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Reply #600 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:37pm
 
freediver wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:26pm:
Well done cods. The consequence of not appeasing terrorists is you get to keep your freedom of speech. Now, what do you think the likely consequences of your appeasement would be?



what makes you think I have my FREEDOM OF SPEECH............

I cant use it on this forum.... whats free about that??

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Reply #601 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:58pm
 
aquascoot wrote on Feb 10th, 2015 at 9:03am:
cods wrote on Feb 10th, 2015 at 7:28am:
aquascoot wrote on Feb 9th, 2015 at 7:00pm:
its un australian to be a dobber.

even Cindy Brady was chastised in the Brady Bunch for being a Tattle Tale.

i would never report anyone, ever, period.



very noble of you of course and like freedom of speech it is your right....

however people like myself believe in supporting those who we feel are being bullied....bullies are people who will stoop to any level to win what they consider is their right.. but its not someone elses... Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

if I stooped to others level and just posted abuse/name calling...what do you think that would resolve???..

tit for tat never did do it for me... all it does is make me angrier.. and thats not what I come on here for.

as pansi has pointed out someone feels its important to report me for suggesting someone spends time in the m.s......better not mention it again... Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

yet you think its ok for someone to call others spastic/old crone/ intellectual cripple.. amongst other things...at least no comment..... which basically says the same thing.. Roll Eyes Roll Eyes



no one can make someone angry. that is something we do to ourselves and an issue we have to work on ourselves.
if someone makes you angry, look at it as a growing and learning experience.
i'm sure master light agrees.
(he does seem quite angry about freemasons though)


I don't agree with that to be honest.

Anyone can make us angry, getting angry is an emotional response caused if someone does something that upsets (or angers us....), there is not always a lot of choice in that, granted some, but only on occasion. Where we exercise choice ALWAYS is how we choose to respond to our emotions.

At least, in my humble opinion.

To be completely in touch with our feelings means we have to take full responsibility for how we decide to respond behaviourally. It seems that it is often only the strong "negative" (for want of a better description) emotions that most want to deal with.

In fact, the cartoon argument is a brilliant example of this. It is ok really for Muslims to FEEL completely offended if their religious icon is mocked - just like it would be for Christians and Jews in a similar circumstance. However, choosing to exact bloody murder in response to feeling offended is completely unacceptable, inappropriate and, clearly, ineffective. In short, Cartoons, Satire and, mocking idiocy has not gone away - nor should it.

It is not nice to mock, I think we all get that, but, at the end of the day, mocking or satirical commentary is (historically) often the only way for the "common" man (as it were) to get a clear point across to the establishment (which ever establishment is being ridiculous). Sad but seems true.

It is inherently dangerous to do this, those with some misguided idea of power and control generally do not take too kindly to being mocked. They are the misguided ones though.

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Reply #602 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:59pm
 
cods wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:37pm:
freediver wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:26pm:
Well done cods. The consequence of not appeasing terrorists is you get to keep your freedom of speech. Now, what do you think the likely consequences of your appeasement would be?



what makes you think I have my FREEDOM OF SPEECH............

I cant use it on this forum.... whats free about that??

Good point Cods, very good point.
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Reply #603 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 5:01pm
 
I guess another aspect to the concept of "freedom" is that it is simply just an idea. It is not necessarily measurable.

After all, people have been deprived of a range of freedoms for decades and, yet, they have a mindset of being free people. That is in some ways true freedom, i.e. you can do what you want to me, but I will always be free.
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Reply #604 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 5:50pm
 
Phemanderac wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:58pm:
aquascoot wrote on Feb 10th, 2015 at 9:03am:
cods wrote on Feb 10th, 2015 at 7:28am:
aquascoot wrote on Feb 9th, 2015 at 7:00pm:
its un australian to be a dobber.

even Cindy Brady was chastised in the Brady Bunch for being a Tattle Tale.

i would never report anyone, ever, period.



very noble of you of course and like freedom of speech it is your right....

however people like myself believe in supporting those who we feel are being bullied....bullies are people who will stoop to any level to win what they consider is their right.. but its not someone elses... Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

if I stooped to others level and just posted abuse/name calling...what do you think that would resolve???..

tit for tat never did do it for me... all it does is make me angrier.. and thats not what I come on here for.

as pansi has pointed out someone feels its important to report me for suggesting someone spends time in the m.s......better not mention it again... Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

yet you think its ok for someone to call others spastic/old crone/ intellectual cripple.. amongst other things...at least no comment..... which basically says the same thing.. Roll Eyes Roll Eyes



no one can make someone angry. that is something we do to ourselves and an issue we have to work on ourselves.
if someone makes you angry, look at it as a growing and learning experience.
i'm sure master light agrees.
(he does seem quite angry about freemasons though)


I don't agree with that to be honest.

Anyone can make us angry, getting angry is an emotional response caused if someone does something that upsets (or angers us....), there is not always a lot of choice in that, granted some, but only on occasion. Where we exercise choice ALWAYS is how we choose to respond to our emotions.

At least, in my humble opinion.

To be completely in touch with our feelings means we have to take full responsibility for how we decide to respond behaviourally. It seems that it is often only the strong "negative" (for want of a better description) emotions that most want to deal with.

In fact, the cartoon argument is a brilliant example of this. It is ok really for Muslims to FEEL completely offended if their religious icon is mocked - just like it would be for Christians and Jews in a similar circumstance. However, choosing to exact bloody murder in response to feeling offended is completely unacceptable, inappropriate and, clearly, ineffective. In short, Cartoons, Satire and, mocking idiocy has not gone away - nor should it.

It is not nice to mock, I think we all get that, but, at the end of the day, mocking or satirical commentary is (historically) often the only way for the "common" man (as it were) to get a clear point across to the establishment (which ever establishment is being ridiculous). Sad but seems true.

It is inherently dangerous to do this, those with some misguided idea of power and control generally do not take too kindly to being mocked. They are the misguided ones though.





this is what we keep saying...

and no one agrees that murder is a good way to solve it..

BUT...

who are we to argue with fanatical terrorist who stoop to the lowest form of human behavior,.,.

this is the point...this is where we are at.

you cannot tell them to suck it up like you can the Pope or the Head of the Jewish Church...[Syn]

those people actually live by the book they believe in...and turn the other cheek..

the murdering fanatics pick and chose what they believe......if you were in the same room as a fanatical terrorist would you make a joke about Muhammad???.. Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

if stopping the cartoon would make these guys put their AK47s down... even for a short while.. then I am all for it..I do believe these people would be alive today had they stopped printing the offending cartoons.... of course we will never really know...

do you think carrying on and sticking our finger up at them will make them go away????>.

good luck with that

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Reply #605 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 5:51pm
 
rhino wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:59pm:
cods wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:37pm:
freediver wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:26pm:
Well done cods. The consequence of not appeasing terrorists is you get to keep your freedom of speech. Now, what do you think the likely consequences of your appeasement would be?



what makes you think I have my FREEDOM OF SPEECH............

I cant use it on this forum.... whats free about that??

Good point Cods, very good point.



I have asked him several times about that and he insists we have all of our FoS on here......

we just cant print it... Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

it makes sense to him
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Reply #606 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 5:58pm
 
Deporting them makes them go away.
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Reply #607 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 6:10pm
 
cods wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 5:51pm:
rhino wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:59pm:
cods wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:37pm:
freediver wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 4:26pm:
Well done cods. The consequence of not appeasing terrorists is you get to keep your freedom of speech. Now, what do you think the likely consequences of your appeasement would be?



what makes you think I have my FREEDOM OF SPEECH............

I cant use it on this forum.... whats free about that??

Good point Cods, very good point.



I have asked him several times about that and he insists we have all of our FoS on here......

we just cant print it... Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

it makes sense to him
notice how he ran away from your question yet continually tries to make out he occupies the moral high ground.
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Reply #608 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 6:20pm
 
Happy Lucky wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 5:58pm:
Deporting them makes them go away.



Or when they come back from fighting for ISIS in Syria & Iraq:

1. Why let them back in?
2. If they are allowed back in, why can't they be arrested on spot?

Then again, we wouldn't want to anger or offend them.

After all, they'll eventually become a value to Australian Society, a loving asset,
& simply just blend back in to the Australian Fabric, never to be heard from again. Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Shocked Shocked Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy 
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Reply #609 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 6:22pm
 
cods wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 8:43am:

me and pansi in particular said all along..

draw the cartoon at your PERIL...

....
....

[i cods] still think that had CHarlie Hebdo stopped drawing the cartoon that upset the mad terrorists

maybe 17 people would still be alive????...




But would those 17 people still be Frenchmen ?

And would they be still enjoying the liberty and freedoms which Frenchmen assume to be theirs by right of French law ???

e.g.
The freedom to express their [political] opinions ?







So cods, my right as not a moslem as a Frenchman,      ...is to be able to freely publish a cartoon which uses truth combined with ridicule, to satirise corrupt and foolish men,      is a right which is NOT, NOT curtailed by ISLAMIC law, if i am a French man/woman.



But cods is stating [above] that cods is of the opinion [as a free thinker!],       ....that moslems also have THEIR right [as ISLAMIC law gives a right, to 'the moslem'] - IN FRANCE - to threaten a Frenchman with destruction, if a Frenchman draws a cartoon of Mohammed.


Well cods, in response i say this;

Almost everyone in the world today, must know that 'the moslem' is offended, by the drawing of cartoons [which satirise aspects of ISLAM].

Well again, i say this;
If 'the moslem' threatens a man with destruction, because a man chooses to do a certain thing/action which may offend a moslem, but which is a certain thing/action which the 2nd man [not a moslem] feels is not offensive to himself [to that man who is not a moslem], then it is 'the moslem' [because of the threats he makes against the person, of the 2nd man] who is is putting himself [i.e. 'the moslem'] in a state of war with that [2nd] man.

AGAIN; Make no mistake, it is 'the moslem' [and not the 2nd man] who is imposing a state of war, upon that 2nd man.





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"16.  The state of war is a state of enmity and destruction; and therefore declaring by word or action, not a passionate and hasty, but sedate, settled design upon another man's life puts him in a state of war with him against whom he has declared such an intention, and so has exposed his life to the other's power to be taken away by him, or any one that joins with him in his defence, and espouses his quarrel; it being reasonable and just I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction; for by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred, and one may destroy a man who makes war upon him, or has discovered an enmity to his being, for the same reason that he may kill a wolf or a lion, because they are not under the ties of the common law of reason, have no other rule but that of force and violence, and so may be treated as a beast of prey, those dangerous and noxious creatures that will be sure to destroy him whenever he falls into their power. 
17.  And hence it is that he who attempts to get another man into his absolute power does thereby put himself into a state of war with him; it being to be understood as a declaration of a design upon his life. For I have reason to conclude that he who would get me into his power without my consent would use me as he pleased when he had got me there, and destroy me too when he had a fancy to it; for nobody can desire to have me in his absolute power unless it be to compel me by force to that which is against the right of my freedom- i.e.  make me a slave..."

Of the State of War



John Locke (1632-1704)



In the circumstance of the Charlie Hebdo atrocity, it is 'the moslem', who is [by virtue of his natural 'right' and his natural 'superiority' - imagined] seeks to bring the life of that [2nd] man, under the power of 'the moslem'.




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THE KORAN
"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. "
Koran 9.29


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Reply #610 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 6:35pm
 
Yadda wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 6:22pm:
cods wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 8:43am:

me and pansi in particular said all along..

draw the cartoon at your PERIL...

....
....

[i cods] still think that had CHarlie Hebdo stopped drawing the cartoon that upset the mad terrorists

maybe 17 people would still be alive????...




But would those 17 people still be Frenchmen ?

And would they be still enjoying the liberty and freedoms which Frenchmen assume to be theirs by right of French law ???

e.g.
The freedom to express their [political] opinions ?







So cods, my right as not a moslem as a Frenchman,      ...is to be able to freely publish a cartoon which uses truth combined with ridicule, to satirise corrupt and foolish men,      is a right which is NOT, NOT curtailed by ISLAMIC law, if i am a French man/woman.



But cods is stating [above] that cods is of the opinion [as a free thinker!],       ....that moslems also have THEIR right [as ISLAMIC law gives a right, to 'the moslem'] - IN FRANCE - to threaten a Frenchman with destruction, if a Frenchman draws a cartoon of Mohammed.


Well cods, in response i say this;

Almost everyone in the world today, must know that 'the moslem' is offended, by the drawing of cartoons [which satirise aspects of ISLAM].

Well again, i say this;
If 'the moslem' threatens a man with destruction, because a man chooses to do a certain thing/action which may offend a moslem, but which is a certain thing/action which the 2nd man [not a moslem] feels is not offensive to himself [to that man who is not a moslem], then it is 'the moslem' [because of the threats he makes against the person, of the 2nd man] who is is putting himself [i.e. 'the moslem'] in a state of war with that [2nd] man.

AGAIN; Make no mistake, it is 'the moslem' [and not the 2nd man] who is imposing a state of war, upon that 2nd man.





Quote:

"16.  The state of war is a state of enmity and destruction; and therefore declaring by word or action, not a passionate and hasty, but sedate, settled design upon another man's life puts him in a state of war with him against whom he has declared such an intention, and so has exposed his life to the other's power to be taken away by him, or any one that joins with him in his defence, and espouses his quarrel; it being reasonable and just I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction; for by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred, and one may destroy a man who makes war upon him, or has discovered an enmity to his being, for the same reason that he may kill a wolf or a lion, because they are not under the ties of the common law of reason, have no other rule but that of force and violence, and so may be treated as a beast of prey, those dangerous and noxious creatures that will be sure to destroy him whenever he falls into their power. 
17.  And hence it is that he who attempts to get another man into his absolute power does thereby put himself into a state of war with him; it being to be understood as a declaration of a design upon his life. For I have reason to conclude that he who would get me into his power without my consent would use me as he pleased when he had got me there, and destroy me too when he had a fancy to it; for nobody can desire to have me in his absolute power unless it be to compel me by force to that which is against the right of my freedom- i.e.  make me a slave..."

Of the State of War



John Locke (1632-1704)



In the circumstance of the Charlie Hebdo atrocity, it is 'the moslem', who is [by virtue of his natural 'right' and his natural 'superiority' - imagined] seeks to bring the life of that [2nd] man, under the power of 'the moslem'.




+++



THE KORAN
"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. "
Koran 9.29




Wow!

Powerful, & spot on!  ...   ...
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Reply #611 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 6:47pm
 
Muslim Faithful in France Told: 'You Have 4 Million Targets'

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Buoyed by the Islamist terror attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, ISIS has continued a slick campaign with the twisted theme, "What are you waiting for?" and featuring fresh-faced jihadists urging radicals in French-speaking countries to stay put and kill innocents.

In one video released online last week, titled, “Blow Up France 2,” a masked jihadist bearing an assault weapon exhorts Muslims to continue terror attacks in that country.

“Don’t give up and particularly don’t lower your weapons, don’t surrender -- kill. Today, it’s our darwa -- kill them. You now have more than 4 million targets,” the jihadist said in French..... continued


Geeeeez,

Hey cods, did you know there were so many (4 million) cartoon artists in France?

Why else would they be targeted?

Certainly not for just being Non-Muslim, would they?!

It's all about the cartoons, right?

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Reply #612 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 8:31pm
 
Yadda you'll have to stop posting. Your comments are just too logical.
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Reply #613 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 9:14pm
 
cods wrote on Feb 10th, 2015 at 9:50pm:
I am sure you will know exactly what to do if one of them comes looking for you. Angry



Yes. Not surrender to him.  If ALL stopped surrendering to various monsters' sensitivities, we could defeat them.  But your instinct is precisely to give in to the guys who threaten and carry out violence and murder.  You are actually incentivising, encouraging violence because you cave into it, no matter who wrong it is. YOU MAKE VIOLENCE EFFECTIVE.

You are a classic collaborator. You will submit to any evil as long as it is violent.



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Reply #614 - Feb 11th, 2015 at 9:39pm
 
Soren wrote on Feb 11th, 2015 at 9:14pm:
cods wrote on Feb 10th, 2015 at 9:50pm:
I am sure you will know exactly what to do if one of them comes looking for you. Angry



Yes. Not surrender to him.  If ALL stopped surrendering to various monsters' sensitivities, we could defeat them.  But your instinct is precisely to give in to the guys who threaten and carry out violence and murder.  You are actually incentivising, encouraging violence because you cave into it, no matter who wrong it is. YOU MAKE VIOLENCE EFFECTIVE.

You are a classic collaborator. You will submit to any evil as long as it is violent.




Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

you sound so bwave sitting in your nice computer room.....or have you taken yourself down to the Police station where the poor cops now have the two "terrorists" who were planning on chopping a head off in Sydney....I would think the cops would like nothing better than a big bwave body like you down there so they can go home to their wives and families...

off you go.. I do not believe for one moment you would stand up to evil...and stare it down.....

at least not until I read about you in the morning paper...

off you go.... words on here dont quite do it for me...

off you go it was very noticeable that during the :Lindt Cafe seige it was the men that ran for their lives first..

very noticeable...... but give me some faith in our manhood... and get yourself down there and deal with these terrorists as you claim you would... Grin Grin
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