BruceVC Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Interview with random people in the neighbourhood of the Kouachi bros: Marie-Thérèse, a teacher living on a neighbouring street, who declined to give her surname, said she had been troubled by the reluctance of teenagers in her class to observe a minute of silence the day after the Charlie Hebdo massacre. “Several started shouting and one said he wished he had a Kalashnikov to kill me,” said the teacher, Marie-Thérèse, who declined to give her surname. “I work in a tough school in a tough area, but the same thing happened in other schools.” Le Figaro and other newspapers reported similar behaviour in schools in several French cities, and cases of non-Muslim pupils trying to attack Muslim classmates were also reported. “Many of the kids I teach could easily be radicalised,” Marie-Thérèse said. “This doesn’t bode well for the future of France. We’ve got to make more effort to reconcile communities.” Serious question, how do you deal with kids that are ok with murder? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11338842/Paris-attacks-Two-worlds-collide-on-street-where-terrorists-lived.html This article highlights a real social problem that many European countries are grappling with. In France you have groups of Muslims who don't feel part of mainstream French culture and feel alienated from French society despite several opportunities presented to them There is also an effective campaign of propaganda from the likes of ISIS that resonates with many disenfranchised Muslim youth, they believe that the West is truly involved in a crusade against Islam. Even this article they talk about the anger that 60 years ago 200 Algerians were killed by French police. But during the Algerian civil war several hundred thousand Algerians were killed by extremists...where is the criticism about this violence? So whats the solution? I suppose you have to work harder at getting the message across that France wants to integrate all its citizens into its society. But to be honest this will only work for some. Other people needed to be arrested and or killed as they won't be prepared to compromise But this anti-Western sentiment from the Muslim communities within countries like France really does only represent a small minority of the overall Muslim community so we shouldn't see this as a social crisis. Im confident most Muslims are very happy living in France and being part of French culture "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 This article highlights a real social problem that many European countries are grappling with. In France you have groups of Muslims who don't feel part of mainstream French culture and feel alienated from French society despite several opportunities presented to them There is also an effective campaign of propaganda from the likes of ISIS that resonates with many disenfranchised Muslim youth, they believe that the West is truly involved in a crusade against Islam. Even this article they talk about the anger that 60 years ago 200 Algerians were killed by French police. But during the Algerian civil war several hundred thousand Algerians were killed by extremists...where is the criticism about this violence? So whats the solution? I suppose you have to work harder at getting the message across that France wants to integrate all its citizens into its society. But to be honest this will only work for some. Other people needed to be arrested and or killed as they won't be prepared to compromise But this anti-Western sentiment from the Muslim communities within countries like France really does only represent a small minority of the overall Muslim community so we shouldn't see this as a social crisis. Im confident most Muslims are very happy living in France and being part of French culture I would love to believe that I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 This article highlights a real social problem that many European countries are grappling with. In France you have groups of Muslims who don't feel part of mainstream French culture and feel alienated from French society despite several opportunities presented to them There is also an effective campaign of propaganda from the likes of ISIS that resonates with many disenfranchised Muslim youth, they believe that the West is truly involved in a crusade against Islam. Even this article they talk about the anger that 60 years ago 200 Algerians were killed by French police. But during the Algerian civil war several hundred thousand Algerians were killed by extremists...where is the criticism about this violence? So whats the solution? I suppose you have to work harder at getting the message across that France wants to integrate all its citizens into its society. But to be honest this will only work for some. Other people needed to be arrested and or killed as they won't be prepared to compromise But this anti-Western sentiment from the Muslim communities within countries like France really does only represent a small minority of the overall Muslim community so we shouldn't see this as a social crisis. Im confident most Muslims are very happy living in France and being part of French culture I would love to believe that I can understand how frustrating it must seem for some European countries, all these immigrants arrive and start living off certain social services. They initially get supported by tax paying citizens of a country. Then they get jobs and start contributing towards the economy....but then you see incidents like this Paris shooting where you see all this vitriol and hatred directed towards the country that basically gave them a home and livelihood. So you almost want to say " why do we even bother letting in people who just don't appreciate what they have " But we do live in a global world and places like the EU have fairly open borders for certain citizens so you can't really stop the movement of economic migrants..and thats what most of these immigrants are . They are looking for economic opportunities, we see this in South Africa all the time with many foreigners who come to South Africa looking for work from places like Zimbabwe and Mozambique So I still think the likes of Paris shooters represent a small part of the overall French muslim community as we can see from the Unity march and the condemnation from almost all mainstream Muslim organisations in France "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Interview with random people in the neighbourhood of the Kouachi bros: Marie-Thérèse, a teacher living on a neighbouring street, who declined to give her surname, said she had been troubled by the reluctance of teenagers in her class to observe a minute of silence the day after the Charlie Hebdo massacre. “Several started shouting and one said he wished he had a Kalashnikov to kill me,” said the teacher, Marie-Thérèse, who declined to give her surname. “I work in a tough school in a tough area, but the same thing happened in other schools.” Le Figaro and other newspapers reported similar behaviour in schools in several French cities, and cases of non-Muslim pupils trying to attack Muslim classmates were also reported. “Many of the kids I teach could easily be radicalised,” Marie-Thérèse said. “This doesn’t bode well for the future of France. We’ve got to make more effort to reconcile communities.” Serious question, how do you deal with kids that are ok with murder? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11338842/Paris-attacks-Two-worlds-collide-on-street-where-terrorists-lived.html This article highlights a real social problem that many European countries are grappling with. In France you have groups of Muslims who don't feel part of mainstream French culture and feel alienated from French society despite several opportunities presented to them There is also an effective campaign of propaganda from the likes of ISIS that resonates with many disenfranchised Muslim youth, they believe that the West is truly involved in a crusade against Islam. Even this article they talk about the anger that 60 years ago 200 Algerians were killed by French police. But during the Algerian civil war several hundred thousand Algerians were killed by extremists...where is the criticism about this violence? So whats the solution? I suppose you have to work harder at getting the message across that France wants to integrate all its citizens into its society. But to be honest this will only work for some. Other people needed to be arrested and or killed as they won't be prepared to compromise But this anti-Western sentiment from the Muslim communities within countries like France really does only represent a small minority of the overall Muslim community so we shouldn't see this as a social crisis. Im confident most Muslims are very happy living in France and being part of French culture "A muslim cannot feel welcomed in a non-muslim society. If the society has the same values as islam, then the muslim will feel welcomed" <-- Arguments like that are thrown around everyday. But my point is that how do you deal with neighbourhoods where people think murder is justified when insulted? How do you deal with such alienation on a such a profound level? I sure don't know. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Interview with random people in the neighbourhood of the Kouachi bros: Marie-Thérèse, a teacher living on a neighbouring street, who declined to give her surname, said she had been troubled by the reluctance of teenagers in her class to observe a minute of silence the day after the Charlie Hebdo massacre. “Several started shouting and one said he wished he had a Kalashnikov to kill me,” said the teacher, Marie-Thérèse, who declined to give her surname. “I work in a tough school in a tough area, but the same thing happened in other schools.” Le Figaro and other newspapers reported similar behaviour in schools in several French cities, and cases of non-Muslim pupils trying to attack Muslim classmates were also reported. “Many of the kids I teach could easily be radicalised,” Marie-Thérèse said. “This doesn’t bode well for the future of France. We’ve got to make more effort to reconcile communities.” Serious question, how do you deal with kids that are ok with murder? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11338842/Paris-attacks-Two-worlds-collide-on-street-where-terrorists-lived.html This article highlights a real social problem that many European countries are grappling with. In France you have groups of Muslims who don't feel part of mainstream French culture and feel alienated from French society despite several opportunities presented to them There is also an effective campaign of propaganda from the likes of ISIS that resonates with many disenfranchised Muslim youth, they believe that the West is truly involved in a crusade against Islam. Even this article they talk about the anger that 60 years ago 200 Algerians were killed by French police. But during the Algerian civil war several hundred thousand Algerians were killed by extremists...where is the criticism about this violence? So whats the solution? I suppose you have to work harder at getting the message across that France wants to integrate all its citizens into its society. But to be honest this will only work for some. Other people needed to be arrested and or killed as they won't be prepared to compromise But this anti-Western sentiment from the Muslim communities within countries like France really does only represent a small minority of the overall Muslim community so we shouldn't see this as a social crisis. Im confident most Muslims are very happy living in France and being part of French culture "A muslim cannot feel welcomed in a non-muslim society. If the society has the same values as islam, then the muslim will feel welcomed" <-- Arguments like that are thrown around everyday. But my point is that how do you deal with neighbourhoods where people think murder is justified when insulted? How do you deal with such alienation on a such a profound level? I sure don't know. Well no Western country will ever have the same values as a country that for example is in the Middle East because Western countries are Democracies and practice freedom of speech and freedom of religion. I don't think most Muslims expect that from Western countries, I'm sure they are aware of the difference between France and lets say Saudi Arabia ? But yes if you read how that teacher was treated in that school, its very worrying and I would think the solution has to come from within the Muslim community. Its up to the parents and respected members of the Muslim community to get the message across that France is not " un-Islamic " and French society is not your enemy? But I agree its a tough one to try to convince people who want to kill there teacher for asking people to have one minute of silence "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Serious question, how do you deal with kids that are ok with murder? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11338842/Paris-attacks-Two-worlds-collide-on-street-where-terrorists-lived.html Send them to the Legion ? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoman2 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 There's a mainstream tradition in Islam of taking the Koran literally, while Christianity and Judaism rationalize away things that modern morality finds objectionable. So when the Koran says "You must fight the infidel until they submit" the Jihadists take that as their marching orders. The Egyptian president has just made a very important speech on this very subject : http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/egypts-sisi-islamic-thinking-is-antagonizing-the-entire-world/ Of course Christianity went through it's own very similar period : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Day_massacre But that was 400 years ago! a human becomes mature after 18-20 years. a religion becomes mature after 1800-2000 years... islam is in puberty right now The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Hope I'm not posting old news, but I might very well have missed it in all those quotepyramids. https://eu2015.lv/images/news/2015_01_11_Joint_statement_of_ministers_for_interrior.pdf We are concerned at the increasingly frequent use of the Internet to fuel hatred and violence and signal our determination to ensure that the Internet is not abused to this end, while safeguarding that it remains, in scrupulous observance of fundamental freedoms, a forum for free expression, in full respect of the law. With this in mind, the partnership of the major Internet providers is essential to create the conditions of a swift reporting of material that aims to incite hatred and terror and the condition of its removing, where appropriate/possible. I'm surprised it took them this long to put something like this out there. This did cheer me up though; Syria Strategic Communication Advisory Team (SSCAT) They really did'nt think that one through, did they? Edited January 12, 2015 by Azdeus 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frgo Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Enjoy your 70 virgins, brave hero. Despicable. So the police/state/authorities say a person(s) does X, and then executes them in cold blood in a video and you cheer? I have see on TV a former officer of this french police special unit explaining that in cas of the suspect running to the assault columns, the order are to shoot to kill for the protection of the cop. The fear ? that the terrorist has an explosive belt. You see like the cops are pressed against each other ? imagine an explosion on the middle of the column... Yesterday all France was proud of its polices forces and i can say you that our police is not accustomed to being acclaimed by the crowd. I don't know how it's USA, but in France the police is often viewed with suspicion. A few month ago she was booed after the death of a young protester killed by a stun grenade of the riot police and there was a political debate on the subjet of reducing the arming of the police... Now we have police and soldier with submachine gun and we are talking of the necessity or not of a "Patriot Act" Edited January 12, 2015 by frgo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassat Hunter Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Not sure if Val is still on about the 'brothers being potentially innocent'... even after they have already been killed. Quite a coincidence would it be if those brothers where just innocents framed, that apparently also had assault rifles and taken people hostage. What are the odds?You tell me, since you apparently still don't believe it, so you must think the odds of that are high... religious extremism can only be fought with religion. these people did what they did while welcoming death as the means to reach heaven. the only way to scare them and anyone else that may follow in their footsteps, would be to use the tenents of their faith to deny them heaven. for example, the police, before going after them, could have made a big show about how they soak their bullets in pig blood (contact with pigs = no heaven for muslims) even if fake. terrorizing the terrorists like a boss, and then we see how many more dare try something like that again I'm sure that would wreck the havoc of all apparent 'non-violent' Islamtics. And are then used for more violence against you for being anti-Islam, used for ISIS-propeganda... you get the thing. Which IMO is a real shame since our soft West "bad boys!" approach obviously doesn't work. IMO the best thing, if they go to the Middle-east to train, don't let them back in. Yes, they might have been born in your country, they have the nationality, but if it's known they are training in Jemen, or Syria or whatever just send them back there... apparently they like it there better than with us. Solves the whole 'can't send them home, since we are their home'... nope, apparently to them we're not, so why should we act like they do? Surveilance obviously doesn't work well enough, there are many returnees that are *known*(!) to be risks. Just send them all to Syria and send our regards to Assad as he hopefully kills them all... ^ I agree that that is such a stupid idiotic pathetic garbage hateful retarded scumbag evil satanic nazi like term ever created. At least top 5. TSLRCM Official Forum || TSLRCM Moddb || My other KOTOR2 mods || TSLRCM (English version) on Steam || [M4-78EP on Steam Formerly known as BattleWookiee/BattleCookiee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoman2 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 when the only punishment a person is afraid of is not going to heaven, then that is the punishment that should be employed. 1 The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Interview with random people in the neighbourhood of the Kouachi bros: Marie-Thérèse, a teacher living on a neighbouring street, who declined to give her surname, said she had been troubled by the reluctance of teenagers in her class to observe a minute of silence the day after the Charlie Hebdo massacre. “Several started shouting and one said he wished he had a Kalashnikov to kill me,” said the teacher, Marie-Thérèse, who declined to give her surname. “I work in a tough school in a tough area, but the same thing happened in other schools.” Le Figaro and other newspapers reported similar behaviour in schools in several French cities, and cases of non-Muslim pupils trying to attack Muslim classmates were also reported. “Many of the kids I teach could easily be radicalised,” Marie-Thérèse said. “This doesn’t bode well for the future of France. We’ve got to make more effort to reconcile communities.” Serious question, how do you deal with kids that are ok with murder? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11338842/Paris-attacks-Two-worlds-collide-on-street-where-terrorists-lived.html "power corrupts. powerlessness corrupts absolutely." it is the belief o' being disenfranchised or powerless that is the key. there were an interesting experiment done in... the early 70s? *grumble* our memory for dates is not what it should be. 1969. dagnabbit. the twisted monkey who came up with the experiment were same guy who did the prison experiment where some folks took role of guards and some had prisoner roles. anywho, phillip zimbardo takes two cars and... ... is easier to link so we don't misrepresent accidental. http://www.zimbardo.com/downloads/powerevil.pdf end of page 9 and most of 10 is the part we reference. two guys, kellig and willson, later write an essay entitled "Broken Windows". is a good read if seeming a bit shallow. the zimbardo experiment would appear to be the only evidence presented, and some rather far-reaching conclusions is reached based on the limited data, but it does raise interesting questions and, surprisingly, it offers a solution... even if such a solution is based on somewhat dubious scholarship. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/ HA! Good Fun! 3 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 His writings. Charie?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashMan Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 We are concerned at the increasingly frequent use of the Internet to fuel hatred and violence and signal our determination to ensure that the Internet is not abused to this end, while safeguarding that it remains, in scrupulous observance of fundamental freedoms, a forum for free expression, in full respect of the law. With this in mind, the partnership of the major Internet providers is essential to create the conditions of a swift reporting of material that aims to incite hatred and terror and the condition of its removing, where appropriate/possible. YAY FOR FREE SPEECH! EXCEPT WHEN I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU SAY. WE NEED TO POLICE IT! Well color me sceptical. Shouldn't a man be allowed to hate too? ADDENDUM: It surprises me that on some level, I agree with that Gawker article. Never tough it would happen. Freedom of speech is great and I fully support it, however, I call things as I see them. Sometimes humor can be in poor taste and one really has to ask "did you really go there? Why?" Often it seems unnecessarily hostile, or deliberately "triggering". * YOU ARE A WRONGULARITY FROM WHICH NO RIGHT CAN ESCAPE! *Chuck Norris was wrong once - He thought HE made a mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Maybe there is some hope after all: https://twitter.com/Rapsney/status/554897763105009665 "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Interview with random people in the neighbourhood of the Kouachi bros: Marie-Thérèse, a teacher living on a neighbouring street, who declined to give her surname, said she had been troubled by the reluctance of teenagers in her class to observe a minute of silence the day after the Charlie Hebdo massacre. “Several started shouting and one said he wished he had a Kalashnikov to kill me,” said the teacher, Marie-Thérèse, who declined to give her surname. “I work in a tough school in a tough area, but the same thing happened in other schools.” Le Figaro and other newspapers reported similar behaviour in schools in several French cities, and cases of non-Muslim pupils trying to attack Muslim classmates were also reported. “Many of the kids I teach could easily be radicalised,” Marie-Thérèse said. “This doesn’t bode well for the future of France. We’ve got to make more effort to reconcile communities.” Serious question, how do you deal with kids that are ok with murder? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11338842/Paris-attacks-Two-worlds-collide-on-street-where-terrorists-lived.html "power corrupts. powerlessness corrupts absolutely." it is the belief o' being disenfranchised or powerless that is the key. there were an interesting experiment done in... the early 70s? *grumble* our memory for dates is not what it should be. 1969. dagnabbit. the twisted monkey who came up with the experiment were same guy who did the prison experiment where some folks took role of guards and some had prisoner roles. anywho, phillip zimbardo takes two cars and... ... is easier to link so we don't misrepresent accidental. http://www.zimbardo.com/downloads/powerevil.pdf end of page 9 and most of 10 is the part we reference. two guys, kellig and willson, later write an essay entitled "Broken Windows". is a good read if seeming a bit shallow. the zimbardo experiment would appear to be the only evidence presented, and some rather far-reaching conclusions is reached based on the limited data, but it does raise interesting questions and, surprisingly, it offers a solution... even if such a solution is based on somewhat dubious scholarship. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/ HA! Good Fun! While i find the notion of perpetual goodness paradigm admirable, it however requires a definite declaration on what is good behaviour of the individual and to extent, a group of people. This notion actually collides with the post-modern notion, found mostly in academia, that diversity has to be tolerated, even if some values of "good" differ greatly. Still though, great reading! "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) I can understand how frustrating it must seem for some European countries, all these immigrants arrive and start living off certain social services. They initially get supported by tax paying citizens of a country. Then they get jobs and start contributing towards the economy.... The problem is they don't get jobs and they don't contribute. And not only them, their descendants also. Over 95% of children that were raised in families that lived on social benefits also live on social benefits themselves. After all if they see that their parents and their social circle never worked why would it occur to them to work themselves? Well this is a relevant point if its true because it would explain the frustration on some levels Don't these immigrants work? Surly they can't just live off social services indefinitely? Edited January 13, 2015 by BruceVC "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmp10 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Don't these immigrants work? Surly they can't just live off social services indefinitely?They do work but predictably they are discriminated in the job market. Given equal social security it's no wonder some will prefer it to seeking employment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedWolf Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 In other news, an ultra-orthodox Israeli newspaper edited out all female politicians including Merkel from the iconic photo of the Paris march. You can't make this stuff up. https://twitter.com/uriahc/status/554657664316104705/photo/1 1 Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 In other news, an ultra-orthodox Israeli newspaper edited out all female politicians including Merkel from the iconic photo of the Paris march. You can't make this stuff up. https://twitter.com/uriahc/status/554657664316104705/photo/1 Hi Jaded " waves " Where have you been? I was worried you had joined the Ukrainian army and you were involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine !!! "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedWolf Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 In other news, an ultra-orthodox Israeli newspaper edited out all female politicians including Merkel from the iconic photo of the Paris march. You can't make this stuff up. https://twitter.com/uriahc/status/554657664316104705/photo/1 Hi Jaded " waves " Where have you been? I was worried you had joined the Ukrainian army and you were involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine !!! Not much chance of that. I would make a terrible soldier. I'm a lover, not a fighter. Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 YAY FOR FREE SPEECH! EXCEPT WHEN I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU SAY. WE NEED TO POLICE IT! Well color me sceptical. Shouldn't a man be allowed to hate too? I'm not, this falls in line with all the touchy feely poo the corps wants. I do doubt that they'll get it passed though, it's far to invasive. But they'll try, a few years down the road the might actually succeed. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junai Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) This isn't the first 'terrorist' event where the named official suspects reportedly came to be known to the authorities though a found ID under extremely unlikely circumstances. Very convenient for those authorities, and/or just super lucky. Twice now! Passports these days. When concrete is pulverized, these papers come out unscathed. Amazing quality. There's no blood or recoil when the police office is shot either; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P853PYcw90Q I'm no forensics expert, but I'd like to believe there would be some blood when a man gets his head blown off at point blank range. Anyway, I suppose we should stop asking questions. It's so passe. .. Edited January 13, 2015 by Junai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Wonder if they did ID them via some other means but the publicly given reason is just a thin cover. Seems simple enough. Maybe his head din't blow up due to the ammunition ? My understanding was that grievous wounds on unarmoured people result from hollow points, fully jacketed rounds just punch through (proves a minor problem, thank you Black Hawk Down). Does strike the concrete. Edited January 13, 2015 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Wonder if they did ID them via some other means but the publicly given reason is just a thin cover. Seems simple enough. Maybe his head din't blow up due to the ammunition ? My understanding was that grievous wounds on unarmoured people result from hollow points, fully jacketed rounds just punch through (proves a minor problem, thank you Black Hawk Down). Does strike the concrete. Unless we get a ballistics expert we can't confirm, but I agree with you. At that range it wouldn't have enough kinetic force to create a massive cavity and it is likely to go through, but I don't see when it hits concrete. It might just be because of the low resolution of the video, but the conspiracy skeptics have given enough circumstantial evidence to create doubt. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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