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Reply #15 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 8:58am
 
I was hoping common sense would suffice.

Take an honest guess - how many non-Muslim Malaysians do you really believe are in favour of allowing Muslims to start killing people in the name of Islam?
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Reply #16 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:13am
 
freediver wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 8:58am:
I was hoping common sense would suffice.


Common sense certainly does suffice in demonstrating that you don't have a leg to stand on in claiming that 2/3rds of the population "oppose" muslims enacting capital punishment laws for muslims.

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Take an honest guess - how many non-Muslim Malaysians do you really believe are in favour of allowing Muslims to start killing people in the name of Islam?


I just gave you a survey in which Chinese and Indian Malaysians say they consider hudud "fair to all".

Hudud has only ever been proposed as applicable to Malays only. It is not a ridiculous proposition that non-muslims by and large do not oppose Malays enacting laws for Malays that won't affect them, and the survey I quoted strongly suggests this.

There is *NO* evidence that non-muslim Malaysians overwhelmingly object to Malays enacting laws to kill each other (ie capital punishment that only applies to muslims). And the idea that 100% of them actively "oppose" it (the only way to get your 2/3rds) to the extent that it makes enacting the laws impossible, is utterly baseless and just plain stupid.

Just face it, you f*cked up in claiming that 2/3rds of the entire population oppose it, so lets just move on.
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Reply #17 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:16am
 
Oh look, a Muslim avoiding the question (again).

Take an honest guess - how many non-Muslim Malaysians do you really believe are in favour of allowing Muslims to start killing people in the name of Islam?

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There is *NO* evidence that non-muslim Malaysians overwhelmingly object to Malays enacting laws to kill each other (ie capital punishment that only applies to muslims).


Do you think the death penalty for apostates only applies to Muslims? Is that why it is "fair to all"?
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Reply #18 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:18am
 
WTF FD?

You've said some stupid things before, but I never really thought you could be this irrational.
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Reply #19 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:40am
 
I think you are not willing to actually say it because you know you are full of crap.
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Reply #20 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:53am
 
freediver wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:40am:
I think you are not willing to actually say it because you know you are full of crap.


Say what FD? Something that is completely baseless? I'm merely asking for evidence that 100% of non-muslim Malaysians oppose muslims enacting capital punishment laws that apply only to muslims. You have none.

Is it really so incomprehensible to you that non-muslims would not object to muslims applying capital offense laws that apply only to muslims?

You are flailing - badly. And its quite sad to watch to be perfectly honest.
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Reply #21 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:55am
 
You want proof of something you are not prepared to disagree with?

Take an honest guess - how many non-Muslim Malaysians do you really believe are in favour of allowing Muslims to start killing people in the name of Islam?

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Is it really so incomprehensible to you that non-muslims would not object to muslims applying capital offense laws that apply only to muslims?


Is this a reference to the death penalty for apostasy?
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Reply #22 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 11:45am
 
freediver wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:55am:
You want proof of something you are not prepared to disagree with?


No, I want proof for a claim you have not a shred of evidence for. Is it that hard to understand? Once more with feeling: what proof is there to support your claim that 100% of non-muslim Malaysians oppose muslims subjecting themselves (and only themselves) to hudud laws?

freediver wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:55am:
Take an honest guess - how many non-Muslim Malaysians do you really believe are in favour of allowing Muslims to start killing people in the name of Islam?


For the third time, not many - according to the survey.

freediver wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 9:55am:
Is this a reference to the death penalty for apostasy?


Of course. They were asked if hudud laws could be "fair to all", and more than 80% responded yes (most) or not sure. Apostasy laws are part and parcel of hudud.

Do you understand yet that hudud has only ever been proposed as something that will only apply to muslims?
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Reply #23 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 12:37pm
 
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No, I want proof for a claim you have not a shred of evidence for.


Is this a claim I actually made, or are you demanding I prove another of your little fantasies? Think before answering.

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For the third time, not many - according to the survey.


I think you have gotten yourself confused again.

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Of course. They were asked if hudud laws could be "fair to all"


So, they were not actually asked about whether Muslims should start killing people in the name of Islam?

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Apostasy laws are part and parcel of hudud.


Yet many Muslims disagree with this. Even you do, apparently.

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Do you understand yet that hudud has only ever been proposed as something that will only apply to muslims?


I think you are confused if you are claiming the death penalty for apostasy only applies to Muslims, or if you think the ethnic Chinese and Indians would consider it fair to execute someone for apostasy. Which is of course why you cannot bring yourself to give a straight answer.

Take an honest guess - how many non-Muslim Malaysians do you really believe are in favour of allowing Muslims to start killing people in the name of Islam?
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Re: Gandalf's version of democracy
Reply #24 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:06pm
 
freediver wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 12:37pm:
Is this a claim I actually made, or are you demanding I prove another of your little fantasies? Think before answering.


You claimed 2/3rds of Malaysians oppose introducing laws for stoning and death for apostasy. That would require opposition from virtually 100% of the non-muslim population. All I ask for is one shred of evidence for this, thats a little more than a statement that begins with "take an honest guess..." Don't make this unnecessary complex FD.

freediver wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 12:37pm:
Yet many Muslims disagree with this. Even you do, apparently.


Not PAS. The survey was conducted in specific relation to PAS's policy on hudud - if you bothered to read the article I linked.

Don't try and obfuscate here FD, its pathetic. You tried to claim that the non-muslims have set up an effective democratic bloc against the majority of Malays who supposedly wish to introduce stoning and execution for apostasy. You have no shred of evidence to support this, and the only evidence we have strongly suggests the non-muslims overwhelmingly have no problem with Malays implementing hudud - if they wished. Yet apparently they don't - as I pointed out from the very beginning. Most Malays vote for anti-hudud parties.
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Reply #25 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:17pm
 
polite_gandalf wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:06pm:
You claimed 2/3rds of Malaysians oppose introducing laws for stoning and death for apostasy. That would require opposition from virtually 100% of the non-muslim population. All I ask for is one shred of evidence for this



Where did he claim that?

Does the PEW report say over 60% favour sharia law in Malaysia which includes stoning for adultery and chopping the heads off apostates?

www.nst.com.my/latest/19-muslim-couples-nabbed-for-khalwat-on-new-years-day-1.45...


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Reply #26 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:21pm
 
Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:17pm:
gandalf wrote Today at 3:06pm:
You claimed 2/3rds of Malaysians oppose introducing laws for stoning and death for apostasy. That would require opposition from virtually 100% of the non-muslim population. All I ask for is one shred of evidence for this



Where did he claim that?



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When Gandalf and Ian demanded I explain why these laws have not come to pass in Malaysia, I suggested democracy might have something to do with it, as roughly two thirds of the population oppose these laws.
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Reply #27 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:29pm
 
Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:17pm:
Does the PEW report say over 60% favour sharia law in Malaysia which includes stoning for adultery and chopping the heads off apostates?


Not exactly.

But anyway, the question is, does it say 2/3rds of Malaysians oppose those laws? No. Does any known survey demonstrate that 2/3rds of Malaysians oppose introducing stoning and death for apostasy laws? No. Perhaps you can explain that to FD, I'm not having much luck.
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Reply #28 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:54pm
 
Gandalf, do you still think that laws to execute apostates only apply to Muslims? Why are you afraid to answer this question?

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You claimed 2/3rds of Malaysians oppose introducing laws for stoning and death for apostasy.


So, not what you claimed I said eh? Do you need me to explain the difference?

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All I ask for is one shred of evidence for this, thats a little more than a statement that begins with "take an honest guess..." Don't make this unnecessary complex FD.


I am not going to look for proof of something you are not prepared to disagree with. What you are suggesting is stupid, which is why you are afraid to come out and say it. You demand proof from me, but from you we cannot even get an opinion, or even a guess. Just endless spin and misrepresentation.

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Not PAS. The survey was conducted in specific relation to PAS's policy on hudud - if you bothered to read the article I linked.


So you won't have trouble showing the percentage of non-Muslims who are in favour of their policy of Muslims killing people in the name of Islam?

Let me guess, a Muslim political party that supports killing apostates conducted a survey to show that Malaysians support their policy, but failed to actually ask if they support killing apostates. Then all the other Muslims swallowed whatever BS the Muslim political party fed them. Is that about it Gandalf?

BTW, is this survey of yours another example of "no serious debate" in Malaysia on the issue?

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Don't try and obfuscate here FD, its pathetic. You tried to claim that the non-muslims have set up an effective democratic bloc against the majority of Malays


Duh. That's how democracy works Gandalf. It makes a lot more sense than your assertion that it is because the minority who support these laws lack motivation.

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who supposedly wish to introduce stoning and execution for apostasy


The difference here Gandalf is that I have a survey that actually shows that.

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and the only evidence we have strongly suggests the non-muslims overwhelmingly have no problem with Malays implementing hudud


All the evidence suggests is the lengths you will go to to misrepresent that facts and discard common sense. For example right here we have an example of you changing the topic.
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Reply #29 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 5:24pm
 
freediver wrote on Jan 4th, 2014 at 3:54pm:
Gandalf, do you still think that laws to execute apostates only apply to Muslims?


Yes FD thats a given  Roll Eyes
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