Phillip Tanaka
Swabbie
Banned
Yeah. Red Alert 2 actually.
Originally posted by Aries
but i wouldn't worry too much about some liberal asshole making it look like it was our fault, because if one does, his ass better move outta the country BEFORE the movie comes out, cause he wouldn't live long if he didn't
Originally posted by cff
Well the West certainly is to be blamed to a certain degree. You don't wake up and say "Hey it is nice to be a terrorist, lets fly a plane into the WTC".
Can you imagine how desperate the people of a country have to be in order to produce that ammount of suicidal terrorists. To send their kids to camps where they learn that kinda stuff and be proud of it?
Of course a big deal is caused by their own government and their propaganda. But that propaganda wouldn't work without the faults of the West. And the current politic most certainly increases that flow and doesn't reduce it.
Originally posted by Aries
your right. if our founding fathers hadn't put this little thing called religious freedom into the constitution and if they had made the only religion not punishable by death islam, the WTC attacks never would have happened
doesn't seem to me that they are desperate. seems to me that they just don't like us
so it's a *fault* that the majority of the western world doesn't follow islam?
Right, because it's all a result of Islam, that horrible, horrible religion that preaches against killing civilians, asks for tolerance of Christians and Jews, and forbids religious conversion by force. Yep, I can definitely see how such a crazy worldview would lead to terrorism.Originally posted by Aries
so it's a *fault* that the majority of the western world doesn't follow islam?
Originally posted by Aries
your right. if our founding fathers hadn't put this little thing called religious freedom into the constitution and if they had made the only religion not punishable by death islam, the WTC attacks never would have happened
Originally posted by Quarto
Phillip: yes, it's all in the Koran. It's also all in the Bible and the Torah. Indeed, it's everywhere. Who was it that said, "Give me liberty or give me death"? Isn't that a call for suicide bombings?
Originally posted by Quarto
Truth is, any work dealing with morality can be twisted to make whatever you want sound like the perfectly appropriate thing to do. Christians twisted St. Augustine's work beyond all recognition to get the Crusades up and running, for example.
But it definitely could be interpreted that way, right? In fact, it wouldn't even be that much of a stretch, since the statement implies that it's better to die than surrender.Originally posted by Phillip Tanaka
Someone doing this would be taking the quote horribly out of context. I'm not sure where it originated from, maybe the American Civil War, but it certainly had nothing to do with suicide bombings.
I agree - so don't tell us about how this all comes from the Koran. The "Muslim" terrorists do use phrases out of the Koran and the Hadith, but these are taken waaay out of context. There is no way that a proper Muslim could justify any terrorist act.Which is why it is not a good idea to twist someone's work around. Otherwise you'll have another McCarthy or PTC situation on your hands.
Originally posted by Phillip Tanaka
Someone doing this would be taking the quote horribly out of context. I'm not sure where it originated from, maybe the American Civil War, but it certainly had nothing to do with suicide bombings.
Originally posted by Quarto
But it definitely could be interpreted that way, right? In fact, it wouldn't even be that much of a stretch, since the statement implies that it's better to die than surrender.
Originally posted by Quarto
I agree - so don't tell us about how this all comes from the Koran. The "Muslim" terrorists do use phrases out of the Koran and the Hadith, but these are taken waaay out of context. There is no way that a proper Muslim could justify any terrorist act.
Originally posted by Aries
your right. if our founding fathers hadn't put this little thing called religious freedom into the constitution and if they had made the only religion not punishable by death islam, the WTC attacks never would have happened
so it's a *fault* that the majority of the western world doesn't follow islam?
No, you don't understand - or if you do, you're ignoring it. If the suicidal terrorists that destroyed the WTC had been Americans who used "give me liberty or give me death" as their reasoning, nobody would blame Patrick Henry. Nobody would say that this act was caused by his ideology. On the contrary, all the psychologists of America would rush to the microphone to declare that this was a case of psychosis and delusion. It's like the Ku Klux Klan - nobody, nobody would ever dare call them Christian extremists, even though they certainly would claim they're doing what their religion demands of them.Originally posted by Phillip Tanaka
That's a pretty off view, but I can understand what you're saying.
Errrr... no. That's the secular Ba'ath party and other nationalist movements you're talking about. The fundamentalists are a reaction to these movements, inspired (partially) by the Wahhabi sect of Saudi Arabia.Originally posted by Delance
Don't confuse Islamic fundamentalism with Islam. The fundamentalism was created in the 30's by western-educated Muslims. Guess what inspired them? Perhaps the European totalitarian regimes?
I agree. One's belief can not be used as an excuse to kill innocent people.