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HughFreakingDillon said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Go Beavers said:CM189191 said:riley540 said:Why do we all act like Islam is a good thing? Have you seen how women in Islamic communities are treated? And homosexuals? Sure, believe what you want, but don't put down others. Women can't even show their faces or have any standing in society. :( it's not a good religion. Sorry, just being honest. And I'm not defending Christianity.
Stoning a woman to death who is buried chest high in the street because she was accused of infidelity (in front of a cheering crowd no less) is a far cry from not hiring one.
We aren't perfect, but we are a far cry from throwing gays off buildings, public stonings for women accused of adultery, or simply beating a woman to death because someone said she threw a Quran away.
for fuck's sakes.
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any candlelight vigils or facebook avatars for the 2 million Muslims killed by the War On Terror?
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my2hands said:
any candlelight vigils or facebook avatars for the 2 million Muslims killed by the War On Terror?
With that said... and this might come across as a bit hypocritical... what recourse do they have? If some drone flew over my home, bombed it, and killed my daughter or son... I'd be looking for blood.
I have no answer for the problems Bush et al created for us. I do know that the Afghanistan people smoked the Russians though and their resolve is admirably strong. How does this end?
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unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487my2hands said:riley540 said:I think the religious texts are all pretty fucked. But most Christian people deny the shifty stuff.0
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PJfanwillneverleave1 said:^^^
Um, apostasy is punished by death under Sharia Law. Enough to drive one batty wouldn't you think?0 -
Thirty Bills Unpaid said:my2hands said:
any candlelight vigils or facebook avatars for the 2 million Muslims killed by the War On Terror?
With that said... and this might come across as a bit hypocritical... what recourse do they have? If some drone flew over my home, bombed it, and killed my daughter or son... I'd be looking for blood.
I have no answer for the problems Bush et al created for us. I do know that the Afghanistan people smoked the Russians though and their resolve is admirably strong. How does this end?
everybody disapproves of their tactics, except for the EXTREMELY small minority they represent0 -
HughFreakingDillon said:mace1229 said:Almost no one has painted all muslims as terrorists. in fact, I see more anti-Christian comments on this forum than any other religion.
Maybe by interpretation is wrong, but it comes across to me as defensive when in nearly every terrorist attack many hesitate, or even refuse to call it islamic terrorism. The Orlando shooting I remember reading comments on here saying it had nothing to do with Islam, but was anti-gay, even though he clearly had ties to radical Islam. It only took 2 or 3 posts on this topic before more than 1 person was saying don't blame radical Islam. I interpret someone saying don't blame an organization who is clearly at fault in the majority of these cases as defending them, and it is typically those seem people who decide to switch the blame to Christians and point out ever awful deed someone did who identified as Christian. There's a reason why any time you hear of a bomb in a train, bus, school or arena the majority automatically connect it to radical Islam. Although I'm sure there are more, I can only think of 1 or 2 major events in the last 20 years that killed dozens of people that wasn't tied to radical Islam.
Now I'm not in the boat that says we can't solve this problem unless you call it what it is. I just don't understand why every time something does happen there seem to be those who chose to defend radical Islam (and not acknowledging it is defending it in my opinion) and pin Christianity as a bigger terrorist threat by pointing out 2 or 3 cases in the last 30 years where an offender happened to be Christian.
second, many people on this forum (many have been banned) have stated very clearly their anti-islamic stances.
third, yes, there is anti-christian sentiment on this forum, but usually only as a retort to being confronted with some type of nonsensical judgement by a christian.
I was going to argue the motivation behind the Christian comparison argument. I've seen plenty of posts where Christianity is brought up out of the blue and used as a negative label against people here, much like calling someone a communist was several decades ago. Which never offended me, kinda found it amusing actually. But reading some other posts, you may have a point to that.0 -
CM189191 said:PJfanwillneverleave1 said:^^^
Um, apostasy is punished by death under Sharia Law. Enough to drive one batty wouldn't you think?
Just stating facts is all.0 -
England just raised their threat level to critical, based on new evidence that another attack may be eminent, military has been deployed0
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Go Beavers said:PJ_Soul said:Go Beavers said:Jason P said:So it's possible that a few committed people planned in advance (most fucked up part) and decided to blow themselves up at an Ariana Grande concert in front of a bunch of little girls ...
Religious leaders need to step up and LEAD sooner then later. To bad that there is a lack of education, maybe suppression is the better term
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PJ_Soul said:Go Beavers said:PJ_Soul said:Go Beavers said:Jason P said:So it's possible that a few committed people planned in advance (most fucked up part) and decided to blow themselves up at an Ariana Grande concert in front of a bunch of little girls ...
Religious leaders need to step up and LEAD sooner then later. To bad that there is a lack of education, maybe suppression is the better term0 -
tbergs said:PJ_Soul said:riley540 said:I think the religious texts are all pretty fucked. But most Christian people deny the shifty stuff. Lots of good charity work done from all religions which I appreciate. Just can't get into the cultu judgey thing.
I used to attend a baptist church that was pretty nutty, but the amount of work they did for less fortunate people locally and globally was outstanding. So I can't dog them too hard. Great people stuck in some old school beliefs.
I think the very idea of the existence of God is ludicrous, that religion has and still does WAY more harm than good. Religion is not required for people to be good, so that whole "does a lot of good" argument holds no water for me. It's a moot point. It has absolutely nothing to do with generalizing. If there weren't any violent fanatics, I would still hate religion for a bunch of other good reasons.... But that is definitely not the topic of this thread.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
Such a shame this has happened. Now the news reports how she is back "home" safe after all of this. This "home" she said she absolutely hates... It's amazing how so many people say one thing, believe in another thing but don't do a damn thing but talk..... We live in a fucked up world, that's the reality of it all.... It's always been crazy, just go back and research history. This is just the time we have to live in and that's unfortunate but a reality..1998 Dallas (7/5) 2006 San Fran (7/15,7/16) 2009 San Fran (8/28) 2010 Bristow (5/13) NY (5/21) 2011 Alpine Valley (9/3,9/4)
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mace1229 said:HughFreakingDillon said:mace1229 said:Almost no one has painted all muslims as terrorists. in fact, I see more anti-Christian comments on this forum than any other religion.
Maybe by interpretation is wrong, but it comes across to me as defensive when in nearly every terrorist attack many hesitate, or even refuse to call it islamic terrorism. The Orlando shooting I remember reading comments on here saying it had nothing to do with Islam, but was anti-gay, even though he clearly had ties to radical Islam. It only took 2 or 3 posts on this topic before more than 1 person was saying don't blame radical Islam. I interpret someone saying don't blame an organization who is clearly at fault in the majority of these cases as defending them, and it is typically those seem people who decide to switch the blame to Christians and point out ever awful deed someone did who identified as Christian. There's a reason why any time you hear of a bomb in a train, bus, school or arena the majority automatically connect it to radical Islam. Although I'm sure there are more, I can only think of 1 or 2 major events in the last 20 years that killed dozens of people that wasn't tied to radical Islam.
Now I'm not in the boat that says we can't solve this problem unless you call it what it is. I just don't understand why every time something does happen there seem to be those who chose to defend radical Islam (and not acknowledging it is defending it in my opinion) and pin Christianity as a bigger terrorist threat by pointing out 2 or 3 cases in the last 30 years where an offender happened to be Christian.
second, many people on this forum (many have been banned) have stated very clearly their anti-islamic stances.
third, yes, there is anti-christian sentiment on this forum, but usually only as a retort to being confronted with some type of nonsensical judgement by a christian.
I was going to argue the motivation behind the Christian comparison argument. I've seen plenty of posts where Christianity is brought up out of the blue and used as a negative label against people here, much like calling someone a communist was several decades ago. Which never offended me, kinda found it amusing actually. But reading some other posts, you may have a point to that.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
mace1229 said:HughFreakingDillon said:mace1229 said:Almost no one has painted all muslims as terrorists. in fact, I see more anti-Christian comments on this forum than any other religion.
Maybe by interpretation is wrong, but it comes across to me as defensive when in nearly every terrorist attack many hesitate, or even refuse to call it islamic terrorism. The Orlando shooting I remember reading comments on here saying it had nothing to do with Islam, but was anti-gay, even though he clearly had ties to radical Islam. It only took 2 or 3 posts on this topic before more than 1 person was saying don't blame radical Islam. I interpret someone saying don't blame an organization who is clearly at fault in the majority of these cases as defending them, and it is typically those seem people who decide to switch the blame to Christians and point out ever awful deed someone did who identified as Christian. There's a reason why any time you hear of a bomb in a train, bus, school or arena the majority automatically connect it to radical Islam. Although I'm sure there are more, I can only think of 1 or 2 major events in the last 20 years that killed dozens of people that wasn't tied to radical Islam.
Now I'm not in the boat that says we can't solve this problem unless you call it what it is. I just don't understand why every time something does happen there seem to be those who chose to defend radical Islam (and not acknowledging it is defending it in my opinion) and pin Christianity as a bigger terrorist threat by pointing out 2 or 3 cases in the last 30 years where an offender happened to be Christian.
second, many people on this forum (many have been banned) have stated very clearly their anti-islamic stances.
third, yes, there is anti-christian sentiment on this forum, but usually only as a retort to being confronted with some type of nonsensical judgement by a christian.
I was going to argue the motivation behind the Christian comparison argument. I've seen plenty of posts where Christianity is brought up out of the blue and used as a negative label against people here, much like calling someone a communist was several decades ago. Which never offended me, kinda found it amusing actually. But reading some other posts, you may have a point to that.0 -
Thirty Bills Unpaid said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Go Beavers said:CM189191 said:riley540 said:Why do we all act like Islam is a good thing? Have you seen how women in Islamic communities are treated? And homosexuals? Sure, believe what you want, but don't put down others. Women can't even show their faces or have any standing in society. :( it's not a good religion. Sorry, just being honest. And I'm not defending Christianity.
Stoning a woman to death who is buried chest high in the street because she was accused of infidelity (in front of a cheering crowd no less) is a far cry from not hiring one.
so the same, inverse argument could be made about you: rushing to criticize.
It's not even close. What are you talking about?
First... there's the big stretch trying to suggest anti government types like Breivik (who isn't even a Christian) and McVeigh are 'Christian terrorists'.
Second... even if one insisted on believing these acts by these idiots were borne from Christian ideals... they are isolated events and separated by decades of time- hardly anything at all like what we are experiencing by radical Islam in terms of persistence and methodology.
Even in the best case scenario for someone badly wanting others to 'have the perspective' that Islamic terror has its close rivals.
Third... when someone suggests the nationwide treatment of women and homosexuals is abhorrent... an immediate response is to claim that 'Equality for gays and women is an area nearly every culture needs to make progress on'... so, in other words, it's no different there than here. Which... is wrong.
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So many similarities. Radicals can be of any religion. Crusades, KKK, white supremacy, ISIS - members of all of these consider/considered themselves religious. Do not hate the religion, hate the radicalization.0 -
It's impossible to prove, ot disprove god.0
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Go Beavers said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:Go Beavers said:CM189191 said:riley540 said:Why do we all act like Islam is a good thing? Have you seen how women in Islamic communities are treated? And homosexuals? Sure, believe what you want, but don't put down others. Women can't even show their faces or have any standing in society. :( it's not a good religion. Sorry, just being honest. And I'm not defending Christianity.
Stoning a woman to death who is buried chest high in the street because she was accused of infidelity (in front of a cheering crowd no less) is a far cry from not hiring one.
so the same, inverse argument could be made about you: rushing to criticize.
It's not even close. What are you talking about?
First... there's the big stretch trying to suggest anti government types like Breivik (who isn't even a Christian) and McVeigh are 'Christian terrorists'.
Second... even if one insisted on believing these acts by these idiots were borne from Christian ideals... they are isolated events and separated by decades of time- hardly anything at all like what we are experiencing by radical Islam in terms of persistence and methodology.
Even in the best case scenario for someone badly wanting others to 'have the perspective' that Islamic terror has its close rivals.
Third... when someone suggests the nationwide treatment of women and homosexuals is abhorrent... an immediate response is to claim that 'Equality for gays and women is an area nearly every culture needs to make progress on'... so, in other words, it's no different there than here. Which... is wrong.
Excellent point0
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