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Post by Admin on Oct 4, 2014 23:31:23 GMT
Use this thread to post news about ISIS/ISIL/IS. One of my favorite sites: thereligionofpeace.com/However, that said, beware propaganda. Case in point: it's a great site, but far from neutral. That said, the beheadings are real... I watched a 17 minute video of laughter && chants of "Allah Akbar" while the beheadings happened. The condemned were taunted and humiliated before their bloody heads were finally twisted off. Brutal gore. At least in Saudi Arabia, it seems solemn -- and they do it in one clean cut, with a scimitar. Is the world you want to live in? Is Islam evil? Prespos Ps. Yes, this is exactly the kind of post that led to my eventual ban at Dragonsfoot. I'm not going to keep my mouth shut, when I have something good to say. Gary Gygax is on record for writing that Islamofascism is a greater threat than the 3rd Reich. I hope he's not right there, but I understand where he's coming from. |
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Post by Lord Huthor on Oct 5, 2014 0:17:10 GMT
I don't think Islam/Muslims are any more evil than any other religion.
The crimes and slaughter done in the name of Christianity are truly mind-boggling for example. The death toll couldn't even begin to be estimated.
That doesn't make Christianity bad either. Just intolerant, as all religions mainly are (with a few exceptions).
Some things about the beliefs of either faith - and any not mentioned yet - are totally unacceptable to me.
The issue today however, is really extremist splinter groups. Not any global-scale group of practitioners.
On a personal note, it's my belief - rightly or wrongly - that by linking to sites describing beheadings, or posting images of such here, it's giving those intolerant splinter groups just what they want and need - global attention.
This is why they make such ready use of things as Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
It gives them avenues to recruit through, without having to lift a finger - we've seen the evidence of this through radicalized young people departing their countries and taking off to fight with them.
It gives them what they're looking for most - the ability to spread fear and terror through shock tactics.
They cannot win a conventional war against the united strength of the west, and they would be fully aware of that fact, no matter how extreme. They're instead making a statement - any incidental gains in land along the way will be quickly lost.
In this day and age, we're all aware of what's going on. Some people might say: Well, we need to look this thing full in the face to fight it.
That's utter shit as history has well taught us. We didn't have a fucking clue about the majority of stuff going on in most theaters of war until after it was all said and done.
Images like the above is exactly what serves their purposes.
And I'm kind of betting it's probably against the ToS somewhere.
Or I'd at least hope so. Advertising extremist acts gives them more power. And that's something that needs to be avoided at all costs.
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Post by Admin on Oct 5, 2014 0:32:16 GMT
A very thoughtful post. Thank you Huthor.
I've edited out the image of the beheading, in case that is against Terms of Service.
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Post by Malcadon on Oct 5, 2014 0:59:00 GMT
Truth be told, there are a lot of good, decent Muslims out there, just as there plenty of good, decent people regardless of their religion. Just as none of the major Earth's religion are inherently evil, religions can be cherry-picked to find a greater-good that benefits humanity, just as it can be cherry-picked to find excuses to commit monstrous atrocities. Throughout history, people use religion and even political philosophy and ideology to unify socially societies, only to succeed with blood and iron.
ISIS/ISIL is just another group of despots who are using some religion-based political codex to enforce their will on others, in a politically unstable region. Unfortunately, we destabilize that region without the sincerity or foresight to to make things better, and we have to clean-up the mess that is our own making! And yes, Saddam Hussein was a shit-brain tin god who deserved his fate a hundred times over, but the whole war with Iraq was a shit-brain idea thought-up by people who deserved to share that bastard's fate!
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Post by Admin on Oct 5, 2014 1:16:18 GMT
I only wish for peace...
But I will not submit to a religion that teaches killing, dismemberment, and crucifixion.
Mohammad took a 6 year old girl as a wife.
How can one tolerate this.
G'damn... Bless the USA.
The USA is fucked up, OK, but I would blessed to be reborn there!
Have some common sense, and a love of Freedom!
Speak in Freedom,
Prespos the Infidel
PS.
If you want to talk about God, post images of the universe.
We are less than 1% of The Creation.
Physics, Astronomy.
IF there is a GOD, I think these things are closer than the so-called "Holy Books".
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