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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 3, 2014 8:09:01 GMT -5
Some of your moderates in Briton !
Wonder how many of these demonstrators were actually gainfully employed?? What does "gainfully employed" have to do with anything? Asking that question ìs about as relevant as posting a picture or video of a Tea Party rally and asking how many of them are "gainfully employed".
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Post by OldCoyote on Sept 3, 2014 8:33:58 GMT -5
Actual tenn, it came from a Spanish reporter writing a story on how the muslims have destroyed Spain.
He just said that how badly they trashed the neighborhoods and most received welfare.
I don't recall any of the Tea party people calling for the destroying of America.
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 3, 2014 8:39:17 GMT -5
Actual tenn, it came from a Spanish reporter writing a story on how the muslims have destroyed Spain. He just said that how badly they trashed the neighborhoods and most received welfare. I don't recall any of the Tea party people calling for the destroying of America. But the Tea Party wants to destroy America with their fundamentalist type laws. As for the Spanish reporter-one person's opinion-possibly has an agenda like many an American reporter, newspaper, magazine, radio show, or Internet website. Again-"gainfully employed" has squat to do with protesting an issue.
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Post by OldCoyote on Sept 3, 2014 8:57:05 GMT -5
As Gainfully employed business person I have customers waiting, time to go to work,
Rather than discuss about someone sucking off the Government hind tit.
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 3, 2014 9:15:38 GMT -5
As Gainfully employed business person I have customers waiting, time to go to work, Rather than discuss about someone sucking off the Government hind tit. Run along.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 3, 2014 10:38:03 GMT -5
oh, you had a point? you're right, that didn't occur to me. so was your point that ISIS needs to start wearing Togas? I thought you already solved the ISIS issue .... " it was easy" so you said. another non-answer. congratulations.
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Post by damnotagain on Sept 3, 2014 10:40:05 GMT -5
Moderates in Michigan !
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Post by damnotagain on Sept 3, 2014 10:47:38 GMT -5
I thought you already solved the ISIS issue .... " it was easy" so you say!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 3, 2014 11:13:48 GMT -5
Yeah, "moderate" islam. Like any woman would want to live in Saudi Arabia where you can't even freaking drive a car. Uh huh. This is the religion of BRUTALIZING women and children. No it's not. The vast majority of Muslims do not condone this sort of violence, and to assume that they do is like saying you worship at the same alter as Timothy McVeigh and other Christian extremists. My Muslim friends are highly educated, one of my best friends not only holds a PhD but a DDS. She DID work in Saudi Arabia, but she currently teaches at a fairly prestigious university and has has a dental practice in Turkey. She travels alone, drives her own car, owns property and investments, raised her daughter on her own (who is also highly educated and now holds a position in international business), and recently married a like minded Muslim man. Come to think of it, this pretty much describes all my Muslim friends.....
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 3, 2014 11:20:42 GMT -5
No she didn't say fear. She said deeper hate. "Is it possible that the marches in support of Palestinians are well-attended because Muslims hate Israel more than we hate criminal gangs who have hijacked the narrative of our religion?"
News flash: Not all Muslims hate Israel. That's mostly government rhetoric. You don't hear it much amongst educated Muslims. The uneducated hate whomever they are told to hate. Very true. I worked in a lab where we had citizens from Israel, Syria, Saudi and Lebanon all working together. The PI of the lab (who invited these visiting scientists) was a practicing Jew. In the 6-8 years that these people worked together, I can't remember a single instance of hatred against anyone, or contention in the lab. Most people see the sound bites that the media chooses to show us, not realizing that they are NOT representative of the population as a whole.....any more than Ted Bundy is a representative of all Americans. As Americans, we are very well insulated and most only believe what the popular media chooses to tell us. Unfortunately, they are as biased as anyone because moderate Muslims are not a good sound bite.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 3, 2014 11:49:18 GMT -5
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 3, 2014 11:52:13 GMT -5
As Gainfully employed business person I have customers waiting, time to go to work, Rather than discuss about someone sucking off the Government hind tit. virtually all of the TP people i met at the last rally i attended were collecting social security.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 3, 2014 11:56:31 GMT -5
oh, you had a point? you're right, that didn't occur to me. so was your point that ISIS needs to start wearing Togas? I thought you already solved the ISIS issue .... " it was easy" so you said. that doesn't sound like something i would say. but Paul did.
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 3, 2014 11:58:12 GMT -5
News flash: Not all Muslims hate Israel. That's mostly government rhetoric. You don't hear it much amongst educated Muslims. The uneducated hate whomever they are told to hate. Very true. I worked in a lab where we had citizens from Israel, Syria, Saudi and Lebanon all working together. The PI of the lab (who invited these visiting scientists) was a practicing Jew. In the 6-8 years that these people worked together, I can't remember a single instance of hatred against anyone, or contention in the lab. Most people see the sound bites that the media chooses to show us, not realizing that they are NOT representative of the population as a whole.....any more than Ted Bundy is a representative of all Americans. As Americans, we are very well insulated and most only believe what the popular media chooses to tell us. Unfortunately, they are as biased as anyone because moderate Muslims are not a good sound bite. While in Saudi, I had one of our supervisors who had just returned from Houston (his first trip to the States) call me to say he needed to talk to me and wished me to come to his office. I obliged. Once I was in his office and seated, he shut the door. That wasn't normal protocol but I knew this guy well, so didn't let it concern me. Besides, he was beaming from ear to ear. "I gotta tell somebody!", said he. It seems, while in Houston, he'd gone into a bar! Oh, horrors! To make matters worse, he'd started up a conversation with a woman sitting next to him (she thought he was Mexican, at first). They spent some time conversing and the woman invited Ali to come to her home for Sunday dinner with her family, which invitation Ali happily accepted. The family was Jewish. Ali had a wonderful time and felt he'd made good friends. His words to me were: "You know what? Jews are really nice people!" I just chuckled and said: "Yeah, Ali. I know."
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Post by damnotagain on Sept 3, 2014 12:07:33 GMT -5
I thought you already solved the ISIS issue .... " it was easy" so you say
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 3, 2014 12:09:15 GMT -5
damnotagain, let's not be posting the same post again and again, hmm? Thanks. - mmhmm, Administrator
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Post by damnotagain on Sept 3, 2014 12:14:13 GMT -5
Well mmhmm I personally do not like someone deleting part of my post to fit his agenda
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Post by damnotagain on Sept 3, 2014 12:18:46 GMT -5
I thought you already solved the ISIS issue .... " it was easy" so you said. that doesn't sound like something i would say. but Paul did. Your memory is lacking.
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 3, 2014 12:24:51 GMT -5
Well mmhmm I personally do not like someone deleting part of my post to fit his agenda Nobody but you, or a staff member, can delete any part of your posts, damnot.
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 3, 2014 12:34:02 GMT -5
I'm going to remove the last couple of posts, damnotagain. - mmhmm, Administrator
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Post by damnotagain on Sept 3, 2014 12:43:05 GMT -5
Get my point, edit or delete ! I have asked DJ before to include my entire post , without editing or deleting any part of it to fit his agenda. A person should not be able to edit another persons post.
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Post by deziloooooo on Sept 3, 2014 12:45:04 GMT -5
Yeah, "moderate" islam. Like any woman would want to live in Saudi Arabia where you can't even freaking drive a car. Uh huh. This is the religion of BRUTALIZING women and children. I lived in Saudi Arabia for over 10 years and quite enjoyed it. Not all Islamic women even want to drive cars. Just because you do doesn't mean everyone does. Your last sentence is nothing more than a show of ignorance, so I won't address it. Whether woman want to or do not want to drive cars is not the point...and your living as a westerner there for 10 years still doesn't give you the insight to say how the woman of the country want to live...The point is woman are not given that right , to drive or not plus to many other basic rights , to many to mention...with held from them.. To have a religiouse police whoes main job is to correct men and woman on the streets with verbal abuse and even beatings by clubs and sticks for what are perceived infractions of what ever...that is sick...As far as Shoobys last comment...while a bit much in some ways..she really is closer to the happenings in a way then she is not...All the above is IMHO....
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 3, 2014 12:51:18 GMT -5
Get my point, edit or delete ! I have asked DJ before to include my entire post , without editing , or deleting any part of it to fit his agenda. A person should not be able to edit another persons post. People are permitted to edit when quoting, damnotagain. It helps to reduce repetition. I do it quite often. While nobody can edit your post in situ, anyone can copy your post and remove that which isn't relevant to the response they wish to make. That's been true from the beginning and will remain true. - mmhmm, Administrator
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 3, 2014 12:52:50 GMT -5
I lived in Saudi Arabia for over 10 years and quite enjoyed it. Not all Islamic women even want to drive cars. Just because you do doesn't mean everyone does. Your last sentence is nothing more than a show of ignorance, so I won't address it. Whether woman want to or do not want to drive cars is not the point...and your living as a westerner there for 10 years still doesn't give you the insight to say how the woman of the country want to live...The point is woman are not given that right , to drive or not plus to many other basic rights , to many to mention...with held from them.. To have a religiouse police whoes main job is to correct men and woman on the streets with verbal abuse and even beatings by clubs and sticks for what are perceived infractions of what ever...that is sick...As far as Shoobys last comment...while a bit much in some ways..she really is closer to the happenings in a way then she is not...All the above is IMHO.... And how long did you live in Saudi, Dezi? How many Saudi homes were you a guest in while there? How many Saudi friends do you have, and how much of their culture have you actually experienced?
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Post by damnotagain on Sept 3, 2014 12:58:01 GMT -5
Whether woman want to or do not want to drive cars is not the point...and your living as a westerner there for 10 years still doesn't give you the insight to say how the woman of the country want to live...The point is woman are not given that right , to drive or not plus to many other basic rights , to many to mention...with held from them.. To have a religiouse police whoes main job is to correct men and woman on the streets with verbal abuse and even beatings by clubs and sticks for what are perceived infractions of what ever...that is sick...As far as Shoobys last comment...while a bit much in some ways..she really is closer to the happenings in a way then she is not...All the above is IMHO.... And how long did you live in Beirut? I lived there from 1980 to 1984 ! Semper Fi!
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 3, 2014 13:04:12 GMT -5
And how long did you live in Beirut? I lived there from 1980 to 1984 ! Semper Fi! You're riding the ragged edge, damnnot. I didn't say a word about Beirut. Let's keep this conversation one suitable for adults, shall we?
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Post by damnotagain on Sept 3, 2014 13:06:40 GMT -5
I lived there from 1980 to 1984 ! Semper Fi! You're riding the ragged edge, damnnot. I live on the edge. Just editing it it can not be wrong for me and right for everybody else
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 3, 2014 13:09:11 GMT -5
You're riding the ragged edge, damnnot. I live on the edge. Just editing it it can not be wrong for me and right for everybody else You may excerpt from the posts of others, damnot. Do not change their wording to indicate they said something other than that which they actually said. It isn't right for anyone to do that.
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