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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: millwall on 22 December 2010, 18:53:53
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340794/Muslim-group-launches-poster-hate-campaign-festive-period.html
feel free to comment the no and email are on their poster :y
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I used to let crap like this wind me up. Now I just ignore it. Muslims have been trying to take over the world since the days of Richard the Lionheart. Not doing very well, are they? ;D
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Rape and teenage pregnancies eh.. I must have been doing Christmas really wrong all this time! ;D
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"Claiming God has a son" PMSL.. Er.. Isn't that the whole point? :D
Why would they have Christmas posters otherwise?
Kevin
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Their statement is not correct,
"Organisers plan to put up thousands of placards around the UK claiming the season of goodwill is responsible for rape, teenage pregnancies, abortion, promiscuity, crime and paedophilia."
They need to add, increased domestic violence and an increase in the emotional and physical abuse of children, and other alcohol related incidents.......... :-X
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I used to let crap like this wind me up. Now I just ignore it. Muslims have been trying to take over the world since the days of Richard the Lionheart. Not doing very well, are they? ;D
Same here, and TBH I'm sick of hearing about muslims, I think alot of other people are aswell! I think it's the press looking for sensationalist storylines when in fact it's only a handful of people who are rejects.
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Turn the tables and put up posters saying Islam is evil and there would be all hell breaking loose as this would be claseed as a racist slur on Islam itself >:( >:( >:( >:(
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I think it's the press looking for sensationalist storylines when in fact it's only a handful of people who are rejects.
:y :y Here here.
most of the stuff you read in the papers is a load of c**P with only the smallest bit of truth. The rest is just sensationalist and is reposable for half the problems in this country. Thats why I don't read the paper, and the TV is just as bad.
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Turn the tables and put up posters saying Islam is evil and there would be all hell breaking loose as this would be claseed as a racist slur on Islam itself >:( >:( >:( >:(
Agreed, there is double standards in this country when it comes to this.
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I think it's the press looking for sensationalist storylines when in fact it's only a handful of people who are rejects.
:y :y Here here.
most of the stuff you read in the papers is a load of c**P with only the smallest bit of truth. The rest is just sensationalist and is reposable for half the problems in this country. Thats why I don't read the paper, and the TV is just as bad.
Agreed! I'm steadily weening myself off the news, national news, regional news, papers, everything. Will it affect me? It will make me better. It's the same old depresssing stuff anyway and my life will be better if I don't know!
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my life will be better if I don't know!
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Are you going to hide in your house because the papers say it is too dangerus to go out? or enjoy the life you have while you have it.
We all die sometime, shit happens, get use to it and make the most of the time you do have.
Here endeth the second lesson. ;D ;D
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....... anyway, Christmas is partly evil - why else would "Santa" be an anagram of "Satan" ?
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my life will be better if I don't know!
:y
Are you going to hide in your house because the papers say it is too dangerus to go out? or enjoy the life you have while you have it.
We all die sometime, shit happens, get use to it and make the most of the time you do have.
Here endeth the second lesson. ;D ;D
Not at all! I am going to enjoy my life while i have it! I have unfortunately been on the wrong end of 'fundamentalism', at least I think that's what they call it now, and have learnt alot from this and other experiences.
I'm not scared of death and I'm not burying my head in the sand.
Bad things have happened and bad people have existed from day 1 week 1, I can't change it. So I will improve the quality of my life while I have it. When I left a former employment, I was given a religious book my a born again christian: 'Rumours of War', by Kenneth Copeland, ISBN 0-88114-832-6 if you care to look it up. Now, despite the fact I'm not religious in the slightest, and will be fitting an oil cooler and thermostat on the 25th, the message I can still relate to.
It basically says there is wars/rumour of wars, bad news/deception, violence and all bad things happening at every turn. It's on the news, in the papers, your neighbour talks about it, it's everywhere and we can't escape from it. It is upto us to not let it envelope us, which could happen easily if you're a right thinking fair minded person who cares about the world.
I know the same can't be said for everyone, but if you hadn't consumed any form of news programme (TV/papers/internet etc) in the last 12 months, what difference would it make? I'd suggest you'd be happier for it. Who cares if you aren't upto speed on current affairs? Does it really affect you? Why would you want to know/see/talk about bad things anyway?
Live your life, be free, make your own destiny, know your own mind, don't allow yourself to be deceived, and guard your mind against the negatives in the world.
That was a ramble
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....... anyway, Christmas is partly evil - why else would "Santa" be an anagram of "Satan" ?
Indeed so - watch out for those claws.
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Who cares if you aren't upto speed on current affairs? Does it really affect you? Why would you want to know/see/talk about bad things anyway?
Live your life, be free, make your own destiny, know your own mind, don't allow yourself to be deceived, and guard your mind against the negatives in the world.
That was a ramble
I can understand exactly where you're coming from. Ignorance can indeed be bliss, especially when the media seems to enjoy putting the frighteners on us at every available opportunity. However, and it's a big however, democracy is not a spectator sport. There are those who rely on people avoiding the news and politics generally to shove through laws and other infringements on liberties which would render your "Live your life, be free, make your own destiny" aspiration an impossibility.
We must all be on guard, however dispiriting an exercise it may be. One day, we shall be rid of those who wish to depress, frighten or imprison us. But we need vigilance now. :y
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Who cares if you aren't upto speed on current affairs? Does it really affect you? Why would you want to know/see/talk about bad things anyway?
Live your life, be free, make your own destiny, know your own mind, don't allow yourself to be deceived, and guard your mind against the negatives in the world.
That was a ramble
I can understand exactly where you're coming from. Ignorance can indeed be bliss, especially when the media seems to enjoy putting the frighteners on us at every available opportunity. However, and it's a big however, democracy is not a spectator sport. There are those who rely on people avoiding the news and politics generally to shove through laws and other infringements on liberties which would render your "Live your life, be free, make your own destiny" aspiration an impossibility.
We must all be on guard, however dispiriting an exercise it may be. One day, we shall be rid of those who wish to depress, frighten or imprison us. But we need vigilance now. :y
Yes, well be free to a certain point I mean! We live in a free country (allegedly) yet I can't walk down the street naked? Why not? Consider this - why should we obey any laws made by man, who only happen to be here on this earth right now?
I wasn't necessarily talking about ignorance, just not being consumed by it all. From that post you may have interpreted that I am very cynical. Well this view also leads me to the belief that, unlike you it appears, I don't believe we live in a democracy. Far from it.
Having said that, why is a democracy any good? Who says that's how we should live? It's only the best system (allegedly) we have found upto now.
We are rid of the people who wish to depress, frighten and imprison us. Labour got voted out at the last election!!! Hahahahaha I couldn't resist! Sorry! Although from reading some of your posts I think you would disagree with me there?
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Who cares if you aren't upto speed on current affairs? Does it really affect you? Why would you want to know/see/talk about bad things anyway?
Live your life, be free, make your own destiny, know your own mind, don't allow yourself to be deceived, and guard your mind against the negatives in the world.
That was a ramble
I can understand exactly where you're coming from. Ignorance can indeed be bliss, especially when the media seems to enjoy putting the frighteners on us at every available opportunity. However, and it's a big however, democracy is not a spectator sport. There are those who rely on people avoiding the news and politics generally to shove through laws and other infringements on liberties which would render your "Live your life, be free, make your own destiny" aspiration an impossibility.
We must all be on guard, however dispiriting an exercise it may be. One day, we shall be rid of those who wish to depress, frighten or imprison us. But we need vigilance now. :y
Yes, well be free to a certain point I mean! We live in a free country (allegedly) yet I can't walk down the street naked? Why not? Consider this - why should we obey any laws made by man, who only happen to be here on this earth right now?
I wasn't necessarily talking about ignorance, just not being consumed by it all. From that post you may have interpreted that I am very cynical. Well this view also leads me to the belief that, unlike you it appears, I don't believe we live in a democracy. Far from it.
Having said that, why is a democracy any good? Who says that's how we should live? It's only the best system (allegedly) we have found upto now.
We are rid of the people who wish to depress, frighten and imprison us. Labour got voted out at the last election!!! Hahahahaha I couldn't resist! Sorry! Although from reading some of your posts I think you would disagree with me there?
You make some very fair points, Geoff, but what I'm trying to say is that if we truly, as a people, believe we no longer live in a democracy (a view to which I'm not unsympathetic), then it is high time we made the political classes our servants, not our masters. We voted out Labour and got the Coalition. Different name, same old lack of democracy. Wait for the next election...it won't be long. :y
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Well I've got to agree with you there! I believe that despite the fact society is constantly changing and evolving, we can come up with a set of rules that are fair to all, but devoid of politics. But unfortunately like any system, it is open to abuse from the darker side of human nature.
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Well I've got to agree with you there! I believe that despite the fact society is constantly changing and evolving, we can come up with a set of rules that are fair to all, but devoid of politics. But unfortunately like any system, it is open to abuse from the darker side of human nature.
Indeed, Geoff. The paradox is that we are ruled by those whose ambition is to rule others. Hardly, those we want to be ruled by.
I've always thought we should find people we think are capable of running the country and press-ganging them into power.
"But I don't want to run the country!!"
"Tough. You're the only one who can do right, so quit griping and get on with it!"
;) ;D
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"Christmas is evil" is an anagram of
"I'm Elvis - Car shits!!"
I think we all need to think about that for a minute.
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Who cares if you aren't upto speed on current affairs? Does it really affect you? Why would you want to know/see/talk about bad things anyway?
Live your life, be free, make your own destiny, know your own mind, don't allow yourself to be deceived, and guard your mind against the negatives in the world.
That was a ramble
I can understand exactly where you're coming from. Ignorance can indeed be bliss, especially when the media seems to enjoy putting the frighteners on us at every available opportunity. However, and it's a big however, democracy is not a spectator sport. There are those who rely on people avoiding the news and politics generally to shove through laws and other infringements on liberties which would render your "Live your life, be free, make your own destiny" aspiration an impossibility.
We must all be on guard, however dispiriting an exercise it may be. One day, we shall be rid of those who wish to depress, frighten or imprison us. But we need vigilance now. :y
Yes, well be free to a certain point I mean! We live in a free country (allegedly) yet I can't walk down the street naked? Why not? Consider this - why should we obey any laws made by man, who only happen to be here on this earth right now?
I wasn't necessarily talking about ignorance, just not being consumed by it all. From that post you may have interpreted that I am very cynical. Well this view also leads me to the belief that, unlike you it appears, I don't believe we live in a democracy. Far from it.
Having said that, why is a democracy any good? Who says that's how we should live? It's only the best system (allegedly) we have found upto now.
We are rid of the people who wish to depress, frighten and imprison us. Labour got voted out at the last election!!! Hahahahaha I couldn't resist! Sorry! Although from reading some of your posts I think you would disagree with me there?
You make some very fair points, Geoff, but what I'm trying to say is that if we truly, as a people, believe we no longer live in a democracy (a view to which I'm not unsympathetic), then it is high time we made the political classes our servants, not our masters. We voted out Labour and got the Coalition. Different name, same old lack of democracy. Wait for the next election...it won't be long. :y
With freedom that we enjoy in our particular democracy, there exists a "social contract" between us as individuals and the society, political or otherwise, that lives around us all.
As John Locke stated, we have a natural God given right to our freedom, as long as it hurts no-one. We also, by living in our communities, accept that some of our pure freedoms are given up in terms of accommodating others around us, like recognising that certain actions by us could take away the freedoms of others, so we acknowledge the authority control and vital protection, of local government, security forces, national regulation, the Government's remit to govern, etc. In other words we cannot live in isolation.
All of us have the right to opt out of the social contract, perhaps becoming Anarchists, but then we should accept the consequences of losing the protection of the state, forfeiting all benefits, and consider strongly going to live away from democratic human beings to survive somewhere with like minded people.
Of course Plato had a solution to what has been suggested above in other posts. A grading system of society, with all people classed as being either Bronze, Silver, or Gold, dependant on their natural abilities that would be developed by "King Philosophers". The Bronze people would be the workers who can earn unlimited riches and live the lifestyle their hard work has rewarded them. The Silver strata would be the Auxiliaries; the Police, Military, Administrators, and General supporting agencies that would maintain the state, but would have no personal wealth, instead enjoying the reward of their vital role. There then would be the Gold people who are so naturally gifted, and subsequently trained, that they are the "King Philosophers" who guide the nation and input to ensure a just and fair society, but they have no personal wealth and live in austerity.
That would answer quiet a few questions for todays society, but also raise some serious counter arguments!! ;D ;D ;)