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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:04 PM Original message |
re Cat Stevens--do you people even know what a fatwa is? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. What's so bad about Western humanism? |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why don't you tell us what a fatwa is? n/t |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. ..and why we should be so accepting of it? |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. perhaps my understanding is imperfect |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Meanwhile, in other news... |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
173. You're on to something...people kill people. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #173 |
182. Cat Stevens is dead. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:19 AM Response to Reply #182 |
191. Yusuf Islam (nee Cat Stevens), Blasphemy, Terror and Truth |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:19 AM Response to Reply #182 |
192. Easy now...I was responding to the previous poster. EOM |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. you gonna explain it to us or what?? n/t |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. You may like Western Humanism |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. We shouldn't have to deal with... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 09:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
117. it'd be nice if the US/Israel adn other nations followed that code too |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. Probably, but that's not the topic, is it? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. no but there's not a lot you can |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #136 |
139. who condemned another nation? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #139 |
144. OK so try changing the focus of your outrage |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 10:34 AM Response to Reply #144 |
161. Do the US and Israel bomb people for writing books that harm no one? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #161 |
167. no but they do |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. Yes. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #168 |
171. and Sharon wanted people dead |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:05 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. If they endorse some barbaric Jewish religious ruling |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:16 PM Response to Reply #172 |
175. What would you call authorising deforesting large parts |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #175 |
176. Effect and intent are two different things. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. sigh |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:47 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. What is the point of comparing Salman Rushdie to pedophiles? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #179 |
180. eho's making him out to be |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 02:43 AM Response to Reply #161 |
189. No, they bomb them for preaching from books that don't harm anyone. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
104. Was it a scholar? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #104 |
118. the ayatollah |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
114. What Cat Stevens actually said: |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 01:33 AM Response to Reply #114 |
181. Call me a hateful western bigot then. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 01:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
183. several people have posted links that contradict your assertion. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. WTF? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yeah but the topic is the fatwa against Rushdie and Yusaf's |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. The Satanic Verses controversy |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
174. The occult and porn...nothing to lose one's head over /NT |
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Sporadicus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's Like an Islamic Legal Opinion |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Anyone can issue a fatwa--all Muslims are equal |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Some muslims are more equal than others, seems to me. |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. As are some Americans |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I didn't see anyone say that here. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
119. so you think all American's |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. Did I say that? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #127 |
137. you said |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. uh huh... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:24 AM Response to Reply #138 |
146. true but you brought up |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 01:45 AM Response to Reply #146 |
184. When the fuck will this p.c. all over Islam shit be over with???? |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
66. So you're basically saying |
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Kierkegaard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. On second thought |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. thanks for help bridge the gap between us and the Mideast |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. You're just looking for a fight..don't be surprised if people aren't |
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Kierkegaard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. You should take your accusatory attitude somewhere else. |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know and I don't care |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Your concern for truth matches the Swift Boat Veterans |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I don't know and I don't care |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 08:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
113. Here, here! |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. A fatwa is a talking point usually issued by a cleric. |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. One point I'd like cleared up then - |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Because the Imam who gave the fatwa was the Ayotollah |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. So what exactly is your point???? |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. That other scholars did not pronounce a death sentence on Rushdie |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Sadly, several people died for Khomeini's opinion. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. And Cat Stevens supported the fatwa, so that's why people don't like him.. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
121. just to be devil's advocate here |
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peach720 (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:35 AM Response to Reply #54 |
158. Many, many Muslims supported it then |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #158 |
165. and many many Christians |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
94. So if people set out to murder someone |
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HootieMcBoob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
68. Wasn't he living with Bono? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. He moved 30 times in 10 years, I believe. |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Did Kerry compare Viet Vets to Ghengis Khan or didn't he? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Sorry, you've lost me there. |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Then you missed the latest SBVT ad |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. WTF does SBV ads have to do with religious nuts? n/t |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. Actually, I do know about this fatwa.... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. did you read this? |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. No, I hadn't seen that... |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. We were able to kill Native Americans under our Constitution |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. huh? |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. No, I think many thought they were blasphemous |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. some may have thought that, |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I don't approve of that, either. |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I think we need to recognize that fatwas are non-binding |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Still, people should be held accountable for what they've said and done. |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
115. Bush aint held accountable |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
95. they may be "non-binding" but....... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Oh come on now. That's moral relativism, |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
74. That's the stupid fuckin thing |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. Or, by understanding our own history, we might understand others |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #85 |
186. "to help them to a better, more tolerant stage of their history" |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. BRAVO! |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't care what a fatwa is |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Thanks for ignoring my post |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Many people choose to be Muslim |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. It does hurt me when they try and force their superstitions on me. n/t |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Have you ever tried saying "No, I'm not interested?" |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Try telling young gay Muslims in Britain to say "no thanks, not interested |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #64 |
110. And yet Muslim apostates get condemned to death |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #110 |
123. yes according to some muslims they are |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Control via religious authority hurts everyone |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Hey, that's not fair |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. Rushdie was an apostate--Islam doesn't kill people of other faiths |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. that's nice. |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. That's why the Iranians offered a $$$$$ award for Rushdie's death n/t |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. I'm a Christian--we don't have fatwas |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. you're dodging the question again. |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. I don't support the fatwa against Rushdie. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. thank you. |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #93 |
100. Why should a religion like Islam care what one writer says? |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. I don't care if he loved eating pork |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
97. "leaving the faith is a crime worthy of death" |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #81 |
111. But this fatwa also comdemned to death the publishers |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #111 |
160. The fatwa was renewed in 2003. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 02:10 AM Response to Reply #111 |
187. I believe the Japanese 'Verses' translator was assassinated. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 02:15 AM Response to Reply #187 |
188. yes, Japanese translator assassinated, link below |
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clonebot (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. this is the stupidest thread i've seen in a while |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. is a deep knowledge of Islam required |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It would be valuable to know when the Koran allows for the death sentence |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. I don't give a crap what the Koran says about the death sentence. |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Neither does Bush. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. You're welcome. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. valuable, sure. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
98. you just said that |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:26 PM Response to Reply #98 |
125. just like the bible |
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NervousRex (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Apparently... |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. If you don't quote in context with full understanding, you are a SBVT |
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NervousRex (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
78. It's called |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. It's what the desperate do -- make false comparisons |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. I'm for people having their views correctly represented |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #91 |
108. Why is it that Cat's defenders all use personal attacks? |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:53 PM Response to Reply #108 |
131. He was calling people Bush and O'Neil earlier too |
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peach720 (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:52 AM Response to Reply #108 |
159. I am not defending Cat... |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #91 |
166. It IS superstition |
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skjpm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #78 |
90. Except they're lying....and misrepresenting...and spreading deceit |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. LOL |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
107. I believe this answer to be a subset of Godwin's law |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. Alot of "western humanists" here defended Cat Stevens. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. You mean like this? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. I've often wondered what people would think of 'Onward Christian Soldiers' |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. I'm sure they have their version.. |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
70. This is a difficult issue for us on the left. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. it doesn't have to be. |
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Brian_Expat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Too sensible |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. I'll sign up for that. |
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Salman_Rushdie (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
72. Cat Stevens is an ass. |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Why, Mr. Rushdie, you've grown so **eloquent** over the years! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. You just wish you had put your sacrilege to a sappy, cheerful melody |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #72 |
101. spoken like the well-educated writer that you are! |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #72 |
109. About the music |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 09:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
116. What do you know, ya U2 groupie? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
99. . |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. hippothanatological uncertainty principle |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
102. We DUers don't even know what we are, let alone what a fatwa is. |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
105. LOL ... One of the silliest flame war ever. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. eye of the beholder I guess |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
112. I understand medieval moonbat evil fundamentalism |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
120. Do I know what a fatwa is? What a rediculous question. |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
122. Isnt' it an Islamic Murder Contract? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #122 |
128. just as "God" doesn't "hate fags" |
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Zero Division (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
124. Funny, you just smeared Juan Cole, of all people, with your broad brush |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
129. "You people" "You people?" |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
130. he disrupted...poorly...nt |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Not yet he didn't |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 11:03 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Who's "he"? |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Ask JibJab |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:56 AM Response to Reply #135 |
140. Why don't you tell us? |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Because I'm not him |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:14 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. Ah, so you were just replying to something you had no idea about? |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #143 |
147. As I said before |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:44 AM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Yeah, I can guess... |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:24 AM Response to Reply #149 |
156. It's a hobby of his |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:43 PM Response to Reply #156 |
162. i dunno, guys. he certainly got "you people" whipped up into a a frenzy. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-04 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
133. Why are we talkin' bout what a dink he was 20 years ago? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #133 |
141. I thought I'd timewarped back 20 years... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:41 AM Response to Reply #141 |
148. hehehe |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:06 AM Response to Reply #148 |
151. No-one ever mentions that because... |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:00 AM Response to Reply #151 |
155. jesus. i don't care if the prophet was a full-on raging feminist |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #155 |
164. exactly |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 01:55 AM Response to Reply #164 |
185. then honey, why come all them male muslims ain't marching |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:13 AM Response to Reply #185 |
190. Thank you for sparing everyone... |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
145. Honestly, I couldn't care less about any fundie's bullshit. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
150. I have issued a fatwa calling for everyone in this thread to be spanked |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:09 AM Response to Reply #150 |
152. mmm spanky fatwa |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
153. a fatwah is simply a religious proclamation from authority. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
154. It's an obese wa |
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peach720 (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
157. I was in my late teens and all my Muslim girlfriends.. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
163. FUCK Fatwas .... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:29 PM Response to Reply #163 |
177. fuckin' ay |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
169. Is it like calling for a Crusade? |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
170. "what a fatwa is?" |
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