Quote:You need to demonstrate that the Chinese and Indian respondents were specifically thinking about those crimes only when they stated that hudud is "fair to all". Otherwise, the default position is that apostasy and adultery hudud laws are included
Gandalf, when you need to invent new fields of logic to back up your case it's time to give it a rest.
Do you believe that when the Indians and Chinese said it would reduce rampant crime, they were referring to apostasy or adultery?
Quote:because thats been PAS policy all along - and the survey was specifically in response to PAS's policy
So the survey was specifically in response to a policy on executing apostates and stoning adulterers to death, yet did not mention these things at any point? Furthermore the responses indicate that the participants had something else in mind. Doesn't that make you the least bit skeptical of the results?
Quote:Either way, the point is there is no evidence here to suggest that the respondents oppose stoning and apostasy laws - and thats what you need to demonstrate.
You would probably have trouble proving that Australians oppose Muslims killing people in the name of Islam. You might even find some who don't get particularly wound up over vague waffle about Muslims living by their own rules. That is not reasonable grounds for discarding common sense.
Quote:And simply arguing your point with your lame-arsed "take an honest guess" routine simply doesn't cut it.
It was never intended to be an argument. I just don't see the point in proving something when you don't even have the balls to disagree with it.
Quote:Yes it does, since it can never affect them (unless they convert to islam).
Way to completely miss the point Gandalf. It does not make sense. Think about it.
Quote:You have to be muslim to start with to be eligible for the apostasy laws. For them, its basicaly saying "if they want to enact laws to kill themselves, then so be it". Of course it could be the non-muslims might oppose this on moral grounds - but we need some evidence to prove it.
You need evidence that Chinese and Indians have morals?
Quote:Ok, so we need to get the "oppose" camp up from 28% to 2/3rds (66.6%) using the non-muslim population. The non-muslims makes up around 39% of the population. How many non-muslims do we need? - 66.6%-28% = 38.6%. Well look at that - 100% of the non-muslim population pretty much makes exactly 2/3rds of the population (28% + 39% = 67%) :p. There literally is no " small but significant minority" left.
I see you've been very creative with your rounding there Gandalf. Even so, you still cannot make it 100%. Fact is, you have been asking me to prove your own little fantasy for you all along.
Quote:Good grief, how do you suppose that??
There are a lot of people considered Muslim by the Malaysian government who are not actually Muslim. That's what the "rehabilitation camps" are for. There are a lot more who simply keep their mouth shut. If anyone has a motive to get their view across, it is these people. They are the ones who risk getting executed.