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 Topic: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise

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  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #120 - November 27, 2010, 12:40 AM

    What I'm thinking these bans would stop is the spread of extreme memes that consequentially deserve not to infiltrate minds.


    Really? You think this would stop that? There is a far more effective way of ridding a mind of bad memes, it's called debate. Smiley And it doesn't happen with suppression of speech. A person can reject ideas they hold or are exposed to far more completely than you ever could force them to.

    Trying to ensure no one is exposed to them is a futile endeavour. And when they are, how will they see the arguments against?
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #121 - November 27, 2010, 12:44 AM

    HighOctane,
    Banning drink-driving is not the same as banning minarets etc.  Drunk drivers directly infringe upon the lives of other drivers or pedestrians, and their rights are being protected by the ban on drink-driving.  It is very scientific that a drunk driver has far less control of their car than a sober one.
    In liberalism, individual freedom and natural rights are enforced by laws.  I think it is possible to prevent the Islam memeplex from causing havoc by enforcing individual freedom -- ensuring all individuals within the community have the relevant rights and are free from clerical bullying.


    I really like the following succinct post by Q-Man weeks ago on another thread:



    Freedom of expression and buildings are two different things.  By your argument I would have the right to build a huge monument of a farmer buttfucking his favourite goat in my front lawn which could be situated directly in front a primary school.  Otherwise I do agree that Islamism can be fought without the curtailing of individual liberties.

    "Modern man's great illusion has been to convince himself that of all that has gone before he represents the zenith of human accomplishment, but can't summon the mental powers to read anything more demanding than emoticons. Fascinating. "

    One very horny Turk I met on the net.
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #122 - November 27, 2010, 12:46 AM

    False analogy, ras. I'm not gonna bother to explain why cause I think you can figure it out for yourself.

    fuck you
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #123 - November 27, 2010, 12:48 AM

    *stupid quote button instead of modify*

    *again*
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #124 - November 27, 2010, 12:55 AM

    HO, seriously even in ex USSR Muslim countries like Uzbekistan, where the dictator Karimov fiercely suppresses the Islamists, it is not preventing minds from being lost to their memes.  Many of the Al Qaeda operators in Pakistan were Uzbeks.  As for Turkey, guess who's in power now...

    "Modern man's great illusion has been to convince himself that of all that has gone before he represents the zenith of human accomplishment, but can't summon the mental powers to read anything more demanding than emoticons. Fascinating. "

    One very horny Turk I met on the net.
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #125 - November 27, 2010, 12:58 AM

    False analogy, ras. I'm not gonna bother to explain why cause I think you can figure it out for yourself.


    The analogy was intentionally exaggerated and yes somewhat inaccurate.  My point was that what applies to free speech does not necessarily have to apply to new buildings and monuments

    "Modern man's great illusion has been to convince himself that of all that has gone before he represents the zenith of human accomplishment, but can't summon the mental powers to read anything more demanding than emoticons. Fascinating. "

    One very horny Turk I met on the net.
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #126 - November 27, 2010, 01:04 AM

    Sure it does. Any zoning restrictions on building should and can be expression content-neutral, and if they can't be, they can always set aside zones where such expression through buildings/monuments are permitted. For an example of the latter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Zone_%28Boston%29

    But I see no justification for a blanket ban of minarets. It's not a mere zoning/building permit issue. It's specifically-tailored to effect state discrimination against a particular religion.

    fuck you
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #127 - November 27, 2010, 10:25 AM

    And besides banning might cause moderates to switch over to the radicalized side.

    And HO you don't speak for all Muslims, I'm pretty sure I wasn't like you as a muslim even if we prayed and performed the same religious activities.

    I prayed for a variety of reasons; one of them was for the spiritual peace that it gave me, it was form of meditation.

    I fasted not only for religious reason but also for improving my self-restraint and discipline.

    Good things can grow out of religious practices that might seem useless and ignorant to others. I dislike religion, but not every single aspect of religion, I understand why it's here and why we will always have religion, and it doesn't bother me. You have at many times mentioned mindless praying and starving hunger, oppressive hijab etc it is not to your palate, fine, but don't think it's a scientific maxim, it's just personal opinion.


    I never had a muslim upbringing like yours, and my parents are strict religious people but they don't choke you to death, in fact most of my relatives are the same. Many of my female cousins and aunts either have studied in university, are studying or plan to study, and this in a Muslim country. There is nothing in Islam that says a woman can't study. It seems certain cultures or communities (within the Ummah even) simply promote education more than others.

    And I can't believe this blanket-ban on things, there are many different types of muslims, shias, sufis, different kind of sunnis. You think a moderate, liberal Muslim would side with you on issues such as banning ISOCs and minarets?

    They would switch, and would roll their eyes if you claimed it was because of false grievances. They would label you as an arrogant bigot with zero empathy. And they would not be intellectually impressed with your arguments.

    Being oppressed and feeling angry about it is not a false grievance, it's a real fucking grievance.

    I have to say this again, I was not like you as a muslim and I dislike this blanket comparisons of muslims.

    I believed in a two state solution as a muslim, I believed in Israel's right to exist, I thought the war in Iraq was handled poorly, I disliked the Taliban but the war made me (and still makes me) feel very uncomfortable. As does almost any war (who the fuck likes a war anyways).

    I didn't respect homosexuality but I could respect homosexuals. It's a private matter that God will judge ON JUDGMENT DAY.

    I never hated Jews.

    I believed (still believe, even more so now) in the values and culture of my host country (love you baby), and I respected it. For me religion, was a private matter, that belonged in your home. The world has changed too much, and diversity is a source of creativity, and I don't mean only within the art world so the Khilifat was something else that didn't side well with me, not just emotionally but rationally as well.

    There are many muslims like me and I support them, I would never deride them and I would never ban their religious symbols. They are my brothers and sisters, along with the rest of humanity and it would be a cold day in hell before I supported you and what you believe in over them. And I would do that as an ex-muslim! As an ex-muslim that runs the risk of being killed by some extremist.

    This has nothing to do with your EQ, IQ, or GQ, your opinions make the hairs on my neck stand.
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #128 - November 27, 2010, 10:40 AM

    Quote from: Q-Man
    Lying troll is lying.


    Could you please clarify Q-man: do you accept that non-Muslim parents have morally legitimate grounds for objection to halal meat being surreptitiously sneaked into their kids' school meals? A simple YES or NO will suffice.

    The mosque: the most epic display of collective douchbaggery, arrogance and delusion
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #129 - November 27, 2010, 10:48 AM

    Grin HighOctane and DH can't even convince ex-muslims, how are you going to convince muslims? I guess they don't need to be "convinced" isn't that right?  Afro
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #130 - November 27, 2010, 11:31 AM

    You want to start state suppression of Islam and discrimination against Muslims, ...

    This is going to sound a bit strange but people with a significant religious identity de facto are marginalized in the contemporary liberal-tolerant societies. One can only tolerate something one does not approve of and is either not strong enough to abolish it or is "benevolent" enough to allow others to retain their illusions. This kind of "respect" and "tolerance" is in fact a liberal-tolerant racism in disguise.

    I didn't respect homosexuality but I could respect homosexuals. It's a private matter that God will judge ON JUDGMENT DAY.

    Have you ever debated this with other Muslims? What fuels their resentment towards gays? Is it possible that at least a part of that resentment comes from a perception of gays as being a part of privileged elite which exploits poor and underprivileged Muslim immigrants and treats them as outcasts?

    Btw the way I interpret DH's obsession with ex-Muslims is the unbearable fact that "they" (ex-Muslims) really did become like "us" (mono-cultural Brits), while retaining their own specific features.
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #131 - November 27, 2010, 12:04 PM

    And HO you don't speak for all Muslims, I'm pretty sure I wasn't like you as a muslim even if we prayed and performed the same religious activities.

    ....

    You think a moderate, liberal Muslim would side with you on issues such as banning ISOCs and minarets?

    ....

    They would switch, and would roll their eyes if you claimed it was because of false grievances. They would label you as an arrogant bigot with zero empathy. And they would not be intellectually impressed with your arguments.


    Thank you also for the rebuke, good sir.  Afro

    Mate, I don't expect many moderates to agree with me any of the bans - but that said there are MODERATE MUSLIM who would BAN Sharia [BLOG LINK], Burkas [NEWS LINK], Zakir Naik [BLOG LINK]. *Stretches hand and fingers* - yeah I think I can convince them to ban ISOCs, Minarets too! Grin

    See - I told you - I'm arrogant BD. billy would never post in my style in a million years. We agree on a lot of things but he has a gift of INTIMACY with others. I'm just freaking bold and belligerent. Even Alan Sugar understands it's not the best characteristic to have. People skills matter in life - am I'm fully honest about my limitations.

    Time for closure on this thread I think ... I'm not seem to be getting across to others, rebukes welcome though.

    @Q-Man: cogdis -  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cogdis .
    Mate, you're such a relativist your insults and "BEST SHUT THE &^% UP" comments even point it out.  Cheesy

    I see that relativism also accounts for your cogdis: The bans that I propose are not oppressive btw. For real oppression - go to Iran.
    Good idea on Ataturk: go ahead and do the poll. Ataturk proves (in my opinion) you can improve Muslim people for their own benefit by weeding out the degrading and backward Islamic memes.

    I told you - the impact of those bans which I described were my thoughts. Frankly, it is a lot more realistic than the, "thin end of the wedge that will create concentration camps for all Muslims", which is what you've concluded! Torn between  Cheesy and idiot2 and 015

    I do take "blowbacks" and negative consequences into consideration in my thought experiments. Firstly: France, Switzerland, Belgium are being guinea pigs for the UK. Secondly, such bans aren't exactly going to freakin war in another country. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!

    If you don't get why "false grievances" are false grievances - it shows you suffer from it big-time. But here you go: take a Muslim from the UK, who has NO RELATIONS to people in Palestine, feed them hatred about Jews, and before you know it there is a false connection via the Islamic memplex which makes them angry and hurt when there are stories of Israeli commandos killing Palestine on boats when in REALITY such a Muslim does not give a bloomin damn about what's happening to the Kurds.

    Just ask yourself why it that you don’t get is so upset or angry by billy's posts as much as you seem to do by my posts, over the many points we OVERLAP on?  Yes I know billy isn't as bold as me with certain thoughts, but we overlap on plenty.

    @ateapotist: I see what your saying but there a link. Takes ages to write and explain. Tell you what, it's one topic for a face to face meet up sometime. If I don’t convince you on a minaret and ISOC ban, then I will buy you a beer or several soft drinks hahaha!  Smiley

    And one more thing: these bans that I support - it isn't part of a totalitarian regime for goodness sakes! They are dampers on extreme and ill-fitting memes that without forceful mind indoctrination would have no rightful place in a developed society. Progress people, I think about progress - not authoritarianism or controlling people for fun. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!  Smiley
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #132 - November 27, 2010, 12:08 PM

    HO  Cheesy  I just imagined you saying that in Aishwarya Rais accent!
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #133 - November 27, 2010, 12:10 PM

    HUH?!  Cheesy  Smiley
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #134 - November 27, 2010, 12:13 PM


    And one more thing: these bans that I support - it isn't part of a totalitarian regime for goodness sakes! They are dampers on extreme and ill-fitting memes that without forceful mind indoctrination would have no rightful place in a developed society. Progress people, I think about progress - not authoritarianism or controlling people for fun. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!  Smiley


    Well that's the point isn't it?  In a developed society, you would not need to resort to such tactics would you?  They would still make their way to vulnerable audiences in one way or another.  Nazism hasn't completely vanished for one, even in societies where the mein kampf is banned.  Everyone thinks about progress if we come to that.  The Bolsheviks did too as do the Islamists...

    "Modern man's great illusion has been to convince himself that of all that has gone before he represents the zenith of human accomplishment, but can't summon the mental powers to read anything more demanding than emoticons. Fascinating. "

    One very horny Turk I met on the net.
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #135 - November 27, 2010, 12:28 PM

    HighOctane, I'm going to shoot a puppy every time you use the word "meme."

    19:46   <zizo>: hugs could pimp u into sex

    Quote from: yeezevee
    well I am neither ex-Muslim nor absolute 100% Non-Muslim.. I am fucking Zebra

  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #136 - November 27, 2010, 12:42 PM

    In a developed society, you would not need to resort to such tactics would you?


    I think it is important to note that our society today is going through the fastest rates of immigration in human history. As a result our society needs to adapt to this mass influx accordingly.

    (Via The Economist)

    Most of western European countries have populations composed of 10 percent immigrants. In some of Europe’s biggest cities, the figure is as high as 30 percent. Some of these immigrants do not assimilate the mores of their host countries. Islam is said to be the biggest reason for this non-assimilation. This has become a challenge to host societies because Muslims comprise nearly ‘half of all new arrivals in Europe’ today, at 15-17 million people. There has been a monumental change since ‘there were almost no Muslims in Europe in the middle of the 20th century.’
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #137 - November 27, 2010, 12:47 PM

    Quote
    If you don't get why "false grievances" are false grievances - it shows you suffer from it big-time. But here you go: take a Muslim from the UK, who has NO RELATIONS to people in Palestine, feed them hatred about Jews, and before you know it there is a false connection via the Islamic memplex which makes them angry and hurt when there are stories of Israeli commandos killing Palestine on boats when in REALITY such a Muslim does not give a bloomin damn about what's happening to the Kurds.


    I suffer from false grievances?

    I'm not gonna say fuck you, this time. Brush up on your people skills.

    And I can anticipate you scrambling to your feet with a shoddy apology. Don't bother.

    Don't throw labels on people unless you want them to turn you a cold shoulder. Especially labels that don't fit and might in fact insult them.

    And lessen the use of the word "meme", it's starting to sound robotic.

    Next time I won't be as mild-mannered, "sir"*.



    *Even writing that ironically makes me feel like a dork.  
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #138 - November 27, 2010, 12:51 PM

    I think it is important to note that our society today is going through the fastest rates of immigration in human history. As a result our society needs to adapt to this mass influx accordingly.




    I have a better plan, stop mass immigration.  It was never helpful in the first place.

    "Modern man's great illusion has been to convince himself that of all that has gone before he represents the zenith of human accomplishment, but can't summon the mental powers to read anything more demanding than emoticons. Fascinating. "

    One very horny Turk I met on the net.
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #139 - November 27, 2010, 12:52 PM

    BD, that wasn't even aimed at you, it was @Q-Man
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #140 - November 27, 2010, 12:54 PM

    I have a better plan, stop mass immigration.


    And put the economy at risk? Okay different topic all together, stopping here.
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #141 - November 27, 2010, 12:57 PM

    BD, that wasn't even aimed at you, it was @Q-Man


    lol ok my bad, I apoligize for that, good thing I had restraint right? From years of fasting  grin12

    I just saw the @Q-Man. I think you might want bold the parts where you address other people. Don't want to insult the wrong person, and I'm guessing Q is gonna get be as insulted (which might not matter to you).

    But to be frank, that "false grievance" tasted bitter and condescending. Might be something to take into consideration if you use it in real life (or even here).
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #142 - November 27, 2010, 01:03 PM

    And put the economy at risk? Okay different topic all together, stopping here.


    Whether that would really happen in the long term could be debated.  But anyway, you think that Muslims seeing what they already might consider as being an alien government cracking down on their beliefs and telling them what they may and may not hear, condusive to assimilation?  Who is the government to assume that it has a monopoly on what the truth is and to dictate to the people what they may hear and not hear?  Particularly one which invades Islamic countries.

    "Modern man's great illusion has been to convince himself that of all that has gone before he represents the zenith of human accomplishment, but can't summon the mental powers to read anything more demanding than emoticons. Fascinating. "

    One very horny Turk I met on the net.
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #143 - November 27, 2010, 04:20 PM

    Go fuck yourself HO. Your response was disjointed bullshit, you continue to accuse me of being a relativist with no evidence, you're an idiot, and you need to lay off the goddamn smileys. I hope when you lose your virginity it's to an HIV-positive rapist named Bubba.

    fuck you
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #144 - November 27, 2010, 04:50 PM

    And besides banning might cause moderates to switch over to the radicalized side.

    And HO you don't speak for all Muslims, I'm pretty sure I wasn't like you as a muslim even if we prayed and performed the same religious activities.

    I prayed for a variety of reasons; one of them was for the spiritual peace that it gave me, it was form of meditation.

    I fasted not only for religious reason but also for improving my self-restraint and discipline.

    Good things can grow out of religious practices that might seem useless and ignorant to others. I dislike religion, but not every single aspect of religion, I understand why it's here and why we will always have religion, and it doesn't bother me. You have at many times mentioned mindless praying and starving hunger, oppressive hijab etc it is not to your palate, fine, but don't think it's a scientific maxim, it's just personal opinion.


    I never had a muslim upbringing like yours, and my parents are strict religious people but they don't choke you to death, in fact most of my relatives are the same. Many of my female cousins and aunts either have studied in university, are studying or plan to study, and this in a Muslim country. There is nothing in Islam that says a woman can't study. It seems certain cultures or communities (within the Ummah even) simply promote education more than others.

    And I can't believe this blanket-ban on things, there are many different types of muslims, shias, sufis, different kind of sunnis. You think a moderate, liberal Muslim would side with you on issues such as banning ISOCs and minarets?

    They would switch, and would roll their eyes if you claimed it was because of false grievances. They would label you as an arrogant bigot with zero empathy. And they would not be intellectually impressed with your arguments.

    Being oppressed and feeling angry about it is not a false grievance, it's a real fucking grievance.

    I have to say this again, I was not like you as a muslim and I dislike this blanket comparisons of muslims.

    I believed in a two state solution as a muslim, I believed in Israel's right to exist, I thought the war in Iraq was handled poorly, I disliked the Taliban but the war made me (and still makes me) feel very uncomfortable. As does almost any war (who the fuck likes a war anyways).

    I didn't respect homosexuality but I could respect homosexuals. It's a private matter that God will judge ON JUDGMENT DAY.

    I never hated Jews.

    I believed (still believe, even more so now) in the values and culture of my host country (love you baby), and I respected it. For me religion, was a private matter, that belonged in your home. The world has changed too much, and diversity is a source of creativity, and I don't mean only within the art world so the Khilifat was something else that didn't side well with me, not just emotionally but rationally as well.

    There are many muslims like me and I support them, I would never deride them and I would never ban their religious symbols. They are my brothers and sisters, along with the rest of humanity and it would be a cold day in hell before I supported you and what you believe in over them. And I would do that as an ex-muslim! As an ex-muslim that runs the risk of being killed by some extremist.

    This has nothing to do with your EQ, IQ, or GQ, your opinions make the hairs on my neck stand.


    POTM. Exactly how I would respond to HO - but just couldn't be bothered, so thanks BD.


    ''we are morally and philisophically in the best position to win the league'' - Arsene Wenger
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #145 - November 27, 2010, 05:38 PM

    I just saw the @Q-Man. I think you might want bold the parts where you address other people. Don't want to insult the wrong person, and I'm guessing Q is gonna get be as insulted (which might not matter to you).

    Fair enough, I’ll take more care with the formatting.
    But to be frank, that "false grievance" tasted bitter and condescending. Might be something to take into consideration if you use it in real life (or even here).

    Yeah - true, fair enough. I think it works differently on different people to be honest. You've never come across as the type who's hated Jews. I don't know your opinion on the Middle East either - but I know you’re a sound guy a heart and so it does exactly work on you, even when you are a Muslim.

    Who it does work is people who have grudges, scapegoat propaganda and they also need a certain amount of anger/venom for them to release, and so through the conduit of “People of Palestine” that cause gets completely and utterly hijacked.

    Again, it is different if one is an Arab, has Arab affiliations. It’s complex thing, but it’s there I think. And yes, I wouldn’t talk about it to regular people, I talk about it here on a forum where people are interested in this kind of thing.
  • Re: UK university hosts ?anti-West? week under ?justice' guise
     Reply #146 - November 27, 2010, 05:44 PM

    But anyway, you think that Muslims seeing what they already might consider as being an alien government cracking down on their beliefs and telling them what they may and may not hear, condusive to assimilation?  Who is the government to assume that it has a monopoly on what the truth is and to dictate to the people what they may hear and not hear?


    Yes I do.

    Particularly one which invades Islamic countries.


    I think there is a big difference on economic migrants (moving to thiriving and developed part of the world) and the invasion of lands which pose a threat. Out of topic also. But I like "seeing" your perceptive.
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #147 - November 27, 2010, 05:52 PM

    Go fuck yourself HO. Your response was disjointed bullshit, you continue to accuse me of being a relativist with no evidence, you're an idiot, and you need to lay off the goddamn smileys. I hope when you lose your virginity it's to an HIV-positive rapist named Bubba.


    Man your so oppressive, telling me to not use smiley! Cheesy

    Hope that made you feel better. All talk no substance. Insulting others in order to feel better and justify your reality.

  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #148 - November 27, 2010, 05:54 PM

    Uh-huh

    fuck you
  • Re: UK university hosts ‘anti-West’ week under ‘justice' guise
     Reply #149 - November 27, 2010, 06:18 PM

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