2013-04-19, 22:32 | Link #27741 | |
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2013-04-19, 22:38 | Link #27743 | ||
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2) It "randomly" blows up. 3) It's more accurate to point at corporate neglect. I have to ask: why should the public be liable for these damages? Sure, loss of life was involved; but it was long long preventable. So, pardon me. Sorry for the loss of life; but I cannot grant taxpayer sympathy here. Instead, put the tab it on the corporation, who messed this up. Thank you. Have a nice day.
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2013-04-19, 22:39 | Link #27744 |
Juanita/Kiteless
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Islamic extremism is out of control, though, and a lot in mainstream Islam do support it. People don't need to be Islamaphobes, but clearly there are some huge problems with the religion and extremism.
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2013-04-19, 22:45 | Link #27746 | |
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Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
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Any religion may have their share of radicals, but this particular religion as a whole has radicalized itself more than any other one in recent years. I mean: where are the voices of the more brilliant and peaceful minds in Islam that would come out and say enough is enough? In other words, several people (by that, I'm throwing a shot at imams and other religious authorities) didn't do their job in maintaining some form of sanity against radicalism and other forms of abuse stemming from holy text misinterperetations. As much as catholic priests who interperet the Bible one way or the other before raping kids are not called out, the lack of action against abuse is as much of a crime than what those people do in the name of religion. Last edited by KiraYamatoFan; 2013-04-19 at 22:50. Reason: more than just "some" |
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2013-04-19, 22:48 | Link #27747 | |
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The older brother, for his part, seems to have been truly, ideologically involved AFAIK. He may have been prone to aggressive behavior or thought and had a lot of pent-up anger and frustration. Perhaps his cultist group gave him a general answer and an outlet for those flaws, while he planned and carried out the action in relative isolation, having to use his brother rather than an ideological comrade as his accomplice. It would be different from, say, 9/11 (to give an extreme example), which was an evil Master Plan (TM) planned rationally and carried out by the entire organization as part of a greater crusade. |
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2013-04-19, 22:49 | Link #27748 | |
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You're blaming religion when you should be focusing the geopolitical system. |
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2013-04-19, 22:56 | Link #27749 | |
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The reason why terrorists of the Muslim sort are more plentiful is probably mostly because those areas of the world are poor and unstable, not because of their religion, which is pretty much the Middle eastern variant of Christianity which is a modernized variant (expansion pack, if you will) of Judaism. |
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2013-04-19, 22:56 | Link #27750 | |
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Radicalism in Islam is not due to religion solely but of culture as well. Most radicals came from war torn areas.... Middle east etc. The only problem with radicals is they lack common sense. The Crusade is over... |
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2013-04-19, 23:23 | Link #27751 | ||
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I've seen plenty of documentaries about Northern Ireland, about how poor and unstable things were with crying lack of jobs and severe bigotry. The average Northern Irish didn't receive as much education as they should and it helped the IRA recruiting people for a while. However at some point, a vast majority of Catholic families ended up disowning any son or daughter who'd be known to have joined the IRA (despite all intimidation tactics by the IRA). To some serious extent, it helped reducing the number of new radicals; that's exactly what I wish to see more often from Muslim families in the Middle East. Bar perhaps for Western culture, I can hardly see any other culture where it would not hurt a person very badly if he/she risks being disowned by his/her own family. Last edited by KiraYamatoFan; 2013-04-19 at 23:34. |
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2013-04-19, 23:37 | Link #27754 |
Juanita/Kiteless
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Maybe he meant that in regards to Imams and their trying to decrease extremism. Perhaps not saying Muslims aren't clever or smart, but a shot at certain people in certain roles, like how we can say many of our American politicians aren't displaying a lot of cleverness and intelligence when it comes to them sorting out issues and working through problems.
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2013-04-19, 23:40 | Link #27756 | |
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When the elite is not doing their job, they must take the blame. It's simple as that. We spend days to criticize our politicians and sometimes religious authorities for bad things, why? Because there are supposed to be leaders who lead out of problems, nothing less. |
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2013-04-19, 23:42 | Link #27757 | |
Juanita/Kiteless
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By the way, that is supposed to read "like how we can say many of our American politicians aren't displaying a lot of cleverness and intelligence".
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2013-04-19, 23:44 | Link #27758 | |
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edit: I wonder how long it will take before the FBI will get everything out of M. Tsaraev on how he and his brother planned the bombings, who gave them that advice, how they got materials, etc. |
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2013-04-19, 23:44 | Link #27759 | |
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2013-04-19, 23:49 | Link #27760 | |
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