Dom Traynor
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Unfriend the anti semitic fuck.Please (a FB contact of mine is probably saying right now) don't let this discredit Hezbollah or the Iranian regime.
FFS
Unfriend the anti semitic fuck.Please (a FB contact of mine is probably saying right now) don't let this discredit Hezbollah or the Iranian regime.
FFS
Good men would give in to fear and call it respect
How does that work? The Iranian government have been saying the attack is a good thing.Please (a FB contact of mine is probably saying right now) don't let this discredit Hezbollah or the Iranian regime.
FFS
Tebbit's a religious loon himself, probably wants his loathsome biblical interpretations to be as vociferously protected as the equally hardline muslimsNorman Tebbit called him a troublemaker
Please (a FB contact of mine is probably saying right now) don't let this discredit Hezbollah or the Iranian regime.
FFS
I think its important to draw a massive distinction between "people whose religions you disagree with" and "people who call for/condone/excuse in any way murder as part of their beliefs".Tebbit's a religious loon himself, probably wants his loathsome biblical interpretations to be as vociferously protected as the equally hardline muslims
I agree with this, but it is also clear that the somewhat lukewarm support for Rushdie among various religious leaders came from a place in which those religious leaders were keen to promote/keep special protections wrt criticism. Robert Runcie's response to the 'Rushdie Affair' was to call for the UK's blasphemy law to be extended to cover Islam.I think its important to draw a massive distinction between "people whose religions you disagree with" and "people who call for/condone/excuse in any way murder as part of their beliefs".
Yes, that's why i used the term hardlineI think its important to draw a massive distinction between "people whose religions you disagree with" and "people who call for/condone/excuse in any way murder as part of their beliefs".
i'd love it if that had extended that feeble protection to all minority religions, think wiccans and thelemites and satanists would have had great fun with itI agree with this, but it is also clear that the somewhat lukewarm support for Rushdie among various religious leaders came from a place in which those religious leaders were keen to promote/keep special protections wrt criticism. Robert Runcie's response to the 'Rushdie Affair' was to call for the UK's blasphemy law to be extended to cover Islam.
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What a despicable response.
Perpetrator in Salman Rushdie attack apparently pleads not guilty to attempted murder and assault.
No idea what he intends, it seems to me he is bang to rights.
Lots of new reservations in libraries today as wellRather grimly I see Satanic Verses has now shot up the book charts
Rather grimly I see Satanic Verses has now shot up the book charts
I don't see what's grim about it. Good career move.Rather grimly I see Satanic Verses has now shot up the book charts
I don't see what's grim about it. Good career move.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.Getting near-murdered and likely losing sight in one eye, yeah awesome career move.
Getting near-murdered and likely losing sight in one eye, yeah awesome career move.
it's disappointing how frequently they hit on something with all the wrong answersWhen I first heard about the stabbing, my instinct was that the perpetrator was brought up in a not very religious household, and this seems to be the case. His parents were divorced, he went to visit his father in Lebanon at some point, a meeting that didn't go well. Afterwards, he took more interest in religion, and blamed his mother for depriving him of it.
It's the sort of thing that makes the religious fanatic / lone whackjob dichotomy a bit redundant, doesn't it? Pretty common for young people with various background problems and searching for The Purpose of Life to hit on a belief system that claims to have all the answers.
Yeah. Their wrong answers are heresy, though. Only my wrong answers are the true wrong answers.it's disappointing how frequently they hit on something with all the wrong answers
heresy always sounds really good until you look at it closely and nineteen times out of twenty it's just more bullshitYeah. Their wrong answers are heresy, though. Only my wrong answers are the true wrong answers.
it's disappointing how frequently they hit on something with all the wrong answers
well that's not exactly true. belief systems like anarchism or marxism are more likely to be correct because they encourage critical thinking, as opposed to most religions which don'tIt's pretty obvious that the answers are going to be wrong, because religions (and other belief systems) arrive at them before the questions have been asked. The chances of their being right under those circumstances are so minuscule as to be statistically impossible.