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2005-08-19 Britain

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-19 08:54|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "... that nowhere in the Muslim world has there been any real advance in science, or art or literature, or technology in the last 500 years."

But, but what about the buzzing prayer rug and robot camel jockeys?

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-08-19 16:35|| 2005-08-19 16:35|| Front Page Top

1992 al-Disnee introduces hijack resistant air travel!

Posted by BigEd 2005-08-19 18:46|| 2005-08-19 18:46|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sorry about this, but I've had few and I feel a rant coming on.....You know, after reading Lord Tebbit's comments, the crescent moon as a symbol of Islam holds a whole new meaning for me... it could be viewed as a representation of unreformed Islam in the sense that it portrays the darkness covering the light. The radical clerics now operating in and against the West seem in many ways committed to blocking out and destroying instead of enhancing things. As Lord Tebbit alludes to in questioning the loyalty of such immigrants, perhaps we in the West should start to question the costs and benefits of the current cultural exchange, but maybe it will take another attack or two. Being a WASP several generations removed from the Isles, and one whose ancestors rightly ascribed to the view that aristocracy did not necesarily have a monopoly on common sense, perhaps the guilt associated with Empire was a misplaced one. What possible benefit would a Liverpudlian ever get from having a radical cleric from god-knows-where-Pakistan who detests them living down the street from them? Why was this such a great idea ? Is England such a waste land that having such individuals come and form their own enclaves where they would be free to preach hatred and jihad against the descendents and servants of their former colonial masters was considered an improvement ?

Posted by WITT 2005-08-19 21:41|| 2005-08-19 21:41|| Front Page Top

#4 WITT - The Crescent Moon appears as a symbol of Islam because Allah originally was the 'Moon God' of the people of Mecca - and was simply a black rock - when Mo came along and started sprouting his BS....

See Prophet of Doom - tho he is a tad extreame (but not much).

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-08-19 23:03|| 2005-08-19 23:03|| Front Page Top

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