keanosbeard wrote: » Fourteen hundred years of Islam, Bhuddism and Christianity suggests otherwise. This lunacy has shown a high correlation with Islam. There are periods of history and areas of the world where there was no " Western Intervention " yet this lunacy occurred and occours. The West is not to blame for the bad bits of Islam. Islam is totally responsible.
Playboy wrote: » So what fact am I arguing against? Enlighten me sir.. Given you previous propaganda piece on the origins of Israel I'm looking forward to your unbiased observations. Camp David was a good deal was it?
Playboy wrote: » No one is saying it has nothing to do with Islam, of course they do. But the claim that they arose in some kind of vacuum spontaneously is ridiculous. Fundamentalism such as this is a consequence of the West's interventions in the region. If they happened to be Buddhists or Christians then we would see a variant of the same lunacy.
wretcheddomain wrote: » Stop ignoring my question. You said fundamentalism is caused by Western intervention. Please explain Boko Haram in Nigeria. Until you answer this, your point about Western foreign policy as the sole cause of extremism will be called into question.
Playboy wrote: » hahahahhahahahahah ... really you think Islams hands are less bloody than Christians? Please you are just too obvious a troll now.
IrishTrajan wrote: » I gave you an unbiased account as to why Israel acts the way it does, and that giving Palestine statehood wouldn't ease the Arab world's hatred of the Jewish... And no you try to use that as some petty ad hominem to discredit my commentary. Please, take your head out of your ass.
RandomName2 wrote: » Well of course ISIS are partially a result of Western interference. If Assad (as a leader who ultimately falls into the secular/military type of Middle Eastern ruler) had been able to crush the rebellion in Syria quickly, ISIS wouldn't have been able to fully emerge and would have to work, at most, as a guerrila group (and as their primary aim is the declaration and expansion of a caliphate, would have been far less appealing). I can see how the West didn't really want to see this happen, but nonetheless the result of their aiding the rebellion generated the power vacuum. However you wouldn't have seen the same sort of group were the area Christian or Buddhist. We have seen bat-sh*t crazy groups in Western countries; but they tend to be either nationalist or, less commonly, socialist in nature. Christianity seemed to get most of its madness out in the Wars of Religion. And Buddhists practice self-immolation when particularly outraged.
IrishTrajan wrote: » Christianity's conflicts were a mix of religious and political. The Thirty Years' War was about trying to steadfast the power of independent Kingdoms and create hegemonic power in central Europe (France, Austria, largely). Hell, Gustavus Adolphus only invaded when the Protestants were close to losing, because he wanted to keep a strong Protestant nation to his south, to secure his borders so that his cousin in (catholic) Poland couldn't contest the power of Sweden. I've not really read about the Crusades, or the Inquisition, so I can't speak on them. But you know what happens when Christians in the West become "extremist"? They picket the funerals of soldiers and hate on gays. You know what Islamic Extremists do? They kill the soldiers so that the Christians have someone to picket. They shoot people who draw pictures of their prophet, and they behead gays.
nokia69 wrote: » it all depends on how you do the body count you will no doubt say Hitler and Stalin were christians
Playboy wrote: » Sorry I missed your post earlier amongst the others. Boko Haram are Wahabbists no? Where is Wahhabism exported from? When were they founded? 2002 was it? Thats soon after a couple of major events in world history but I cant quite remember what they were? Help me out? Also are Boko Haram exclusive to Nigeria or are they active in other African countries? No they West never went to Africa did we? Its not like the French, Portuguese, British, Germans, Belgians etc didnt absolutely rape that continent and its not like the French continue to?
Mohammed Yusuf founded the sect that became known as Boko Haram in 2002 in Maiduguri, the capital of the northeastern state of Borno. He established a religious complex and school that attracted poor Muslim families from across Nigeria and neighbouring countries. The center had the political goal of creating an Islamic state, and became a recruiting ground for jihadis. By denouncing the police and state corruption, Yusuf attracted followers from unemployed youths.[36][57][62][63] He is reported to have used the existing infrastructure in Borno of the Izala Society (Jama'at Izalatil Bidiawa Iqamatus Sunnah), a popular conservative Islamic sect, to recruit members, before breaking away to form his own faction. The Izala were originally welcomed into government, along with people sympathetic to Yusuf. Boko Haram conducted its operations more or less peacefully during the first seven years of its existence, withdrawing from society into remote northeastern areas. The government repeatedly ignored warnings about the increasingly militant character of the organization.[37][64] The Council of Ulama advised the government and the Nigerian Television Authority not to broadcast Yusuf's preaching, but their warnings were ignored. Yusuf's arrest elevated him to hero status. Borno's Deputy Governor Alhaji Dibal has claimed that the al-Qaeda had ties with Boko Haram, but broke them when they decided that Yusuf was an unreliable person.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#Boko_Haram_founding_and_early_years
Playboy wrote: » What about the conquest of the world? We planted a few flags around the place you know in the name of good ol Jesus
Playboy wrote: » No insane Christian groups roaming Africa then? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army
Tony EH wrote: » SOOOO much wrong in one sentence. Hilarious. :pac:
keanosbeard wrote: » Typical reactions to (suspected) criticism of Islam, 101 * Accusations of waycism/bigotry/islamophobia - CHECK ! * Blame the Decadent West / Great Shaytan - CHECK ! * Moral equivalence - CHECK ! * Namecheck the Lords Resistance Army - CHECK! I give you 8 out of 10. You forgot the Jooos
RobYourBuilder wrote: » http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ireland-donates-le-aoife-to-malta-to-help-with-refugee-rescue-in-mediterranean-1.2109719 My dad says that we bought her out of EEC money. Just paying her back.
Roger Hassenforder wrote: » Things might not be going to well with Aoife, Maltese smell a rathttp://m.independent.ie/irish-news/active-talks-ongoing-with-malta-over-le-aoife-despite-vessel-branded-junk-31010648.html
Zack Morris wrote: » Wow, so much stupidity in such a short post.Not everyone here is a Christian. I'm an atheist, so Christians don't represent me. Christianity's past does not enable Muslims to carry out the same practice today because the vast majority of today's Christians don't agree modern religious imperialism. Blaming modern European's for their ancestor's past is nonsense; otherwise, we should be imprisoning every relative of every criminal for solely being related to a criminal, including you, if you have any criminal ancestors in your family tree. Your post is nothing more than whataboutery, which is a fallacy, so the argument is an instant fail. Pointing at another problem does not negate the original problem.
DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: » The Muzzie, Muzzie, Muzzie, Out, Out, Out chant was going in my local chip shop last night. Young 16/17 boys full of bravado flexing. I wonder what they'd do if they were planted into ISIS territory. Crusaders, men of honour. No doubt that they'd cry for their mothers.
Tugboats wrote: » Did you confront them or did you wait to log onto a message board to tell the story?
Aussie Sean wrote: » In fairness would you have??? Sean