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spoken like a "true joined at the hip" brother....///runs
Doc B... :dodgy:
but honestly...isnt this one of the most overindulgent scenarios youve seen?...they are just making grounds to pick a fight with a percieved "western" country...i understand to a point, but this borders on the undefendable and ridiculous. bah..... shame on you.
 
                                
                
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            HazardGameR^ said:maybe that's down to the fact that we know that news stories aren't necessarily the voice of the state. in countries governed by extremists, of any denomination, you'll tend to find the opposite. the people there will believe that ALL the stories carried ARE the voice of the state. with that mindset, it's not surprising that these people will hold the danish government accountable for what's in a danish newspaper.
I don't see any connection between boycotting Danish products and Religion, unless the products themselves were labeled offensively.
 
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                        fishy said:I agree to a point. But any intelligent person should know that communication is a two way process. I know it fails in practice but thats a fact.
maybe that's down to the fact that we know that news stories aren't necessarily the voice of the state. in countries governed by extremists, of any denomination, you'll tend to find the opposite. the people there will believe that ALL the stories carried ARE the voice of the state. with that mindset, it's not surprising that these people will hold the danish government accountable for what's in a danish newspaper.
 
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                        Gwil said:How come nobody cares if they offend Christianity or Judaeism?
Islam did, what the muslims thought..
I see no ships cap'n, but raging generisations ho'!
Oh, as for that "westernresistance" website - one of the cartoons is labelled as completely harmless. FFS! Muslims find pictorising Mohammed offensive and it goes against Islam OF COUSE IT'S OFFENSIVE!
Just because most Westernised nations have bastardised, consumerised and all but abandoned their religion doesn't mean our friends in the east should be insulted for still having faith in theirs.
I'd also like to state that I dont support the violent protests or direct attacks that have erupted from this, but someone needs to fight a corner for Islamic views here because this thread is just turning into a "kick Islam while it's down" party and most of the points raised are stereotypes, generalisations and downright wrong.
Structured, informed and reasoned debate is a dying art, it saddens me to see. I argued with adiabiatic on IRC the other day that Europe doesn't have right wing leanings and parties with potential to get power, but going by some opinions expressed here we are sailing closer to the winds of hate and ignorance than I dared imagine.
 
                                
                
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                        If there was not an overabundance of angry muslimsIncidentally, overabundance isn't
 
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                        Islam did, what the muslims thought..Hello there, this is "Ruy Diaz" from Western Resistance.
I see no ships cap'n, but raging generisations ho'!
Oh, as for that "westernresistance" website - one of the cartoons is
labelled as completely harmless. FFS! Muslims find pictorising Mohammed
offensive and it goes against Islam OF COUSE IT'S OFFENSIVE!
Just because most Westernised nations have bastardised, consumerised
and all but abandoned their religion doesn't mean our friends in the
east should be insulted for still having faith in theirs.
I'd also like to state that I dont support the violent protests or
direct attacks that have erupted from this, but someone needs to fight
a corner for Islamic views here because this thread is just turning
into a "kick Islam while it's down" party and most of the points raised
are stereotypes, generalisations and downright wrong.
Structured, informed and reasoned debate is a dying art, it saddens me
to see. I argued with adiabiatic on IRC the other day that Europe
doesn't have right wing leanings and parties with potential to get
power, but going by some opinions expressed here we are sailing closer
to the winds of hate and ignorance than I dared imagine.
 
                                
                
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                        b) That in Islamic Law, in order to condemn a man of rape, four male witnesses are needed, making rape prosecutions nearly impossible.Of course, all majority Muslim states follow Shareeah law and even
Did you also know that Islam's prophet Mohammad:Give me a break.
d) Took as a wife--his favorite wife--a six-year-old girl, Aisha, and
his marriage to her was consumated when she was nine and he was in his
fifties.
e) Massacred a Jewish tribe, the Bani Qurayza, on a flimsy pretext.
Of course, all majority Muslim states follow Shareeah law and evenJanuary 8th, 2006 Islamic Republic of Iran: http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/001338.html
those that do don't modify it for a modern context. Seriously, come on.
Like I say, i'm ready and waiting for this.
Give me a break.I'll give you a break when you earn it.
If the argument will go forth like this I'm not sure if i'll waste the breath.
 
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                        Ruy Diaz: Welcome and have a wonderful timeThanks. But before having a good time I'll have to find out what the forum is about. Perhaps I should take a break from reading The Legacy of Jihad?
Gwil: Nice new avatar, it's cool.It is not simply attacking Muhammad's character; it is that his teachings were often a justification of his actions and that he is held by Muslims to be the best of men, worthy of imitation.
Both: attacking Muhammed's character is not going to prove anything
about Islam one way or another, just like saying "Jesus was a meanie"
is not going to prove anything about Christianity.
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                        Dr Brasso said:You too?
i have never said that they shouldnt be a little pissed off....hell, i get mad trying to start the damn lawn mower....
 
  
                                
                
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                         ya gotta get it where ya find it, especially when ya need it... :wink:
 ya gotta get it where ya find it, especially when ya need it... :wink:While I absolutely hate every islamist fundamentalist (andFirst, "pagans" included millions of Hindus, Zoroastrians, etc. And I
fundamentalism in general), there are a few facts I'd like to point
out, in favour of (moderate) muslim culture:[...]2- Christians
and Jews are "the people of the book", and no christian or jew was ever
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                        Ruy Diaz said:You know, I am just an observer because I mostly don't give a rats ass about this topic and who got P.O.'d over a comic strip but...
It is very tempting to demolish your five points, one by one, but I'd rather concentrate on the most outrageously wrong.
So, you say you are not one to side with an older member, just before siding with an older member, just because he is so?Ruy Diaz said:You know, I am just an observer because I mostly don't give a rats
It is very tempting to demolish your five points, one by one, but I'd rather concentrate on the most outrageously wrong.
ass about this topic and who got P.O.'d over a comic strip but...
Kain has not only been here a while, but is pretty level headed in
most everything he posts. I am not one to side with an older member
just because either so don't go there but, you being particularly new
you seem either well versed, or just overly opinionated.
Lets assume that since Kain actually lives closer than you, that he might have some insiders view.
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            yer linkage is b0rkd sir.....Arrrghhh! I am unable to copy-and-paste into the message, is there a way to do that?
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                        Ruy Diaz said:Well, we'll talk about whats superior tomorrow. Having a whole thread about me would take a while.
You know, you could just think throught the arguments. Some people consider that the superior option.
 
                                
                
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                        Kain said:blushes
Hehe, welcome back Orpheus! :smile: I love this guy!! (in a purely non-gay sens of the word...)
 
                                
                
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                        Monqui said:I dont believe that the sites are posted are aiming their apologies at terrorist leaders :smile: (I am a Dane myself)
"There can be no settlement before an apology and there can be no settlement before laws are legislated by the European Parliament and the parliaments of European countries,"
 
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