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Them vs Us

  • 28-01-2006 3:38am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭


    Foreign Policy
    Al Qaida/Taliban: World domination - do it our way or we attack
    American Taliban: World domination - do it our way or we attack
    Liberals: Peace and international cooperation

    Executing Minors
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Executing Minors OK
    American Taliban: Executing Minors OK
    Liberals: Find this to be a barbaric and embarrassing practice

    Self-image
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Belief in their own infallibility
    American Taliban: Belief in their own infallibility
    Liberals: Willingness to consider other viewpoints

    God
    Al Qaida/Taliban: God is on our side and will help us kill our enemies
    American Taliban: God is on our side and will help us kill our enemies
    Liberals: God may or may not exist and will not help us kill anyone

    Leaders
    Al Qaida/Taliban: God choose Osama Bin Laden to defeat the Great Satan
    American Taliban: God choose George W. Bush to lead us
    Liberals: God didn't choose anyone

    Use of Force
    Al Qaida/Taliban: As a means of propagating a world view
    American Taliban: As a means of propagating a world view
    Liberals: As a last resort

    Bush's War in Iraq
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Love it!
    American Taliban: Love it!
    Liberals: It's a disaster

    Free Speech
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Anyone who disagrees with us is an infidel and must be silenced
    American Taliban: Anyone who disagrees with us is a traitor and must be silenced
    Liberals: Anyone who disagrees with us is in for a spirited discussion

    Individuals
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Conform or else
    American Taliban: Conform or else
    Liberals: Embrace diversity

    Cooperation
    Al Qaida/Taliban: You're either with us or against us
    American Taliban: You're either with us or against us
    Liberals: We're all in this together

    Conscience
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Obedience to authority
    American Taliban: Obedience to authority
    Liberals: Critical reflection

    Origins
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Universe and man created 6,000 years ago by God
    American Taliban: Universe and man created 6,000 years ago by God
    Liberals: The Universe began as we know it at least 14 billion years ago, maybe more

    Fear
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Life is scary and uncertain, seek refuge in moral absolutes and scorn those that threaten those absolutes
    American Taliban: Life is scary and uncertain, seek refuge in moral absolutes and scorn those that threaten those absolutes
    Liberals: Life is scary and uncertain, seek refuge in accepting that respect for our fellow man and the individual choices he/she makes is eminently moral

    Women
    Al Qaida/Taliban: A woman's place is in the home
    American Taliban: A woman's place is in the home
    Liberals: A woman's place is wherever she wants it to be

    Marriage
    Al Qaida/Taliban: Marriage is only between a man and a woman
    American Taliban: Marriage is only between a man and a woman
    Liberals: Marriage is between any two people who love each other

    Stolen here http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/7/5/155625/7722


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,374 ✭✭✭Gone West


    How is that funny?


  • Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Its interesting, a good read, but not that funny

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    the bottom one is slightly wrong. with Al Qaida/Taliban marriage is between a man and up to four women. if only :rolleyes:


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