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"But what about the moderates?"
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RE: "But what about the moderates?"
December 14, 2014 at 4:17 pm (This post was last modified: December 14, 2014 at 4:25 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(December 9, 2014 at 4:40 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:
(December 9, 2014 at 4:31 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Saudi Arabia is a case study for why religion, government, and the law should never ride in the same cart.

Religion should not ride in any cart except for the mortuary corpse gurney as it travels to its ultimate destination, a grave site next to Zeus and Odin in the cemetery of forgotten gods.

Of course ... but politics has been defined as the art of the possible.

I don't think religion's death will happen any time soon. That being the case, we'd do well to examine case studies of religious government in order to sell secularism to even our own believers of all stripes here in America.
(December 9, 2014 at 4:43 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Unfortunately, the Saudi "government" seems to be the violent drug dealing thug in class that the students put up with because we're addicted to his products.

If I could change one thing about the Middle East situation, it would certainly be breaking free of the Saudi oil leash. It would remove so much incentive for joining wars in the region..

The good news is that their share of our oil imports is dropping; down to 13% as of last April. The bad news is that that is being replaced by Canadian oil, which is heavily carbon-intensive in its production, and fracking, which carries risks of its own.
(December 12, 2014 at 1:25 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:
(December 9, 2014 at 4:31 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Saudi Arabia is a case study for why religion, government, and the law should never ride in the same cart.

And also a case study of how keeping the oil flowing matters more to America than any supposed moral considerations.

One of many, sad to say.

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"But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 27, 2014 at 11:08 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 27, 2014 at 12:03 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by ManMachine - December 15, 2014 at 6:08 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Brian37 - October 27, 2014 at 12:24 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by fr0d0 - October 28, 2014 at 3:15 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by RobbyPants - October 27, 2014 at 1:31 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - October 28, 2014 at 3:03 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by ThomM - November 2, 2014 at 1:24 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Christian - October 29, 2014 at 8:18 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by The Valkyrie - October 29, 2014 at 8:28 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Christian - October 29, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by The Valkyrie - October 29, 2014 at 8:47 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 29, 2014 at 9:27 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 29, 2014 at 8:25 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - October 30, 2014 at 8:26 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 30, 2014 at 8:53 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - October 30, 2014 at 10:25 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 30, 2014 at 10:53 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - October 30, 2014 at 11:30 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 30, 2014 at 11:41 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 29, 2014 at 8:53 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Christian - October 29, 2014 at 9:46 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 29, 2014 at 9:57 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by RobbyPants - November 3, 2014 at 4:09 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - October 30, 2014 at 10:52 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Mister Agenda - October 30, 2014 at 11:49 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - November 1, 2014 at 8:35 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 30, 2014 at 3:38 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - October 30, 2014 at 8:31 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - October 31, 2014 at 11:05 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 31, 2014 at 12:04 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - October 31, 2014 at 12:41 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - October 31, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 31, 2014 at 1:02 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - October 31, 2014 at 1:48 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by WinterHold - October 31, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by FatAndFaithless - October 31, 2014 at 1:26 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 1, 2014 at 3:36 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 1, 2014 at 6:05 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 1, 2014 at 8:53 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - November 1, 2014 at 5:08 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 1, 2014 at 9:50 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - November 1, 2014 at 10:42 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by robvalue - November 2, 2014 at 3:52 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by tjakey - November 3, 2014 at 6:21 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - November 3, 2014 at 6:47 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 3, 2014 at 7:05 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 3, 2014 at 8:00 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 3, 2014 at 7:29 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 8, 2014 at 11:56 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 8, 2014 at 12:17 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - November 8, 2014 at 2:52 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 8, 2014 at 3:56 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - November 8, 2014 at 5:41 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 8, 2014 at 10:52 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 12, 2014 at 11:38 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - November 12, 2014 at 1:38 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 12, 2014 at 2:44 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Chas - November 14, 2014 at 12:41 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 12, 2014 at 4:43 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by FatAndFaithless - November 12, 2014 at 4:46 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - November 12, 2014 at 6:36 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 12, 2014 at 7:22 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 12, 2014 at 7:40 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - November 12, 2014 at 9:56 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 12, 2014 at 10:09 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - November 14, 2014 at 1:30 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 13, 2014 at 9:22 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 19, 2014 at 6:34 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by The Grand Nudger - November 19, 2014 at 6:51 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by robvalue - November 20, 2014 at 4:15 am
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 22, 2014 at 9:13 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - November 25, 2014 at 5:08 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 25, 2014 at 3:48 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - November 25, 2014 at 6:18 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - November 26, 2014 at 4:24 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by robvalue - November 26, 2014 at 4:48 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - November 27, 2014 at 4:35 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2014 at 4:31 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - December 9, 2014 at 4:40 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - December 14, 2014 at 4:17 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Mister Agenda - December 12, 2014 at 1:25 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by FatAndFaithless - December 9, 2014 at 4:43 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - December 15, 2014 at 6:28 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - December 17, 2014 at 1:36 am
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by The Grand Nudger - December 16, 2014 at 5:52 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by simplemoss - December 16, 2014 at 9:04 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by The Valkyrie - December 16, 2014 at 9:27 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - December 16, 2014 at 11:44 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by simplemoss - December 16, 2014 at 9:31 pm
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