14-year old Pakistani girl activist shot by Taliban

[The Brain]

Am I thinking in a box? Am I thinking in a cardboard box?

[garbon]

Anyway, the part of Neil's post that resonated more with me was the contrariness thing.  People who adopt a religion or other major lifestyle choice just to be different do irritate me.

But so many people do that / also find out that they really enjoy that non-traditional way of life. You must be annoyed a lot.

[garbon]

Am I thinking in a box? Am I thinking in a cardboard box?

This is not about your dick in a box.

[derspiess]

Anyway, the part of Neil's post that resonated more with me was the contrariness thing.  People who adopt a religion or other major lifestyle choice just to be different do irritate me.

But so many people do that / also find out that they really enjoy that non-traditional way of life. You must be annoyed a lot.

You have no idea.

[garbon]

Anyway, the part of Neil's post that resonated more with me was the contrariness thing.  People who adopt a religion or other major lifestyle choice just to be different do irritate me.

But so many people do that / also find out that they really enjoy that non-traditional way of life. You must be annoyed a lot.

You have no idea.

[merithyn]

Anyway, the part of Neil's post that resonated more with me was the contrariness thing.  People who adopt a religion or other major lifestyle choice just to be different do irritate me.

But so many people do that / also find out that they really enjoy that non-traditional way of life. You must be annoyed a lot.

You have no idea.

[MadImmortalMan]

In case you guys didn't notice it amongst all the paganism talk--Al Q has stated that if the girl ends up surviving the attack, she "won't survive the next one". This poor girl is living in fear all the time. Maybe forever.

She's only 14.

[derspiess]

Anyway, the part of Neil's post that resonated more with me was the contrariness thing.  People who adopt a religion or other major lifestyle choice just to be different do irritate me.

But so many people do that / also find out that they really enjoy that non-traditional way of life. You must be annoyed a lot.

You have no idea.

[Viking]

In case you guys didn't notice it amongst all the paganism talk--Al Q has stated that if the girl ends up surviving the attack, she "won't survive the next one". This poor girl is living in fear all the time. Maybe forever.

She's only 14.

Only a man on a mission from god could possible be so evil.

[merithyn]

In case you guys didn't notice it amongst all the paganism talk--Al Q has stated that if the girl ends up surviving the attack, she "won't survive the next one". This poor girl is living in fear all the time. Maybe forever.

She's only 14.

They said that shortly after it happened. I can only hope that the Pakistani government gets her and her family far away from that district.

[garbon]

In case you guys didn't notice it amongst all the paganism talk--Al Q has stated that if the girl ends up surviving the attack, she "won't survive the next one". This poor girl is living in fear all the time. Maybe forever.

She's only 14.

They also said that they will now target the father.

[merithyn]

In case you guys didn't notice it amongst all the paganism talk--Al Q has stated that if the girl ends up surviving the attack, she "won't survive the next one". This poor girl is living in fear all the time. Maybe forever.

She's only 14.

Only a man on a mission from god could possible be so evil.

There's some truth in that. Extremists of any type are dangerous, but religious zealots seem to be the worst.

[Valmy]

There's some truth in that. Extremists of any type are dangerous, but religious zealots seem to be the worst.

I don't know.  Communists seem to have them beat.

[Neil]

The common beliefs that allow society to function smoothly.  The sense of belonging to a group that allows people to sacrifice their own good for the benefit of other members of the group.

Indeed.  Mellow.

It might be too late for your people.

[dps]

Anyway, the part of Neil's post that resonated more with me was the contrariness thing.  People who adopt a religion or other major lifestyle choice just to be different do irritate me.

They're meant to. Most of them want to force people to think outside the box, and most people don't like being forced into that. The status quo is the prefered, and pushing against that irritates people.

IMO that's fucked up.  Thinking outside the box as a means to an end is fine;  thinking outside the box simply for the sake of thinking outside the box is a pointless as adhering to tradition for the sake of adhering to tradition, just more annoying.