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8941
« on: January 09, 2015, 09:09:47 AM »
Is it a public or private college?
Public.
8942
« on: January 09, 2015, 09:09:09 AM »
Is there any meaningful distinction between between culture and religion? Maybe it's the culture of their backgrounds that does it? If someone were to convert to Islam without the Middle Eastern culture interfering, would they become more radical or violent?
Given the extent of fundamentalism in my own and other European nations, I'd wager converts have a significant capacity to be more violent. In all honesty, however, it's difficult to separate religion and culture. Islamic fundamentalism isn't just a set of propositions, it's a way of life--it is, as far as it matters, a kind of culture or at least inexorably linked to a corresponding culture.
8943
« on: January 09, 2015, 09:06:02 AM »
Because you blamed Islam, Islam didn't make those people shoot up the place, the shooters backwards mindset and the twisted extremist beliefs they have did.
No, it did. They shot the place up while shouting allahu ackbar. They were quite clearly Muslims and motivated by their beliefs, in the same way Christians have been motivated to bomb abortion clinics or block stem-cell research. Trying to say they aren't really Muslims is apologetics of the worst sort because, whatever you may think about the scripture and doctrines of Islam, they were still Muslims.
8944
« on: January 09, 2015, 09:03:42 AM »
I'm not just saying to this to troll, but is it possible that Muslims are more violent because they come from such a poor socioeconomic status, rather than because they worship the Qur'an?
That's probably a significant variable, but not to extent you'd expect. It doesn't even begin to explain why more middle-class Pakistanis are fundamentalists than working-class Pakistanis, or the extent of fundamentalism in Western European countries or why you find the same phenomenon among fascist movements throughout history. This is indicative of people trying to work around the link between belief and action. No, they don't do it primarily because they're poor, they do it because they genuinely believe in the truth of doctrines like martyrdom.
8945
« on: January 09, 2015, 09:02:13 AM »
Not your best comeback. I'd give it a 6/10
And I'll take all six out of those ten inches like a man.
8946
« on: January 09, 2015, 09:01:29 AM »
Moral of the story, don't be ignorant.
>people shoot up place because they're muslim and don't like cartoons >i comment that islam makes good people do horrible things I'm not seeing the disconnect. It seems like a logical set of propositions to me.
8947
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:59:28 AM »
You should read Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind--it goes into detail about moral cognition and how it evolved and relates to things like religion and politics.
Very, very briefly, it evolved as a mechanism for self-domestication.
8948
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:57:28 AM »
You should nail a quran to a small pig and throw it through her window at night.
Okay now that would be Islamaphobic.
8949
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:56:52 AM »
Please takes notes so you can mock the class on here
I'll take notes on your mom so I can mock her on. . . Your dad. . . Yeah, how do you like them apples.
8950
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:54:30 AM »
Vanilla coke and vanilla root beer are the only good sodas.
Vanilla coke is pretty boss.
8951
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:54:02 AM »
I was walking down a corridor with my friend after an exam yesterday when I asked him "Did you hear about the Charlie Hebdo shooting in France?"
He said, "Yeah, I did, how many people died?"
I said, "I think around 12 people."
My friend: "Jesus."
So I said, "Yeah, 12 people dead for a fucking cartoon. Islam, man, I tell ya. . . Makes good people do terrible things."
Little did I know a Muslim girl within the college was walking behind me at the time and heard me say this (this is the one who constantly posts pictures of dead Palestinian children and quotes herself on instagram), so she reported me to the faculty.
I have to attend a "sensitivity class".
Un-fucking-believable.
8952
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:45:27 AM »
Actually not bad. It's like a cross between Vimto and Coca-Cola.
Probably be nice with a bit of Mr. Walker's.
8953
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:44:36 AM »
Assuming no harm is ever done to any child, is it morally incorrect for someone to publicly act upon those urges (be open about pedophilia)? Should people be morally obligated to be disgusted by pedophilia? I think it'd be indecent of a person to be 'open' about paedophilia. I certainly think, however, that it needs addressing. Contrary to your second question, I think people have a moral obligation to be compassionate towards such people. Is pedophilia morally incorrect because of the harm it causes children or because of the way the public reacts to it? I'd argue the way the public react to it is immoral, in itself.
8954
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:23:44 AM »
Price mechanisms?
The supply-demand interaction which gives something its price. If government subsidies somehow reduce or take away the price of something, it'll pretty much undoubtedly cause over-consumption and over-production.
8955
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:22:28 AM »
Buddhism?
Not as a whole. Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism? Yeah, probably. Theravada and Zen? No.
8956
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:16:07 AM »
Some degrees are in demand and some aren't.
That's exactly the problem--the government is propping up a scheme whereby un-demanded qualifications will become artificially demanded because the price mechanism has been turned on its head.
8957
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:13:39 AM »
No, I didn't say it was required. I said it was essential. Small, but important difference.
. . . "Essential" literally means "necessary".
8958
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:10:06 AM »
We'll all be better off for it in the end.
Not if everybody's qualifications are worth less. . .
8959
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:08:22 AM »
I'm seriously beginning to consider Islam a hate movement.
It's just the radicals that are doing this. The real Muslims preach peace and tolerance.
 You know some really awful Muslims, then. No religion espouses peace and tolerance. Except Jainism. And even if we accept there are tolerant and peaceful Muslims--as there undoubtedly are--we still have to realise that fundamentalists form a vast minority, if not a majority, of all Muslims on the planet.
8960
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:06:18 AM »
Should we adapt our surroundings to make us happy or should we adapt TO our surroundings to make us happy? Fuck, whichever's easiest in a given situation.
8961
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:05:09 AM »
Well, first and foremost, stop saying "lmfao".
8962
« on: January 09, 2015, 08:00:16 AM »
It's just a place for friends to hang out, not a fucking company
Except we have to rely on ad revenue and bringing in a steady stream of new users.
8963
« on: January 09, 2015, 07:45:48 AM »
I'm still not sure what the flavour is supposed to be, but I don't mind it <.<
"Gross" is the name of the flavor.
I see, well it's not too bad then.
8964
« on: January 09, 2015, 07:43:30 AM »
Yeah, but if we intervene than we're the evil imperial world police.
I'd rather be an imperialist than a moral coward.
8965
« on: January 09, 2015, 07:42:15 AM »
8966
« on: January 09, 2015, 07:39:58 AM »
You want sum ban, Murricunt?
The only ban I need is a ray-ban Spoiler  Because I'm flyin' high.
8967
« on: January 09, 2015, 07:38:27 AM »
8968
« on: January 09, 2015, 07:36:30 AM »
It's gross man, don't do it.
You shut your whore mouth, Frenchie.
8969
« on: January 09, 2015, 07:34:11 AM »
oh don't be silly
Think of it as a character-building exercise. I get to. . . refresh my justification for being a cunt to people who drink Dr Pepper.
8970
« on: January 09, 2015, 07:32:49 AM »
EU
Belgium was invaded by Germany twice in the 20th Century. It's happening again now, and you still ain't learned your lesson.
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