Because it does not conform to their agenda that's why.Originally posted by Andyman_1970
Now the shoe is on the other foot so to speak, and I have not heard a peep (I may be wrong here) from either another Arab gov't or press source condemning the beheading of this American.
So by their silence does that mean they somehow agree with that action? Why do we tolerate such a double standard?
Why couldn't you just stop there? That is valid, the rest is just the usual rhetoric that turns people off your posts.Originally posted by N8
Because it does not conform to their agenda that's why.
Keep fighting the good fight.Originally posted by N8
I'm not here to change anyone's mind, nor to make friends, I'm here to counter the anti-XXXX with an equal amount of pro-XXXX and in the same manner as my opponents.
If I wanted to be loved then I'd blame everything that's bad that I could on George Bush like numerous others do.
[right wing rant]I am sure they are all made up. The BBC is just part of the Liberal Media who is trying to overthrow Bush. By making these people seem like human beings it undermines our attempt to kill them into agreeing with us. [/right wing rant]Originally posted by 5cents
I just read some of the reactions from the BBC website.
Now I know that the locations and names, may be made up, but I think this quote really hits it on the head.
"I am a Muslim and I am shocked at the killing of an innocent civilian. This is a very ugly murder and these people should be punished. The atrocities of some American soldiers in Iraqi jails doesn't give anybody an excuse to murder civilians.
Riad El Fadel Raad, Tripoli, Lebanon"
That is it. Period. The people who committed these crimes, and the others before them and those who follow, use any excuse to commit the acts they do.
People, innocents are killed every day, in Gazza, the west bank, etc, by "martyrs." Because they were on a bus, or at dance club, etc. They use excuses, like liberating Plaestine. Giveing back the holy land, etc. But in reality, they are just Murder's. No different than a Crip, who kills a Blood. A White Supremist who kills an African- American. The only difference is why they are commiting the murders.
Justifciation is a tool of the oppressor.
I think the worst part of this whole thing, is the stance that the main Arabic media took. Aljazeera, did not have anything up yesterday, until the story "broke" in the US. And then they took a cautious stance, never even condemened the act.
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I don't ever remember saying anything about the media trying to overthrowing Bush.Originally posted by Westy
[right wing rant]I am sure they are all made up. The BBC is just part of the Liberal Media who is trying to overthrow Bush. By making these people seem like human beings it undermines our attempt to kill them into agreeing with us. [/right wing rant]
Just trying to help N8 out.
When the option is senseless, savage murder at the hands of a terrorist whose entire existence is not worth lukewarm piss, I prefer to live a sheltered existence in the good ol' US of A.Originally posted by squirrelonabike
However we are all sheltered.
Originally posted by 5cents
I don't ever remember saying anything about the media trying to overthrowing Bush.
I just wanted to warn people that even though message was from a supposed muslim, in the middle east, that it might be your 12 year old neighbor.
The comments if not made by who we thought made them, don't really mean much.
Oh yeah, I don't think N8 needs help. He seems well versed, and up to date about the happenings around the world.
They only condemn it because it dont agree with its timing.Originally posted by Spud
The murderers in Hezbollah have condemned the killing. These were the same guys responsible for the 1983 bomb attacks on US Marines in Lebanon that killed 350.
My head is spinning.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/040512/15/p/oyu8.html
I hate to admit it but as a whole I feel that humans are despicable. As individuals most people are decent but as a whole we are incredibly violent and destructive, not just to each other but everything we come in contact with.Originally posted by Dingus McGee
I just watched The Video....I had to. It's part of this f@#$%ing life. I am so unimpressed with human beings right now. Why is it that the people who are so fervent in their purported beliefs (many of which are great; charity, love, forgiveness, etc) seem also to be the perpetrators of so many of huge and petty crimes against humanity? I'm not talking about Islamic radicals reduced to murder/suicide by abject hopelessness, but the whole lot of Inquisition-ites, doorbell-ringing soul-savers, and general religious-Right persecutors.
Now I get to go have lunch....
solution is newqular warfare.Originally posted by N8
So what are the solutions to the situation? Do we attempt to with draw from the world into a per-WWII isolationist nation? Do we suck-up to the terrorists and conform to their demands?
The situation defined by those who are wanting to behead American civilians, burn American civilians, destroy our skyscrapers full of civilians, etc.
The terrorists listen to old Snoop Dogg discs in their Isuzu panel van on the way to a kidnapping. That or they got hold of one worn by an Iraqi prisoner and appreciate symbolism.Originally posted by Silver
Why the orange jumpsuit?
Yeah, but then you'd burn up and irradiate too much valuable oil. You need to be able to turn the terrorists into pillars of salt on a plain of glass w/o all that extra "collateral damage".Originally posted by N8
....mmm... a little nukie never hurt anyone....
actually, wouldn't you just free up all the natural gas that has to be burned off anyway to get to the crude? I see it as a freebie.Originally posted by llkoolkeg
Yeah, but then you'd burn up and irradiate too much valuable oil. You need to be able to turn the terrorists into pillars of salt on a plain of glass w/o all that extra "collateral damage".
Originally posted by $tinkle
actually, wouldn't you just free up all the natural gas that has to be burned off anyway to get to the crude? I see it as a freebie.
along those lines, if we can assume that every species/culture has a tipping point to submission, would one tipping point for muslim extremists/apologists be to nuke mecca at the next hajj?
(edit: haven't yet decided if i want a tactical neutron nuke (antiseptic), or theater nuke a-la bikini island (quite septic)
i expect the first reading of that paragraph seems harsh, but i've yet to see their culture being civilized as a whole - not that we're a beaming example...
just freestylin'
kinda like "burning man" with the qu'ran?Originally posted by Shortbus
Actually a ton of people die every year at the hajj because of their own ignorant ways... stampedes, fires, suffocations, etc etc etc....
and in my honest opinion, i love other cultures, & find theirs rather fascinating, albeit mundane. And not to nitpic, but i don't see the eradication of hostile gov'ts, factions, & the like as "imposing freedom". Just my take.Originally posted by Shortbus
In all honesty my opinion is that the arab world (as a whole) was a lot more evolved in the late 70s than it is nowadays... And they just keep evolving backwards... America imposing freedom on such cultures is only adding fuel to the fire IMO.
Christian -
He was alive and screaming while they cut his head off... they had to hold him down b/c he was struggling!Originally posted by Shortbus
I'm not sure, you might be right they might have killed him beforehand. I would hope so for him.
A common practise in the middle east during public beheadings (every friday) is to either drug the 'accused' to get em real passive, and/or drain a lot of their blood before getting em out there just so that they're passive like that or half-knocked out as you described...
Christian -
Yeah, because nuclear weapons are so precise. You could easily target five guys with them, couldn't you?Originally posted by squirrelonabike
Maybe a dumb question, but I thought they killed him and then cut off his head. He wasn't dead? I don't see him just laying there for that. If he was still alive, then we deffinately need to nuke them, cause obviously some lives just aren't worth saving.
or she's upset and emotional... as we all are. It's very upsetting to even contemplate a dude getting his head slowly chopped off while conscious for part of it.Originally posted by Silver
You're either an imbecile or a psychopath.
yeah, really, relax, no one is seriously saying go nuke them....Originally posted by Silver
Yeah, because nuclear weapons are so precise. You could easily target five guys with them, couldn't you?
You're either an imbecile or a psychopath. If you believe in God, you may want to consider applying for work with the Bush campaign, I'm sure they'd be glad to have another intellectual of your stature.
Upset and emotional people who aren't crazy don't advocate dropping nuclear bombs to kill five people.Originally posted by LordOpie
or she's upset and emotional... as we all are. It's very upsetting to even contemplate a dude getting his head slowly chopped off while conscious for part of it.
Instead of being reactionary, consider another possiblity