The Pope vs. Islam

do you need me to point out that religion automatically leads to this sort of thing as it numbs the brain.

LOL ing at all the "muslims are violent" shite.

2 words for you....

Crusades IRA

nuff said.

I don't UNDERSTAND this?Who are these you SPEAK of?

Tex wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Tex wrote: What will happen to gay rights? Abortion rights? How will women dress? What will be taught in school?

probably the same thing that will happen if fundamentalist christians are in power.

You forgot the part about the pint..... :D But seriously, many lefties think the United States is already run by fundamentalist christians. As far as I can tell (at least here in North Texas) the breast emporiums are still open and selling beer, Real Sex is still on HBO and a woman can still drees like a whore if she wants to.

about the beer...how many dry counties are there in the south, though? a super smart idea: people driving across county lines, getting absolutely trolleyed and then driving home wasted.

if people don't want to drink, be they christian, muslim, jain, or what have you, that's their choice; but give me my goddamn moonshine!

AgentWood wrote:

Tex wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Tex wrote: What will happen to gay rights? Abortion rights? How will women dress? What will be taught in school?

probably the same thing that will happen if fundamentalist christians are in power.

You forgot the part about the pint..... :D But seriously, many lefties think the United States is already run by fundamentalist christians. As far as I can tell (at least here in North Texas) the breast emporiums are still open and selling beer, Real Sex is still on HBO and a woman can still drees like a whore if she wants to.

about the beer...how many dry counties are there in the south, though? a super smart idea: people driving across county lines, getting absolutely trolleyed and then driving home wasted.

if people don't want to drink, be they christian, muslim, jain, or what have you, that's their choice; but give me my goddamn moonshine!

And therein lies the key. Religious types all KNOW they are wrong....that's why they try to force others to their will. If they really believed the shite they spout, they would expect the rest of us to work it out on our own.....or take it up with God when we die.

Doctor? wrote: do you need me to point out that religion automatically leads to this sort of thing as it numbs the brain.

LOL ing at all the "muslims are violent" shite.

2 words for you....

Crusades IRA

nuff said.

Good point, Steve-O!!

Here are some more words:

CHIP SHOP

TICKLING STICK

TRAIN STATION

BANK HOLIDAY

TARMAC

And that I think are the final words on this sorry topic.

FINAL answer?

Bog off Fradley, I was only trying to balance the books

J.A.K wrote: MUSLIMS are WANKERS.

Got that Allah. WANKERS!!

Johnny Kershaw :rip:

why quote something like that if you don't agree with it and then justify it by saying it was to start a debate. nice going.

the Muslim reaction seem way out of proportion to me as well.

both sides don't come out looking too good IMO.

Saw the thread and I thought it was one of them Celebrity Deathmatch thingies!

Not a lot of sympathy for either side.This new Pope doesn't have the decorum like the last one. He's in a position to invite radical Muslims of the world to lay down their arms in the name of peace. What he doesn't do is take the piss out of the religion,no matter how stupid WE fcuking think it is,or whether it's his words or some 14th century wormfood.

Couldn't we just settle it ove a game of "It's a Knockout" ? Big costumes and Stuart Hall !

El Jarvo wrote: Dear, dear. Am I reading some of this right? All Muslims and Catholics are dickheads?

Oh, please. Isn't there some uppity negrahs you can be lynching you WASP filth.

That wasn't a choice. Protestants are total fuckers too.

El Jarvo wrote: Dear, dear. Am I reading some of this right? All Luton fans are dickheads?

Oh, please. Isn't there some uppity negrahs you can be lynching you WASP filth.

I'd rather be lynching uppity Bedfordites!!

And to clarify: the Pope and his PR people are clearly a bunch of dickheads on this point; people who shoot nuns aren't exactly the salt of the earth neither. As for the Muslim reaction being "out of proportion", said reaction comes from those seemingly self-appointed spokespeople whose JOB it is to decry Islamophobia at every possible opportunity. 'Furore' is their job description.

I encounter brutal Stokeophobia every day of the week, Jarvis. You could never understand my pain.

EDIT: Actually, I semi-retract the bit about nuns. Recall an Irish student welling up in class one day when she was telling us about the video of aborted foetuses she was shown by nuns while she was at convent school, aged 12.

Poor form.

El Jarvo wrote: Dear, dear. Am I reading some of this right? All Muslims and Catholics are dickheads?

Oh, please. Isn't there some uppity negrahs you can be lynching you WASP filth.

no No, take it from an Alstar pratastant...huns are cocks too.

S. Campbell, equal opportunities hater.

El Jarvo wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: I'd rather be lynching uppity Bedfordites!!

Bedfordites? People from Bedford (which ain't me, btw, I'm from Luton).

Bedford is, however, well known for it's large Italian community.

So, we're back to the Cafflicks again.

I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISTION!!

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote:

El Jarvo wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: I'd rather be lynching uppity Bedfordites!!

Bedfordites? People from Bedford (which ain't me, btw, I'm from Luton).

Bedford is, however, well known for it's large Italian community.

So, we're back to the Cafflicks again.

I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.

MUST RESIST!!!!! It's like that scene in Roger Rabit where yer man goes around singing "shave an a haircut" knowing the toon can't resist yelling "two bits"

Nah it's no good..... NNNNNNobody expects the Spanish inquisition, our cheif weapon is surprise, surprise and fear, our two weapons are fear, surprise and ruthless efficiency........etc

I thought it was brilliant how the Pope stepped up to apologise and somehow ended up offending the Jews as well.

I'm looking forward to tomorrows speech - based on how Buddah was a fat bastard who was full of shit.

Diamond White wrote: I thought it was brilliant how the Pope stepped up to apologise and somehow ended up offending the Jews as well.

I'm looking forward to tomorrows speech - based on how Buddah was a fat bastard who was full of shit.

I've got an ornamental Buddah sitting in my living room - in fact he had a good wax polishing earlier! Anyway, if you rub his head, or his belly, he shits money. True.

The debate rages in Basra!

Diamond White wrote:

The debate rages in Basra!

Christ is that the Wicker Man remake? Skimped on the budget haven't they?

That's a pretty crap effigy. Christ, we used to make more effort when we went out scabbing a "penny for the Guy".

Perhaps they realised and they're burning it in a fit of pique?

MONTY !

MONTY,Lust For Glory wrote: Saw the thread and I thought it was one of them Celebrity Deathmatch thingies!

Not a lot of sympathy for either side.This new Pope doesn't have the decorum like the last one. He's in a position to invite radical Muslims of the world to lay down their arms in the name of peace.

same here about thinking that this was a Starred-calibre match.

Good to go ahead and apologize with, 'I hope this serves to appease hearts and clarify the true meaning of my address, which in its totality was and is an invitation to frank and sincere dialogue with mutual respect.' But how did he mess up so Royally with the first speech. When he could use his current position of Power for such a call to Peace.

ROCKET MICK wrote: FINAL answer?

and DISC0 ROCKET Hoping that all is well w/ Planet Rocket etc.s.

So the muslims are angry that the Pope quoted someone as saying that islam was a violent religion. So they respond with violence. Awesome! Way to prove a point.