What places?

A significant chunk of the old testament

What has Sweden done to deserve this "ire"

Does this justify the genocide of indigenous Europe?

How is it done properly here? How does that help Europe/US/UK?

Edited by unshackled: 15/11/2015 08:14:58 PM

Did laugh out loud at this. Made my day.

Apparently Sydney FC's Jaques Faty learnt that some of his friends were among the victims in Paris.

Unfortunately you will tend to find that a lot of people, and right wingers in particular, are in denial over the issue and refer to the suggested link as a 'long bow'. This is because there are too many dots to join to make the cognitive connection or, more pertinently, there are too many dots to have to put the mental effort into making a connection.

It's ironic, but not surprising, that many more people die and will die from global warming than terrorism yet governmental responses are woefully disproportionate.

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On CNN that one of the attackers posed as a refugee in Greece.

Of course not. The fact you use this particular emotive phrasing disturbs me, as It's the language of bonehead Stormfront posers :idea:

I fucken well hope you don't in any way empathise with subhuman filth like that.

Don't even bother with that multi.

And?

Have a look at Christianity at that point in time.

Sweet, so you've got absolutely no response, expect to suggest I'm performing mental gymnastics, to the fact that just like with Islam, if you choose to quote the Bible selectively, you end up with much the same bloody message.

+95% of Muslims live in the 21st Century and don't subscribe to the rhetoric of bloodlust anymore than +95% of Christians don't interpret the Old Testament literally.

Of the remaining 5%. Perhaps about 1% are psychos. And about 4% have been marginalised because people like you make them feel like shit as you seem to regurgitate the mind-numbing crap of people like Andrew Bolt.

Edited by quickflick: 16/11/2015 01:33:40 AM

Be careful what you wish for

Being French (culturally, legally) does not preclude the possibility of being Muslim.

You may find this a difficult concept but it's possible to be both :d

Moreover, being Muslim doesn't, necessarily, determine all (or even most) of the cultural characteristics of a person.

Some of our Muslim friends' cultural interests reflect those of standard Aussies. This is the same with Muslims in France.

Fair enough but our circumstances are dramatically different to other countries.

Apart from anything, we're a set of former British colonies in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by sea.

Bit different for European countries which, geographic issues aside, have colonised other countries with high Muslim populations, and have various obligations to fulfill.

Additionally, various aspects of Australia's approach to people seeking asylum or wishing to start a new life has, as per international law, proved illegal and unprincipled. In some respects and if it weren't a serious matter, we would be the laughing stock of the world as many think we live in the nineteenth century. On the one hand, we've done some tremendous things as a nation build on immigration and assimilation. But our recent policies have been regarded internationally (by all but the BNP) as atrocious and the scars of the White Australia Policy are still there.

Edited by quickflick: 16/11/2015 01:50:06 AM

Only according to left however, many people applaud australia's approach

No. According to the United Nations and according to those who specialise in human rights law (from Australia and from elsewhere).

I'm not overall left, right or anything. But I can appreciate that, in recent times, Australia hasn't discharged it duties which various international treaties (1951 Refugee Convention, Convention on the Rights of the Child, etc.) compel us to discharge.

To be fair, it's an exceedingly difficult issue. Not because there's some danger that we'll be invaded by "them Moslems" but because encouraging people to seek asylum risks many people drowning at sea. On another thread I've articulated the only possible means I perceive of discharging our legal obligations and not encouraging deaths at sea.

But the point is that Australia's approach has been illegal and unprincipled.

My girlfriend was one of the victims in the attacks :( I was at the France-Germany game.

I never want to experience that fear and heart-sinking realization again. I'm numb.

Wow sorry to hear that AJohn.

Miss you<3

Nice deflection. I stated the truth.

I would consider anyone trying to infer that the French somehow deserved this as subhuman filth.

Ironically it is a tactic often used by Jewish supremacists.

:( :(

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Edited by MrBrisbane: 17/3/2016 10:08:52 PM

They released an international warrant if i'm not mistaken.

The chaos last night at the vigil is a sign of the fragility of the morale of the Parisians, having said that, a firecracker after such an event would likely cause that sort of hysteria, as well as gun drawn military and police advancing on the position.

You mean things written for a specific time and place, not things written for Christians to do today.

This shits me to tears.

So so many people on facebook are attributing the blame to all sorts of politics and racism and completely avoiding the issues.

Bravo world, bravo.

If you prescribe to the worldly people of this world and their moral high ground this is Frances fault because of their political treatment of Muslims.

The fact that people are ignoring the psychos and are trying to find ways to spread the blame makes me sick.

Its funny that people find it easy to link climate change to terrorism but experience unease when someone links muslim migration to Europe with terrorism.

oh dude I'm so sorry to hear man. I'm sure I'm not the only one to say that the FFT and football community is here to support you man.

I can't begin to imagine how you must be feeling.

Stay strong <3

sorry to hear. my condolences to you

this

Edited by Socawho: 16/11/2015 09:27:23 AM