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ysobelleI shouldn't have done this, but I did. There's one idiot who mouths off on the Wench board that I. Cannot. Stand. This time, it was Te Ebil Islam! Such ignorance and racism is staggering. And we allow it because it's "okay." Just like it was okay to say such things about "the evil Huns" in WWI. I couldn't keep my mouth shut any more.
To quote myself:
I'm gonna point this out just once.
Every single time someone on this board says, "Those fucking Christians are CRAZY. They HATE EVERYONE," there is screaming to high heaven.
Just like there are Christians who give Christianity a horrible, inexplicable name-- Fred Phelps, Pat Robertson-- there are people, even countries, who give Islam a bad name. We probably all know Muslims that we deal with every day and who've never tried to hurt us in any way. Has there been some sudden influx of US attacks from the Phillipines? It's a country of Muslims. Did I miss something? To imply that every Muslim is a Western-hating, psychotic suicide bomber is not only ludicrous, it's horrifically racist. It's vile.
The rioters in Sudan are the problem. The people who hate the West are, in this case, the problem. Those who adhere to a strict, merciless interpretation of Sharia law are the problem. Radicalism is the problem. Islam is NOT the problem.
To quote myself:
I'm gonna point this out just once.
Every single time someone on this board says, "Those fucking Christians are CRAZY. They HATE EVERYONE," there is screaming to high heaven.
Just like there are Christians who give Christianity a horrible, inexplicable name-- Fred Phelps, Pat Robertson-- there are people, even countries, who give Islam a bad name. We probably all know Muslims that we deal with every day and who've never tried to hurt us in any way. Has there been some sudden influx of US attacks from the Phillipines? It's a country of Muslims. Did I miss something? To imply that every Muslim is a Western-hating, psychotic suicide bomber is not only ludicrous, it's horrifically racist. It's vile.
The rioters in Sudan are the problem. The people who hate the West are, in this case, the problem. Those who adhere to a strict, merciless interpretation of Sharia law are the problem. Radicalism is the problem. Islam is NOT the problem.
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Date: 2007-12-02 03:20 am (UTC)I was thinking of you the other day. Did you know John now lives in the house in which Sir Walter Raleigh is supposed to have smoked the first tobacco in England?
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Date: 2007-12-02 03:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-02 04:26 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wraxall_Manor
http://www.thornber.net/england/htmlfiles/southwraxall.html
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Date: 2007-12-02 04:42 pm (UTC)Guess that makes it harder for girls to hang around in the alleyway waiting for him... ;)
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Date: 2007-12-03 05:34 am (UTC)And sadly, one of the articles said he'd prolly only be there a month or so a year.