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You are ONLY 16, and yet you find yourself to have the experience to reject God. With kids like you, who needs authority?
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<p>You are ONLY 17, and yet you find yourself to have the experience to accept God.</p>
<p>Fixed.</p>
<p>Now shush and let us talk about Muslim attitudes.</p>
<p>JamesN: Back up your comments or shut the **** up. Simple.</p>
<p>Xe<em>Ln</em>Ag_A:<br>
"this was a thread about Muslim Cartoons, and JamesN pulled it towards his own pompous ideas.
I'll be the first to admit I made the mistake of trying to reason with JamesN."</p>
<p>I, also, made that grave mistake once. Just let him go on his tirades and just ignore him. He is nothing more than a pestulent fly.</p>
<p>"i understand that Islam forbids any visual representation of Muhammad, but we must remember that this is their taboo, not the world's. "</p>
<p>I agree whole-heartedly. How can we maintain a democratic form of government with our greatly shared freedoms if we bow down to conform to the moral standards of one religion?</p>
<p>Sorry guys, I will stop responding to him. We can ignore him in his profile, I think.</p>
<p>"Now shush and let us talk about Muslim attitudes."</p>
<p>I'll start by noting this: in retaliation to the caricature, Muslims burned a US flag and...a KFC?</p>
<p>EDIT:
"How can we maintain a democratic form of government with our greatly shared freedoms if we bow down to conform to the moral standards of one religion?"</p>
<p>Excellent point. If we acknowledged that one religion was right, then the rest would be wrong, and I can't see any reason why that would be the case.</p>
<p>It's interesting how KFC, McDonald's, and other fast food chains become symbols of American hegemony and evil, but I don't see the world burning their American cars, TVs, and stereos. In other words:</p>
<p>I want to burn something American and evil. But I like my car. I guess I can do without KFC for a few weeks. Down with the KFC!</p>
<p>Idiocy is international. </p>
<p>By the way, KFC is really good in Japan. Way better than in the States.</p>
<p>Well, at least they're not on the US's case as much anymore...</p>
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<p>you sure about that? I hear they're stilling having riots and burning **** on my local news radio station.</p>
<p>Xe<em>Ln</em>Ag_A:</p>
<p>Yes, there are still reports of violent protests throughout the Muslim world. And they're still protesting against Europe, Israel and America. You know, the usual basically.</p>
<p>I said "as much." I don't hear of it as often ever since this Danish news report controversy .</p>
<p>Plus, it was a bit of caustic humor (though, it probably wasn't funny).</p>
<p>lol.
it's going down just like the IRaq war
we are incensed by roadside bombs for hte first month, then we just lose interest.
we're experiencing the same thing towards the muslim protests, i guess.</p>
<p>I quite agree.</p>
<p>What are your viewpoints on the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how does Hamas factor into the peace process?</p>
<p>hmmm.
I think that hamas's entering into the political scene will be a beneficial force, because the responsibilities required in politics (public relations, meetings, fiscal management) will blunt their extremist aims over time.</p>
<p>most people don't realize that Hamas does do many things besides blow people up in Israel
90% of Hamas's money goes towards Palestinian funding in:
-hospitals
-schools
-sports leagues
-orphanages
-soup kitchens
-other welfare related programs</p>
<p>Xe<em>Ln</em>Ag_A:
"I think that hamas's entering into the political scene will be a beneficial force, because the responsibilities required in politics (public relations, meetings, fiscal management) will blunt their extremist aims over time."</p>
<p>Possibly. Sort of like how Sinn Fein and the IRA calmed down in Northern Ireland.</p>
<p>However, the reverse could also happen. Hamas might institutionalize terrorism and create state-funded terrorist militias and turn Palestine into a military state. Such is the case with the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.</p>
<p>Xe<em>Ln</em>Ag_A:
"most people don't realize that Hamas does do many things besides blow people up in Israel
90% of Hamas's money goes towards Palestinian funding in:"</p>
<p>I'm not sure where you got this figure. Reliable sources?</p>
<p>Even if the statistics are true, Hamas is still a terrorist organization.</p>
<p>wikipedia.org.</p>
<p>yea it's impossible to tell, I jus know that organizations generally turn towards the moderate when faced with political responsibilities.</p>
<p>the extremist ones usually don't survive very long =D</p>
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<p>But they do make powerful impacts which effects the issues in world politics. </p>
<p>Terrorism is a movement, and nobody is gonna stop it.</p>
<p>Lari, i dont get why you are into Muslim politics. After all, you dont understand religion and it is people like you Muslims are trying to avoid.</p>
<p>JamesN:
"Lari, i dont get why you are into Muslim politics."</p>
<p>"Muslim politics", as you call them, affect everyone and every person should be well aware of all of the turmoil and chaos in "Muslim politics".</p>
<p>"After all, you dont understand religion and it is people like you Muslims are trying to avoid."</p>
<p>You don't have to be a theist to have an opinion. Again, you never cease to overgeneralize. Since when do you speak for the Muslim community?</p>