bob_the_rambler said:Does this really surprise anyone? they are savages and they will act as such, even if it means killing victims of rape and incest.
In August 2004, Iran’s Islamic penal system sentenced a 16-year-old girl, Atefeh Rajabi, to death after a sham trial, in which she was accused of committing “acts incompatible with chastity”.
take a look at the site, it's pure Iran hate (probably funded by Bush! ). it goes as far as to make me doubt the validity of the site.Montez said:It was stupid of them to add the "sham" part though, it makes them appear so biased as well as clueless about human nature that it calls into question everything they are reporting.
SuAside said:and bob, calling them savages hardly helps. it just discredits yourself. calling them uncivilized is not quite correct. they are not primitive...
The result of living in an unenlightened society.Lazarus Plus said:I mean, how the hell do so many of them resist change and act like they are in the damn sixth century?
Is that really a useful question?Lazarus Plus said:What is with these people? Is there a passage in their holy book stating "Don't ever fucking modernize or I'll smite your ass into oblivion, motherfucker!"
I mean, how the hell do so many of them resist change and act like they are in the damn sixth century?
Big T said:Is that really a useful question?Lazarus Plus said:What is with these people? Is there a passage in their holy book stating "Don't ever fucking modernize or I'll smite your ass into oblivion, motherfucker!"
I mean, how the hell do so many of them resist change and act like they are in the damn sixth century?
Is modernisation automatically equated with good?
Suppose you ended up, in 50 years time, in a society that, through modernisation, had made paedophilia and incest acceptable behaviour, would you still find modernisation a pleasant movement?
Now, I am pretty far from being an Islamist and I have little sympathy for their cause, but equating all the problems inherent to them as a failure to modernise seems flawed at best.
Lazarus Plus said:What is with these people? Is there a passage in their holy book stating "Don't ever fucking modernize or I'll smite your ass into oblivion, motherfucker!"
I mean, how the hell do so many of them resist change and act like they are in the damn sixth century?
Jebus said:Lazarus Plus said:What is with these people? Is there a passage in their holy book stating "Don't ever fucking modernize or I'll smite your ass into oblivion, motherfucker!"
I mean, how the hell do so many of them resist change and act like they are in the damn sixth century?
While these practices might be commonplace in Iran, they are not in Turkey, Libanon, Egypt, Indonesia and most of the rest of the Islamic world.
Don't be an idiot by assuming that all muslims share these values, or this kind of behaviour is somehow inherent to Islam.
Lazarus Plus said:Jebus said:Lazarus Plus said:What is with these people? Is there a passage in their holy book stating "Don't ever fucking modernize or I'll smite your ass into oblivion, motherfucker!"
I mean, how the hell do so many of them resist change and act like they are in the damn sixth century?
While these practices might be commonplace in Iran, they are not in Turkey, Libanon, Egypt, Indonesia and most of the rest of the Islamic world.
Don't be an idiot by assuming that all muslims share these values, or this kind of behaviour is somehow inherent to Islam.
And thanks for assuming that that is what I meant, ass.
I mean the fundamentalists that act like they are in the sixth century CE and carry on like barbarians. You're right, those people are not in the nations you mentioned, or at the very least, not the majority and not in power. "People" should have strongly implied "the assholes mentioned in the news story that would hang a girl for killing someone in self defense".