BruceVC

But who is suppose to do that? He has a cult following in Malawi I just want to know if I am being over sensitive ...but I find his ostentatious obscene ?

You guys should watch the adult movie version of Avengers 2 ...its anything but banal especially if you like your super-heroines and villians in costume

That article comos off as more patronizing than what it wishes to be. If a culture or a group of people start to blow up airports and subways, do mass shootings and suicide bomb themselves sporadically because they are simply bored, too stupid, depressed, have high unemployment and think it is cool, then why even bother allow them to Europe to begin with if they are so fragile? *cough* scope insensitivity *cough* Estimated number of Muslims in Belgium: 320.000-450.000 Estimated number of young European Muslims who have traveled to Syria to fight alongside ISIS: 470. "A culture starts to blow up airports and subways", my ass. But that's what the article is saying and i took it to it's logical conclusion. Thus highlighting that something is greatly amiss in its reasoning. If an article states that 0,1% of a culture does something, stating that the entire culture is to be blamed for their actions isn't "taking the article to its logical conclusion", it's engaging in reductio ad absurdum. If I'm being nice. No. The article is trying to explain reasoning behind the actions of these men by asserting the same problems found among the youth across Europe, but for some strange reason people from Molenbeek express the same failures by shooting and bombing, all while being shielded by the locals against the authorities. It's trivilizes the problem, to downright patronizing, as something that will solve itself if there just were enough jobs. Meshugger you are exaggerating the issue. I'm not sure if you being serious or you just teasing everyone?

Guys this is going to really annoy you....its basically an ignorant attack on white people but it makes no sense And this is the level of intelligence of Harvard students ?

Elerond when you say your domestic policies dont work are you referring to the refugees and intergration? I am referring to all domestic policies that fail to prevent people seceding from general population. Okay and just to be clear does this bother you? How widespread is it and does it apply to all immigrants who come to Finland I'm just trying to understand the issue

http://blackchristiannews.com/2016/01/popular-malawian-pastor-buys-his-third-private-jet-in-two-years-a-gulf-stream-iii-for-37-million/ Guys doesnt this bother you because of the contradiction and lack of empathy Malawi is ranked 146 in the worlds economy's...its a poor country and rife with corruption But nice people. Anyway this pastor is one of Malawi's most famous pastors ....he has tens of thousands of followers but still.....how can he spend this much money when he is surrounded by such poverty? Also what do any Christians think about this, surly this cant be right but I may be wrong?

"Rode" is a legit word (past tense of the verb 'ride') though, so spell check wouldn't catch it. And I missed it on proofreading. I hope the forum finds the strength to forgive you my son ...this was an egregious mistake of monumental proportions

Why what is Phoenix like? Hell. I'm assuming since I haven't had the pleasure yet Phoenix always seems to come up in the movies about the USA..." Phoenix ...Arizonia " I always assumed it had some local significance

Why what is Phoenix like?

I didnt even notice it Sometimes I re-read my posts and realize that I'm not the monkey in the room who happens to bang out the works of Shakespeare. Normally I use spell check at work for grammar and spelling....its one of the reasons my grammar is so bad

I didnt even notice it

I never say anything, its too easy to assign motivation (intentional rudeness) when the truth is, I don't know why. Maybe they're a jerk, but maybe they're preoccupied with something and genuinely wasn't processing. It doesn't matter. We have a custom here where if you come to a funeral procession you pull the side of the rode and wait for it to pass. A lot of transplants hate this custom and argue that the dead person doesn't care and the family is to wrapped up in their grief to care if some strangers stop by the road and doff their caps. But to me that's missing the point. Thats a nice gesture and show of respect, well played

No need to rig the Democratic presidential race, Hilary was always going to win but Sanders ran a good race

So you also think he is hot...like these bottles

You need to rectify that young grasshopper

My rule of thumb for doors is: If I'm coming to a door, I open it and hold it until everyone coming the opposite way has passed. If anyone is following me through the door, I'll hold it open as I pass through the doorway long enough for them to take control of it, at which point the door is theirs to do with what they want, although I may make exceptions to this if a large group is behind me and I'm in no particular hurry. At no time to I check to see if the people going through the doorway meet some arbitrary physical requirement. But what if you are with a lady, would you open a door in lets say a restaurant? Unless she opens it for me first, yes. But I'd also open the door if I were with a guy, a group, or if alone open it for others. I don't open car doors for anyone, however, that process is too awkward with modern cars, parking lots and/or traffic. Yes same as me, I have had the odd occasion where I have politely opened the door for a stranger and they dont acknowledge it ....so I just say out loud " no problem, it was my pleasure "

What are they referring to? Do you guys not think statements like this from anonymous are out of line ? But I wouldnt mind seeing what evidence they can produce?

You dont think he is hot?

My rule of thumb for doors is: If I'm coming to a door, I open it and hold it until everyone coming the opposite way has passed. If anyone is following me through the door, I'll hold it open as I pass through the doorway long enough for them to take control of it, at which point the door is theirs to do with what they want, although I may make exceptions to this if a large group is behind me and I'm in no particular hurry. At no time to I check to see if the people going through the doorway meet some arbitrary physical requirement. But what if you are with a lady, would you open a door in lets say a restaurant?

They should make a Booster Gold movie

There's still and appeal to challenge the verdict and even if they lose that, IIRC, Gawker can file for remittitur (?) asking for relief against an excessive verdict. Good points and I'm sure they will appeal....whats your view on the severity of this fine Amentep, I know we discussed this in the past and I ended up accepting that its fine for Gawker to be sued. You made a good argument back then but now that the court hearing is real do you still think its fair? As I understand it - and I'm not an expert - the fine actually exceeds Gawker's assets on the idea that Gawker's parent company and Denton have more personal worth that would cover the award/punitive fine. But frankly, given that Gawker were told to remove the tape and didn't in a previous court ruling, I have little sympathy for the company in this defense. And even beyond that, to publish the tape in the first place left me no sympathy for them (and I confess I I would have found it hard to be an unbiased member of the jury had I been called). I am full of sympathy for those not in Gawker's leadership who will lose their jobs if the verdict stands as they're losing their jobs for things they didn't do, but I think its important that companies understand that they cannot continue to exist and maintain such abhorrent business practices. At some point its not a case of "these people can be punished in a way that they can learn from their mistakes as they continue to do business" to "we need to make sure these mistakes cannot be perpetuated by a business that makes no sign that they understand the mistakes, wrong and hardships they continually force upon people", if that makes sense. Yes it does make sense

Article uses assumption that this attackers are European born and grown. Which means that nobody allowed them in Europe in first place. "European" as second or third generation North Africans and Middle Easterners. The result of an ongoing policy since the end of WWII. You can't come to Europe because your children or your children's children may grow to become terrorists because of things that have happened yet. Sounds reasonable policy, too bad that our politicians didn't understood need for such caution decades ago. The article being dumb aside, creating a policy where middle eastern and north african muslims become ghettofied over the generations and not part of society is the reason why we are here we are. I see little reason to continue with the same. It isn't good policy to let any population group secede from general population. But I see fault to be more in housing, schooling, and employment policies than in immigration policies of past. But of course if we can't make our domestic policies work then adding more stress to system that don't work isn't solid policy either. BruceVC: I am sorry that I have failed in my attempt of sarcasm. I tried my best to make it so over the top that nobody would take it serious. Elerond when you say your domestic policies dont work are you referring to the refugees and intergration?

Theres good people out there with good intentions but generally speaking, imo, the more rabid of these individuals just want to shout down any dissenting opinions and use "SEXISM" as their weapon. You know what, if that's the rules we must play by...in my household my wife interrupts me when I'm talking fairly regularly. She does it because she gets excited about the conversation and words just bubble out but it still aggravates me because I think its rude. But maybe I'm going about this the wrong way. Maybe shes been "shaming" me all these years and Ive just never noticed that my manhood is being harshed? Of course this is a tangent and specifically wrt to your and my conversation, I fully expected you to handwave "reverse discrimination", as you have before. You didn't this time so that's progress. I appreciate you taking the time to explain your personal experiences, you are not wrong about certain things Its a natural human response to get annoyed if someone interrupts you, this is not about gender. Who would like someone preventing them from talking..of course this can be frustrating Also I agree there is a degree of emotion around gender equality and sometimes people go overboard...its getting to a stage where guys are not sure if opening a door for a women will be seen in a negative light.." I can open my own door thank you " ..I am still chivalrous and just ignore this This social development of women being interrupted doesnt apply to all women...in fact none of the women I know have ever said to me " I feel shamed because I'm always being interrupted " Its just one of things people who believe in gender equality are opposed to from a historical context but maybe it should be framed better ?

Article uses assumption that this attackers are European born and grown. Which means that nobody allowed them in Europe in first place. "European" as second or third generation North Africans and Middle Easterners. The result of an ongoing policy since the end of WWII. You can't come to Europe because your children or your children's children may grow to become terrorists because of things that have happened yet. Sounds reasonable policy, too bad that our politicians didn't understood need for such caution decades ago. The article being dumb aside, creating a policy where middle eastern and north african muslims become ghettofied over the generations and not part of society is the reason why we are here we are. I see little reason to continue with the same. Really? I thought we were here because of ISIS and all the refugees arriving in Europe Since I have been on this forum which is 3 years or so I have never seen such active discussion about the Muslim world And there have been ghettos for years in the EU....how come this wasn't raised before?

Theres been a worldwide study on the matter? Hell yeah I want to see this piece of work. Link away! Gfted1 can I ask you a question? If someone said to you " what are the tenets or principles of gender equality " what would you say they are? In other words what do feminists want or people that support there views?