From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >John Fields wrote:
> >> "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
> >> >"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> >> >
> >> >> Reputedy Mohammed went a little ga-ga in his later years. Anyway, show me
> >> >> a religious text that*isn't*
> >> >> riddled with contradictions.
> >> >
> >> >They're all really just books of magic spells anyway.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> No, they're not. They're survival manuals.
> >
> >That's a very strange idea.
>
> ---
> Think about it for a while.

I don't need to.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote
> > On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:06:05 +0100, Eeyore
> > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>John Fields wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:24:11 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >Ever wondered why it [international terrorism] happens to the USA
> >>> most btw ?
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> Nope. Losers want to blame everyone but themselves for their
> >>> predicaments and, so, take shots at the champ in an attemp to try to
> >>> convince themselves that they're not impotent.
> >>
> >>Let me explain then.
> >>
> >>It becasue America pokes its nose into stuff that's none of its business
> >>all the time and just generally likes to kick the little guys around.
> >
> > ---
> > Translation:
> >
> > Because America has the wherewithal and the will to do whatever it
> > wants to, and all the little guys resent that.
>
> Do Americans have a word for Bullying?

It's what the State Department does.

Graham


From: Michael A. Terrell on
T Wake wrote:
>
> "Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:kurtullman-556EC5.17113404102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx...
> > In article <HPWdnXZeKd_lvLnYRVnyig(a)pipex.net>,
> > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> If you spent your day waving placards outside the Whitehouse saying how
> >> great the UK was and how all Americans should live like that the analogy
> >> would make more sense.
> >
> > I'd still argue it. Lots of reason to stay home, not the least of which
> > is trying to reform your home country. That and all those extra "u"s
> > they throw into words for no apparent in the UK (G).
>
> Nothing wrong with the letter u. I've never understood why Americans seem to
> avoid it. (Don't get me started on the pronunciation of route... :-))


You British twits added the extraneous "U"s in a pathetic attempt to
make yourselves look witty. It didn't work.


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prove it.
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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
From: Eeyore on


Kurt Ullman wrote:

> In article <45243BFD.9C297BE5(a)hotmail.com>,
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Many Arab nations have sorted this one out. We really do need to bash the
> > Israeli and Palestinian heads together.
> Egypt definitely. Can't really think of another, though. Anyone?

I thought Jordan.

Syria's the one that needs to settle.


> > Whilst Israel continues to get a blank cheque from the USA it's not going to
> > happen of course.
> >
> As long as the Palestinians and others keep attacking Israel.
> Israel was giving back land and moving out some areas and making moves
> until Hizbolah began firing off rockets, etc. Same old same old.

Honestly, they're as bad as each other.

Graham


From: John Fields on
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 20:35:26 +0100, "T Wake"
<usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:

>
>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
>news:5db7i2d91g9i390qo6jqr3csbn7etevmsm(a)4ax.com...


>> Yes, but because of the small amount of respect eked out to
>> non-Muslim People of the Book, refusal to convert isn't an automatic
>> death sentence. For all others, AIUI, it is.
>>
>
>Ok, as I read it, you had stated Islam defines all non-Muslims as Infidels
>"Any person who belongs to and acknowledges belonging to any other religion
>is an infidel."
>
>Could it be that Islam is not as clear cut as posting sections of the Koran
>may imply?

---
I'm sure, but I'm not sure what you're getting at.

My point was that (AIUI) all non-Muslims are infidels until they
convert, at which point they are no longer considered infidels.

Now, if People of the Book refuse to convert they become (I forget
the Muslim word for it) something like slaves/second class citizens
whose very survival depends on the whim of the authorities, but if a
person who isn't one of the People of the Book refuses to convert,
they are always put to death.

Right? Wrong? Something else?

What do you think?


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John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer