The correlation is real (and perfectly calculateable, and as you know this implies that either rapes make someone muslim, or that muslims rape (a lot) more than othres).
Leaving aside your appalling spelling, your 'either or' logic is impeccably wrong.
European cities with high Muslim populations also have high unemployment, especially amongst Muslim youths. Unemployed, feckless youths tend to gravitate towards gang behaviour, whether they are Muslim or any other type of flying spaghetti monster worshipper.
It's the gang behaviour that leads to the increase in rapes, not the religion.
Now I do have issues with the way that some cultures treat women - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Saudi Arabia..., but that is a cultural matter and has nothing to do with the religion - it's more a case of ignorant goat herders not knowing how to behave in a modern civilised setting.
Bet you'd get upset if I posted a similar comment about Jews - I'm sure statistics exist from the 19th century that highlight the increase in crimes in the East End of London and the prevalence of Jewish loan sharks, murdurers, baby eaters, etc.
Please define 'scientific proof', from what I understand 'proof' is a term that only makes sense in axionomic systems.
I think you meant axiomatic systems.
Axionomic is a contrived term used in 'political science' (note the quotes) that means (or sort of means, so far as it has any meaning) 'acting towards a preferred outcome'.
I'd agree that the GP's political point is OTT and irrelevant - the observation that people's choices tend to be conservative when dealing with life and death decisions in a natural environment is not affected by some observation that choices are less conservative when dealing with a social environment.
I know it was probably a typo, but what a marvellous neologism that is - perfectly encapsulating the notion that patent trolls do anything but innovate, and pervert the whole system for their shysterish ends.
Sorry, that sort of 'artist' has missed the boat if they want remuneration for their efforts - the world has passed them by.
Live performances nowadays are the only way to make money, and just because recordings made money last century doesn't mean that there's an automatic right to make money from recordings in this century.
Nope, that's not true. "Terrorism" is not just a dirty word -- it refers to a very specific tactics to achieve ideological/political goals: violence targeting civilians. America's founders did not do that...
But (with a special nod to your sig) Israel's founders did do that - see Deir Yassin for a shining example.
Nowadays, people seem to forget about the massacres and the bombing of the King David hotel, but at the time the Zionist gangs were routinely (and correctly) referred to as 'terrorist'.
Well they could have avoided starting the 1967 war, and the moderate elements could have reined in the Irgun and Stern Gang terrorists and stopped them massacring Arab villages in 1948.
1973 I'll give you, but Israel's continuing occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, its invasion of Lebanon in 1978, the disproportionate unpleasantness of the 2006 action aimed at Hezbollah and the current activity in Gaza doesn't mark Israel down as a very good neighbour, does it?
I think if I lived in the Middle East, I'd want a better neighbour than Israel.
Nice pseudo-trolling, but you make the mistake of thinking that it's diplomatic and foreign policy bunglings that mark Dubya as especially incompetent.
It's not - as Clintstone said, "It's the economy, stupid!".
Just like his dad, Dubya has let foreign policy overcome American interests, whether for personal gain on behalf of his cronies or from hubris.
Trouble is, he's even worse at foreign policy than his dad, who at least threatened the Israelis with a subsidy cut if they didn't stop building settlements (hint - was that why he lost the election?)
Yes - Dubya's foreign policy has been disastrous in PR terms, but far worse is the enormous defecit in both public spending and trade that he has allowed to flourish under his administrations.
Bush may or may not be a bad man - I just think he's a stupid pillock, myself.
Hope you get modded up, by the way - it was a nicely argued post in its own little way...
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Leaving aside your appalling spelling, your 'either or' logic is impeccably wrong.
European cities with high Muslim populations also have high unemployment, especially amongst Muslim youths. Unemployed, feckless youths tend to gravitate towards gang behaviour, whether they are Muslim or any other type of flying spaghetti monster worshipper.
It's the gang behaviour that leads to the increase in rapes, not the religion.
Now I do have issues with the way that some cultures treat women - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Saudi Arabia..., but that is a cultural matter and has nothing to do with the religion - it's more a case of ignorant goat herders not knowing how to behave in a modern civilised setting.
Bet you'd get upset if I posted a similar comment about Jews - I'm sure statistics exist from the 19th century that highlight the increase in crimes in the East End of London and the prevalence of Jewish loan sharks, murdurers, baby eaters, etc.
Now if it was a Dagenham dustbin...
Some of you ACs crack me up - I'm not anti-US, just anti-Bush and neocon Likudnik types.
(likely, and possible)
That's it - I'm going out with my shotgun to blow those evil Hydrazine toting mushroom bastids to pieces!
I'll piss myself laughing if the Chinese 'shoot your fox' before it gets to you - that would be the best single-finger salute ever :P
Gotta protect yourself against Humungus!
I think you meant axiomatic systems.
Axionomic is a contrived term used in 'political science' (note the quotes) that means (or sort of means, so far as it has any meaning) 'acting towards a preferred outcome'.
I'd agree that the GP's political point is OTT and irrelevant - the observation that people's choices tend to be conservative when dealing with life and death decisions in a natural environment is not affected by some observation that choices are less conservative when dealing with a social environment.
I salute you, sir!
Personally, given the shark-like nature of lawyers, I'd propose spear guns ;o)
Sorry, that sort of 'artist' has missed the boat if they want remuneration for their efforts - the world has passed them by.
Live performances nowadays are the only way to make money, and just because recordings made money last century doesn't mean that there's an automatic right to make money from recordings in this century.
It's technological progress - get over it.
There's even a kids TV programme in the UK called Blue Peter, named after the flag that was used when a ship leaves port.
If I was a Federal employee, I'd be watching my retirement fund very closely indeed :P
Thanks for bringing her to mind - I've now got the 'Phuck U Symphony' running through my head, TYVM ;P
But (with a special nod to your sig) Israel's founders did do that - see Deir Yassin for a shining example.
Nowadays, people seem to forget about the massacres and the bombing of the King David hotel, but at the time the Zionist gangs were routinely (and correctly) referred to as 'terrorist'.
1973 I'll give you, but Israel's continuing occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, its invasion of Lebanon in 1978, the disproportionate unpleasantness of the 2006 action aimed at Hezbollah and the current activity in Gaza doesn't mark Israel down as a very good neighbour, does it?
I think if I lived in the Middle East, I'd want a better neighbour than Israel.
He's a Kiwi - not that I wouldn't like to claim him as a Brit :oP
No, it's probably because you've mangled the Latin - it's Mens sana in corpore sano
Just being a Latin Nazi :)
My (Grammar) school in England did - it was running the RSTS-11 timesharing OS and even had a Winchester drive.
Oh happy days - our disk space allocation was 256KB per pupil, and most of that was taken up with text adventure games and programming exercises.
Thanks for prompting those memories - those were truly halcyon days :-)
It's not - as Clintstone said, "It's the economy, stupid!" .
Just like his dad, Dubya has let foreign policy overcome American interests, whether for personal gain on behalf of his cronies or from hubris.
Trouble is, he's even worse at foreign policy than his dad, who at least threatened the Israelis with a subsidy cut if they didn't stop building settlements (hint - was that why he lost the election?)
Yes - Dubya's foreign policy has been disastrous in PR terms, but far worse is the enormous defecit in both public spending and trade that he has allowed to flourish under his administrations.
Bush may or may not be a bad man - I just think he's a stupid pillock, myself.
Hope you get modded up, by the way - it was a nicely argued post in its own little way...
Nah - Americans are shit at soccer, and even if you managed a full Arsenal defense, we'd just send Man U after you.
:P
Now, you know that Cletus has a real cute grand-niece, dontcha?
Well, she'll be real upset if ol' Cletus can't get it up to train her properly for her uncles and cousins, right?
Won't somebody think of the children?
;P
Won't somebody think of the seals?
;P
You're weird!