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05-23-2017, 10:05 PM | #5811 (permalink) |
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Wow, quite the ****storm I've missed today. Time to weigh in.
First off there are 1.6 billion people in the world who identify as Islamic. The overwhemingly vast majority of them don't take the Kuran 100% literally. Just like most Christians don't take all of the bible literally. Painting any religion with a broad brush because of a tiny percentage of nutjobs is just plain ignorant and wrong. Should I hate or be bigoted towards all Christians because of Eric Rudolph, Scott Roeder, James Kopp, Paul Hill, and Clayton Waagner? Watch this and tell me you wouldn't want to hang out with these folks:
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05-23-2017, 10:58 PM | #5812 (permalink) |
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Forgive me if this is a stupid question but why are there still so many kids missing in Manchester?
Is 22 dead not the final number? Have they ID'd all the dead? Are they still not sure who each injured person is? |
05-23-2017, 11:09 PM | #5813 (permalink) |
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Watching the parents of Olivia Campbell tonight is ripping me apart. It took almost 24 hours for them to find out she was one of the dead. So ****ed up.
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05-24-2017, 05:55 AM | #5816 (permalink) |
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I wouldn't tell my Saudi hosts that I was "blown away" by their hospitality, though.
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05-24-2017, 08:21 AM | #5817 (permalink) |
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Rodrigo Duterte Declares Limited Martial Law As Militants Seize Parts Of Marawi City : The Two-Way : NPR
I don't like either of those things.
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05-24-2017, 09:21 AM | #5818 (permalink) | ||
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I don't think anyone is.
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05-24-2017, 09:31 AM | #5819 (permalink) | |
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"if I declare martial law in Mindanao, I will solve all that ails the island." Knowing Duterte I don't imagine that's an idle threat. |
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05-24-2017, 11:18 AM | #5820 (permalink) | |
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My old landlord (a Filipino immigrant who's lost family under sketchy allegations of drug use) used to say that he feared an event like this that would give Duterte a doorway to martial law and outright fascism. Looks like he was right on that one. But what about Indonesia's low birth rates!!!!???!?!??!
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