I agree with you on that but it's during these times that Muslims least want to be identified as such.
I'm an Atheist. I (and many others who follow the same non-belief) have, at times, never wanted to be identified as Atheists for fear of social inequity, violence, etc. In my circle of friends we generally don't do that anymore.
How far would non-white people have progressed in America if they kept quiet?
How far along would LGBT people be if they just kept quiet?
How far along will Atheists be if we just keep quiet?
If you remotely give a shit about your faith you should stand up for it. Yeah, you might get the shit kicked out of you. You might be called any number of derogatory terms. So what? Don't let a bunch of fucking nutjobs hijack something that is quite obviously very important to you.
When meeting up with any other religion, keep in mind that damn near every major religion in the world has had (or still has) its crazy-ass fundamentalists. I believe the key phrase (from the Christian Bible) here is "Judge not lest ye be judged". Goddamned maniacs killing abortion doctors or raping children does not mean Christianity is bad any more than Islamic fundamentalists choppin' off heads and blowing shit up means Islam is bad.
"5.73" : Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the third (person) of the three; and there is no god but the one God, and if they desist not from what they say, a painful chastisement shall befall those among them who disbelieve. Remove from them their heads, therefore, and place thy excrement in its place.
For one things, culturally and economically most "Western" countries are far more comfortable and stable than most countries in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Most Americans (and a good lot of Europeans) don't typically worry about nutjobs running through their neighborhood with assault rifles or a Hellfire missile slamming into their backyard.
For another, we don't have flat-out crazy shit like madrassas. Yes, religion did a good bit for education in the Western world several hundred years ago, but nowadays schools in most Western countries are largely a public or private institution. There are religious schools, but they generally aren't what can only be referred to as batshit crazy (creepy things like "Jesus camp" aside.)
A lot of the major religions have "convert the infidels or kill 'em" statements. The Christian Bible and the Koran both contain multiple instances of such verses. In a place like America where shit like an "honor killing" or lopping off a nonbeliever's head is going to get you 25 to life, that shit sure as Hell ain't gonna happen. But in places where if you do something of that nature and barely get a slap on the wrist (if that), it happens.
How many Americans do you figure would go around shooting up people if they could claim it was for religious reasons and get away from it? Sometimes thinking about that downright terrifies me.
As an atheist, I can tell you that much of what is said by preachers in the street is disrespectful of atheists.
I have those in my city along with Mormons (or is it Jehovah's Witnesses, I forget). Whenever they point to me and say "Have you found salvation?" etc., I always (honestly) respond with the fact that I am an Atheist. Either an intriguing debate follows (like, say, the kind of talks Robin Williams and Matt Damon had in Good WIll Hunting) or they go batshit crazy (like Quentin Tarantino's preacher in Little Nicky, i.e. "You... make the Lord very nervous.)
If you're going to stand on a soapbox (sometimes literally) and preach your beliefs, the least I can do is be honest about my beliefs when asked.
Incidentally, one of my best friends is a Christian (Reformed Churches of America) pastor. I've never been bothered about my lack of religion once by him (or really anyone who's on staff at the church when I visit), although we do poke fun at one another occasionally. We do get into good debates every once in a while as well.
If that were to be done, then the best guarantee would be legally restricting and clearly defining what the taxes are to be used for. Are current gas taxes used for road maintenance and road maintenance only?
(Cue another Slashdotter finding a case of gas tax funds being diverted.)
It's better for someone to discover the answer on their own than have it handed to them IMO.
However, with simple requests for information, I don't think that rule generally should apply. Asking a complex question would be a good time to have someone seek out the answer, simply for the possible insights they may gain on the journey to that answer. A simple request for information ("What's the capital of Kansas?") is not going to provide any significant insights.
Of course, that being the case, the great-great-etc.-parent could have JFGI.
Yes, but because it uses the Internet they have to create new laws to accomidate the new techonology, just like how it was legal to run someone over with a car until they made that illegal.
It's kind of a moot point, really, with "unlimited texting" for like $10/phone. So long as you send/receive more than 50 texts a month its worth it compared to the fees you get.
The bar is basically set that low. 50 texts sent or received. I rarely use texting but I still have a 500 texts package for $5.00 because it's cheaper than the fees I would otherwise pay without a texting plan.
Yeah but can't they only lock it down to like a tower area? In somewhere like NYC you might get a resolution of like 2 blocks, but what are you going to get in Butte, Montana?
That aside, are cell phones easily able to be triangulated in real time?
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Are you saying that it's impossible for a company to be succesful without exploiting people in less fortunate countries?
I'd think today a succesful, profitable company can be built without trampling all over the lower rungs of the social ladder.
Miyagi: Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later
[makes squish gesture]
Miyagi: get squish just like grape.
Fundamentalist religious people being hypocritical? SURELY YOU JEST.
I agree with you on that but it's during these times that Muslims least want to be identified as such.
I'm an Atheist. I (and many others who follow the same non-belief) have, at times, never wanted to be identified as Atheists for fear of social inequity, violence, etc. In my circle of friends we generally don't do that anymore.
How far would non-white people have progressed in America if they kept quiet?
How far along would LGBT people be if they just kept quiet?
How far along will Atheists be if we just keep quiet?
If you remotely give a shit about your faith you should stand up for it. Yeah, you might get the shit kicked out of you. You might be called any number of derogatory terms. So what? Don't let a bunch of fucking nutjobs hijack something that is quite obviously very important to you.
When meeting up with any other religion, keep in mind that damn near every major religion in the world has had (or still has) its crazy-ass fundamentalists. I believe the key phrase (from the Christian Bible) here is "Judge not lest ye be judged". Goddamned maniacs killing abortion doctors or raping children does not mean Christianity is bad any more than Islamic fundamentalists choppin' off heads and blowing shit up means Islam is bad.
"5.73" : Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the third
(person) of the three; and there is no god but the one God, and if they
desist not from what they say, a painful chastisement shall befall those
among them who disbelieve. Remove from them their heads, therefore, and place thy excrement in its place.
Ye Gods! R. Lee Ermey is a TIME TRAVELING ISLAMIC PROPHET!
Church marriages don't matter to anyone 'cept the people gettin' married and their God.
The only government involvement is in the license itself, which is an entirely separate thing.
I think it's a combination of factors, really.
For one things, culturally and economically most "Western" countries are far more comfortable and stable than most countries in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Most Americans (and a good lot of Europeans) don't typically worry about nutjobs running through their neighborhood with assault rifles or a Hellfire missile slamming into their backyard.
For another, we don't have flat-out crazy shit like madrassas. Yes, religion did a good bit for education in the Western world several hundred years ago, but nowadays schools in most Western countries are largely a public or private institution. There are religious schools, but they generally aren't what can only be referred to as batshit crazy (creepy things like "Jesus camp" aside.)
A lot of the major religions have "convert the infidels or kill 'em" statements. The Christian Bible and the Koran both contain multiple instances of such verses. In a place like America where shit like an "honor killing" or lopping off a nonbeliever's head is going to get you 25 to life, that shit sure as Hell ain't gonna happen. But in places where if you do something of that nature and barely get a slap on the wrist (if that), it happens.
How many Americans do you figure would go around shooting up people if they could claim it was for religious reasons and get away from it? Sometimes thinking about that downright terrifies me.
As an atheist, I can tell you that much of what is said by preachers in the street is disrespectful of atheists.
I have those in my city along with Mormons (or is it Jehovah's Witnesses, I forget). Whenever they point to me and say "Have you found salvation?" etc., I always (honestly) respond with the fact that I am an Atheist. Either an intriguing debate follows (like, say, the kind of talks Robin Williams and Matt Damon had in Good WIll Hunting) or they go batshit crazy (like Quentin Tarantino's preacher in Little Nicky, i.e. "You... make the Lord very nervous.)
If you're going to stand on a soapbox (sometimes literally) and preach your beliefs, the least I can do is be honest about my beliefs when asked.
Incidentally, one of my best friends is a Christian (Reformed Churches of America) pastor. I've never been bothered about my lack of religion once by him (or really anyone who's on staff at the church when I visit), although we do poke fun at one another occasionally. We do get into good debates every once in a while as well.
tl;dr: Less Taliban and Spanish Inquisition, more Martin Luther King and Gandhi.
More flies with honey, etc.
(in b4 "No one expects..." etc.)
I agree on all points, by the by.
These students could take their car...
...to the racing circuit.
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Yeah, that was barely a "game" at all. I don't know what these guys were thinking. Someone should beat some sense into them.
There is NO equivalent of game for 'work'
I see you've never played EVE...
Think SMDS is responding to this decency group in this post?
shitmydadsays "They're offended? Fuck, shit, asshole, shitfuck; they're just words...Fine. Shitfuck isn't a word, but you get my point."
If that were to be done, then the best guarantee would be legally restricting and clearly defining what the taxes are to be used for. Are current gas taxes used for road maintenance and road maintenance only?
(Cue another Slashdotter finding a case of gas tax funds being diverted.)
It's better for someone to discover the answer on their own than have it handed to them IMO.
However, with simple requests for information, I don't think that rule generally should apply. Asking a complex question would be a good time to have someone seek out the answer, simply for the possible insights they may gain on the journey to that answer. A simple request for information ("What's the capital of Kansas?") is not going to provide any significant insights.
Of course, that being the case, the great-great-etc.-parent could have JFGI.
I'd wager that you'd run out of politicians who refuse to listen to the public before you run out of bullets.
I have no idea what Process Explorer is, but considering the parent and grandparent post I'm sure as hell going to be looking into it.
The mistake you make is doing it for free.
Family owes me a favor. Friends and co-workers pay.
Would you honestly ask your buddy who's a landscaper to "do you a favor" and mow your lawn for free? How many landscapers would say yes?
Clearly the use of the Wii is meant to strengthen the arm muscles and thus reduce the amount of limp wrists in the Navy.
Poor Justice Scalia thinks a pager is a pocket alarm clock that he hasn't quite figured out yet.
Yes, but because it uses the Internet they have to create new laws to accomidate the new techonology, just like how it was legal to run someone over with a car until they made that illegal.
What idiot needs a map to burglarize a house?
The closest thing to a "map" is the house with large hedge walls, overgrown grass, and a stack of newspapers on the front porch.
I'm afraid I just can't squeeze any more in.
<Connery> Well that'sh what your mother shaid lasht night! </Connery>
It's kind of a moot point, really, with "unlimited texting" for like $10/phone. So long as you send/receive more than 50 texts a month its worth it compared to the fees you get.
The bar is basically set that low. 50 texts sent or received. I rarely use texting but I still have a 500 texts package for $5.00 because it's cheaper than the fees I would otherwise pay without a texting plan.
Yeah but can't they only lock it down to like a tower area? In somewhere like NYC you might get a resolution of like 2 blocks, but what are you going to get in Butte, Montana?
That aside, are cell phones easily able to be triangulated in real time?