From one of the highest "ranking" clerics in Australia... www9.sbs.com.au/theworldn...8®ion=7 Sheik Taj Din al Hilaly holds a press...
Quote:Uh, how about by continuing to live in countries that aren't Islamic theocracies? Please explain how we are in any way threatened. Why don't yo...
Quote:To exemplar: It's not up to Jimro to decide what Pundit thinks is a good set of laws and a bad set of laws. If Pundit thinks US laws are becomi...
"Xenophobic hatemongering" is a strong sentiment to a thought provoking argument. Would you rather live in Tehran or Toronto? If you said ...
Being able to fire a rifle means you have one of a necessary set of skills to kill the president, if the assassination is to be carried out by a rifle...
I asked who was mistreating "Mexicans" and the answer seemed to be those that are exploiting illegal immigrants. Legal immigrants are no lo...
Rico, To counteract your vast experience with children shooting rifles, I've watched plenty of kids (and many younger than 11) shoot full sized weap...
Rico... I guess I am getting rusty. But since you say that an average 10 year old won't just shoot a gun that he's handed.... intl.aemj.org/cgi/con...
Quote:Leave it to a soldier to think a kid 60 pounds wet is a national threat. ~Rico (disgust for military +20) Rico, a child with an AK can kill ...
SpiritSenshi, My point is that we live in a world of 11 year conscripted soldiers in Africa, young suicide bombers in the middle east, high school sh...
I believe he is commenting on cultural values and norms. Jews and Asians have a reputation for working hard to master skilled labor or white collar j...
Cycle, The quotation marks are used used to quote your words. Did I really just write that? Why? Did you infer something? Jimro
Cycle, Everyone in Gitmo is "confined to a cell" with allowed exercise periods. There is a requirement to provide food, there is a require...
Veckums, Your proposal has a few flaws. Quote:Require businesses to pay them minimum wage AND benefits AND put an extra tax on hiring illegal immigr...
Huh? Are you serious? Jimro
Cooki, sorry I didn't mean for my post to seem like I was coming down on you, I completely agree that Fox could do a better job picking movies to dist...
Take up Habeus Corpus with congress, also take up the war on terror with congress. Congress writes the laws and controls the purse strings. Right no...
So what you guys are really protesting are those that exploit illegal immigrants. Me too, it is unethical and illegal. But until border security and...
Fox Faith does not PRODUCE movies, it DISTRIBUTES movies. That way it gets all the financial gain of distribution without the risk of production cost...
Yup, all those non voting teens at Columbine agree with you. Jimro
The main point for suspending Habeus Corpus in the US was to emulate the UK and be able to detain high value suspects without having to jump through a...
Pundit, Habeus Corpus is not an inalienable right. Inalienable means that it cannot be taken away from one person to be used by another, and in that...
Hmm..free health care to pregnent Mexican women, to the point where some hospitals in Texas are requiring residents to include several credit hours of...
Veckums, A "straw man" argument is setting up an opponent that isn't there so that you can appear tough on an issue. I am so glad to know ...
Troy, Quote:I suppose you've noticed by now that I've abandoned civility in my arguements. It's because I do not respect you, just as I do not respec...
Boy you don't know how to not put your foot in your mouth... Fake made up war indeed. *checks the death toll* REAL *checks congressional and UN appr...
Troy... Educate yourself just a little bit, please. Read Tommy Franks autobiography "American Soldier" for a small dose of reality on the ...
Lincoln did it in the Civil War, it happened to the Japanese Americans in WWII, so this is not exactly "tearing up Habeus Corpus" without hi...
Republicans like breasts, of the human variety, and perky! LOL, yes this did get a bit off topic, however I haven't found any Republicans saying anyt...
Cooki, "Military affairs are the utmost importance to the survival of the state" Sun Tzu. Read and then reread "The Art of War"...
"Terrorism is something we can live with" Oliver Stone Patty Murray (Democrat) publically praised Osama Bin Laden and suggested that the US...
Yes, gamma rays are deadly in sufficient dose. However the article mentioned "microwave" which interacts most strongly with water, and woul...
Sacrificing animals to earn favor with a diety has a long history even in Christian theology. After all Jesus died to be the ultimate Sin Sacrifice, ...
First off, squatting on someone elses land means they can kick you off. Possession may be nine tenths of the law according to Talmud, but doesn't mea...
Abusing or killing small animals is a sign of a mental health problem. As far as human sacrifices are concerned, I've read a few accounts as well, bu...
Any religious question tells us two things. 1. The familiarity of the questioner on the subject. 2. Some idea of the moral/religious upbringing of ...
Black Sabbath HAS done it all, trying out different sounds over the years. However their lasting impact on popular culture will be as a Metal band. ...
we ended up discussing the role of civilian gun rights under a militia system on some gun control thread... As a complete side note, it is a good thi...
The US Military often purchases weapons or items that have been "proved" in the civilian world by competitive shooters, police agencies, or ...
Red, I get what you are saying, that the "Gospel of James" was put into the Koran (as Surah 3). However, if that is the case then the Kora...
Red, What books does the Koran contain that the Mainstream bible rejects? It is my understanding that the Koran was "revealed" to Muhammed...
wow, there is a whole lot to respond to... The Koran (as well as the Hadith) was written after the establishment of the "modern bible" by t...
Actually Matt, in his usual meandering way, has shown why so many people have trouble with faith and religion. Us believers are not perfect, but ther...
Thanks, I'm out west so I don't really pay much attention to the state issues of the Northeast except as they play into gun control and hunting issues...
Source please, I'm familiar with vouchers, tax credits, and charter schools, but diverting public moneys directly to private schools is a new one on m...
I would guess that Marauder is possibly referring to attempts to have fed/state/local tax money help fund religious schools I'm assuming you are actu...
While it is true that Abraham Lincoln was in office when slavery was abolished, his main goal was the preservation of the USA, not the abolition of sl...
Rico, By no means am I recommending an official religion for the United States. The Constitution is quite clear that the Federal Government is not t...
ESPIO, I should have made myself clearer, that certain phrases of American Government smack of religious overtones (In God We Trust, one nation under...