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niyad

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13. there are any number of religious fanatics in this country (self-professed xians) who advocate the
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 06:14 PM
Aug 2014

death penalty for WOMEN who commit adultery (but NEVER the men), have abortions, or are, in general, non-submissive wives. difference of degree, not kind, for this insane woman-hatred.

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And these are the people Graham and McCain want us to help? RandySF Aug 2014 #1
And Samantha Powers AngryAmish Aug 2014 #5
What is up with Samantha Powers flamingdem Aug 2014 #34
But she is ferocious. candelista Aug 2014 #40
Yes, but lacking diplomatically flamingdem Aug 2014 #43
Stoning, American Style HPL72 Aug 2014 #37
No Real Comparison, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2014 #38
To be clear, this is ISIS. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2014 #2
The article does make that clear oberliner Aug 2014 #3
"Many were disturbed by the idea that Saudis and Tunisians were issuing (such) orders," atreides1 Aug 2014 #4
Pssst!!! Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #7
Imagine if the crowd picked up the stones and used them on those Jihadi fighters. AND their cleric. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #6
A righteous thought, indeed, but sadly they would likely have been shot. colorado_ufo Aug 2014 #8
They didn't shoot them when they refused to follow orders. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #18
No, but they would have been shot if they made a move against the "fighters" Scootaloo Aug 2014 #27
Would it look like this? Archae Aug 2014 #9
We can only wish. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #19
Don't bring a stone to a gun fight customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #25
I don't buy the "primitive" line. It's tossed around like "savages" to make them sound like beasts. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #30
Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #31
Of course our arms sales in the area had no impact. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #32
Oil money customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #33
This may shock you but MOST are people just want to work a job and raise a family in peace.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #35
I think your "hidden" comment was interesting. candelista Aug 2014 #39
Creative, though thoroughly unsupported allegations which flies in the face of academics. LanternWaste Aug 2014 #55
Sound like beasts? Gary 50 Aug 2014 #41
The person I was replying to was claiming ALL of them over there are primitive,.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #42
The whole region looks utterly savage to us Warpy Aug 2014 #36
THIS IS THE LAW IN SAUDI ARABIA, AS WELL. I can't belive the disconnect here. As well as: grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #10
"There are no accounts of stonings in the past decade" in Saudia Arabia oberliner Aug 2014 #11
Yeah, so? It's the law. If you want to bomb Isis cuz of stonings, then Saudi arabia should be on grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #16
Liar! These are the Syrian Moderates Wolf Frankula Aug 2014 #12
there are any number of religious fanatics in this country (self-professed xians) who advocate the niyad Aug 2014 #13
Fortunately they are prevented from stoning such women oberliner Aug 2014 #14
the point is, there are people in this country who advocate the same damned thing. so here, they niyad Aug 2014 #15
True, and we must be vigilant... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #23
No, they just use their fists, feet, guns, knives, household objects... Scootaloo Aug 2014 #28
Sadly that happens in countries all over the world regardless of religion oberliner Aug 2014 #47
Islam is 600 years younger The Wizard Aug 2014 #17
What were Christians doing IN THE YEAR 1414? tabasco Aug 2014 #20
Yes, and the Chinese customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #26
Well let's see Bragi Aug 2014 #58
What's your point? leftynyc Aug 2014 #21
So the 27th century christx30 Aug 2014 #24
There's 2 billion Muslims on the planet Scootaloo Aug 2014 #29
Getting soundly defeated by (wait for it) Muslims... LanternWaste Aug 2014 #54
Animals WhoWoodaKnew Aug 2014 #22
sick fucks. blackspade Aug 2014 #44
is Assad out of Obama's doghouse? quadrature Aug 2014 #45
I sure hope so. ozone_man Aug 2014 #56
stupid fucking asshole fundies strike again snooper2 Aug 2014 #46
And they didn't stone the man too? Brigid Aug 2014 #48
The woman was accused of having sex outside of marriage oberliner Aug 2014 #49
Would it make a difference? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #51
I think so oberliner Aug 2014 #52
Barbaric method of execution for a barbaric reasoning aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #50
Remember the Taliban would just take women out and leftyladyfrommo Aug 2014 #53
Oooh, those brave "Jihadi fighters", Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #57
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