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Thingle is using the term "islamism" to denote extreme wingnut whackjobs who seem to have lost their Koran or just snipped out bits to justify themselves. I don't think that's probably the best term choice since it really means "someone who is of Islam"
We need some term that defines all such wingnuts irrespective of religion (because really there's not much discernible difference - the level of violence seems more predicated on other factors or the lack of them). Until we find one, for me at least -- "whackjobs", "nimrods", "wingnuts", "fruitcakes" seems to do.
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Or take it to PM/message wall instead. Otherwise, the mods might delete posts wholesale.
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2009-08-13, 05:07 | Link #3566 | |
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Lithuania faces Europe's worst recession Estonia's GDP down 16.6 pct Latvian GDP decreased 19.6 pct in the Q2
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OMG, how stupid are these people? They go so far as to lie that Prof Hawkings would die under the UK's NHS health care plan when the Professor himself is a UK citizen & has manage to live long thanks to NHS healthcare plan. Seriously, what is wrong for having a universal health care plan? I been to Brunei which does have a universal health care for all it's citizens no matter their status including foreigners working in that country, they also treat their patients in anyway from giving medicines for coughs to operations. Best part is that the citizens don't have pay anything since it's free coz the government pays for it. After seeing the benefits for having a Universal Health care plan in countries like the UK & France in the documentary "Sicko", aren't the benefits of these plans what Americas need the most for the good health & welfare of it's citizens or the Republicans, Greedy Corporations & Conservatives just don't care & would rather save millions of dollars then people's lives?
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Of course, the intentions are all nice and sincere; the only problem is we cannot afford it. I give credit for Obama for his mentioning Medicare and Medicaid being unsustainable though. Man, he didn't even mention what he would do about it but angry beneficiaries have already flexed their muscles and tried to shot down the whole health reform. This is ridiculous even though I don't agree with the liberal approach to tackling the problem. |
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Asian Undersea Cable Disruption Slows Internet Access.
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2009-08-13, 11:27 | Link #3580 |
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So IS there a consensus on what the term "Islamists" means? Just linguistically it looks like it covers anyone who is "of Islam" (which makes it terrible to use for defining the wingnut fringe). If Muslims and those who practice the faith of Islam themselves use the term to label the fringe nuts... then well.... okay then. Though I guarantee Christians will misunderstand it to mean "all of those people".
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