10 Signs that you might be a Taliban!!

[Minimalist]

The crazy bastards scare me and I'm male, dear.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

They scare me!!

Know a LOT of Muslims do you? Spent a LOT of time a Muslim country have you? Read the Qur'an? Familiar with Islamic philosophy? From exactly where have you gained your deep knowledge of Islam and Muslims?. There are a lot of Muslims in my area and I have Muslim neighbours.

Are you a bigot? Well,yes,if you have a fear and hatred of a large group of people ( in this case a BILLION) based on stereotyping and not supported by evidence. It's no different at all from saying you are afraid of Christians .Some of the lunar Christian right scare the pants off me,but not ALL Christians. I actually admire what I call "small c" Christians; people who give witness to their faith by the way they live,and who don't preach at me or try to convert me. I've met a lot of people like that.


YES there are lot of naive, gullible Muslims,some are pychos,some are just ruthless men using religion for political ends. (terrorism is about politics). That Muslim women in SOME parts of the world follow tribal modesty rules which were custom for over 1000 years before Islam is not a reflection of the place of women in Islam overall.. Women continue to be subjugated to some degree in ALL of the Abrahamic faiths.This may be due to the innate patriarchal nature of those faiths.

I do NOT want a mosque, church,temple ,school,supermarket,gas station, stadium or wharehouse anywhere NEAR my house. They are ALL visual pollutants [to me] and reduce property values. Brothels are fine, they're usually very discrete. Had one in nearby street for a couple of years before I realised.

Am I a bigot? Of course in some things, I can't control the way I feel.I CAN control what I say and what I do. I try to face and deal with my prejudices. My success rate is less than 100%.

[leo-rcc]

Know a LOT of Muslims do you?

Yes.

Spent a LOT of time a Muslim country have you?

Yes.

Read the Qur'an?

In 2 languages.

Familiar with Islamic philosophy?

Somewhat, but that is a pretty broad question you are asking here.

From exactly where have you gained your deep knowledge of Islam and Muslims?.

Through my work, and from where I live.

There are a lot of Muslims in my area and I have Muslim neighbours.

Same here. so what?

Are you a bigot? Well,yes,if you have a fear and hatred of a large group of people ( in this case a BILLION) based on stereotyping and not supported by evidence.

You are now taking the "not every muslim is a suicide bomber" route. Of course not every muslim agrees with the raving lunatics, but you would be surprised how deep the hatred within Islam goes. I have written about my muslim colleague before when during lunch the topic of gay marriage came up. She is one of the nicest persons in the world, but what I saw and heard about her viewpoint on gay rights was astonishing. And she is not the burka wearing type muslim either.

It's no different at all from saying you are afraid of Christians .Some of the lunar Christian right scare the pants off me,but not ALL Christians. I actually admire what I call "small c" Christians; people who give witness to their faith by the way they live,and who don't preach at me or try to convert me. I've met a lot of people like that.

What people say or do in public is not the same as what they really feel and how they vote when they are alone in the voting booth. And these "small c" christians may not preach or prostletyze to you, but they do not condemn the actions of those performing their atrocities in the name of their faith either.

How many Christians and Muslims said that the Danish cartoonist shouldn't have made those cartoons, instead of condeming the vandalism and protests on Danish embassies?

Sure, I have a lot of contacts still with people from Jordan, Oman, Tunesia, and my own neck of the woods where the majority is Muslim. And I can talk, sit down, have (non-alcoholic) drinks, eat from their delicious foods, but I do know that our viewpoints on issues differ a great deal. And I will never back away from taking these issues head on with them, no matter how moderate they may seem.

[Pippy]

6. When confronted by an atheist in an atheist forum you cut and paste large chunks of what they have already read and consider that a fair way to refute their point.

I get that a lot too though...

Leo and Padriac are both right in a way. The Islamic arm of Abrahamism is a darker one, although Jewishness and Christianity have their stains too. But we have to treat humans as humans, and I think a lot of what Padraic was saying was quite true. If we can agree to disagree, we have made a very respectable and mature choice for the parties involved.

I have Muslim friends, very good people, the ones I know. They are in a western culture now, so maybe it is surrounding and situations that drive goodness or madness from human potential...

Thanks,
-Pip

[northumbrian66]

Hey you people out there it was a joke. Cant believe it was taken seriously by some!! I've got more if anyone would like to read them?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Hey you people out there it was a joke. Cant believe it was taken seriously by some!! I've got more if anyone would like to read them?

I'm aware it was a joke. I found it as funny as cancer. Neither I nor anyone else is obliged to share what passes for your sense of humour. That you are unable to grasp that simple fact surprises me not at all.

[Tiberius]

I think most people found it amusing northumbrian66; it's the kind of dark humour that most people love but don't like revealing to other people that they love it.

Kinda like the joke "What's so good about fucking 44 year olds? - There are 40 of them".

Sick? Yup. Offensive? Yup. Humourous? Fuck yeah.

[northumbrian66]

Get a life!! Lighten up!! I lived and worked in the Middle East for more than 30 years. And I've read the quran! Read the title its about the TALIBAN a violent crazy sect not ordinary muslims.

[Edwardo Piet]

If you do find something funny but 'shouldn't', that doesn't discount the fact that you still do find it funny.

So yeah Adrian, some people find sick things funny but won't admit it. Others genuinely don't find it funny though of course.

I find some sick things funny, some sick things not. Depending on if they're funny or not lol.

EvF

[Dotard]

I think most people found it amusing northumbrian66; it's the kind of dark humour that most people love but don't like revealing to other people that they love it.

Kinda like the joke "What's so good about fucking .....40 of them".

Sick? Yup. Offensive? Yup. Humourous? Fuck yeah.

I believe this was a poor example. I found no humor in it a'tall.

Here's a better one:


What do you get when you cross an elephant with a poodle?

A dead poodle with an 18 inch asshole.



See? Sick, offensive and downright fuckin' funny.