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Quornography.I'm gonna burn a

Rootman — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:46:10 +0000

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Quornography.

I'm gonna burn a kitten.

well i said he has a better

anna am — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:50:57 +0000

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well i said he has a better costume.

$20 says Destor kicks the

quinn esq — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:35:00 +0000

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$20 says Destor kicks the Pope's Inquisitorial ass in a throwdown.

I think the attention bring

quinn esq — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:32:00 +0000

In reply to What Is Going On Out There (A Koranamania Post)

I think the attention bring paid to this is nut, yes.

But do I think 99.9% of Muslims will ignore this, or otherwise take it in stride? Ummmmm, no. No chance. We might like to believe that 99.9% of PEOPLE are really balanced and calm and such, but I feel reasonably safe in saying, "there is no evidence of that. At all. In human history." In fact, I'd say there's usually anywhere from 40%-60% of the population who're ready to jump on-board with whatever asinine, other-hating, scapegoating piece of shit idea the bosses/imams/Republicans/royalists/patriots/ come up with.

This should NOT be read as an attack on Muslims in particular, it isn't. I have yet to see Christianity score much higher than about 40% on this front either. At various stages of my life, I myself have been quite ready and willing to get whooped up about whatever piece of stupidity was being whooped up.

And in my limited - but fairly educational - direct experience with Muslims, in 1979/80, I found that in fact, significant numbers were entirely ready to join in with mob-type acts of violence, to be committed on young stupid and naive types like myself (ok, in fact, on myself), largely because the imams were whooped up about international events, and found some localized insult or outrage or pretext (dancing) that offended the faith.

Lots of other people have found the same thing. Salman Rushdie. That van Gogh dude. And many many people who ended up on the wrong side of the discussion in numerous countries.

Maybe they weren't Klingons. But I've had family and friends who would happily join the Armed Forces to "stop the Muslims" or Commies or whatever... just as I had personal friends and roommate Muslims who were very clear they would join in acts of violence against those they felt had insulted their land, people and faith.

Much shorter. I believe people such as Destor, DF, and Genghis are in fairly short supply. The world is not 99.9% made up people of reason, or even much tolerance, much less patience.

good god what a picture. you

anna am — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:21:26 +0000

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good god what a picture. you are outrageous.

great post. and you're in good company. the pope has come out against these shenanigans. and when someone with costumes as great as his comes out against something, you know it's important. they're almost as good as your duds here. almost but not quite.

North Korea has just

quinn esq — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:19:54 +0000

In reply to "Burning Koreans is just

North Korea has just announced they disagree with you acanuck.

A warm welcome to you,

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:07:18 +0000

In reply to What Is Going On Out There (A Koranamania Post)

A warm welcome to you, Destor. Great post. It's sad to me that I'm receiving AP alerts about the decision of some pastor over whether to burn the Koran.

"Burning Koreans is just

acanuck — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:42:50 +0000

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"Burning Koreans is just wrong." Finally, something all sides can agree on.

lol

Michael Maiello — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:45:03 +0000

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lol

I've missed ya, DF! I agree

Michael Maiello — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:44:11 +0000

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I've missed ya, DF! I agree entirely. I'm also really troubled by this notion that practicing Muslims are somehow less capable of controlling themselves. This is a religion that has produced all manner of poetry, philosophy, science and mathematics and yet we talk about its followers as if they're not only irrational but are so downright different than us westerners that you risk their violent reaction if you don't conform to their cultural norms. Meanwhile the vast majority of them are, just like us, trying to make a living in a world of politics, faith, philosophy and culture. As for the few who would inflict violence outside of the warzones that we created -- they're sociopaths, just like the few Americans out there who commit violent acts against others.