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Old 02-22-2011, 09:34 AM
 
Location: bold new city of the south
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Well I have to, don't I, amidst the flurry of misattribution and straw man arguments around here.



I agree. That why I said zealots all think in similar ways



I don't care about baseball fans.

Everyone thinks about doing dumb stuff.
Doing the dumb stuff is what really counts.

I like the Braves, have liked them since 1966, but I won't cut off someones ear because someone else likes the Cards.
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Old 02-22-2011, 09:35 AM
 
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Everyone thinks about doing dumb stuff.
Doing the dumb stuff is what really counts.
But would you not agree, those that THINK dumb stuff have a higher propensity to DO sumb stuff over those that DON'T THINK THAT WAY?
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Old 02-22-2011, 09:38 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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This is society's fault?

Extremists exist in every society. In Arab lands, they all read the Qu'ran.

In America, they all watch Glenn Beck.

A plague on both their houses.
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If it helps you with your self-esteem, I'm happy to oblige you.



Baseball fans weren't part of my theory, someone else came up with that.

I don't consider the Amish to be zealots or extremists, someone else came up with that one, too.

You've lost the plot.
You commented on the basbeall fan post and tied in into your stance here. You also said that all extremeists in America watch Glen Beck. How more foolish could you possibly get?
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Old 02-22-2011, 09:41 AM
 
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You commented on the basbeall fan post and tied in into your stance here. You also said that all extremeists in America watch Glen Beck. How more foolish could you possibly get?
I've made it abundantly clear that the baseball example was not mine.

Perhaps the word "all" was a bit unspecific. Right wing loonies do tend to watch Beck, however, and he was simply chosen as an example.

Does that clear it up for you?
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Old 02-22-2011, 09:46 AM
 
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one of the very things we stand for .... freedom of religeon.... will take us under if we are not careful .the muslim religeon has always been radical.it is a self seving religeon geared toward a male dominated society.
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Old 02-22-2011, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Murfreesboro (nearer Smyrna), TN
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This is society's fault?

Extremists exist in every society. In Arab lands, they all read the Qu'ran.

In America, they all watch Glenn Beck.

A plague on both their houses.
Just because you might want to live in a society with no bounderies and effectively no rules, where everyone is expected to accept everything, that doesn't mean that everyone has to be a non-thinking person. Liberals look at what conservatives say about drawing a line here and there, but don't look at why the line is drawn. You don't understand what the Muslims want to do. The Qu'ran's teachings are not compatible with the US Constitution. The rights we have of freedom of speach, being tolerant of homosexuallity and obortions, etc., even seeing women as equal is not what a practicing Muslim wants. That is why we are hearing more and more about attacks like these.

Charles Sands
Smyrna, Tennessee
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Old 02-22-2011, 09:51 AM
 
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Just because you might want to live in a society with no bounderies and effectively no rules, where everyone is expected to accept everything, that doesn't mean that everyone has to be a non-thinking person.
Well then it's a damn good thing I didn't say anything of the sort, isn't it?

I neither said this nor believe it.

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Liberals look at what conservatives say about drawing a line here and there, but don't look at why the line is drawn.
A meaningless partisan comment.


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You don't understand what the Muslims want to do.
I understand what some of them want perfectly well, thank you.

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The Qu'ran's teachings are not compatible with the US Constitution.
SOME of them aren't. SOME of them are.

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The rights we have of freedom of speach, being tolerant of homosexuallity and obortions, etc., even seeing women as equal is not what a practicing Muslim wants. That is why we are hearing more and more about attacks like these.
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There is no "a" in "speech." There is one in "abortion."

There is not a sufficient logical relationship between your last two sentences.

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Old 02-22-2011, 09:53 AM
 
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Religion of peace.
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Old 02-22-2011, 10:53 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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I've made it abundantly clear that the baseball example was not mine.

Perhaps the word "all" was a bit unspecific. Right wing loonies do tend to watch Beck, however, and he was simply chosen as an example.

Does that clear it up for you?

Others have made it abundantly clear that you commented on the baseball post and tied it into your position here.

Left wing loonies tend to watch Rachel Maddow. They also used to watch Keith Olberman. Why did you choose to mention Beck? That's rhetorical BTW.

Everything was vey clear the moment I read your first post in this thread.
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Old 02-22-2011, 10:55 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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Well then it's a damn good thing I didn't say anything of the sort, isn't it?

I neither said this nor believe it.



A meaningless partisan comment.




I understand what some of them want perfectly well, thank you.



SOME of them aren't. SOME of them are.

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There is no "a" in "speech." There is one in "abortion."

There is not a sufficient logical relationship between your last two sentences.
You're actually calling someone out for being partisan? Thanks for that post. I enjoy comedy.
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