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guillaumeb

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30. nice response

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #26)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 06:20 PM

Feb 2015

Like the lethal injection analogy. Great response.

As to killing, does the killing of innocent Pakistanis, men, women and children, blown up and sometimes burned alive by American drones count as senseless, barbaric acts?

Is it ironic that a Nobel Peace Prize winning President orders the extrajudicial killings of people he determines to be "America's enemies" ?

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Clerics denounce burning alive of pilot as un-Islamic [View all] Coventina Feb 2015 OP

What are you talking about? Folks demand Muslims condemn killings and when they do..not good enough? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #1

I'm pointing out the irony of the burning as being deemed "un-Islamic" while calling for the Coventina Feb 2015 #2

Not even a good try. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #4

I'm not trying anything. The irony speaks for itself. Coventina Feb 2015 #6

So, now it is irony? Try again? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #8

Denouncing one horrific torture by advocating another? Coventina Feb 2015 #10

I agree with you, Coventina. What they said appears to be a "tell" of something... CTyankee Feb 2015 #28

Thank you. I found the article deeply disturbing, if it is supposed to be the "official response" Coventina Feb 2015 #33

It's not irony Reter Feb 2015 #27

Torture is wrong, no matter the form, no matter the crime. Coventina Feb 2015 #32

This leftynyc Feb 2015 #3

It is not the source being disputed, it is the opined xenophobic conclusion using a hacked out of context quoting. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #5

Deny the truth all you want leftynyc Feb 2015 #7

I do want to be anywhere near the " here " you are. Which place apparently likes using partial sentences. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #9

Thanks for kicking leftynyc Feb 2015 #14

they aren't condemning the killing Snow Leopard Feb 2015 #13

Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #18

The very first paragraph Mosby Feb 2015 #20

There are more paragraphs paraphrasing the translated comments. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #23

Like these? Mosby Feb 2015 #25

Yeah, sure, that is what they meant to say. You go with putting words in their mouths. Hilarious. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #26

nice response guillaumeb Feb 2015 #30

Is a strawman an argument or an analogy or a fallicy? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #31

What? Dr. Strange Feb 2015 #36

That poster can't reply to you. He's had a hide in this thread. Coventina Feb 2015 #37

it didn't stop isis samsingh Feb 2015 #11

Why not just waterboard them to death like the US does? nt valerief Feb 2015 #12

seriously? Snow Leopard Feb 2015 #15

Sorry, Mr. Cheney. Didn't know you were on DU. nt valerief Feb 2015 #21

He is advocating for drowning, I guess. But the clerics are the ones that went too far??? Hilarious. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #24

yeah don't be cruel, whack off their heads or stone them to death instead nt msongs Feb 2015 #16

they might also want to denounce samsingh Feb 2015 #17

Why are you saying that about all of Christianity and painting with one brush! It is not fair and Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #19

Crucifixion is the basis and symbol... yallerdawg Feb 2015 #22

They are right. Burning people is more a Christian tradition. immoderate Feb 2015 #29

''....deep anger over the lowly terrorist act" by what it called a "Satanic, terrorist" group.'' DeSwiss Feb 2015 #34

They just dont get it.... Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #35

It is a paradox. Trillo Feb 2015 #38