We are afraid of upsetting people due to cutural sensitivities, thats a given and has been proven. People slanting me can say all they want, they can blame the right wing media and the wars all they want and to a point they are correct but they wont have the balls to tackle the lack of tolerance that faith has to so many for fear of appearing a recist, its not racist to be concerned for human rights is it?
pls donāt be scared, barry. Try and be brave like us. When ur lying in bed, unable to sleep for fear that there may be a muslim bro under ur bed, just think to urself, there probably isnāt. Theyāve probably got better things to do. If that doesnāt work, leave a light on.
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Sometimes, thereās a reason the only people saying the same thing as you are racist groups.
Hint, itās not because of political correctness.
Old but not far wrong.
Fair play. That is hilarious. Sure,get 'em the trade description act.
As Iāve said before, anti-theists that take the line of argument of taking parts of the scripture that are meant to be metaphorical and taking them are disingenuous idiots. Itās a daft assertion to make that all people of any religion absolutely follow every letter of their respective scripture to the letter (itās usually impossible anyway, as the scriptures are written by different people at different times, and contradict each other anyway).
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That is the point of fundementalists, they follow it as close to as possible, going back as opppsed to forwards. Who would have thought Libby Lane would ahve got to where she was? Progression not regression. Relgion can be the rock on anyones life, as long as it isnt sexist, racist, homphobic and divisive fair play.
ā¦ Oh well, Barry I apologise for everything I have said, you are clearly serious and not trying to wind anyone upā¦ but given the very serious nature of you POV, which is derserving of much principled and rational debate (as opposed to fear inducing rhetoric), can iI suggest you start a specific thread on the matter so that a) your POV and insight is not lost amongst the discussion here about IS and their NON Islamic practises designed to cause disunity, b) Gives you a platform to freely express your opinions so that others can freely respond.
As I have said repeatedly, as well as others, opinions on religion and its teachings are a valid debate. Just a fucking big hint that this thread is NOT about that nor is it the place to do it. Because like I and everyone else has also said, the IS attacks are designed to create more people with your sense āperspectiveā relative to the attacks and Islam.
As Bearsy, My fine ursine friend might say. The thing that ISIS fear most is unity. Unity between Muslim, Christian, atheist, Jewish brosā¦ unity in which they can debate the relative merits of each others teachings without the need to blow each other up. It seems you are unable to make this distinction, which kinda hints at two things - either you are too dumb to get the distinction, or you playing a rather ignorant card.
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Sure Barry. All the countless Muslims that condemn these attacks and say it isnāt in their religion.
They are wrong. You are the one that is right. Definitely. That sounds totally plausible.
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Just imagine, if someone stumbled across papsweb and only read Barryās posts - and then judged us all by themā¦scary what conclusions they might draw about the nature of this site and its 140 membersā¦ 
Are we a religion, or a cult yet?
Is that a typo?
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One would hope people would condemn them.
Hmmā¦
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Originally posted by @areloa-grandee
As Bearsy, My fine ursine friend might say. The thing that ISIS fear most is unity. Unity between Muslim, Christian, atheist, Jewish brosā¦ unity in which they can debate the relative merits of each others teachings without the need to blow each other up.
On that note about unity, I found this an interesting article from a former ISIS hostage
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Donāt disagree with that.
Originally posted by @Goatboy
Originally posted by @areloa-grandee
Just imagine, if someone stumbled across papsweb and only read Barryās posts - and then judged us all by themā¦scary what conclusions they might draw about the nature of this site and its 140 membersā¦
Are we a religion, or a cult yet?
Is that a typo?
Yep, it should read āa bunch of cultsā¦ā.
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Originally posted by @SuperMikey
Hmmā¦
I have voted your post up Mikey for highlighting the rather distateful rag for what it isā¦once againā¦ (They probably just picked an old cartoon form the 30s/40s and upadted the text) - My vote up was not for the cartoon - just in case anyone gets the wrong impression.
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Originally posted by @SuperMikey
Hmmā¦
Jeez, Iām all for making light of things, Crack Rib has had to Tell Me Off several times this week, but that right there, with the rats & everything, itās hardly even a Joke.
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Christ, Germany game called off.
Concert venue evacuated too. Apparently a truck bomb disguised as an ambulance.
Its pretty telling aint Bearsy, my fine ursine friend. Do not fear. A little telling off is one thingā¦ publishing complete and utter nazi propoganda is something only the Mail seems to be able to do and still be classified as a mainstream news paperā¦ we are fucked in this country if their readership really does consider this appropriateā¦ utter cunts (Mail and those that buy it)
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Originally posted by @areloa-grandee
utter cunts (Mail and those that buy it)
There is more to the Daily Mail than fascism & hatred, and I think it is unfair to tar all Daily Mail Readers with the same brush as the Radical Elements.
My own parents read the Daily Mail. They have been DMRs for as long as I can remember, but Iām sure they donāt take it all literally, like the Radicals do. What you have to remember is that the ideology of the Daily Mail was created a long time ago, and the more moderate DMRs, like my parents, choose to ignore the hate speech, or at consider it as merely metaphorical. They donāt follow it blindly, is what Iām saying.
I wouldnāt go as far as becoming a practising DMR myself, but the vast majority of the text is not inherently evil either. That is a common misconception. My parents like reading about who is banging who in Strictly Come Dancing, and what type of curtains Eamon Holmes has got, and things like that. They also like doing the crossword. What they do, is my Mum spends all morning slavishly puzzling over Cryptic Clues, and then my Dad rolls in later + finishes off all the difficult ones in like 5 minutes. He is the brains of their particular operation. He wears a size 9 hat.
So, Crack Rib, perhaps you can keep your prejudices away from this thread in future, and respect the fact that not all DMRs can be judged by the thoughts and actions of the Radical elements.
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