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Old 07-22-2008, 01:29 PM
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I believe they can get out if they can afford it. A lot of them emigrated after the Islamic Revolution.
OK. That being the case, they are different from the soviets where they cannot move out even if they wanted to because of strict immigration policies, the berlin wall, etc, etc. So what have we got here now?

They KNEW what they laws were, they decided to buck the system and now they got what they KNEW was coming. Therefore, they are NOT deserving of pity and certainly not deserving of our attention since it is an internal affair.

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If we were as unobtrusive as Europe we would all be speaking German.
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If we were as unobtrusive as Europe we would all be speaking German.
Different time and irrelevant to what I was referring to. But since you brought that up, I'm not so sure having to speak German would have been any worse than having to speak Russian.
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Old 07-22-2008, 01:41 PM
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I'm not sure about the female circumcision which I believe is mostly an African practice, but the rest are pure BS AFAIK.

I've never heard Iran call for or engage in any of it, including the violent destruction of Israel which we've discussed before.


I agree. But I wish our govt were as non-intrusive as some of the European ones are. I think it will improve if Obama gets elected. Under Clinton there were fewer violations of free speech in our country.
Mostly but the practice is spreading throughout the world. It is practiced in Iran and even here sometimes. http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/w_circumcision.htm

A colleague reacted to the picture by saying, "Why do Muslims do this to their daughters?" I am not sure how this association with Muslims came about. To begin with, the practice of female circumcision is encouraged, but not compulsory, according to three out of four main schools of thoughts of Islam. One the fourth pronounced it is a must.

I guess some would interpret it as a call and others will not.
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2170.cfm
At a conference in Tehran on Wednesday entitled “The World without Zionism,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be “wiped off the map.” Now, you may tell me that it was an issue of translation and he meant that it was hoped that Israel would disappear but that is up to the individual belief. Knowing their past relationship, what would you think? Now, we may disagree and if you uttered a phrase similar to that directed at me, I could easily assume it is your typing while drunk or in a bad mood. OTOH, if it was someone I have had a bad history with, well, it takes a different tone.

He still has to get congressional approval. Will he or won't he. That is the question.
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Mostly but the practice is spreading throughout the world. It is practiced in Iran and even here sometimes. http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/w_circumcision.htm

A colleague reacted to the picture by saying, "Why do Muslims do this to their daughters?" I am not sure how this association with Muslims came about. To begin with, the practice of female circumcision is encouraged, but not compulsory, according to three out of four main schools of thoughts of Islam. One the fourth pronounced it is a must.

I guess some would interpret it as a call and others will not.
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2170.cfm
At a conference in Tehran on Wednesday entitled “The World without Zionism,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be “wiped off the map.” Now, you may tell me that it was an issue of translation and he meant that it was hoped that Israel would disappear but that is up to the individual belief. Knowing their past relationship, what would you think? Now, we may disagree and if you uttered a phrase similar to that directed at me, I could easily assume it is your typing while drunk or in a bad mood. OTOH, if it was someone I have had a bad history with, well, it takes a different tone.

He still has to get congressional approval. Will he or won't he. That is the question.
From your first link:
"Female circumcision is not practised in Islamic countries other than Egypt and Sudan and possibly exists in few others. Women of Mecca, Medina, Najd, the Persion Gulf, Iran, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, etc are not circumcised. This is established fact as well as first hand knowledge - I am a gynaecologist and I have dealt with all those nationalities."

As to Ahmadinejad's comment, I believe he meant what he said, that he hopes Israel as a Jewish state would disappear (naturally). IMV there isn't a single thing that Iran has done (physically or verbally) that would justify a war in any way.
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Different time and irrelevant to what I was referring to. But since you brought that up, I'm not so sure having to speak German would have been any worse than having to speak Russian.
Perfectly and absolutely relevant.

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Perfectly and absolutely relevant.

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How is confronting Hitler relevant to confronting obscenity on the internet??
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"I don't see how this is much different from what some of the conservative hardliners preach in our country such as torture, indefinite incarceration and extraordinary rendition of anyone suspected of terrorism or the countless executions of innocent people, mostly blacks. Sometimes it helps to fix your own backyard before criticizing others. Yes this is an internal affair that we have no business interfering in. It's their culture, their laws."__________________


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Is the original post a question about:

1) Having a criminal penalty for adultery?

2) Capital punishment for adultery?

3) The means of capital punishment?
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I think you need to put those things back where you pull them from, i.e. your ass.


VERY CILIVILIZED!!

See this is TYPICAL LIBERAL HATE SPEECH!
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By the way... I would never stoop to your level
Criticize me for my presentation all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that your allegations of what Iran has done or plans to do are completely false.
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As to Ahmadinejad's comment, I believe he meant what he said, that he hopes Israel as a Jewish state would disappear (naturally).

IMV there isn't a single thing that Iran has done (physically or verbally) that would justify a war in any way.
Of course he does. If he doesn't have to do it and somebody else, nature, act of god, etc, etc, will, why should he expand his power to do so? Now, question is, as time goes on and he gets stronger, will his position change and will he decide to do something about it? Who knows.

In your view. However, you are not the one sitting in Tel Aviv. If so, you might not feel so comfortable with them developing nukes, will you?
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Of course he does. If he doesn't have to do it and somebody else, nature, act of god, etc, etc, will, why should he expand his power to do so? Now, question is, as time goes on and he gets stronger, will his position change and will he decide to do something about it? Who knows.

In your view. However, you are not the one sitting in Tel Aviv. If so, you might not feel so comfortable with them developing nukes, will you?
If I chose to live in Israel I'd accept the consequences of my decision. The Jews chose to settle there and steal the land from the Arabs. It's their decision and they have to live with the consequences.
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Keep in mind also that Ahmadinejad is only the President (which isn't the highest position in Iran) and he might not even be in office next year. The final word on any matter lies with the Ayatollah.
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If I chose to live in Israel I'd accept the consequences of my decision. The Jews chose to settle there and steal the land from the Arabs. It's their decision and they have to live with the consequences.
How did they steal the land from the arabs?

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