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142. True, but there are some of them who would gladly unleash world conflagration in the name

Thu May 23, 2013, 04:36 AM

May 2013

of Armageddon and not bat an eyelash. There is no difference. THe only difference is that here the state keeps a lid on it and does not actively sponsor fundamentalist religious claptrap although there has begun a rapid blurring of the church-state separation.

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Bloodied London Attacker Speaks To Camera After Beheading: ‘You People Will Never Be Safe’ [View all] JaneyVee May 2013 OP

Jesus fucking Christ. randome May 2013 #1

There was more than one and they were filming each other and asked passersby to also film. snagglepuss May 2013 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE May 2013 #4

I never thought I would consider my martial arts training in Japanese sword Katashi_itto May 2013 #39

Yeah, that's kind of depressing. Always be prepared, I suppose. randome May 2013 #66

Can't carry a Japanese sword around with you though rl6214 May 2013 #80

Very true, not like I imagined donning my hakama and striding around the city Katashi_itto May 2013 #91

I would love to have that sort of skill rl6214 May 2013 #114

I started out with legitimate DVDs eventually, with all my moving around, found a good Dojo Katashi_itto May 2013 #125

Hats off to you, that takes a lot of dedication. rl6214 May 2013 #164

Oh not sure if it's dedication, just a matter of finding something you like :) Katashi_itto May 2013 #166

I wonder if the ECHR will uphold his inevitable asylum claim nt geek tragedy May 2013 #2

Big man BeyondGeography May 2013 #5

Boko Haram comes to London? Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #6

When have we ever really been safe? n/t winter is coming May 2013 #7

Sickening troglodytes are a cancer on society.nt sufrommich May 2013 #8

which trogs on which society? tiny elvis May 2013 #137

"in our land..." Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #9

Sorry, white man's burden and all that. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #11

oh nebenaube May 2013 #17

Yes, but it didn't really break out until the post-war era. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #20

Didn't Shakepeare smoke cannibis? coldmountain May 2013 #106

I initially thought you referred to "cannibals", not cannabis. Shrike47 May 2013 #29

I don't think too many English now living had a choice in that matter... JHB May 2013 #99

+1 n/t Skip Intro May 2013 #19

there is no thought in that response tiny elvis May 2013 #135

One thing in common with people here in the US like Bachmann... Archae May 2013 #10

False equivalency. former9thward May 2013 #12

Amen to that. n/t cigsandcoffee May 2013 #15

Scott Roeder is a fundy. Archae May 2013 #16

Got anything more recent than leftynyc May 2013 #25

LOL n/t whathehell May 2013 #31

Anders Breivik thought he was some kind of Knight Templar. CJCRANE May 2013 #42

It'll make for an interesting discussion leftynyc May 2013 #47

Yeah sure, but he didn't behead him so it doesn't count. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #26

If you're going to do the leftynyc May 2013 #41

As per my post #42... CJCRANE May 2013 #46

And what propoganda leftynyc May 2013 #56

I didn't say "forced". I implied "influenced". Look at "Rwanda Radio" CJCRANE May 2013 #58

Yeah, fundies usually limit themselves to LuvNewcastle May 2013 #48

Not sure what thread you're reading but the one I read has some people dumping on fundamentalism. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #51

I'm reading the same thread you are leftynyc May 2013 #52

A minute ago you were looking for something more recent than 4years ago, Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #60

Try and keep up leftynyc May 2013 #140

But they do help make the social and legislative climate more hostile to LGBT folks, nomorenomore08 May 2013 #71

I am defending reality. former9thward May 2013 #72

Okay, point taken. We're "not as a bad as them" (in this respect). nomorenomore08 May 2013 #75

Can you name the countries where "gays are hanged and women stoned" please? Turborama May 2013 #122

That's a softball question Separation May 2013 #126

No, it isn't. Only* one of those countries (Iran) has hanged gay people recently Turborama May 2013 #128

http://m.ranker.com/list/7-worst-capital-punishments-for-being-_illegally_-gay/joanne Separation May 2013 #132

Links don't work in post titles Turborama May 2013 #143

Yes, it is -- Women continue to be stoned and beheaded in Iran and other Islamic countries. whathehell May 2013 #159

The Taliban were stoning women in Afghanistan before we threw them out. former9thward May 2013 #173

Fundies in the US WANT to be able to stone to death anyone they think isn't following their god, kestrel91316 May 2013 #78

Exactly. nt Pale Blue Dot May 2013 #94

BS Niceguy1 May 2013 #139

Thank you . n/t whathehell May 2013 #160

American fundies are responsible for the Iraq War and a hole host of other atrocities Downtown Hound May 2013 #167

Oh please...Now you're a mind reader? whathehell May 2013 #157

Yes, dragging homosexuals to death behind cars is much better jberryhill May 2013 #79

Bang on. The whataboutery that always surfaces is contemptible. snagglepuss May 2013 #84

No, they have less photogenic ways of killing people they dislike Scootaloo May 2013 #127

True, but there are some of them who would gladly unleash world conflagration in the name Skidmore May 2013 #142

^^this^^ Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #149

Probably more like the Boston bombers: self-radicalized. CJCRANE May 2013 #13

Bachmann beheaded people? Whom, and when? Call the FBI. nt Dreamer Tatum May 2013 #32

american fundementalists are disney actors. galileoreloaded May 2013 #54

I could be wrong, but I suspect that higher living standards and relative social cohesion nomorenomore08 May 2013 #73

yep. people here bitch, but they dont know. nt galileoreloaded May 2013 #74

Hardly a reason to take our eyes off our own fundies, though. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #77

+1 JustAnotherGen May 2013 #151

The 9/11 hijackers were from affluent families, most of them geek tragedy May 2013 #83

But that may well be the exception that proves the rule. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #86

The USA is on the short list of more extreme wealth disparities. Quantess May 2013 #124

I realize that. We do have the highest disparity, by far, of "developed" nations. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #129

Oh and BTW, Quantess May 2013 #133

I didn't think you were. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #134

It was tougher than I thought to find either Saudia Arabia or United Arab Emirates Quantess May 2013 #131

That is a good point. hrmjustin May 2013 #104

They have not killed people although I think Bachmann has the potential to kill. hrmjustin May 2013 #102

Sharia Law Kills Gays and Women Mango40 May 2013 #156

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #14

What a trollish first post BeyondGeography May 2013 #18

Jurors got it right this time. Good. uppityperson May 2013 #23

its weird how so many of these lunatics seem attracted to and drawn in to the muslim religion quinnox May 2013 #21

Oh fer crying out loud, Christianity has had it's moments. nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #24

true, but I'm talking recently, not ancient history quinnox May 2013 #27

I must have missed those by Christians in the US. nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #28

You might have, and that's understandable, as those perps were a tad less open & brazen about it. whathehell May 2013 #33

Apparently you aren't familiar with the Church of the Aryan Nation. Cleita May 2013 #81

That's an intrinsically flawed understanding. Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #82

What ?? What ?? jessie04 May 2013 #170

To paraphrase a poster up thread, got anything more recent than 600 years? whathehell May 2013 #37

+1 Libertas1776 May 2013 #40

I used "pathetic" leftynyc May 2013 #44

Agreed. Thanks. n/t whathehell May 2013 #68

Anders Breivik, the LRA... CJCRANE May 2013 #49

Keep searching, lol. whathehell May 2013 #67

I'm not searching. It's not my job to knock down CJCRANE May 2013 #70

Whatever. whathehell May 2013 #85

Okay, let's say I reel off a litany of points and examples... CJCRANE May 2013 #90

If you could have done it, you, or some other nervous PCer here would have. whathehell May 2013 #105

You just missed the point of my post. CJCRANE May 2013 #119

Nope, you missed mine whathehell May 2013 #150

Islamic fundamentalism has been raging since Muhammed died in 632 with the Shia/Sunni split riderinthestorm May 2013 #113

I was talking about the 20th century particularly the 60s and 70s. CJCRANE May 2013 #120

I don't understand your last two sentences. Are they a seque for something that I missed? riderinthestorm May 2013 #169

I'm talking about terrorism before the 1980s and after the 1980s. CJCRANE May 2013 #171

I aplologize that reality interferes with your religous views. jeff47 May 2013 #53

Much of that has been caused by Christian fundies LuvNewcastle May 2013 #57

Bullshit. whathehell May 2013 #88

All the bigotry and ignorance they preach does at least LuvNewcastle May 2013 #101

Yeah, right, LOL. whathehell May 2013 #109

I really don't see anything funny. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #116

I'm sure you don't.. whathehell May 2013 #117

LOL...I don't have any "religious views" -- I'm agnostic. n/t whathehell May 2013 #65

I apologize that reality interferes with your need for political correctness. whathehell May 2013 #69

It's so unimportant to you that you replied multiple times? jeff47 May 2013 #115

Oh my. You are desperate, aren't you? whathehell May 2013 #118

Sorry, but your thesis is that Christians don't do this kind of thing jeff47 May 2013 #121

Sorry, but I presented no "thesis" of the kind, lol, and In fact, if you read whathehell May 2013 #147

Islam is about 700 years younger than our locally preferred version of the same fiction... Democracyinkind May 2013 #153

That's nice. whathehell May 2013 #174

I'd say it's fairly clear it's mostly the other way round - Islam is a cause, not just an attractor. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #30

There's something else going on here... CJCRANE May 2013 #38

I agree, and it is "religion" independent nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #43

Islam desperately needs its own Reformation. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #61

I don't know, if you look at the "Arab Spring" that was mostly started by liberals CJCRANE May 2013 #63

Very good observation. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #64

Yup, Wahhabi Islamic extremists. roamer65 May 2013 #97

i like wahhabi covered peanuts arely staircase May 2013 #163

Incredible backwards logic CrawlingChaos May 2013 #89

No, what you have said makes no sense to me. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #92

It makes no sense to say that terror begets terror? CrawlingChaos May 2013 #95

It makes no sense to say the West commits "massive terrorism" or call this "retaliatory". Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #123

staggering, EPIC bullshit CrawlingChaos May 2013 #136

Are you kidding? Tens of thousands Iraqis slaughtered by the U.S. Arugula Latte May 2013 #168

Terrorism does not just mean "anything bad I want to make a point about". Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #172

No, I'll tell you what's weird Scootaloo May 2013 #130

Did I miss the Blame Party 4Q2u2 May 2013 #22

Have the attackers been identified yet? Blue_Tires May 2013 #34

No, exceptionally little information right not except, unusually, a large amount of on-scene... Poll_Blind May 2013 #35

I'm watching the BBC livestream now... Blue_Tires May 2013 #36

If you mean named, no leftynyc May 2013 #45

omg Marrah_G May 2013 #50

We have a saying here in PA Dutch land: "Too soon old; too late schmart." WinkyDink May 2013 #55

It's fucking amazing Fgiriun May 2013 #59

They feed off each other. CJCRANE May 2013 #62

Wow! I just saw this on Al J. Cleita May 2013 #76

The first sentence is certainly misleading. When I asjr May 2013 #87

"You people?" Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #93

Sick-minded individuals everywhere. Will they ever stop? Amonester May 2013 #96

Nnnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive May 2013 #100

Disagree if you want. roamer65 May 2013 #98

Warped fundy scum should be annihilated from the Earth. tabasco May 2013 #103

Religion is poison. roamer65 May 2013 #108

Blaming "religion" for atrocities like these, is like blaming "government" for Nazi death camps. whathehell May 2013 #111

The riots are starting in Woolwich. roamer65 May 2013 #107

The EDL took to the street in huge numbers. MADem May 2013 #141

"You people?" Well, that is just rude. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #110

Those two crusaders just drove millions of people into the "nuke them all" camp. Marr May 2013 #112

naturally, because there are only two effective ways to make it stop tiny elvis May 2013 #138

What a horrific act - but I have to ask a question malaise May 2013 #144

A crusade is nothing more than a Christian jihad, and LuvNewcastle May 2013 #145

And it was deliberate malaise May 2013 #146

Please...The ":Crusades" were over several hundred years ago, despite whathehell May 2013 #152

Tell it to the hundreds of thousands of people who LuvNewcastle May 2013 #154

Nah.. whathehell May 2013 #155

You haven't shown shit, LuvNewcastle May 2013 #158

I have, actually, and smilies actually do help those lacking reading comprehension skill. whathehell May 2013 #161

We won't, of course, ever be "safe" n2doc May 2013 #148

It's almost as if, with endless drone warfare (terrorism) against multiple Muslim nations Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #162

America has a special talent for finding enemies. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #165