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Sun May-18-08 11:01 AM
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| 8. But the fundies pointy little heads would explode. |
| -They scrawled the words "Fuck yeah" on the pages of the Holy Koran & then they shot it full of holes |
kpete |
May-18-08 10:46 AM |
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Winning their hearts and minds every way we can. |
hobbit709 |
May-18-08 10:51 AM |
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it is not an affront to islam. islam is not a person, it cannot be affronted. it was stupid however |
msongs |
May-18-08 10:53 AM |
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How do you think the average Xian would react |
hobbit709 |
May-18-08 10:57 AM |
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Can't speak for any other Christian but me... |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 11:00 AM |
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But the fundies pointy little heads would explode. |
hobbit709 |
May-18-08 11:01 AM |
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Doubt it |
BigDaddy44 |
May-18-08 07:38 PM |
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Somewhat similar, definitely a reaction to insulting Christianity... |
countryjake |
May-18-08 07:47 PM |
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True. But can you come up with something a little more recent? |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 08:02 PM |
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Why? Lennon's statement, merely perceived as "an insult"... |
countryjake |
May-18-08 08:23 PM |
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So, you're comparing those to this... |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 08:47 PM |
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desecrating any holy book is stupid and evil and considering the potential |
roguevalley |
May-18-08 09:25 PM |
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Wow, I had forgotten about that |
BigDaddy44 |
May-19-08 07:03 AM |
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Ah..but how would you feel... |
stillcool47 |
May-18-08 11:30 AM |
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You move goal posts better than Hillary, my friend. |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 12:38 PM |
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yeah: it's as though, say, Indonesia invaded Italy, raped and tortured many of its people |
MisterP |
May-18-08 04:52 PM |
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Perhaps not, but it was an affront to Muslims |
KamaAina |
May-18-08 08:25 PM |
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people view the Koran as holy, as God. to do that was the fucking |
roguevalley |
May-18-08 09:12 PM |
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If true, stupid, dangerous for everyone, and not good... |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 10:58 AM |
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I think there was an actual apology from one of the generals. I doubt |
jwirr |
May-18-08 11:01 AM |
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Nope, the general apologized, kiss the quaran, held it to his forehead, |
frankly_fedup2 |
May-18-08 01:20 PM |
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I am a confessing Christian and I will not get into a fight over a book |
jwirr |
May-18-08 08:37 PM |
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Well I support flag burning so I also support Koran shooting |
billdemo |
May-18-08 11:00 AM |
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You ain't fooling anyone, pal. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 11:31 AM |
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He has a good point. |
Squatch |
May-18-08 11:44 AM |
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This is the same poster who said that Obama wants to "appease" Iran. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 11:47 AM |
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Dude. I said that Bush called the foreign policy experts that back Obama "appeasers". |
billdemo |
May-18-08 11:50 AM |
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OK...how does that change the point currently under discussion? |
Squatch |
May-18-08 11:50 AM |
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We can't ask our troops not to draw cartoons of Muhammad. At some point ... |
billdemo |
May-18-08 11:55 AM |
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Crazy demands? |
magellan |
May-18-08 10:17 PM |
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I feel we should also worry more about the innocent ppl they |
frankly_fedup2 |
May-18-08 01:17 PM |
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That still does not make doing it a good idea |
krispos42 |
May-18-08 05:52 PM |
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Remember the uproar over "Piss Christ? |
Warpy |
May-18-08 11:01 AM |
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"Psychopaths". |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 11:03 AM |
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Ooooo, I see this is your EXACT shoe size, sir! |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 11:39 AM |
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Um...okay...sure. |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 12:40 PM |
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And they say support our troops |
liberal N proud |
May-18-08 11:03 AM |
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Understanding, tolerance, and accounting for the culture is crucial. |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 11:06 AM |
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How do we know |
Meiko |
May-18-08 11:28 AM |
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Unless such "anti-American group" possesses mind control devices... how could it? -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 12:07 PM |
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That very well may be the case... |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 12:35 PM |
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Huh? |
liberal N proud |
May-18-08 01:22 PM |
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You miss the point; why am I not surprised? |
siligut |
May-18-08 06:15 PM |
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So you will be celebrating African Liberation Day tomorrow and its |
frankly_fedup2 |
May-18-08 01:27 PM |
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Conflating "tolerance" with "agreement" is a common mistake, Frankly... |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 01:34 PM |
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If you do not agree with the action you should not tolerate it. It seems to me |
frankly_fedup2 |
May-18-08 01:36 PM |
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So when are they going to apologize for using our troops for |
frankly_fedup2 |
May-18-08 01:14 PM |
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probaby never. n/t |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 01:35 PM |
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Isn't that what a lot of people at DU want to do to the Bible? |
nathan hale |
May-18-08 11:38 AM |
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No. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 11:41 AM |
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Absolutely. |
Squatch |
May-18-08 11:41 AM |
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Links please. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 11:45 AM |
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I'm sure you're bright enough to do a DU search. |
Squatch |
May-18-08 11:46 AM |
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YOU made the accusation, YOU do the search. If you won't, I will declare your post a whine. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 11:49 AM |
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Too funny. You can "declare" all you want |
Squatch |
May-18-08 11:55 AM |
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"well-established fact" = "some people say" -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 12:09 PM |
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Are you dense? |
Squatch |
May-18-08 12:12 PM |
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You obviously see things that aren't there. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-18-08 12:18 PM |
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Probably not "want" but most people here could care less if it happened to a bible... |
Balbus |
May-18-08 12:53 PM |
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So, the Q'uran thing |
nathan hale |
May-18-08 01:04 PM |
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Strawman? |
RedCappedBandit |
May-18-08 01:19 PM |
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Your post makes no sense. |
nathan hale |
May-18-08 04:16 PM |
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Desecration doesn't have to be an issue to ME.. |
RedCappedBandit |
May-18-08 05:42 PM |
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Yeah, but you dropped the term "strawman" |
nathan hale |
May-18-08 05:50 PM |
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It seemed, to me, a strawman because.. |
RedCappedBandit |
May-18-08 06:02 PM |
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You still make no sense. |
nathan hale |
May-19-08 05:18 AM |
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It is to me - I don't give a fuck about a quran, koran, or whatever they want to call it. nt |
Balbus |
May-18-08 02:05 PM |
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So, asking you if I could interest you in a Book of Mormon would be waste of time? n/t |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 02:09 PM |
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We wouldn't waste our time.. |
RedCappedBandit |
May-18-08 01:18 PM |
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360 degree double windmill backboard shattering slam dunk |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-18-08 10:01 PM |
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Define "a lot" |
magellan |
May-18-08 10:21 PM |
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The horror! |
Squatch |
May-18-08 11:41 AM |
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B-b-but they shot holes in a superstition book! |
El Pinko |
May-18-08 11:48 AM |
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Aren't you military? |
AchtungToddler |
May-18-08 12:09 PM |
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I am. |
Squatch |
May-18-08 12:14 PM |
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Sodiers aren't tools |
AchtungToddler |
May-18-08 12:55 PM |
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No need for "reasons" or pretexts... |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 12:42 PM |
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yeah yeah, I know |
AchtungToddler |
May-18-08 12:51 PM |
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You're absolutely right. Glad we cleared that up. |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 12:54 PM |
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Insulting a culture, how progressive of you. |
uppityperson |
May-18-08 02:18 PM |
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It's not Holy. It is apparently holey - now. |
El Pinko |
May-18-08 11:45 AM |
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... |
Squatch |
May-18-08 11:46 AM |
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I'd be pretty damned pissed |
FloridaJudy |
May-18-08 01:32 PM |
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It's just a piece of paper. |
El Pinko |
May-18-08 10:34 PM |
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Thank you for being so tolerant of other cultures than your own |
uppityperson |
May-18-08 02:19 PM |
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My complaint is more about "journalists" than it is about religious zealots. |
El Pinko |
May-18-08 08:27 PM |
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Ah. It's not just zealots though that consider the Kuran holy. |
uppityperson |
May-18-08 08:37 PM |
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That's a matter of perspective. |
El Pinko |
May-18-08 10:27 PM |
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## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
DU GrovelBot |
May-18-08 11:55 AM |
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Yet JIHAD and Holy WARS are a-okay.....priorities and perspectives....sigh. |
jus_the_facts |
May-18-08 12:01 PM |
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From Wikipedia: |
AchtungToddler |
May-18-08 12:07 PM |
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you say that like it's a bad thing |
leftofthedial |
May-18-08 12:10 PM |
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God, I fucking hate religion. |
Evoman |
May-18-08 12:49 PM |
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I call post title Irony first! |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 12:50 PM |
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hehe. |
Evoman |
May-18-08 12:56 PM |
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The war was started over fictional WMD |
CJCRANE |
May-18-08 01:00 PM |
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EVEN DUMBER. |
Evoman |
May-18-08 01:06 PM |
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Conditions in the middle east are because of religion |
RedCappedBandit |
May-18-08 01:21 PM |
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Only partly right... |
Duke Newcombe |
May-18-08 01:36 PM |
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no disagreement here |
RedCappedBandit |
May-18-08 02:23 PM |
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Iraq is no longer a secular country |
CJCRANE |
May-18-08 12:54 PM |
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Physical TORTURE is the issue --- |
defendandprotect |
May-18-08 02:25 PM |
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The training of soldiers |
Beregond2 |
May-18-08 02:38 PM |
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Astonishing lack of insight and understanding |
nathan hale |
May-18-08 04:23 PM |
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That was NEVER the issue |
Dreamer Tatum |
May-18-08 10:09 PM |
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I believe you need to review the OP and rethink your assessment |
nathan hale |
May-19-08 05:27 AM |
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Spot on |
spoony |
May-19-08 05:50 AM |
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If it were the Bible would anyone whine? |
ileus |
May-18-08 04:54 PM |
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"Who gives a flip?" |
Disturbed |
May-18-08 06:04 PM |
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