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Post by xotan on Apr 4, 2011 10:44:15 GMT -5
It doesn't take super intelligence to know that America, the Great Satan, is not the flavour of the month with Muslim extremists. In fact, they don't even distinguish between Americans and Europeans. It was clear to me that burning a Koran would give an excuse to some extremist somewhere to carry out an act of violence that s/he would regard as defending Islam against a blasphemy. I mean, try a Bible burning in the southern states.
Regardless of the legal rights and wrongs, the pastor behind this burning, and all who aided an abetted him, in my not so humble view, have blood on their hands just as much as the mob that killed those innocent of any book-burning.
And when the bodies are returned for burial let's hope a certain other lunatic pastor and his spawn don't turn up to vent and spew their bile. Or would they get mob treatment if they did show? In truth, I would find it hard to sympathise with them if they did.
In the meanwhile, America needs to address the misuse of freedom of speech on all levels. Freedom of speech that leads to murder is simple madness. Freedom has its price, and it is surely not the blood of othesr.
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Post by xotan on Mar 24, 2011 8:36:02 GMT -5
What were her preachers sermons about in the last few weeks? Could he be liable in any way?
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Post by xotan on Mar 6, 2011 15:59:06 GMT -5
Other countries have legislation against 'disturbing the peace and conduct likely to lead to a breach of the peace' as a control on the misuse of the basic right of freedom of speech.
I am no lawyer, but I would imagine that what the WBC does would fall foul of the above mentioned legislation if they engaged in their tactics in the UK, Ireland. In France, I think there may be very specific legislation against defiling the national flag, the Republic, its army and les enfants morts pour la nation - in a word those fallen in war.
Freedom of speech should not be capable of being used as a vehicle to harrass and cause grievance to those who are already suffering supreme personal loss, In America it appears anyone can engage in tormenting the bereaved, which in my view is either deranged or evil action, and is undoubtedly provocative and inhuman. To perform hateful actions in the name of a supposed god of love and a loving saviour is hypocrisy. But to have such actions supported in law is lunacy.
In a free democracy that cherishes equally the rights of all if children, the individual's right of free speech and free action must stop short of subordinating or diminishing the rights and freedoms of other citizens. There are few things more sacred than laying to eternal rest a dear, loved one. It is a time of great vulnerability and agonizing emotional pain. I propose, as an old person who has known the pain and loss of loved ones, that a funeral is a time when the bereaved are entitled to privacy and respect. To fail to respect and sympathise is hardly less that monstrous. Yet it appears in America the right to conduct final leavetaking with solemnity and dignity is inferior to the rights of any lunatic to defile such a sacred moment, and to cause deepest hurt.
Sorry, America, you've got this one badly wrong. The bereaved and suffering are legally disadvantaged and the provocateur is protected. Seems badly skewed.
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Post by xotan on Feb 24, 2011 9:00:36 GMT -5
There is also the story of David and Jonathan.
1 Samuel 20:41
The original Hebrew text says that they kissed each other and wept together until David became great. The word which means "great" in this passage is "gadal" in the original Hebrew. If the meaning of words retains any constant, then this is clearly a sexual reference. It can hardly mean anything other than that David had a hardon - unless he was prone to sudden, but transient, attacks of giantism
BTW, many modern translations have bowdlerised this. One even translating it as 'they shook hands'. How dishonest can you get.
Anyway, putting it together with David's lament in which he claims that his love for Jonathan was greater than the love of woman, seems to me, at any rate, to clarify the matter even more.
But by all means let's be dishonest to feed out prejudice.
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Post by xotan on Feb 20, 2011 17:06:52 GMT -5
Demons have American accents?
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Post by xotan on Feb 17, 2011 6:25:59 GMT -5
I would suggest Lutin à la Merde as a possibility. Think of La dame aux camélias, usually translated as the Lady of the Camelias. (Aux is the plural form of 'au' and 'à la'.)
A Sarko...hmmm. The president of France is Nicolas Sarkozy. Need I say more?
A French lady came to the house one day and was offered tea. When the tea was brewing in the tea pot, the teacosy was put over the pot to keep it hot. Madame asked about the cover, and being informed it was a teacosy, she replied, "you mean it's a Sar-cosy." A nice piece of sarc-asm that the French can be very good at.
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Post by xotan on Feb 6, 2011 14:56:49 GMT -5
I didn't go beyond the heading "How to read this report".
I was reading fluently at 4. I'm now in my late 60s with many reports written and read under my belt, so don't patronise me, please.
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Post by xotan on Jan 9, 2011 15:17:35 GMT -5
Ecce, id quod scripsi bonum verumque est!
Yeah, well... Loved the Monty Python clip.
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Post by xotan on Jan 9, 2011 14:55:14 GMT -5
If you mean Romans, Go Home then it's Romani Domum ite!Romanes is a mistaken form, but would probably be understood. Eunt means: they go/they are going - or simply, 'go' in the sense of present action. It is not a hortative demanding that they leave. Now, for pity's sake, what is it that is needed to be translated into Latin, Lighthorseman?
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Post by xotan on Jan 9, 2011 14:34:21 GMT -5
I have lived in France for almost 9 years and remark:
Lutin can be anything from a goblin (or hob goblin - hob being the place for cooking) poltergeist, whatever goes bump in the night
Merdeux would tend to mean 'shitty', where as 'de merde' can indicate made of shit.
My favoured translations, therefore would be Lutin de Merde.
Connerie comes from 'con' which has an extremely rude meaning, although it is used a lot in the common language, But foreigners, who don't get all the nuances, find it best best to avoid it.
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Post by xotan on Jan 9, 2011 14:19:55 GMT -5
A question: does America have a Trades Description Act? The basic thrust of this is that what you are selling has to match your claims for it. So, if this boat is not made of gopher wood (whatever that may be), and does not in all respects meet the description set forth in the bible, then you cannot Call it an replica of Noah's Ark. Did Noah have fire protection regimes in force? If not, then you cannot put them into the the replica....so no people can go in there. I'm sure there are many other areas that fall into traps like this. If you don't have one, first get a trades description act and wait for the fun.
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Post by xotan on Jan 9, 2011 7:28:03 GMT -5
The odd thing is that the US doesn't seem to have exercised any muscle on behalf of one of its citizens. Why? It almost looks as though this young man 'special-rendered' himself for proxy toture. Please President Bush, the eyes of the world are on you! Do something!
Oh... not Bush? Well, he set the pattern.
The big question on this (to mix cultural expressions): is this young many really kosher? Has it been established that he is genuinely not a recruit for for an organisation that might pose a threat? If this is clear, then what are his representatives in his home state doing? If they are doing nothing then they need to be reminded that they are the representatives of this young man and should be active on his behalf.
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Post by xotan on Jan 9, 2011 7:13:01 GMT -5
I wonder, then, could Mr. O'Reilly explain why there is hardly any tide in my local patch of water? The Mediterranean Sea is vast, but has only a miniscule rise and fall of water level that can hardly be called a proper tide; this despite an open like to the Atlantic. Is the Med subject to a different God?
Or maybe Mr. O'Really forgot his Med is sometimes known as the Tideless Sea?
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Post by xotan on Jan 9, 2011 7:01:48 GMT -5
I'm upset. Scotland wasn't mentioned. But they can have Brussels: A civil war there would be the first time in its history that something interesting has happened there. ;D But it has tiny cabbage sprouts! Surely that amounts to something! Yes. those little cabbage sprouts are the most dangerous things ever. The lead to noxious farts, which on occasion make Europe almost uninhabitable. Never travel by train in Blegium unless you bring your own air supply.
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Post by xotan on Jan 8, 2011 18:52:56 GMT -5
A the end of the day, an attack on a Congressman or woman is nothing more or less than an attack on American democracy itself. As to whether this approaches treason is something I cannot say.
But other countries shake their heads in disbelief at the availability of guns in American society. Tragic as today's event is, we should not be surprised that such things happen when any citizen has the right to bear arms. Inevitable the dingbats get them and next you have Columbine, Tucson, etc.
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