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Reply #240 - Nov 13th, 2015 at 8:19pm
 
freediver wrote on Nov 13th, 2015 at 4:00pm:
Karnal wrote on Nov 13th, 2015 at 12:04pm:
freediver wrote on Nov 13th, 2015 at 10:47am:
That's a pretty vague term Karnal.

I oppose our current laws that sort of make it illegal to deny the holocaust.


I know, FD. But what about hate speech on the Muselman?

Do you support the call to ban them, cesterete them, nuke them?

We’re not discussing a ban, remember. We’re talking about "self censorship".


I think our immigration policy should be more discriminating. I think it is better to put them in jail here than encourage them to head off and join ISIS. I think you are having trouble phrasing your question.


Ah, so you think I should phrase the question to.ask you about immigration, not Freeeedom.

You never did like answering about Freeedom, did you, FD? Not since 2007, anyway.

Good answer though. If you don’t like the question, advise a rephrase.

Cunning, no?
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Reply #241 - Nov 13th, 2015 at 8:38pm
 

If you don't like the reply then don't post more mindless muslime stupidity.
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There is no evidence of the existence of a muslim,mohammed,or quran until 60 years  after mohammed was supposed to have died. Grin Grin Grin Posting on islam just encourages them and is a waste of time.
 
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Reply #242 - Nov 13th, 2015 at 9:18pm
 
LifeOrDeath wrote on Nov 13th, 2015 at 8:38pm:
If you don't like the reply then don't post more mindless muslime stupidity.



Who are you talking to?  I don't think anyone here unilaterally supports Muslims - but most of us don't unilaterally condemn them, either.

We deal with facts and with individuals who break the law... and mightily so.

Do you understand the difference?
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Reply #243 - Nov 13th, 2015 at 9:22pm
 
Grappler Deep State Feller wrote on Nov 13th, 2015 at 9:18pm:
LifeOrDeath wrote on Nov 13th, 2015 at 8:38pm:
If you don't like the reply then don't post more mindless muslime stupidity.



Who are you talking to?  I don't think anyone here unilaterally supports Muslims - but most of us don't unilaterally condemn them, either.

We deal with facts and with individuals who break the law... and mightily so.

Do you understand the difference?


I was talking to the last poster obviously. It does appear most of us do condemn them actually. We deal with facts and with individuals who break the law and we deal with what causes them to break the law in this case islam... and mightily so.

Do you understand the difference crappler ?
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There is no evidence of the existence of a muslim,mohammed,or quran until 60 years  after mohammed was supposed to have died. Grin Grin Grin Posting on islam just encourages them and is a waste of time.
 
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Reply #244 - Nov 16th, 2015 at 7:22pm
 
freediver wrote on Nov 12th, 2015 at 2:58pm:
freediver wrote on Nov 8th, 2015 at 8:30pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Nov 8th, 2015 at 7:39pm:
freediver wrote on Nov 8th, 2015 at 6:44pm:
Also, what is the difference between feeling pressured by outside forces not to express themselves, and deciding not the 'stoke the flames'?


Gosh FD I'm only spend this entire thread explaining this very point.


You haven't done a very good job. It sounds like the same thing to me.

Also, is it self censorship if you feel pressured to not 'stoke the flames'?


Gandalf does it depend on your ability to spin it as Muslims being the eternal victims? That is, "not stoking the flames" isn't a reference to not wanting to provoke Muslims into blowing things up, rather, it is a reference to politely refraining from talking about it in case people start to think negative thoughts about Islam in response?


Gandalf if we have discussed this point before, feel free to provide a link. What is the difference between not wanting to fuel the flames of Islamic terrorism and feeling pressured by Islamic terrorism not to express yourself?
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Reply #245 - Nov 19th, 2015 at 12:20pm
 
freediver wrote on Nov 8th, 2015 at 8:30pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Nov 8th, 2015 at 7:39pm:
freediver wrote on Nov 8th, 2015 at 6:44pm:
Also, what is the difference between feeling pressured by outside forces not to express themselves, and deciding not the 'stoke the flames'?


Gosh FD I'm only spend this entire thread explaining this very point.


You haven't done a very good job. It sounds like the same thing to me.

Also, is it self censorship if you feel pressured to not 'stoke the flames'?


Then you're not trying very hard. The distinction is very clear.

Does someone refrain from saying something offensive because they want to? = not self censorship

Does someone refrain from saying something offensive - against their will purely by the fear (real or perceived) of what someone else might do in reaction (ie intimidated into doing so)? = self censorship.

The newspaper who refrains from "fanning the flames" falls into the former. Your spineless insistence that people should not, in the interests of freedom, speak their mind about Muhammad cartoons through fear of agreeing with the terrorists = self censorship.

It really is that straight forward FD.
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Outlawing the enemy's uniform - hijab, islamic beard - is not depriving one's own people of their freedoms.
 
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Reply #246 - Nov 19th, 2015 at 1:29pm
 
freediver wrote on Nov 16th, 2015 at 7:22pm:
What is the difference between not wanting to fuel the flames of Islamic terrorism and feeling pressured by Islamic terrorism not to express yourself?


This is an interesting question that you should be asking yourself - because this is exactly what you do (both).

In fact if we dig deeper, it reflects a more broader pattern of behaviour of yours here. Case in point: sprint is in here day in day out calling for Islam to be banned, muslims to be deported en-masse, mosques to be burned, muslims to be dumped in the desert etc etc. In 2007 you would have been all over him like a rash. Now you seem to go to great pains to tiptoe around not only him, but an entire legion of islamophobes here calling for the rights of muslims in the west to be systematically stripped. Apart from a token once in a blue moon word or two against banning the burqa, your silence towards these freedom haters is deafening.

And why is this? Without question their views on freedom are complete anathema to yours, and on any other topic besides Islam you wouldn't hesitate in proudly flying the banners of freedom - consistently. I think the biggest clue here came when you recently declared we must "choose a side". Whats most interesting is that this comment was made in the context of whether or not its appropriate to express your disapproval of the publishing of cartoons that only have the purpose of offending. You scoffed at the idea that someone could hold such a view while at the same time be standing up for freedom. But clearly this wasn't about choosing freedom over anti-freedom - since expressing the view that it is inappropriate to publish offensive material (as opposed to calling for specific bans) is in no way shape or form inherently anti-freedom (a point which I think you must realise).

So if its not the freedom and anti-freedom sides that you mean, what is it? Clearly you have an agenda against Islam, which in itself is not wrong, but using freedom as a flimsy pretext with such a blatant double standard is. This was always evident in the way you tiptoe around incessant attacks on the freedoms of muslims, but you proved this beyond doubt when you openly declared that freedom is really about abandoning freedom - self-censoring - in order to "choose a side" in the fight against Islam.
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Reply #247 - Nov 19th, 2015 at 3:51pm
 
People call for all sorts of blacklists / banning.

Some people want immunization banned.

Some people want religious schools banned.

Some people want cars banned in defined areas (public transport only).

Etc. etc. it's nothing new.

Around the globe numerous entities are blacklisted and banned for various reasons.

We have workplace health and safety bans.

We have bans on certain types of speech.

We have bans on who can and can't perform medical procedures.

We have bans on who can and can't work with children.

We have bans on terrorist organizations.

We have bans on non terrorist organizations, for various reasons.

We have bans on who can and can't enter our country.

We have bans on who can and can't drive a car / motorbike / truck etc.

We have bans on the certain animal welfare practices / issues.

The list goes on and on.

You can not simply do as you like in our society.

Many of us know and understand just how evil and depraved islam is.

muslims are liars, that is a simple fact.

islamic atrocities are divinely sanctioned in the filth and perversion of the qur'an.

All muslims know this yet they consistently lie, trying to sell islam as a religion of peace, they are degenerate prevaricators.

Any muslim who regards the islamic dogma of thieving, lying, rape, torture and mass murder, as being the immutable perfection of the satanic allah, by definition whole heartedly supports the utterly inhumane depravities caused by this doctrine.

islam is not fit for our modern 21st century civilization.

It is only natural that people ( who understand and recognize the satanic islamic degeneracy) would call for islam to be banned / outlawed.

The tension is building daily, the satanic obscenity of islam will eventually bring down the muslims and their apologists.

There's a bit longer to go yet, but it will come.
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Reply #248 - Nov 20th, 2015 at 9:26am
 
moses wrote on Nov 19th, 2015 at 3:51pm:
islam is not fit for our modern 21st century civilization.

It is only natural that people ( who understand and recognize the satanic islamic degeneracy) would call for islam to be banned / outlawed.


Exactly. It's only natural. How to do it? Let's see.

The major parties change their policies. The Liberal Party overturns its support for freedom of religion and multiculturalism. Labor votes to end multiculturalism and ban religious freedom at its annual conference. All factions agree.

A majority in both houses votes on a referendum to change the constitution.

A majority of Australians vote yes on the question "should freedom of religion be banned?"

Legislation is drafted by the government and passed by both houses

Police raid every Muslim mosque, prayer hall, school, bookshop and place where Muslims gather. Muslims are arrested and detained. If they convert to Christianity or another religion, they are released. Muslim books are burned and the footage released to the media. Mosques are bulldozed.

Muslims who refuse to convert are deported if they still have dual citizenship. Australian nationals who have nowhere to go are held for life in detention.

Visa applications include questions on religion. Muslims are automatically rejected. Customs search for Korans and Muslim dress in luggage. Anyone found with these is immediately deported. Indonesia, Malaysia and other Muslim countries reject tourists from Australia.

The UN reacts. Australia removes itself. Trade sanctions are applied on Australia. Countries close their consulates and end diplomatic ties. Australia is voted out of every global economic group and trading block. Trade agreements and treaties are rescinded. Finance from Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia dries up. Australia's credit rating is downgraded and our terms of trade rise. Foreign investment dries up.

I see what you mean, Moses. It's only natural to call for Islam to be banned/outlawed.

When shall we start?
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Reply #249 - Nov 20th, 2015 at 9:58am
 
You're convinced that evil has won the battle Karnal.

I think we are in the early stages, there's more to come.

The lies and fiendish blood crazed evilness of islam, ensures that eventually muslims and their submissive apologists will go down.

The tide is turning, we only have to wait for it to come in.
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Reply #250 - Nov 20th, 2015 at 10:41am
 
moses wrote on Nov 20th, 2015 at 9:58am:
The lies and fiendish blood crazed evilness of islam, ensures that eventually muslims and their submissive apologists will go down.


Yes, but what do you do about the constitution?

I'm curious.
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Reply #251 - Nov 20th, 2015 at 10:50am
 
I think it could be done smarter than that K.

You pay lip service to the principle of freedom of religion, but in practice you chip away at the edges until eventually being openly muslim in Australia becomes practically impossible.

Ultimately it has to be a cultural change, but it probably needs to start off with some key legislation. Behind the scenes, the power brokers of the major parties reach agreements with key commercial/business interests that Islam is to be flushed out of society. The obvious starting place is anti-terror legislation: broaden the police powers to enable them to be far more intrusive with search orders, make it far easier to get warrants, broaden the "detain without charge" powers etc. No doubt there would already be no shortage of "places of interest" on the police watch list, but with their new powers, they can carry out their raids/searches with far less tact. A few choice undignified images from a willing media (invited to every raid of course) of disgraced half naked imams being dragged out of bed, and uncovered women being manhandled will have the desired effect - dehumanise the muslim population in the eyes of the non-muslim public, but more importantly, further marginalise and radicalise the muslim population. Police will have free reign due to bipartisan political support.

On the other side, corporate Australia will work overtime through the media to demonize the muslim population - using terrorism as the excuse. Through a concerted and cleverly targeted propaganda campaign, the transition in societal attitudes from "its only a radical fringe" to "actually this is real Islam" will start to eventuate. The political/legal side will of course compliment and reinforce the cultural side and vise versa.

Slowly the cultural transition will sift through to local administrative matters: mosque applications will of course be rejected, community events will stop inviting local muslim representatives, acts of vandalism and random attacks against muslims couldn't be ignored, but it will inevitably give a platform for the "while we condemn lawlessness and violence - there is an issue here with the muslim community that we shouldn't ignore" debate - which can only help the fight against Islam.

Muslims will of course lash out - exactly as intended. And when they do, it will convince an already well conditioned public that discriminatory measures against muslims should continue and even increase. In this environment, businesses who previously supported muslim institutions and ventures will withdraw. Halal branding becomes a particular target - visible labeling will go first, but eventually producers will be clamoring to highlight how their products are specifically *NOT* halal, and how meticulous they have been to ensure that no halal ingredients entered anywhere into the production process.

For a long time muslim institutions (mosques, schools) will survive, but they will be entirely isolated, cut off from their community, its members tribalised and defensive. For the non-muslims, every Islamic landmark will be etched on everyone's mind as places to be deeply suspicious of. Furthermore, because of the withdrawal of community support, they become run down and dilapidated, renovations are abandoned, grounds are no longer maintained - as no source of funds to maintain them are available. They become physical eyesores, which of course merely reinforces the image the public have of muslims. For these symbolic landmarks, final orders to have the destroyed may not even be necessary - they may die a natural death. Islam will no longer be a visible part of the landscape - muslims will make do using friend's apartments to pray. And imagine the outrage neighbours would feel hearing about these "terrorist cells" emerging in their neighbourhoods. large gatherings eventually become wholly impracticable as they will, without fail, be subject to police raids on the flimsiest of pretexts.

a realisation of the unfair discrimination will of course create a negative feedback in the eyes of the public - to justify a continuation of the discrimination: "sure we made them pissed - so of course we have to take measures to protect ourselves from retaliation". Exactly the same rationale was used to maintain the discrimination of blacks in America for decades.

Visibly, Islam will have disappeared from society - mosques and schools abandoned, the Imam council long since driven underground, and obviously hijabs are unthinkable. Immigration probably poses the biggest problem: legislators can either move to end immigration from muslim countries (probably do-able), or continue letting muslims in but subject them to the same campaign of intimidation and discrimination as the local muslims - and hope that they too abandon their public expression of Islam.      
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Reply #252 - Nov 20th, 2015 at 11:32am
 
polite_gandalf wrote on Nov 20th, 2015 at 10:50am:
I think it could be done smarter than that K.

You pay lip service to the principle of freedom of religion, but in practice you chip away at the edges until eventually being openly muslim in Australia becomes practically impossible.

Ultimately it has to be a cultural change, but it probably needs to start off with some key legislation. Behind the scenes, the power brokers of the major parties reach agreements with key commercial/business interests that Islam is to be flushed out of society. The obvious starting place is anti-terror legislation: broaden the police powers to enable them to be far more intrusive with search orders, make it far easier to get warrants, broaden the "detain without charge" powers etc. No doubt there would already be no shortage of "places of interest" on the police watch list, but with their new powers, they can carry out their raids/searches with far less tact. A few choice undignified images from a willing media (invited to every raid of course) of disgraced half naked imams being dragged out of bed, and uncovered women being manhandled will have the desired effect - dehumanise the muslim population in the eyes of the non-muslim public, but more importantly, further marginalise and radicalise the muslim population. Police will have free reign due to bipartisan political support.

On the other side, corporate Australia will work overtime through the media to demonize the muslim population - using terrorism as the excuse. Through a concerted and cleverly targeted propaganda campaign, the transition in societal attitudes from "its only a radical fringe" to "actually this is real Islam" will start to eventuate. The political/legal side will of course compliment and reinforce the cultural side and vise versa.

Slowly the cultural transition will sift through to local administrative matters: mosque applications will of course be rejected, community events will stop inviting local muslim representatives, acts of vandalism and random attacks against muslims couldn't be ignored, but it will inevitably give a platform for the "while we condemn lawlessness and violence - there is an issue here with the muslim community that we shouldn't ignore" debate - which can only help the fight against Islam.

For a long time muslim institutions (mosques, schools) will survive, but they will be entirely isolated, cut off from their community, its members tribalised and defensive. For the non-muslims, every Islamic landmark will be etched on everyone's mind as places to be deeply suspicious of. Furthermore, because of the withdrawal of community support, they become run down and dilapidated, renovations are abandoned, grounds are no longer maintained - as no source of funds to maintain them are available. They become physical eyesores, which of course merely reinforces the image the public have of muslims. For these symbolic landmarks, final orders to have the destroyed may not even be necessary - they may die a natural death. Islam will no longer be a visible part of the landscape - muslims will make do using friend's apartments to pray. And imagine the outrage neighbours would feel hearing about these "terrorist cells" emerging in their neighbourhoods. large gatherings eventually become wholly impracticable as they will, without fail, be subject to police raids on the flimsiest of pretexts.

a realisation of the unfair discrimination will of course create a negative feedback in the eyes of the public - to justify a continuation of the discrimination: "sure we made them pissed - so of course we have to take measures to protect ourselves from retaliation". Exactly the same rationale was used to maintain the discrimination of blacks in America for decades.

Visibly, Islam will have disappeared from society - mosques and schools abandoned, the Imam council long since driven underground, and obviously hijabs are unthinkable. Immigration probably poses the biggest problem: legislators can either move to end immigration from muslim countries (probably do-able), or continue letting muslims in but subject them to the same campaign of intimidation and discrimination as the local muslims - and hope that they too abandon their public expression of Islam.      


A good plan, G. This could work too.

The only problem is those heinous apologists, who will use every opportunity to take the matter to court. We'll be forced to let the Muselman enter the country and practice his religion while that nonsense about freedom of religion remains in the constitution.

And remember, our purpose is not to just alienate the Muselman - that's mere softcockery. Our purpose is to ban him. As Moses says, every normal person wants this to happen. As the old boy says, it's white man's burden. As Herbie says, it will happen in the fullness of time. As FD says, it's Freeeedom.

If we don't remove that sinister clause in our constitution, we'll never be truly free to ban them.
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Reply #253 - Nov 20th, 2015 at 2:22pm
 
Karnal wrote on Nov 20th, 2015 at 11:32am:
And remember, our purpose is not to just alienate the Muselman - that's mere softcockery. Our purpose is to ban him. As Moses says, every normal person wants this to happen.


I disagree slightly - I think the real purpose is to get angry. And if we actually did go and ban them like they are demanding- they would have nothing to be angry about. I think thats why my solution provides the best scenario: moses and sprint's lives will have meaning watching our society stick it to the muslims, but they can also occupy themselves with their favourite passtime - whinging about the fact that Islam hasn't been specifically banned.
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Reply #254 - Nov 20th, 2015 at 2:33pm
 
polite_gandalf wrote on Nov 20th, 2015 at 2:22pm:
Karnal wrote on Nov 20th, 2015 at 11:32am:
And remember, our purpose is not to just alienate the Muselman - that's mere softcockery. Our purpose is to ban him. As Moses says, every normal person wants this to happen.


I disagree slightly - I think the real purpose is to get angry. And if we actually did go and ban them like they are demanding- they would have nothing to be angry about. I think thats why my solution provides the best scenario: moses and sprint's lives will have meaning watching our society stick it to the muslims, but they can also occupy themselves with their favourite passtime - whinging about the fact that Islam hasn't been specifically banned.


Ah yes, that's true too. But don't forget, their lives still had meaning before they found the Muselman. They had Chows, Boongs, the tinted races, non-Christians, bitches and, not least, apologists. There were plenty of people around to get angry about. There always will be.

Always absolutely never ever.
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