Andrew in CA
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The last time I had fan club tix was in 2000 for the 'San Francisco' show. It was show 68 of 72 on the Binaural tour and it was on Halloween night at Shoreline which is in Mountain View, not SF. Anyways, I could have picked up the tix anytime after noon, but I got sick and didn't even want to go. My friend wanted them so I picked them up for her around five o'clock. The seats ended up being second row, center stage and she and her date had a blast. The fan club is the only way to go. They even send you a newsletter and single during the holidays.
I love their music, but I resent everything they stand for.
I'm guessing you missed them on their Fall '04 "Get Bush Out of Office" tour...
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Someone with the power and respect like the Pope.
How many religions have "true leaders" then? Catholicism and Buddhism in the Dalai Lama?
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If a large number of people are interpreting a religion and using that interpretation to advocate wiping a whole group of people off the face of the earth and the religion does not have a true leader to dispute this charge, then yes that religion is a threat to mankind.
What is a "true leader"?
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And this means what, exactly? Remember, I'm not attacking you, just what you said. Well Ok, I guess I needed sleep earlier and I was a little over the top. For that I apologize. Good thing too because I slept through most of the Sabres game tonight. Allah is merciful!
Anyway, I am finding fault with 2 simple points you have made. The first is that it appears that you are saying that somehow it's possible to separate the "use" of an ideology, in this case Islam, from it's tenets. I guess the best way to put this is: how else can one "use" or "misuse" an ideology but by it's tenets, the very concepts it subscribes to? It's not like misusing a weapon or a tool. When these terrorist misuse Islam, they are doing so using the ideas contained WITHIN Islam, from the very words in the Koran, which has a hell of a lot more insidious content than even the Old Testament.
As far as the New Testament is concerned, it's clear that the life Jesus led was infinitely more in tune with the tenets of Christianity than Mohamed's, the pirate and conqueror, life is in tune with this "religion of peace". Comparing Christianity in this regard with Islam as though one is the same as the other is ludicrous, based on what is written in each book respectively, if we are to take each work as it is. What has been done outside the content of the books is not relevant to this argument, because we are talking about what is in the books themselves, their very ideology. As such, it's easy to conclude that it's a hell of a lot easier to "misuse" Islam than Christianity, because of what's in the book, the ideas put forward, are significantly more pre-disposed to violence. It is also easy to conclude that, all things being equal, the average practicing Muslim, again based on the ideas in the book, is by definition more inclined to accept violence as ok than the average practicing Christian. I'm not saying it's as simple as that, and surely there is no such thing as an "average" person, but in general if we are to believe that religion influences it's practitioners, then the two conclusions above are likely to be true.
Can you provide examples from the Koran? Have you read it? Also, when Bluefire and In space brought this up, that an ideology can contain elements of destruction and violence without actually advocating it, you attacked them here:
Funny, once again, we see in Molson_Golden fashion, another shining example of an obvious liberal(not a real Democrat) changing the subject with a equally predictable and infantile "but Christians did it too" argument. What these terrorists do has nothing to do with what what anybody else does. McViegh has nothing to do with these people and I grow weary of you lames trying to justify the bad behavior of people you support by pointing out bad behavior by somebody else. Bad behavior is what it is. Grow up. "Just because little Johnny did it too, doesn't mean that what you(or somebody you like) did is ok."This thread is about the effect of Muslim extremism on the rest of the Muslim population and how that effect is spreading. It has nothing to do with Christians. Even if it did, let me be "Mommy" here and remind you once again: two wrongs don't make a right. Moreover, a wrong conducted today based on a wrong conducted 700 years ago make: a retarded argument. Support for such retarded arguments merely demonstrate either the stupidity of the supporter, or the willingness of the supporter to subject themselves to retarded arguments, as long as they get to prove, however tenuously(or don't prove at all), that they are "right" or Bush/America is bad.
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Sure I did. You simply don't have the moral courage to respond. Or is it that there is nothing you can reasonably dispute? Still want to talk about/change the subject to bad Christians when the subject is clearly bad Muslims?How about telling us again that the way an ideology is USED i.e. how National Socialism was USED, is the only thing that's bad, not the ideology itself, i.e. National Socialism is not a bad idea, it was just used improperly. I'm sorry, that's simply retarded thinking no matter how you slice it. Defend it.
If you're going to go crazy on people's posts, stick to one side of your own argument.
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That looks awesome.
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The Man With No Name- 3 Clint Eastwood Westerns
Eddie Felson- The Hustler
William Wallace- Braveheart
Col. Nicholson- Bridge on the River Kwai
and can't leave out the Dude, good call.
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I really enjoy Pinotage, especially with spicy food like tacos or something. As far as brands, Le Riche Cab Sauv Reserve is fantastic. I haven't really sought it out in the US so I don't know if it is readily available here, but I'm sure you could order it online- it's worth it.
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Weither it is or not, Science can't always be taken as the ultimate truth either, it is a man made thing. Carbon Dating, geology, it was all created at one point by man
As far as I am concerned, the earth isn't any older then about 25 years, cause before i came around, there wasn't a world, and how do I really know there was anything before I was born?
Rene Descartes? Is that you?
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Whitner, Peters, Beastmode, Schobel. To those that put Poz- why? Penn St. fans? I like him a lot too, I'm just curious why he's so popular when he only played in like 3 games.
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Hug my favorite tree.
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It is a television show done for entertainment by a couple of hippies. I don't need to see it to know if I should take their outcome as absolute.
Wait, aren't you a Grateful Dead fan?
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Patriots, for sure, with the Dolphins a close second. I really only hate the Leafs when the Sabres lose to them, i.e. I don't actively root for them to lose their other games like I do with the Pats. However, I've never lived in Buffalo or been to a Leafs-Sabres game, so I've never had to put up any Toronto fans. Besides, it's always the fans I hate the most
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Actually I would think Obama Hussein is. Didn't he willingly live in a Muslim country for a fair portion of his life. I suspect he is really the brainwashed candidate.
So if "Hussein" becomes president, is he going to force convert us all, like his Muslim masters tell him? Holy crap, a new inquisition! -
You are right but why would ben say 5 minutes before that scence to micheal i never killed an innocent man?
Never trust Ben. He says whatever he needs to to get what he wants.
Also, in Ben's eyes, Rousseau and Carl might not be innocent- they are trying to take his daughter away from him.
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Just thought of something, Micheals mom that he was talking to for like 5 minutes is that the same lady that hired Miles to get the ghost out of the room, if so is Walt the ghost stuck in another world?
And i remember back in a past episode ben and sayid talked privatly, what if turning over micheal was bens plan.
I just checked it- not the same lady. Also, Michael's mom lives in Manhattan, and the lady that ired Miles lives in Inglewood, CA.
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What if the shooting was Jacob, or smokey, or just some sort security device.
I just watched the episode again, and a comment by Carl leads me to believe it was Ben's plan to have Carl and Rousseau iced all along. When they sit down to take a break and Alex asks Carl what's wrong, Carl says something to the degree of, what if your dad is setting us up? It seems Lost always has these little hints along the way. Also, in the beginning of episode, when Rousseau, Carl, and Alex are all talking, Ben is staring at Carl pretty intently.
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Way better than last week's dud. I loved Britney's dance routine at the MTV Awards.
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I agree. Sunburned Country was great. A Walk in the Woods cracked me up. There is some hysterical stuff in that book and he sprinkles in some great information amongst his stories. I also recommend "I am a Stranger Here Myself" and "Notes From a Small Island". Everything Hemingway wrote was money too. My personal favorite Hemingway book is "A Moveable Feast". Hemingway lived the life I aspire to live
I've read A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls, both of which were fantastic. I would put Bell Tolls in my top 3 fiction books. So far, though, I'm not really of fan of Also Rises. We'll see, but I'm about 3/4 through and it's pretty boring. However, I can't wait to get deeper into his catalogue.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything- Bill Bryson I am a big fan of Bryson and find him quite funny. I usually read a Bryson book along with the others to balance some lightness in my reading.
I loved that book. Bryson is the man, and he wrote it from the perspective of someone like me: no idea about anything in science. My gf at the time gave me In a Sunburned Country before I went to Australia, and I was hooked- and I stayed away from Canberra. Still have A Walk in the Woods in the queue, though. I'm reading Leviathan by Hobbes, Living Buddha Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh, and The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway.
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Im speaking of this:
Chilling.
Honestly, that had so little to do with what I am talking about. I am talking about how to stop recruitment of Muslims at home. It showcased Muslims radicals in the West, OK, but had nothing to do with why they are that way. The last four seconds did, and it said something to effect of: foreign policy has a lot to do with it, and that many young Muslims feel they are easy prey because they feel the British government is scapegoating them. OK, so, taking those last four seconds into account as they are the only seconds that address the roots of terrorism, I stand by statement that a good way to stop home recruitment would be to treat Muslims as regular members of society. I'm still not sure why you disagree with that.
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Assuming that this statement is true, what do you believe led him to be in this state?Good question, and it's sad and I'm embarrassed I haven't really thought about that. I suppose, off hand, thirst for power, militant interpretation of the Koran, hatred of perceived wrongs to Islam as a whole. Honestly, though, I need to ruminate on that one. I'll get back to you.
OK Bluefire, I thought about it. I'm going to include all the elements I stated above, but I also think you're right in that actions we have taken have led him and others like him to take their crusade out on us. To make us the main target of his jihad, it would stand to reason that we have wronged him and Islam as a whole the most. It seems to me the invasive American culture aspect is a convenient reason for recruitment, but not a fundamental reason for a jihad. Actual encroachment on Arab or Islam (as he and his ilk see it) is probably the fundamental reason that he is the way he is. Combine that with megalomania, a deep religious fervor, and a ton of money, and international terrorism is born.
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One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Nothing saving about it, a Tarantino-wannabe flick. The only people that I know that like it are Irish Catholics from Boston. Just a terrible movie.
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Assuming that this statement is true, what do you believe lead him to be in this state?
Good question, and it's sad and I'm embarrassed I haven't really thought about that. I suppose, off hand, thirst for power, militant interpretation of the Koran, hatred of perceived wrongs to Islam as a whole. Honestly, though, I need to ruminate on that one. I'll get back to you.
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Trying to stop recruitment by attacking the way they recruit is simply a band-aid, but there are other ways to make it work. You stop recruitment by taking away the reasons they would want to start recruiting in the first place.
I believe there are some people, like OBL, that would make any excuse and try to formulate any reasons to attack the US, regardless of our actions. So, the only way to stop people like him is to stop recruitment and end support for crusades like his. To do that, like you said, you take away the reasons they would want to start recruiting. I don't think that would stop them from trying, but it would stop them from gaining any support.
Just bought Pearl Jam tickets...
in Off the Wall Archives
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You've got a 95% chance of Crazy Mary, they play that at pretty much every show. Release, however... that would be a treat. When they open with that, it's perfect.