This might seem like an especially radical thing to say, but being raped is NOT the end of the world. It is completely possible to recover from being raped or molested and go on to live a happy life. However being murdered IS, by defintion, the end of (your) world.
Maybe it's a lack of proper education in schools. People aren't being taught to think critically, or even "think." Even the most basic logic is hopelessly beyond the grasp of most people, and anyone who even slightly questions The Truth (whatever it is) is hunted down and lynched by a drooling, raging mob of idiots. These people have never even thought about why they're so hysterically hell-bent on protecting The Truth, because that would mean that they're questioning The Truth, which is self-evident.
Don't think for a second that the average Slashdot user is any different. Being a geek doesn't make you very intelligent.
The French bashing bothered me until I gradually started to realize that it's completely justified. Just look at how they handled the riots in Paris, and how they're ready to fire upon IDF forces but apparently won't do anything about Hezbollah (as far as I know).
Military power is not an issue. There's plenty of military power around. It's just that nobody is willing to use it. I don't know if it's because of the UN or because the member states are too scared to do anything that might cause casualties. I guess it must be the member states because the EU doesn't seem to have balls either.
Yeah, I suppose there are several countries operating in Iraq and Afghanistan, but who's actually doing the heavy lifting and taking nearly all of the casualties?
Yeah, that forum is way out there. Posted by the same person:
Which is why he's a sack of crap and all of his games sucked thus far (except for Gears anyways) Doom 3 was uninspiried, Quake 4 was uninspired AND felt the same as Doom 3, Unreal 2k7 looks like it'll have a lot on it's hands going up against the 40-player Resistance
I pay attention to the game industry and read up on everything I can.
All the posters who seem like they know what they're talking about are simply ignored.
Are you high or something? You expect me, an absolute nobody living in Northern Europe, to prevent the US from taking military action againts other countries? What the fuck.
Yeah, a lot of the firsthand accounts from Iraqis are a little different than what you usually hear. If you were to believe certain people, Iraq was like a 24/7 concentration camp in Nazi Germany before ze Americans arrived.
Blame goes where it belongs, it's that simple. If it's our fault, then it is. If it isn't, then it isn't. There's nothing complicated about it. Right now, however, we're taking the blame for every real and imagined conflict and problem, regardless of whose fault it was or how much we were or weren't involved. This really has to stop, and "focusing on our own behavior" is really not going to help.
Oh can the whole persecution complex, it gets old fast and make you sound like a spoiled brat.
Well, this must be the most arbitrary and random comment I've seen today.
You refuse to "squabble" about it because you need to cling onto the fantasy that everyone is morally equal, and you don't want to deal with unpleasant or controversial subjects.
I can deal with my own culture's problems, but the difference between me and certain people is that I don't invent and exaggerate them, and I don't systematically ignore every good and beneficial thing that we're responsible for. And really, how could I possibly have an inferiority complex when Western culture is the most advanced in the world?
pedophilia? get a grip
Pedophilia was mentioned by someone else first, so perhaps you'd like to read my posts more carefully. But, I'm not aware of any other religion that condones pedophilia so strongly, or at all.
He absolutely loves the "liberals hate themselves" meme for the same reason plus it helps him feel comfortable in outright denying any evidence that contradicts the security blanket of his "the others are e-v-i-l" justifications.
So now there's suddenly nothing evil about Islamic terror. Got it.
Do you unquestionably believe something because it's taught in school? Of course, schools generally teach correct information, but schools are not incapable of error. In this particular case, I have decided to excercise free thinking, and I have reached the conclusion that Allah and God simply cannot be the same deity, regardless of what anyone else says.
I love how you guys throw around words like "xenophobe" without understanding what they mean. If I don't understand a word I usually check M-W, but I guess not everyone does that.
ranting about the foreigners you know are trying to destroy your life...
Well yes, I am actually quite concerned about 7th century barbarians who want to drag me into the dark ages by instituting sharia law and replacing Western civilization with Islam. They've said that they want to do this, and every day they make it more and more obvious with threats, demands, acts of violence and political activity. I like my civilization and I don't want to give it up.
... while it's you going out of your way to destroy theirs.
How am I doing that, exactly? I haven't moved into a Muslim country and then tried to change the way they do things, or anything even close to that. In fact, Muslims are perfectly free to live however they want to - as long as they either do it away from here, or do it here within the confines of our laws, customs and values. Unfortunately, Muslims don't feel the same way towards us, but for some reason that doesn't seem to bother anyone.
Don't even pretend to be an American.
Wouldn't even dream of it, seeing as how I'm from northern Europe.
You're the kind of bigoted scum who have given America a bad name lately
There's another meaningless magic word: bigoted. Nobody knows what it means or how it's supposed to be used, but it makes the other person seem bad, so I guess that's enough. Also, it's great how I'm making America look bad (for the purposes of this argument, we'll assume that I'm American) with my comments, but Muslims don't make themselves look bad by flying airplanes into buildings, blowing up busses and trains, beheading innocent people, destroying schools and murdering teachers, treating women as slaves, and so on. A Muslim may demand sharia law in the US or carry a sign in London that says "behead those who insult Islam," but none of this gives a bad name to Islam or Muslims.
Strange.
but your ideals are polar opposites of the American ideals of liberty and justice.
Good thing that sharia law is perfectly compatible with American values.
Islam is bashed because it deserves it. I know it's hard to believe, but the universe isn't based on absolute moral equivalency where everyone is equally guilty, except for the West which is more guilty than others.
They're completely different deities because they teach completely different things. They're polar opposites. You may as well claim that China and Norway have the same leader.
The people who are always bashing Christianity and fervently defending Islam are usually the same people who hate everything the West stands for. In particular, they hate America.
Guess what? We're the west. Thus, ought to criticize ourselves before we do so to others, thus you hear a lot more griping about the things we're doing. That's the way it should be. A world where people criticize themselves first is a just world.
In practise, we blame every problem in the known universe on ourselves. We even invent problems when necessary. We're so guilty that we export problems from other cultures and adopt them as our own. And seriously, it's asinine to think that "a world where people criticize themselves first is a just world." Blame should be placed where it belongs, regardless of where it is. Saying that we should first and foremost blame ourselves for everything is just as valid as saying that we should always blame someone else.
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I'd rather be murdered. No doubt about it.
Maybe it's a lack of proper education in schools. People aren't being taught to think critically, or even "think." Even the most basic logic is hopelessly beyond the grasp of most people, and anyone who even slightly questions The Truth (whatever it is) is hunted down and lynched by a drooling, raging mob of idiots. These people have never even thought about why they're so hysterically hell-bent on protecting The Truth, because that would mean that they're questioning The Truth, which is self-evident.
Don't think for a second that the average Slashdot user is any different. Being a geek doesn't make you very intelligent.
I'm sure that they meant to say "cock."
The French bashing bothered me until I gradually started to realize that it's completely justified. Just look at how they handled the riots in Paris, and how they're ready to fire upon IDF forces but apparently won't do anything about Hezbollah (as far as I know).
Military power is not an issue. There's plenty of military power around. It's just that nobody is willing to use it. I don't know if it's because of the UN or because the member states are too scared to do anything that might cause casualties. I guess it must be the member states because the EU doesn't seem to have balls either.
Yeah, I suppose there are several countries operating in Iraq and Afghanistan, but who's actually doing the heavy lifting and taking nearly all of the casualties?
A generalization is invalid if there's even one person who it doesn't apply to? Okay.
All the posters who seem like they know what they're talking about are simply ignored.
Oh. I thought consoles were for, you know, gaming, and not hardware benchmarking.
Not to mention the fame and prestige that they would earn by curing cancer.
Are you high or something? You expect me, an absolute nobody living in Northern Europe, to prevent the US from taking military action againts other countries? What the fuck.
Yeah, a lot of the firsthand accounts from Iraqis are a little different than what you usually hear. If you were to believe certain people, Iraq was like a 24/7 concentration camp in Nazi Germany before ze Americans arrived.
Uh, how exactly would I prevent something like that? Not even the UN and the "international community" were able to.
What a lame argument.
Blame goes where it belongs, it's that simple. If it's our fault, then it is. If it isn't, then it isn't. There's nothing complicated about it. Right now, however, we're taking the blame for every real and imagined conflict and problem, regardless of whose fault it was or how much we were or weren't involved. This really has to stop, and "focusing on our own behavior" is really not going to help.
What inventions? What ranting? Do you even know what a rant is?
What is this even supposed to mean? If I had to guess, I'd say that it's just some non-sequitur red herring with no point or purpose.
To claim that they're not polar opposites is to ignore history as well as present times.
Well, this must be the most arbitrary and random comment I've seen today.
You refuse to "squabble" about it because you need to cling onto the fantasy that everyone is morally equal, and you don't want to deal with unpleasant or controversial subjects.
Green, actually. What's your point?
Pedophilia was mentioned by someone else first, so perhaps you'd like to read my posts more carefully. But, I'm not aware of any other religion that condones pedophilia so strongly, or at all.
So now there's suddenly nothing evil about Islamic terror. Got it.
So now I'm suddenly a rabid Christian who's killing people in the Middle-East. That's interesting.
Do you unquestionably believe something because it's taught in school? Of course, schools generally teach correct information, but schools are not incapable of error. In this particular case, I have decided to excercise free thinking, and I have reached the conclusion that Allah and God simply cannot be the same deity, regardless of what anyone else says.
I love how you guys throw around words like "xenophobe" without understanding what they mean. If I don't understand a word I usually check M-W, but I guess not everyone does that.
Well yes, I am actually quite concerned about 7th century barbarians who want to drag me into the dark ages by instituting sharia law and replacing Western civilization with Islam. They've said that they want to do this, and every day they make it more and more obvious with threats, demands, acts of violence and political activity. I like my civilization and I don't want to give it up.
How am I doing that, exactly? I haven't moved into a Muslim country and then tried to change the way they do things, or anything even close to that. In fact, Muslims are perfectly free to live however they want to - as long as they either do it away from here, or do it here within the confines of our laws, customs and values. Unfortunately, Muslims don't feel the same way towards us, but for some reason that doesn't seem to bother anyone.
Wouldn't even dream of it, seeing as how I'm from northern Europe.
There's another meaningless magic word: bigoted. Nobody knows what it means or how it's supposed to be used, but it makes the other person seem bad, so I guess that's enough. Also, it's great how I'm making America look bad (for the purposes of this argument, we'll assume that I'm American) with my comments, but Muslims don't make themselves look bad by flying airplanes into buildings, blowing up busses and trains, beheading innocent people, destroying schools and murdering teachers, treating women as slaves, and so on. A Muslim may demand sharia law in the US or carry a sign in London that says "behead those who insult Islam," but none of this gives a bad name to Islam or Muslims.
Strange.
Good thing that sharia law is perfectly compatible with American values.
Islam is bashed because it deserves it. I know it's hard to believe, but the universe isn't based on absolute moral equivalency where everyone is equally guilty, except for the West which is more guilty than others.
They're completely different deities because they teach completely different things. They're polar opposites. You may as well claim that China and Norway have the same leader.
The people who are always bashing Christianity and fervently defending Islam are usually the same people who hate everything the West stands for. In particular, they hate America.
In practise, we blame every problem in the known universe on ourselves. We even invent problems when necessary. We're so guilty that we export problems from other cultures and adopt them as our own. And seriously, it's asinine to think that "a world where people criticize themselves first is a just world." Blame should be placed where it belongs, regardless of where it is. Saying that we should first and foremost blame ourselves for everything is just as valid as saying that we should always blame someone else.