein to be different. The author didn't claim that she's superior to others, or even better in any way, just different. And what bothered her that the setting in Japan is a little too much constrained to have people have it their way most of the time. Is that really problem? or too much to handle?
A western person (or one with western mentality) would note that the picture of the whole article is not much clear, or one can state that the text is structured in a way that doesn't give a very clear opinion. Well this is an issue with most of the Japanese people when they state their opinion (basically, part of the Japanese character). Don't want to be much judging, but if one criticizes a Japanese person for stating his/her opinion in this manner, it really makes me doubt how much one learns from communication with Japanese people.
There many who claim that there is no problem in being different in Japan. But really, how much of people who stated this opinion are a Japanese who finished a Japanese high school? So how do you claim that she should have not had these problems at high school.
Then there is the part concerning manners. I don't plan to try to educate anyone, but rudeness is no a part inherited from culture. Stating an opinion in a respectful manner should take 10% more time when writing a comment, but should make the one to whom the comment is addressed be much more comfortable with reading it, and maybe dealing with the fact. If one has no intention of putting that effort, then why should he/she think that his/her comments are worth reading?
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@southsakai
I much agree on your couple of posts.
@Xiron Hoyos
You can look at the failed relation as a loss, but you can look at it as an opportunity. You saved yourself from being doomed if you were stuck with her in a marriage for years. And I'm pretty sure you gained more experience on a kind of people that is new to you while interacting with her. I believe that you shouldn't allow this experience to consume you. As long as you have enough confidence, you shall have no problems. You seem like a good guy, and the fact that other people thumbed up your comment, means that other people do appreciate you too.
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vladrin
One link is missing in most of comments is that it has less to do with religion, and more to do with nation's overall level of civility and education.
Two days ago an Islamic party won the elections in Tunisia with about 40% of the votes. Here is what they have done so far:
They formed a coalition with another 2-4 parties. One or two of these parties are leftists (socialists, etc.). They could have formed the government with only one party, but they preferred to get everyone involved.
The prime minister to be is from the Islamic party. The president is likely to be a socialist/ex-socialist.
They have elected members to a parliament like body, half of them which are women.
Party's president stated that people can still drink alcohol, and women are free to dress what they, want including bikinis. (Nope, no oppression)
Now you have some Muslims stating that Tunisian have no understanding of Islam, and that they favor material pleasures over God's true guidance. So, the question is: are Muslims bad or good? It depends on who they are. If an educated nation adopts Islam, they will have good results. And if intellectually poor nations adopts Islam, you will have poor results.
That said, I don't think that if Libyans where Christians, they would have been any better. Their current problem is that their people were much oppressed, so they need time to open up. Though to be frank, I didn't hear them state that they will adopt Sharia, it's just that their constitution shouldn't conflict with Islamic rules.
So WilliB, concerning your comments regarding the Arab-spring (becoming Arab-winter). It's not for you to decide who deserves a democracy and who deserves a dictatorship.
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@cleo
I'm not sure I could much agree with you, because you never could expect the outcome. I never knew that chocolate can be mixed with tea until I tried Jeff de Bruges' dark chocolate with Black Tea (which was very interesting for me). Tried chocolate with Green Tea, but found nothing expressive. Mint seems a little vulgar (though can be tried once in a while for a change). For chocolate lovers who eat chocolates every one or two days, refreshing tastes are needed. But if one eats chocolates about once a week, then it seems more important the manufacturer sticks to the basics and have good ingredients.
P.S. Strange, none talked about Belgian as it seems the best to me. Though, as Nicky said, sometimes it's overpriced.
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@Fadamor
Except for one component is missing here: Honesty/Integrity. If someone gets bored or his/her desires are unfulfilled, then it should be addressed with the spouse first. Seems funny in a way how many people find excuses for themselves, how the other should know that you are unfulfilled anymore, one can get that feeling in a month, another in 3 years. Again honesty and integrity are the key here.
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@ben4short
It's none of my business. And to be frank the whole discussion between us went too far, I think both of us went too far. But the issue of you stating "Spouses and kids oh my! Quite a ridiculous and illogical argument. Let's simply make "stupid" adultery punishable by death, wha'dya say sport?" has taken the discussion to a new level (and you can imagine me jumping of my chair when reading your comment). Anyway, sorry if any of my comments seemed inconvenient.
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@ben4short
It's obvious that you are a selfish person. I feel sorry for your kids, if you have any.
If you can't commit don't make a family. If you're into swinging, then discuss these things with your spouse in advance.
You might not understand it, but divorce is not a game, not after you tie a person with yourself for few year. One may marry a woman when she's 25, but if he divorces her on 35, she might not able to have a family again as it's more difficult to find a husband at that age.
Again, be thoughtful of people around you, and try to be a bit responsible if you plan to have a family.
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@ben4short
Private lives? Victimless? Maybe, but here is the kicker, some of them are married and their spouses don't know. So it's not very much private when you have a spouse. And if your spouse doesn't know, then it's not victimless at all. And if your spouse happens to know while you are having children and you get a divorce, then more victims for this stupid behavior (your kids).
@ReformedBasher
It always amazes how people who support/justify this behavior tend to completely ignore the bad aspects of such behavior.
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@societymike
"which stones our women": Not women, but married people who are accused of adultery, this includes men too.
"doesn't allow their voice": Not sure what you mean. But women get to elect and to be elected there.
"supresses the people": Yes, they do suppress their own people. But so does many countries, in America, Europe, Russia and Chine. This doesn't mean that they all intend to assassinate diplomats on USA's soil.
"denies the Jewish Holocaust ever happened": They didn't deny the Holocaust, they questioned the numbers of victims, and asked historians to reiterate over the historical facts to see how much innocent Jewish people were really killed in the genocide.
@SuperLib
Yes, this is in case something really happened. Currently, all of the US experts who interacted with Iranians say that this makes no sense. Neither for an ordinary person like me this makes any sense. To kill the Saudi ambassador in the USA of all countries, through a sales man who is known to be disorganized, and with cooperation with drug dealers!?
People in the US have the right to question the validity and timing of this issue, and you need not deny them that right.
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@JapanGal
Well, if my parents where alcoholics, I would most likely be a looser too. Few issues to all commentators:
The real ones who started the move in the US are civil rightists and college students. Not homeless and alcoholics.
Homeless people in California this year are twice as much as the year before. It's not like suddenly more people became alcoholics or suddenly lazy.
As for alcoholics and drug addicts. Most of the people don't understand that much is predetermined by the environment around a person. And when you are in a bad environment, the statistics are not your friend, and you are most probably ought to be miserable. I would never judge another person unless I would have been in his condition, and more so had a similar genes like him (which i impossible). So I think it's better just not to judge.
On a side note, I saw countless people work on pay jobs, and I know just how fragile they are (in terms of handling pressure/stress, taking risk to achieve results, etc.), and all of them, just seem so unaware of that fact. For instance I was arguing with a person who was rubbishing people, in some country that had critical condition, for being jobless, and when the economy took a hit (in 2008) and only 10% of people in the company where he was working were fired, he was among them (in a rude way, he was among the 10% most useless). I just can't imagine how long jobless he would have been have he lived in countries with tougher conditions (like the one he criticized), most probably for years. And had he had no parents, where he would have went? To the streets most likely.
Unless you have millions that you worked out yourself, you need to understand that you are as vulnerable as the people you are rubbishing, the people who became homeless this year. So I ask all commentators who criticized the people on the street to mature a little bit and be more respectful, because next year it could be you.
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@DS
Yes, but often what seems to be an objective assessment to one, appears to be subjective to another. I don't want to start pinpointing as it should serve only a negative purpose, but still, in different standards one could find discrimination of Arab citizens in Israel at very high levels. Still I don't want to get into this conversation, as I said it shall server no purpose. Thus I say, it's easier for all of us to try to judge each other less.
@TigermothII
I agree with you on almost everything you said. But the issue is that Islamic radicals are being broadcasted and re-broadcasted again and again. For instance, two mosques were burnt last week in Palestinian territories by fundamentalists among Jewish settlers. But this is not broadcasted. One point I would like to mention is that Muslims treat atheists much worse than Christians and Jews. Which in turn, makes my interaction with many of them miserable. But still, I think these problems are solved by better education and tighter integration of different cultures, not by flammatory remarks often written by religious people of other groups. Malaysia and Turkey for instance have made a successful transition to a moderate version of Islam. And other Islamic countries should follow that path, but only with trust and mutual respect we can achieve that goal.
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@DS
This if an African problem, not an Islamic problem. Not sure though what this has to do with the subject. Still, you seem to be enjoying your time rubbishing other cultures.
And not sure from where do you get your numbers and go and say that atheists murdered the most. There is one well known statistics, which concerns world war victims, and none of the persons you mentioned had a direct contribution to it (Except for Soviet Union, that were on the defensive).
I would have had more self satisfaction if I had your simplistic/arrogant view of the world, where your culture/religion is right, and others are wrong. Thus I'm talking about the fact that may be a lot of religious people need to have a more open minded and a more relaxing attitude toward others with different beliefs. Just try to think less in who-is right-and-who-is-wrong way, and you will probably make more friends and less enemies.
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@HonestDictator
I agree with the soul of your idea. But issue is that on this forum, I find the ones who attack Muslims the most, are both Christians and Jews (not atheists or Buddhists for some reason). And when I argue with Muslims, they always complain of the western Christians and Jews. Now, if you read what atheists say on this forum, they tend to say that Christians are not better from Muslims, so leave the islamophobia aside as it should do no good at best, and bring another war at worst. Now when I argue with eastern atheists, Arab atheists for example, you find them non-suspicious to westerns (both Christians and Jews), unlike their Muslim counterparts.
Now here is the position of a person like me who hears both religious and atheists at both sides (east and west). And for some reason, the voice of judging, phobia and war is coming from religious people at both sides. While I find that for some reason, atheists have a more relaxing and less judging attitude.
Now I don't think that I'm the only one who has such feeling. And from here you hear atheists complaining about religious people in general, as they know their attitude is to flame more conflicts, when we have more serious issues like having 8 million die of hunger every year, more than a billion people starving on a daily basis, more than 15,000 rape cases in Kongo last year alone, and the list goes on. Yet some find the time and patience to pick a fight with people who have a religion other than theirs, and be so much concerned about it.
Posted in: Christians under siege in post-revolution Egypt
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@YuriOtani
It's not that you read Egyptian papers to begin with. But talking about Egyptian papers, they are the most advanced in the Arab world. Even during Husni Mubarak's time, they were very democratic, and much more democratic they became. It's strange that you talk about Military propaganda, provided that the journalists criticize the military regime the most.
Based on what? As far as I know, there were not two parallel demonstrations to begin with (one Muslim and one Christian). There were only one demonstration, led by Christian, and had some Muslim participants who went in support of Christians. The chaos began when the military forces in charge of the security were attacked with firearms, then 4 soldiers had been killed, and happened what happened during the chaos. So where are Muslims in the whole conflict I just can't see what you imply exactly?
If you want to stand behind your 8 million Christian brothers and sisters (a division based on religion), then there are roughly 70 million Egyptian Muslims who can stand behind their Muslim brothers and sisters. Fortunately, Egyptians don't live in a jungle. Egyptians live in a democratic state, and such conflicts will be resolved through official routes, not based on who stands behind who, and who has the most support.
Maybe you should be less paranoid, and have a more open view on the world. Then people on the other side will less likely look like devils to you.
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@Madverts
Couldn't agree with you more. Though I envy you for where you live. Currently I live in a completely opposite place to where you are living now.
@TigermothII
Why would you want to move there? To cause religious conflicts with your views :) Just kidding.
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@TigermothII
If you are talking in general. There are radicals/ignorant on both side, who are few by the way. There were prosecution of people who converted to Christianity, and prosecution to people who converted to Islam (by both sides). Both of them were used in the latest days of Husni Mubarak's regime to shift the focus from the rising revolution. There is evidence that the bombing of a Church during the revolution was ordered by Habeeb Al-Adeli (the Interior Affair Minister back then), and it's likely that he will be hanged for this as he is now under prosecution. This is a pure example of people of the previous regime using the Muslim-Christian issue to shift the focus.
As for the latest events, there were eyewitnesses that said that start of the chaos was started by an outsider group that targeted the military with firearms. For now, it's believed that this group is among the remains of the previous regime. Currently, the government is investigating the latest conflict.
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