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By: dysamoria

dysamoria — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:35:12 +0000

Sorry for iPhone typos

By: dysamoria

dysamoria — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:33:30 +0000

Ah, human behavior is everywhere there are humans. I’m finding the comments have shifted from comic 1 to this particular issue. As people grow familiar wih each other and cozy with their presence here, the divisions start & it’s no longer one happy family under the atheist banner. I’ve not read all the comments on all the comic posts, but enough to get a feeling that he divisiveness set in around this point. What do you think? (anyone) I’m often distressed at witnessing how much difference there really can be among people that all believe (supposedly) in the same thing, even when the topics are (seemingly to me) less convoluted and more rational. So… Just observing… I’m still in awe at most of the comments here.

By: fenchurch

fenchurch — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:54:45 +0000

@Broggly – a pity that Iran is embracing transgender rights for the wrong reasons, and still continues to execute gays. But, half a loaf is better than none!

By: EveryZig

EveryZig — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:08:26 +0000

It’s kind of funny how MaryD says in the same post that Islam is isn’t just another religion, but then brings up a different group that had a similar set of issues in the same post.

From what I hear, while Mohammad certainly did have some nasty bits in his story (the whole child marriage thing), there are also some things that the fundamentalists like to forget about such as how he worked for a woman who was his mentor at being a merchant.

I’m not saying the history of Islam is a particularly good thing to be inspired by, just pointing out something that amuses me. People who want to “get back to the time of” things ignore amazing amounts of what they supposedly revere.

By: lol

lol — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:47:33 +0000

@Author, I did think it was a bit sneaky to upgrade the lady’s headscarf to a (?)niqab, when in the actual poster you can see her face; then again, you did link to a site with the original clearly visible. I still thought it was unnecessary. I wonder why you made the change.

@sweetpityfulmercy – I’m surprised nobody’s poked at this ‘drowner of children’ assertion. Anything to back up this assertion, or is it just reactionary bullshit?

By: foundationist

foundationist — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:20:03 +0000

from the article:

“The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it illegal to teach members of a foreign terrorist group how to use peaceful means to pursue political goals.”

Good thing they didn’t outlaw teaching members of a foreign terrorist group how to use violent means to pursue political goals. The CIA would have been in deep shit otherwise

Love

By: Pierce R. Butler

Pierce R. Butler — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:57:12 +0000

foundationist: ... I think the world is too complex for easy divisions into good and evil groups... Yeah, well, that's what you think. The Supreme Court of the United States, however, has just decided that such divisions are just dandy, and even the most innocuous contact with a group the federal government has declared "terrorists" can get you 15 years on ice. The case was argued on behalf of the Obama regime by one Elena Kagan, apparently soon to wear the dreaded Black Robe herself. So who are you to argue with such majestic intellects?

By: foundationist

foundationist — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:53:15 +0000

@SteveInMI:
I know that, we all know that. Just wanted to outline how they see it. And how they see it is bullshit.

@MaryD
Well, as I said, there is such a thing as legitimate critique of the inherently antidemocratic and inhuman system that islam is (no doubt about it), and such a thing as islamophobia. Deciding which is which is often a tricky business, at least for me. Even the muslim fundamentalist terrorists have a few good arguments about the exploitation of the third world by the west. Is anyone who agrees with them on that topic a fundamentalist? Or someone who points out that the number of civilians killed by western soldiers in the war on terror is many many times larger than the number of civilians killed in muslim extremist attacks? What about someone who finds the western media biased? Or someone who thinks that religion and state should not be totally separated because he thinks god is the foundation of our morals?

As boring and old-fashioned as it sounds, I think the world is too complex for easy divisions into good and evil groups, and there are slippery slopes galore. Navigating them is the trick.

Love

By: daoloth

daoloth — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:52:26 +0000

@Broggly. Your comment about Iran and trans gender rights was provocative enough to get me checking it out with Iranian mates.
Turns out you are right, apparently.
Of course the full story, which you may or may not know, is that the people that transition typically turn into social outcasts and, in many cases, only do it to avoid a death penalty for homosexuality. This allows Amadinajad to retain the fiction of no homosexuals in Iran. Fascinating.

By: MaryD

MaryD — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:15:58 +0000

@foundationist
I don’t buy this idea that Islam is ‘just’ another religion and that muslims in the west ‘just want to get on with their lives.
Many years ago, when Irish terrorism was at its height I lived in digs, in London. My landlady was Irish, but had spent most of her life in London where she had worked, married and raised two daughters. She was the kindest lady you could wish to meet but under no circumstances could you get her to say the slightest thing against the terror bombers operating in London, “I’m sure they have their reasons”, she would say. She had a friend, of similar background, who ran a pub and kept some rooms for rent. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if some of her ‘guests’ had blood on their hands.
Yes your ‘western’ muslims might want a ‘quiet life’ but who will they fund, give passive support to, or vote for? Islam will ‘quietly’ become the norm, and once that happens, like communism, it will be too late, you won’t be able to vote it out.
As to the London campaign, I just love the way that they tell us that Mo conquered Mecca ‘with humility’, so that will be alright then!