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Reply #30 - Oct 15th, 2014 at 8:04am
 
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 9:04pm:
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Always insisting that Islam be exempt from this insight is dishonest, Brain.


I don't.

What I do insist is that the insight is based on honest reasoning and intelligent criticism,



not endless bigotry towards people merely because they share a religion with some zealots.




Brian,

You ?

LOL


Respect for honest reasoning and intelligent criticism ?

No you don't, imo.



And, you are an apologist for 'the moslem street',          ... 'the moslem street' being a group of persons that certainly has no respect for honest reasoning and intelligent SELF-criticism.


on display here......



Hijabed women
       proudly waving an Australian flag
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A crowd of moslems in Sydney, advocating for the Muslim Brotherhood political group of Egypt;
What is scandalous, is that moslems should hold up an Australian flag, as though to suggest that Australia and Australians would ever support the political aspirations of ISLAMISTS in Egypt - the Muslim Brotherhood political group.

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1412304156/2#2


and here, the same group......







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Children in Sydney, advocating for the Muslim Brotherhood political group of Egypt;
In Egypt, these two young girls would be screaming a new song, a different song, if they were being held down, naked below the waist, with their legs held apart, and female genital mutilation was being performed upon them.


Google;
egypt female genital mutilation, muslim brotherhood

Google;
egypt female genital mutilation supported by muslim brotherhood

Mutilating bodies: the Muslim Brotherhood's gift to Egyptian women
http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/mariz-tadros/mutilating-bodies-muslim-brotherh...

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1390857768/43#43




Brian,

Where is the respect for honest reasoning and intelligent SELF-criticism - coming from the moslem community ?




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Re: Is Australia Against Free Speech
Reply #31 - Oct 15th, 2014 at 8:17am
 
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 9:04pm:
Soren wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 9:00am:
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 1:14am:
I say Lionel that your opinions are nonsense.

When I see you calling for other religions to be held responsible in the same way that you want all Muslims to be held responsible for the actions of their co-religionists, I'll think you're not being hypocritical.

Until then, all you're saying is the same, tired old prejudicial and intolerant bullshit you've been saying for years, Lionel.   You used to say it against Asylum Seekers now your target is Muslims.   Roll Eyes



People's religions and ideologies do influence their behaviour, very significantly. These are conscious things people choose and cultivate.


Yes, you're a good example of that, Soren, with your bigotry and religious persecution of Muslims.    Roll Eyes

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Always insisting that Islam be exempt from this insight is dishonest, Brain.


I don't.  What I do insist is that the insight is based on honest reasoning and intelligent criticism, not endless bigotry towards people merely because they share a religion with some zealots.

The fact that the similes which I put forward are ignored by you merely shows how deep into denial you are, Soren.   Roll Eyes



Brain, you are putting forward nothing except calling critics of Islam bigots.

"Merely because they share a religion with some zealots" is a pretty big issue for Muslims. Being evasive about it, playing the victim, washing their hands of it as if there was no significant link between them and the 'zealots' is unacceptable.   The dozens of terrorist organisations in the Middle East and their sympathisers and supporters across the world, including here, justify and defend their actions on the bass of Islam.

When they behead their enemies, when they sell captured women into slavery, when they advocate for the introduction of sharia, they always explain it on the basis of Islam and Mohammed's example. You have never once faced this star and obvious fact. Instead you carry on about bigotry when these and other inconvenient facts about Islam and its uses is brought up.

You are neither honest nor intellectually up to much in a debate. All you and Hot Breasts are capable of is forming a tag team  calling critics bigots and and deflecting to some other irrelevant example centuries ago. What you have never done is honestly and intelligently face facts.






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Re: Is Australia Against Free Speech
Reply #32 - Oct 15th, 2014 at 1:25pm
 
Yadda wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 8:04am:
intelligent SELF-criticism


When we going to see some from you Yadda?  Not much intelligence nor self-criticism in your posts.   Grin Grin Cheesy Cheesy Grin Grin Cheesy Cheesy Grin Grin
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Reply #33 - Oct 15th, 2014 at 1:26pm
 
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Reply #34 - Oct 15th, 2014 at 1:36pm
 
Adamant wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 4:30pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 2:20pm:
freediver wrote on Oct 13th, 2014 at 6:24pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Oct 13th, 2014 at 12:20pm:
Same deal as being offensive to islam - if its as part of specific vilification and stirring up intimidation and hate against a particular group - then no.

So sorry FD - this isn't about me, I'm sure you thought you'd catch me out being inconsistent, but I am not. This is about your hypocricy:

FD:

- people feel intimidated about mocking Islam - what an outrage!!
- Australia has a government that boasts holocaust denial is "unlawful" - umm... I'll pretend that didn't happen and ignore it.


So you support the right to deny the holocaust if it is not part of specific vilification?


Yup - just like I said.

See FD I'm not ashamed to advocate limits on free speech in the interests of protecting against vilification.

How about you?

- muslims saying prophet mocking should be banned = egregious attack on our freedoms
- people (including our own AG) saying holocaust denial should (and is) banned = ?????


How about "No Muslim has EVER killed an innocent CHRISTIAN? or buggered em or raped um or shagged a slave of the filthy kuffar. Care to qualify that?


That door has swung both ways
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Re: Is Australia Against Free Speech
Reply #35 - Oct 15th, 2014 at 10:58pm
 
Yadda wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 8:04am:
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 9:04pm:
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Always insisting that Islam be exempt from this insight is dishonest, Brain.


I don't.

What I do insist is that the insight is based on honest reasoning and intelligent criticism,


not endless bigotry towards people merely because they share a religion with some zealots.




Brian,

You ?

LOL


Respect for honest reasoning and intelligent criticism?

No you don't, imo.


Actually I do, Y.  It's a shame you never make any.   Roll Eyes
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Re: Is Australia Against Free Speech
Reply #36 - Oct 16th, 2014 at 8:35am
 
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 10:58pm:
Yadda wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 8:04am:
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 9:04pm:
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Always insisting that Islam be exempt from this insight is dishonest, Brain.


I don't.

What I do insist is that the insight is based on honest reasoning and intelligent criticism,


not endless bigotry towards people merely because they share a religion with some zealots.




Brian,

You ?

LOL


Respect for honest reasoning and intelligent criticism?

No you don't, imo.


Actually I do, Y.  It's a shame you never make any.   Roll Eyes



I have seen very little honest reasoning and intelligent criticism [of 'the moslem'], from yourself.




Brian,

You justify your support for the 'moslem street', because the mainstream moslem community make declarations like this;


"ISLAM rejects terror and promotes peace and harmony."

     - The Muslim Council of Britain


And you are an apologist for the 'moslem street'.

And your defence for, and support of, the 'moslem street' means that people like yourself bear much responsibility [imo], for what ISLAM really is [i.e. for the consequence of having moslems live among us], and responsibility for what the 'moslem street' - actually - does.

i.e.
You can't defend the 'moslem street', and then use the disclaimer;
"But i bear no responsibility for the actions and violence of the 'moslem street'."



IMO, publicly defending ISLAM and defending the philosophy which moslems adhere to, is like sheltering a violent criminal from lawful apprehension.





Brian,

Such 'declarations' [of 'ISLAM is peace'] are not the only 'statements' that are being made publicly, by the 'moslem street'.

And it is apparent to everyone, that there is a clash and a conflict of reason, between the many conflicting 'statements' 'of purpose' that are being made by the 'moslem street'.


But Brian,

I never see you adequately address those contradictions 'of purpose' that are being demonstrated EXPOSED by the actions/behaviour of many members of moslem community.







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German police in riot gear, accompanied by armored vehicles and water cannons, charge into a street battle between Kurds and radical Islamists in Hamburg, Oct. 8, 2014. (Image source: N24 video screenshot)


Quote:
Germany: Holy War Erupts in Hamburg

by Soeren Kern
October 15, 2014

    "We are living in Hamburgistan." — Daniel Abdin, imam of Hamburg's Al-Nour Mosque.

    One politician has been repeatedly threatened with beheading as the price to pay for leading a fundraising campaign to provide food and water for Kurds in northern Iraq.

    "As a society we must ask ourselves: how can it be that people who live in Germany and... born and raised here, are supporters of a brutal, inhuman and fundamentalist group such as the IS and attack peaceful protestors with knives, sticks and machetes. Here in Germany, the IS threatens to become a refuge for frustrated young people…." — Claudia Roth, Vice-President, German Parliament.


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But always remember...

"ISLAM rejects terror and promotes peace and harmony."             Tongue








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Re: Is Australia Against Free Speech
Reply #37 - Oct 16th, 2014 at 10:02pm
 
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 10:58pm:
Yadda wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 8:04am:
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 9:04pm:
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Always insisting that Islam be exempt from this insight is dishonest, Brain.


I don't.

What I do insist is that the insight is based on honest reasoning and intelligent criticism,


not endless bigotry towards people merely because they share a religion with some zealots.




Brian,

You ?

LOL


Respect for honest reasoning and intelligent criticism?

No you don't, imo.


Actually I do, Y.  It's a shame you never make any.   Roll Eyes

Actually, you do not.  I have not seen you make a coherent argument for the irrelevance of Islam in the actions of Islamic terrorists. Excuses, quotes from obscure sources centuries ago, 'yes, but' apologies - you have made plenty of those.

Intelligent, reasoned criticism - no.



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Reply #38 - Oct 16th, 2014 at 11:31pm
 
Yadda wrote on Oct 16th, 2014 at 8:35am:
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 10:58pm:
Yadda wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 8:04am:
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 9:04pm:
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Always insisting that Islam be exempt from this insight is dishonest, Brain.


I don't.

What I do insist is that the insight is based on honest reasoning and intelligent criticism,


not endless bigotry towards people merely because they share a religion with some zealots.




Brian,

You ?

LOL


Respect for honest reasoning and intelligent criticism?

No you don't, imo.


Actually I do, Y.  It's a shame you never make any.   Roll Eyes



I have seen very little honest reasoning and intelligent criticism [of 'the moslem'], from yourself.


Which Muslim, Y?

You realise by using such language, you sound exactly like a Nazi of the 1930s?  They depersonalised Jews in the same way, spoke of them as "the Jew", Y.   Are you a neo-Nazi?   Roll Eyes

As for what I think of Muslims, Y.  I believe there are some good Muslims, some bad Muslims and an awful lot inbetween.  Most Muslims just want to be left alone to get on with their lives.  They aren't interested in cutting peoples' heads off, they also don't deserve to be treated in the way you and the other Islamophobes do.  They are innocent of any crime, other than not worshipping god in the same way you do and you cannot abide that, can you?

So, Y, what would you do once all the Muslims were gone?  Turn on the Buddhists?  The Taoists?  The Shinto?  The Animists?   Roll Eyes
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Reply #39 - Oct 16th, 2014 at 11:36pm
 
Soren wrote on Oct 15th, 2014 at 8:17am:
Brain, you are putting forward nothing except calling critics of Islam bigots.


Actually, what I'm doing is poking holes continually in your hatred and persecution of Muslims, Soren and I realise you hate that.  By my refusal to roll over and accept your viewpoint, I stand in the way of your hatred and shield innocent Muslims.

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"Merely because they share a religion with some zealots" is a pretty big issue for Muslims. Being evasive about it, playing the victim, washing their hands of it as if there was no significant link between them and the 'zealots' is unacceptable.   The dozens of terrorist organisations in the Middle East and their sympathisers and supporters across the world, including here, justify and defend their actions on the bass of Islam.


Sore, if you were honest and showed a little self-analysis of your own viewpoint you're realise just how horrendious your logic is.  Using the same logic, people could hold all Christians responsible for what the Paedophiles in their ranks do.   I wonder if you'd enjoy that?  Mmmm?   Roll Eyes

The "facts' you trot out and try and blacken all Muslims with are not facts, they are in actually just examples of your prejudice and intolerance.  You hate Muslims, admit it.  You persecute them because of that hatred.   I wonder why you hate Muslims.  Did one frighten you when you were a child?  Its visceral with you and your fellow Islamophobes.  It is carried to the point of outright bigotry.    Roll Eyes
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Reply #40 - Oct 17th, 2014 at 8:03am
 
Nonsense. Your attempts to draw parallels and invent resemblances with sexual abuse in large organisations including churches is instructive. You show just how far you are prepared to go with dishonesty.


Here's the essential point, don't pretend it has not been made clear to you dozens of times:  Islamic terrorism and ordinary sharia barbarity are justified by Islamic texts, history, theology.
Sex abuse is not defended, justified or otherwise explained away or excused by reference to any religion, and in particular, there is not even a hint of Christianity being used as an excuse.

Let me know if this essential difference still eludes you.
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Reply #41 - Oct 17th, 2014 at 6:33pm
 
Soren wrote on Oct 17th, 2014 at 8:03am:
Nonsense. Your attempts to draw parallels and invent resemblances with sexual abuse in large organisations including churches is instructive. You show just how far you are prepared to go with dishonesty.


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Reply #42 - Oct 18th, 2014 at 7:29pm
 
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haha, I love how Alan Jones suddenly gets drawn into a discussion about free speech. To borrow from LTYC, his lips may be sewn to Abbott's arsehole, but he certainly doesn't represent Australia.


Freedom of speech issues rarely involve popular people.

Annie Anthrax wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 9:09am:
freediver wrote on Oct 13th, 2014 at 6:24pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Oct 13th, 2014 at 12:20pm:
Same deal as being offensive to islam - if its as part of specific vilification and stirring up intimidation and hate against a particular group - then no.

So sorry FD - this isn't about me, I'm sure you thought you'd catch me out being inconsistent, but I am not. This is about your hypocricy:

FD:

- people feel intimidated about mocking Islam - what an outrage!!
- Australia has a government that boasts holocaust denial is "unlawful" - umm... I'll pretend that didn't happen and ignore it.


So you support the right to deny the holocaust if it is not part of specific vilification?


Do you support the right to deny the holocaust?


Sure, as I said in part one of this thread, I think the government has no place telling people what version of history is the correct one and which version they are allowed to promote. I can understand people getting particularly wound up over this one, but it is time we grew up. The government can not and should not protect us from ideas.

polite_gandalf wrote on Oct 14th, 2014 at 2:20pm:
freediver wrote on Oct 13th, 2014 at 6:24pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Oct 13th, 2014 at 12:20pm:
Same deal as being offensive to islam - if its as part of specific vilification and stirring up intimidation and hate against a particular group - then no.

So sorry FD - this isn't about me, I'm sure you thought you'd catch me out being inconsistent, but I am not. This is about your hypocricy:

FD:

- people feel intimidated about mocking Islam - what an outrage!!
- Australia has a government that boasts holocaust denial is "unlawful" - umm... I'll pretend that didn't happen and ignore it.


So you support the right to deny the holocaust if it is not part of specific vilification?


Yup - just like I said.

See FD I'm not ashamed to advocate limits on free speech in the interests of protecting against vilification.

How about you?

- muslims saying prophet mocking should be banned = egregious attack on our freedoms
- people (including our own AG) saying holocaust denial should (and is) banned = ?????


What if someone denies the holocaust then someone else uses that as part of their vilifcation?

Why are you so reluctant to discuss the circumstances under which you think mocking Muhammed should be illegal?

Why do you now imagine that the vast majority of Australians are more in favour of denying people freedom of speech on this issue than you are?

Isn't it inevitable that if someone mocks Muhammed or denies the holocaust, some people are going to feel vilified by it?

You cannot pin down your own qualifications on free speech because like other Muslims, ultimately you want to be able to decide what opinions about Muhammed people are allowed to express. That is why you constantly deflect to issues of law, or dodgy internet surveys, or different issues, or my motivation for asking the questions I ask.
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Reply #43 - Oct 18th, 2014 at 7:34pm
 
freediver wrote on Oct 18th, 2014 at 7:29pm:
Sure, as I said in part one of this thread, I think the government has no place telling people what version of history is the correct one and which version they are allowed to promote. I can understand people getting particularly wound up over this one, but it is time we grew up. The government can not and should not protect us from ideas.


How about denial of the Stolen Generations, FD?  Government denial of their existence and any need to apologise under Howard versus an apology on the behalf of all Australians under Rudd.   Which was the morally correct path?
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Reply #44 - Oct 18th, 2014 at 7:54pm
 
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 18th, 2014 at 7:34pm:
freediver wrote on Oct 18th, 2014 at 7:29pm:
Sure, as I said in part one of this thread, I think the government has no place telling people what version of history is the correct one and which version they are allowed to promote. I can understand people getting particularly wound up over this one, but it is time we grew up. The government can not and should not protect us from ideas.


How about denial of the Stolen Generations, FD?  Government denial of their existence and any need to apologise under Howard versus an apology on the behalf of all Australians under Rudd.   Which was the morally correct path?



There was no Stolen Generation.


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