Yup. The other side is lying and I know more about them than they do.

did you mean just the bedouins?



HA!

I remember my great uncle hating japs because they couldn't be trusted, lied, were heathens and would just as soon torture or kill you as look at you. Sure some seemed nice but don't get too comfortable.

War has an interesting effect on people.

That might have been a leftover from the way Japan treated prisoners and occupied peoples in WWII. They considered us roundeyes as savages back then, some in Japan hang on to that notion today.

I used to work with a guy from Montana, he married a Japanese girl while stationed Japan. His Mother disowned him, it was really shocking to hear something like like, I cannot imagine his feelings. On the bright side, I was there when my Stepfather met the parents of his daughter's husband. My Stepfather was a marine the Pacific during WWII. His daughter was married to guy from Japan. His Father was also in the Army in WWII, in the Pacific, on some of the same islands, but in the Japanese Army. They all got along just fine. The son took great care of his wife until she passed of type 1 diabetics. She was a pistole in the best way, may she rest in peace.

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https://www.facebook.com/ILEARNEDALOTDOTCOM/videos/1085869904893104/ 



A good listen

(CNN)The congregation of the Victoria Islamic Center in Texas was devastated. Its mosque was destroyed over the weekend in a fire, the cause of which is unknown.

Then an act of kindness revived their spirits -- the leaders of the local Jewish congregation gave them the keys to their synagogue so they could continue to worship.
The leader of the mosque said he wasn't surprised by the gesture.
"I never doubted the support that we were going to get" after the fire, Dr. Shahid Hashmi, a surgeon and president of Victoria Islamic Center, told CNN. "We've always had a good relationship with the community here."
Hashmi said Dr. Gary Branfman -- a member of Temple B'nai Israel in Victoria, as well as a fellow surgeon and friend -- just came by his house and gave him the keys.
Support from around the world
And that wasn't the only offer of a temporary worship space that was extended. Hashmi said three local churches said his congregation could use their buildings. Also offered up was an empty office building, which the congregation used for three days before moving into a mobile home on the mosque property, Hashmi said.
"It's a beautiful community," he said.
Though Hashmi always knew his own east Texas community would support the mosque, he was stunned by the outpouring of support from people outside Victoria.
So far, a GoFundMe page set up to help raise money for the mosque's reconstruction has taken in more than $1 million.
That's on top of other donations the congregation has received from people in 90 different countries.
"We were surprised at the donations from around the world," Hashmi told CNN.
'Humanity at its best'
The Muslim community in Victoria dates back decades, Hashmi said, but the mosque was just 16 years old. Thanks to all of the financial contributions, he expects they'll be able to rebuild it in less than a year.
Hashmi said the congregants at the mosque are still in shock over the fire. Officials with the Texas State Fire Marshal's Office say no cause has been determined yet, and it may be weeks or months before can they figure out what happened, including whether the fire was deliberately set.
But the love that has grown from tragedy is making all the difference.
"It's given us a sense of hope," Omar Rachid, a member of the Muslim congregation, told CNN. "It's humanity at its best."
CNN's Jamiel Lynch contributed to this story.

#46

that was mighty Christian of those Jews!

I don't like this thread.

Why would anyone support a group of people that want to kill americans and chop our heads off ? The left are a bunch of insane brainwshed people they dont even know what they are protesting. Theres videos of US military personal saying that if they left their bases and walked around the countries that trump banned they will capture them torture and kill them,

how have I missed this in the lame stream media?

for #49
you aren't related to them Italian anarchists that got into the good ol' U S of A around the turn of the last century, are ya?

I get mad when someone thinks I'm evil because I voted for Trump.
So I sure ain't going around thinking someone's evil because they're Muslim.

For those who feel the religion itself (not just the radical portion) is bad, I ask this:
Do you not know any Muslim people?

If you've read any of my posts on the recent bans, etc, then you know that I mostly agree with Trump's decision.
I'm a fan of profiling. Because it's mathematically or statistically more accurate. Not because I hate Muslims or whoever the demographic is.

A temporary ban isn't the end of the world.
Improved vetting is a step in the right direction.

But to disparage an entire religion?
I ain't on board.

Whoa man.
Please don't squeeza the banana.

squeeza!
I'm really laffin' ova heah.

Tempted by the fruit of anotha

forgot about that band. Good pop stuff.

I like them

me too

I've met and talked with many in college. Though I can't say that I've discussed religion with any of them.

I do know I pissed a couple of them off (group project, I had two that were slacking). Then I called them out for slacking, and then the rest of them were cold to me and more or less shunned me there after.

Anyway, that's expected actually, as we are by nature pack animals, and I clearly wasn't a part of their pack.

I have argued with many Christians however, and I imagine the conversations would be similar, where they would continuously quote their book as evidence then use seemingly deductive reasoning from a non-provable or flat out invalid premise.

Oh yeah, that link to the video that I posted is posted by a pro-muslim site by presumably a muslim. Everyone in the room raised their hand when the speaker asked the question (granted it was carefully worded to lead them to the desired result). Basically, the vast majority of muslims follow the book because the book itself claims to be the literal, divine word of God, as such, to deny any of it would invalidate all of it.

I have no doubt in my mind, that given the opportunity, I could have amazing conversations with muslims... but I would have to do it in a setting where I would be sure if I offended one, I wouldn't lose my head.

After all, according to their book, I'm the definition of an infidel.

I like infidels.