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In reply to the discussion: This is horrifying beyond belief. And, no, what ISIS is doing is not comparable [View all]WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)183. OFGS. Whatever is in the OT, try looking at ACTIONS NOW, TODAY, IN THE 21st C.
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This is horrifying beyond belief. And, no, what ISIS is doing is not comparable [View all]
pnwmom
Aug 2015
OP
Remember, ISIS claims to be the ultra-orthdox wing of Islam, justified by the Q'uran, which it
ancianita
Aug 2015
#306
When this was posted earlier, I noted that this is at least the third major war crime/crime against
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#6
"new generation of war" raping women and girls has been SOP with occupying forces in more cultures
bettyellen
Aug 2015
#192
It was part of the plan for a lot of occupying cultures- so nothing new about it. Even when it was
bettyellen
Aug 2015
#194
I agree that they are operating outside international law especially in the kidnapping of young
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#224
We are following the rules again after the Bush administration. And the degrees to which we went off
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#210
more from the horrific descriptions in the article. Monsters!!! Glad they lived to tell the tell
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2015
#7
Thank you for adding this. There was only so much I could quote, as you know . . .
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#15
as horrible as it is, I have a feeling it will be used as propaganda for more war
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2015
#175
Sorry, but men who rape little girls are responsible for their own behavior. End of story.
Coventina
Aug 2015
#28
I don't think anyone is saying that these sickos should be exempt from prosecution...
harrose
Aug 2015
#198
That wouldn't stand up under any rule of law. An accomplice has to be a knowing participant in the
Coventina
Aug 2015
#200
It's getting pretty close to giving ISIS a pass when a rape is labeled as the fault of the US.
Coventina
Aug 2015
#205
Do not forget that the norms of a culture setup the "o.k signal" to rape children
AikidoSoul
Aug 2015
#66
But did I say that we forced them to commit these acts? That is the accusation.
Cleita
Aug 2015
#134
So when you said "We caused this or Bush and his oil buddies did", just what did we or Bush cause?
cleanhippie
Aug 2015
#137
Actually I think the world's philosophy is..."You broke it, so you fix it."
davidn3600
Aug 2015
#155
BS, this shit has been going on for centuries and happens in other parts of the world
JI7
Aug 2015
#151
Wrong. They are responsible for much of it. Read Noam Chomsky sometime on Vietnam.
Cleita
Aug 2015
#204
We can argue parts of what Chomsky believes we are responsible for, but in the M.E. we ARE
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#220
Child rape isn't from the old Testament. But this is 2015. Please show me a single Jewish
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#14
Why would it? It's just a collection of stories. But no one in 2015 is using the old testament
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#24
Yes. Please show a current example of organized Christians controlling territory
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#99
He is an individual pastor and doing a terrible thing. But he doesn't control any country
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#120
No. And it's not a matter of semantics. You are trivializing what ISIS is doing now,
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#141
That's exactly where you are -- justifying slavery in 2015 because it was practiced here
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#154
He's a lunatic and if he or his followers did that they'd go to prison. They control no territory.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#98
It is interesting most people don't know most of Islam's most brutal things are from the OT.
alphafemale
Aug 2015
#269
Sex trafficking is a terrible thing wherever it occurs. But the scale and the genocidal aspect
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#157
They didn't say people were heeding those bible verses, just that those verses exist.
arcane1
Aug 2015
#62
OFGS. Whatever is in the OT, try looking at ACTIONS NOW, TODAY, IN THE 21st C.
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#183
I have no words to describe how much I hate the religion that not only tolerates, but prescribes
LiberalAndProud
Aug 2015
#30
Cenk Uygur retracts some of that story: her parents refused the offer, & she wasn't killed
Demit
Aug 2015
#121
You're the one "broad brushing a huge swath" of people because I didn't say anything about Muslims.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#123
This isn't even about religion. It is about a serial rapist psychopath using religion
world wide wally
Aug 2015
#36
I think they do it in order to satisfy their pathologies as much as thinking they are "serving God"
world wide wally
Aug 2015
#144
Control of women is at the very heart and purpose of the three Abrahamic monotheisms.
Arugula Latte
Aug 2015
#103
I was in West Africa in the 70's and was shocked by the way women were treated.
jalan48
Aug 2015
#39
Good for you. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes that to get a person's attention.
jalan48
Aug 2015
#51
Racism I would say. My dentist is Iranian and one of the kindest people I have ever met.
jalan48
Aug 2015
#59
The fucking one that says fucking "ISIS" not fucking "All Muslims" for fuck's sake?
whatthehey
Aug 2015
#173
And I would explain to your boyfriend that it is the text I argue with, not him.
LiberalAndProud
Aug 2015
#85
Maybe because they feel powerless in some way and this ideology promises them
smirkymonkey
Aug 2015
#258
What does Catholocism offer women? What do ANY of the patriarical religions offer women?
cleanhippie
Aug 2015
#122
This is about ISIS, not the Muslims or the Catholics or the Jews. ISIS is the only government
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#125
This being your first response to this thread, you're discussing what I'm discussing.
cleanhippie
Aug 2015
#184
ISIS is practicing genocide of the Yazidis in a large section of Iraq. How is that in any way
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#163
I think some people actually enjoy the fact that no group of people put "women in their place"
smirkymonkey
Aug 2015
#260
Iraq has to be a hellhole, but hey you know all that 'rose petals at the feet of liberators' stuff.
Rex
Aug 2015
#129
We have real evidence and testimony this time. Western powers aren't itching to invade, either. So
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#185
Perhaps it is our own behavior in the world that prevents us from stopping it
Oilwellian
Aug 2015
#208
I'll never understand the support here for one of the most anti-progressive idealogies on Earth
sub.theory
Aug 2015
#213
Back! BACK, I SAY! Back to the 8th century where you belong! There is no room here in the future
A HERETIC I AM
Aug 2015
#164
Plying the minions with easy access to sex. Slavery. Ad-Daesh is so perverse. n/t
Betty Karlson
Aug 2015
#170
Animals; I cannot consider these things as humans, as they have no humanity in them.
CanonRay
Aug 2015
#177
From the "Obligatory Comment" Dept: "All religions are bad." "Obligatory Corollary": "Abrahamic."
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#182
Oh bigotry thy name is misdirected outrage, Isis isn't Islam. Rep Ellison is a fine american
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#294
I wasn't responding to you bucko, none the less blanket statements about a group
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#299
" Maybe when I'm done, I'll be a better bigot." Not saying you are an asshole bigot, but in general
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#305
Tell that to the little 12 year old mormon being sold to her great uncle as a sex slave
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#215
So you recognize Isis as a government? Embarrassing that you want to
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#288
call it whatever you wish, the reality is that it is the controlling authority for millions.
cali
Aug 2015
#290
It is the official policy of the FLDS mormons, therefor you should agree it's basically the same?
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#298
I find child rape repulsive wherever it is found. The Catholic church is no better.
LiberalAndProud
Aug 2015
#300
Shoot I forgot all about the Jehovah's some sick shit coming out recently.
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#303
And yet, myself, Bain'sBane, and others have attempted to shed light on slavery
closeupready
Aug 2015
#226
the Quran not only gave him the right to rape her — it condoned and encouraged it
recycled60
Aug 2015
#249