"inadvertant" book burning

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petemurphy

10,122 posts

183 months

Saturday 25th February 2012
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wolves_wanderer said:
What happens if you download the Koran onto a Kindle and then break the Kindle?
exactly my thoughts - have they updated their nutter policies for the digital age?!

burn all religious books imho

Jimbeaux

33,791 posts

231 months

Saturday 25th February 2012
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TheHeretic said:
2 Soldiers a few days ago, 12 yesterday, another 6 today. For some reason, Muslims of this ilk seem to think that their own beliefs are above and beyond the rights of others. They are idiots.
Was there no thought given to the fact that Islamic law was broken by the prisoners writing in the texts in the first place, or that burning defaced Korans is acceptable by the same law?
I see copies of the "Picture Bible" in the children's section of Barnes & Nobles. I suppose that would bring down a whole city if "Mohamed's Journey in Pictures" was published.

Butter Face

30,299 posts

160 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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Never mind this...

http://thebricktestament.com/

Imagine a Koran version. The world would probably fall over

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

255 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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Jimbeaux said:
Was there no thought given to the fact that Islamic law was broken by the prisoners writing in the texts in the first place, or that burning defaced Korans is acceptable by the same law?
I see copies of the "Picture Bible" in the children's section of Barnes & Nobles. I suppose that would bring down a whole city if "Mohamed's Journey in Pictures" was published.
Don't be daft, they only take offense if others do it. It is undoubtably an excuse to riot and be upset. Their religion makes them special, and gives them license to be offended, and cause chaos. It was the same with the cartoons. They were offended, so rioted and killed people. They never took any notice, however, of the Muslim cartoons about Israel, etc.





Edited by TheHeretic on Sunday 26th February 08:35

Muntu

7,635 posts

199 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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News said:
Gravestones are seen damaged by an Islamist group in protest at the burning of the Koran by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, in Benghazi Military Cemetery February 24, 2012. The cemetery, which is home to soldiers who died during the second world war, was built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.


http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/pentagon-official-...

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

204 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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It just needs a small change in procedures to a procedure more acceptable to the locals

Old procedure

Find prisoner using book to pass message then set fire to the book



Thinfourth procedure

Find prisoner using book to pass messages then set fire to prisoner

carmonk

7,910 posts

187 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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The West should just vacate Afghanistan, dropping a fuel-air bomb onto the rioters as a goodbye. There's not much oil there, and the 'war on terror' is a waste of time, so I don't see why we need to stay. I don't give a st what happens to the Afghan people. The hearts and mind things was always doomed to failure and this just proves it. I think I heard on the news that it was an Afghan policeman who killed two US soldiers, so if that's true it illustrates the futility of the whole affair.

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

255 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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Like parts of Africa, they are just not capable of helping themselves, and as a result, they will always be a bronze age, stty country.

Apache

39,731 posts

284 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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odyssey2200 said:
DamienB said:
Why on earth don't we just leave? Build a great big wall around the place and pretend they're not even on the same planet as the rest of us.
yikes

the last time I said something along those lines, a lot of people were upset and used the R word.

One problem is that there are too many of the nutters here already, complete with ooman rights lawyers.
Perhaps it's an encouraging sign that people have had enough of these ignorant morons, god knows I try to see both sides of the story but.....they clearly deserve nothing and should get nothing.

Allah is their be all and end all. Let him sort their problems out and let our lads come home

Jimbeaux

33,791 posts

231 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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TheHeretic said:
Like parts of Africa, they are just not capable of helping themselves
I am afraid you are correct.

br d

8,400 posts

226 months

Sunday 26th February 2012
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Apache said:
Allah is their be all and end all...
This is really what it all comes down to. These gods are apparently the creators of everything, the all powerful, undeniable controllers of all that is. And yet they have to rely on backward morons with explosive belts killing children to make their point.

You can only supplicate to this st for so long, it isn't going to get better, they aren't going to start being reasonable, it is a waste of time.

I was all for the removal of the Taliban from Afghanistan to start with but now, like carmonk (and the Russians two decades ago) I think we should just leave them to it. There is no way we can make any sense of this because they don't possess any sense.

These problems are not geographical, or even political, they are theological. Territory, rights and government are just secondary to this nonsense. An over-simplification I know but while we have holy books we will never have tolerance, or more importantly, pragmatism.


Gun

13,431 posts

218 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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Now they've bombed their own people over it, what a pathetic place.

Asterix

24,438 posts

228 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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I remember the politicians saying that it will be different than before and history won't repeat itself.

If there is one thing history does every single time...

It show you how fundamentally dumb we are as a race even when we think we're the clever ones.

carmonk

7,910 posts

187 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107023/Af...

They're just beasts and like any wild animals should be left well alone.

Apache

39,731 posts

284 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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That is just insane, he killed 6 of his own people because of this? speechless

odyssey2200

18,650 posts

209 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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carmonk said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107023/Af...

They're just beasts and like any wild animals should be left well alone.
Any beasts here should be returned to their natural habitat, too.

Jimbeaux

33,791 posts

231 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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br d said:
Apache said:
Allah is their be all and end all...
This is really what it all comes down to. These gods are apparently the creators of everything, the all powerful, undeniable controllers of all that is. And yet they have to rely on backward morons with explosive belts killing children to make their point.

You can only supplicate to this st for so long, it isn't going to get better, they aren't going to start being reasonable, it is a waste of time.

I was all for the removal of the Taliban from Afghanistan to start with but now, like carmonk (and the Russians two decades ago) I think we should just leave them to it. There is no way we can make any sense of this because they don't possess any sense.

These problems are not geographical, or even political, they are theological. Territory, rights and government are just secondary to this nonsense. An over-simplification I know but while we have holy books we will never have tolerance, or more importantly, pragmatism.
I agree somewhat; however, I believe much of what you describe is tribal/cultural as much as religion.

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

255 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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Jimbeaux said:
I agree somewhat; however, I believe much of what you describe is tribal/cultural as much as religion.
I've past caring, to be honest. Their religion is used to justify their tribal, fked up ways. If they want that, have at it. Leave them to it, and let them live in the squalor that their beliefs will bring them.

odyssey2200

18,650 posts

209 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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TheHeretic said:
I've past caring, to be honest. Their religion is used to justify their tribal, fked up ways. If they want that, have at it. Leave them to it, and let them live in the squalor that their beliefs will bring them.
but not here.

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

255 months

Monday 27th February 2012
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odyssey2200 said:
but not here.
Nope.