11/13/2015 Paris Terrorist Attack

It's like American Christians can lie any time they want something that's contraindicated by their religion. Like when they want to turn away those seeking shelter, the hungry, the poor, or the sick because letting them suffer and die is easier than inconveniencing them.

Because that's exactly how Jesus indicated it should be done, or something.

Again. It's probably a minority, and a small one at that. But they're super vocal, and steering the right wing of American politics, so it's a concern.

If you cannot recognize that Islam has a unique problem with violence far beyond any other organized faith, then we just can't really have a conversation.

I'm willing to recognize their problem with violence is, at present, bigger than other faiths'.

Things I am not willing to recognize:

- That it is unique
- That those committing the violence are indicative of the religion or ethnicity as a whole.
- That Christianity is without fault (something, something, casting the first stone, something, something Jesus' teachings)
- That I should treat peaceful members of the religion as anathema because an extremely small percentage of their faith is committed to using it as an excuse for violence.

The problem isn't what I'm unwilling to recognize. It's what those who want to push against the entirety of the religion refuse to recognize as antithetical to their proposed beliefs and grievances regarding the treatment of their own beliefs.

You can't say of Christian extremists or wrongdoers "don't judge all of Christendom by the actions of a few" and then turn around and blame Islam -- not the select extremist organizations -- for the actions of terrorists.

I always just assumed terrorist groups were like cults here in the states, but instead of getting castrated and drinking poison kool-aid they kill people. People have been killing in the name of religion since...well, forever and it isn't just one religion. >.>

This is correct. Although if you believe a group wanting global Islam and pushing for the inequality found within sharia law within western democratic, free equal nations wouldn't get persecuted, I don't know what else to tell you.

https://youtu.be/pfheSAcCsrE?t=2094

You cannot compare groups like the KKK to Islamic terrorists. Half of Christianity doesn't believe in the KKK like a half of Islam believes in Sharia law.

Organized Christianity marginalizes the KKK or excommunicates them, there is no equivalent mechanism in Islam.

The Crusades 2015: Doing it right this time and getting them all.™

Really, that's what you're suggesting, tacitly or openly, intentionally or otherwise.

You're advocating wiping out a fifth to a quarter of the world's population. Otherwise you can't be sure they're not terrorists, you know.

god wills it!

Yeah. Nothing like your government legislating religious beliefs, amirite?

Even if Islamic extremists were trying to take over how would Italy aka home to Catholicism have no chance? A religious war would probably break out if something like that got too close to Vatican City.

Yeah. I mean, I get where you were going with that even though I think you're wrong, and I'll give you better marks for effort than FS did, but the fact of the matter is that it would be literally a reverse crusade if an Islamic agency attempting any sort of takeover of Italy.

ISIS taking over Muslim countries? I can see that. ISIS taking over Italy? Yeah, probably not. They don't have the power to launch a full-scale war against a first-world country, and they last thing they want is multiple nations to straight up declare war. The current *yawn* war on terror isn't enough to discourage them, but that's because they haven't tried anything so bold as taking over a country like Italy.

Italy is too politically correct?

Being judged by a chronic underachiever is fun.

Appearently a KKK never told you how the white jesus doesnt like black ppl.

Beside mechanism and all that, at the end of the day its messed up humans wanting to kill messed up humans (in their point of view) to spread w/e it is they want to spread so they are less messed up.

It would be nice if they just went through their own Thirty Years War, English Civil War, etc. and spared the rest of the world, though.

Just go duke it out amongst yourselves, please.

Did I miss where he linked his resume and it fell woefully short of the lofty standards we set for FFXIAH?

I mean, this is a website intrinsically related to FFXI...

...a game where the more you achieve is almost always linked to how little you're achieving in real life. Outliers considered for people who 1) have great luck/timing/friends to do things for them or 2) buy tons of gil.

Yet another hashmark on the big board of "Ramy cannot talk like an adult". I'm in hysterics that people [+] the garbage that falls out of your mouth. I never said we should crusade against or wipe out anyone. Where did I say such a thing? Or even imply it.

Just stop talking, you are embarrassing yourself.

Don't forget your SS and three forms of ID!

Your complete and utter inability to link together the things you say with both your own past posts and the post of those supporting your side of an argument has always amused me greatly. (Edit: I forgot satire. You're really, really bad at satire. Like, super bad.)

Your petty insults, not as much, but I think you need them more than I really think they're worth worrying about.~

Oh good, know you know what over a billion people are thinking?

What's your secret? (seriously)

The football arena in Hannover has been evacuated after German police found a suspicious bag and they are now treating it as a real threat

Oh dear.

Well, good luck and here's hoping nothing negative actually comes of it.

As long as they target stadiums I doubt anything bad is going to happen. You can't even bring a bottle of water in a stadium and the vendours inside only give you plastic glasses if you ask for some, that's how strict they are about objects to bring inside.

The real danger is if they put a bomb on something like a metro.

You lack the power to listen, read and/or process information in any critical thinking environment. You jump to whatever conclusion you want based on some gut feeling you have that I am secretly your worst enemy which is nothing more than a stunning example of the very prejudice and bigotry you accuse me of.

As I said, just stop, you are just embarrassing yourself.

The same as the arrogant right wing politicians who claim to speak for the "silent majority" of upstanding Christian citizens who hate gay marriage, abortions, and reasonably-priced healthcare.

You're so cute when you feel threatened.