At last I get to disagree with ausnat !!!!!!!!!
Buddhists for my pick are the "true religion of peace."  I really admire their ... stances.
At one stage (when they were being overrun by someone), as a protest they set themselves on fire.
They would not harm anyone else.
Would gladly welcome them in my home.



Good on the protestant preachers (ex muslims) who stood up for their beliefs.
So much for freedom of speech ?

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And to counter chop you, buddhism is technically not a religion!
Buddhists do not beleive in a god.

Ha Ha sprint........ CHOP CHOP CHOP.

Classic Liberal wrote on Jun 19^th, 2007 at 8:50pm:


It most certainly is....... same as sitting in church on a sunday.

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Its not a religion. Religions have a God/s. Buddhism has no god.

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Nah not ripped off....... Just CHOPPED!

Classic Liberal wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2007 at 10:01am:


Ah yes, the crusades. Very nice   It should be done again

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Not the 4th time around........... Things are very different these days eg technology.
And in a campaign like this, its a slaughter- life is of no consequence. Annhiliate the muslims.

actually technology was the very reason the crusades innitialy failed.

The europeans did not have adequate water supply, nor did they have adequate medicine, particularly in comparison to their muslim counterparts.

on the battle field the crusaders were also second best. Heavy iron armour and heavy cart horses were ideal for the slow paced battles of europe but were found drastically wanting in the desert.

The arabs employed parthynian hit and run tactic where they would fire a volly of arrows and then run away on tehir fast arabian horses, the crusader knights never stood a chance.

despite all of this greater understanding of war enabled the crusaders to adapt to the new land on which they fought. specifically with the invention of crossbows which evened out the battlefield.

the crusaders held the holy land for over 100 years. and were only eventually rooted out by the seljuks lead by suliman from memory.

This defeat can be largly attributed to the catholic church itself which had grown disgusted with the conduct of Templar knights (the largest order of knights) who were at fault for most of teh attrocoties commited against christians, jews and muslims in the holy land. The pope on friday the 13th ordered the arrest and execution of all the leaders of the order.

needless to say with hundreds of its top dogs finished the order dismantled as did the crusades.

if the crusades were run today i doubt they would have as much latitude as the templars, and therefore would not need to be dismantled, furtehr more we now severely out number and out tech them.

Ausnat wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2007 at 4:31pm:


True. I'm pretty confident the Vietnam war would have EVENTUALLY have been won without the help of the US media and humanitarians protesting in the streets. In a way, I think these protests in America gave the commies more reason to keep fighting...

Furthermore, todays Islamic terrorists/so-called freedom fighters wouldn't even exist without the help of the media and the Michael Moore types who support them. If we just shut up... they'd go away.

The west are basically fighting wars with one hand tied behind our backs nowadays.

If we had total war, we could absolutely slaughter the Middle East. But a little thing called UN human rights are holding us back. Ah well... that's life.