European Islamophobia

[Drakken]

95% of Languishites see Martinus anti-Catholicism as more annoying than Islamic fundamentalism.


Margin of error: +/- 5%

While 90% of Languishites either believe that religion deserves to be disrespected.  But only if they can replace the word deserve with something else that makes more sense.

Can't we just link vid clips to Monty Python skits instead?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j--0gzT2rk

[derspiess]

At the same time, more than half of Germans consider themselves to be tolerant.

Tolerance has its limits.

[Martinus]

At the same time, more than half of Germans consider themselves to be tolerant.

Tolerance has its limits.

Indeed, intolerance cannot be tolerated. I don't think being afraid or feeling threatened by muslims after attacks such as this is in any way irrational or prejudiced.

[Martinus]

So, my Amazon purchase order now features an English version of Quran (hardcover), two copies of Dieux du Stade 2015 naked rugby player calendar and an iPhone wallet cover. Will I make it to the FBI watch list? 

No but you are going to confuse the hell out of the Amazon recommendation bot.

Yeah, random muslims buying the Quran will get "other people bought this with this" a gay calendar.

Well played Martinus, well played.

I haven't thought about it! 

[Razgovory]

At the same time, more than half of Germans consider themselves to be tolerant.

Tolerance has its limits.

Indeed, intolerance cannot be tolerated. I don't think being afraid or feeling threatened by muslims after attacks such as this is in any way irrational or prejudiced.

Oh, I tolerate you alright despite you calls for genocide, demanding I kill myself,, and pretentious stupidity.

[11B4V]

At the same time, more than half of Germans consider themselves to be tolerant.

Tolerance has its limits.

Indeed, intolerance cannot be tolerated. I don't think being afraid or feeling threatened by muslims after attacks such as this is in any way irrational or prejudiced.

Oh, I tolerate you alright despite you calls for genocide, demanding I kill myself,, and pretentious stupidity.

Only one comma is required.

[Razgovory]

I put in extra punctuation so that you can salt and pepper my sentences as you choose.

[The Brain]

Just wanna make you comma. I'm just being honest.

[derspiess]

Comma chameleon

[Martinus]

At the same time, more than half of Germans consider themselves to be tolerant.

Tolerance has its limits.

Indeed, intolerance cannot be tolerated. I don't think being afraid or feeling threatened by muslims after attacks such as this is in any way irrational or prejudiced.

Oh, I tolerate you alright despite you calls for genocide, demanding I kill myself,, and pretentious stupidity.

I don't think I called for genocide. I am angry with Islam. I hate it as a set of ideas. I find it harmful, ridiculous and dumb. And I want to tell that to every Muslim I meet (admittedly I have not personally met any so I may be more civil in person). But I do recognise that we have values and principles, and I don't want to compromise them for a bunch of camel fucking moon worshippers.

I am also scared of Islam and of clerics that say I should be stoned to death.

[Barrister]

At the same time, more than half of Germans consider themselves to be tolerant.

Tolerance has its limits.

Indeed, intolerance cannot be tolerated. I don't think being afraid or feeling threatened by muslims after attacks such as this is in any way irrational or prejudiced.

Oh, I tolerate you alright despite you calls for genocide, demanding I kill myself,, and pretentious stupidity.

I don't think I called for genocide. I am angry with Islam. I hate it as a set of ideas. I find it harmful, ridiculous and dumb. And I want to tell that to every Muslim I meet (admittedly I have not personally met any so I may be more civil in person). But I do recognise that we have values and principles, and I don't want to compromise them for a bunch of camel fucking moon worshippers.

I am also scared of Islam and of clerics that say I should be stoned to death.

That may well inform your personal view.

I know, not tons, but quite a number of muslims.  Heck there's a surprisingly large number of lebanese muslim lawyers in this town.  And none of them have ever threatened to stone anyone to death.

[Martinus]

Possibly. But then you would not be at risk under sharia so YMMV.

[Barrister]

Possibly. But then you would not be at risk under sharia so YMMV.

No, the ones I know are quite westernized, and most were born in this country.

And it's not as if there's any shortage of gay lawyers in this country either.

[Razgovory]

At the same time, more than half of Germans consider themselves to be tolerant.

Tolerance has its limits.

Indeed, intolerance cannot be tolerated. I don't think being afraid or feeling threatened by muslims after attacks such as this is in any way irrational or prejudiced.

Oh, I tolerate you alright despite you calls for genocide, demanding I kill myself,, and pretentious stupidity.

I don't think I called for genocide. I am angry with Islam. I hate it as a set of ideas. I find it harmful, ridiculous and dumb. And I want to tell that to every Muslim I meet (admittedly I have not personally met any so I may be more civil in person). But I do recognise that we have values and principles, and I don't want to compromise them for a bunch of camel fucking moon worshippers.

I am also scared of Islam and of clerics that say I should be stoned to death.

You have called for genocide against Muslims in the past.  Along with Catholics, Russians, Turks, Gypsies and anyone who makes you mad at any particular moment.  I am not afraid of Islam or Muslims.  There is question here that nobody has asked.  Why does this keep happening in Europe and not in Canada or the US?  No cartoonists have been killed by Muslims in the US.  I don't think this has happened in Canada either.  Why?

[Malthus]

I don't think I called for genocide. I am angry with Islam. I hate it as a set of ideas. I find it harmful, ridiculous and dumb. And I want to tell that to every Muslim I meet (admittedly I have not personally met any so I may be more civil in person). But I do recognise that we have values and principles, and I don't want to compromise them for a bunch of camel fucking moon worshippers.

I am also scared of Islam and of clerics that say I should be stoned to death.

The thing you should not lose sight of is that Muslims, like any peoples, are actually quite variable - a lot depends on such things as class, education, and personal history.

For example, I know a lot of Muslims personally - mostly Iranians. Some of the religious nutters actually running Iran are the most frightening around - they like nothing more than killing gays, and I doubt they like uppity Jews much better.    However, the ones who came to Canada tend to be the higher-class, more educated ones (often, fleeing Iran for exactly that reason), and that is why I know them - they are likely to be professionals - lawyers and (particularly) doctors. They usually have no problems with gays and uppity Jews, at least, no more than any other mixed group of professionals.

The one family I know best (the daughter is married to my best male friend) is Sufi, and as far as I can tell, it's a pretty liberal form of religion. I never had any problem with the dad, who was pretty religious (he's dead now, I was at his funeral). The daughter isn't religious at all, thinks religion is a crock. 

To hear them tell it, the religious nutters who took over the Iranian revolution derived their power from manipulating the uneducated masses. It is a symptom of poverty and backwardness in a time of political upheaveal - think of what would happen to gays in America, if there was a revolution and right-wing "Tea Party" fundies seized power. To these Iranians, the "authentic Persia" is represented by Persia's high culture and history - not the bozos running the place now.