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Yes, it is a privilege to want to be protected from your mosque being vandalized. How dare they.
This isn't sharia law but something we can all look forward to. A bunch of lawsuits for those who don't want to assimilate but want more privilages than anyone else because of their religion. Yes, Cair attorneys are involved.
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It has to do with the costume, every role at Disneyland Resort has a specific costume," Brown said, adding that a number of employees wear religious clothing and work behind the scenes. She could not recall whether there were any who worked directly with guests. (from the L.A. Times)
Imane Boudlal, along with her attorney, held a news conference Wednesday in front of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa and framed the issue as being about diversity.
"My advice to Disney company … take a ride on one of your own rides, a little thing called 'It's a Small World,' which celebrates human diversity,"(CAIR attorney) Qazi said. "Imane is just celebrating that same diversity." (from the L.A. Times)
Aug 19, 2010 ... Imane Boudlal, employed for the last two years as a hostess at the Storyteller's Café in Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, ...
Hijab-wearing Muslim woman sues Disney over dress code - Los Angeles atheism | Examiner.com
I am a Jew. So I hate myself Dan?
Well, dropping atomic bombs on civilian cities is also a defintion for the "greastest generation" so you are correct in wanting something better.
BUT, SgtRock has a point. We (the military and intel world) knows what the enemy is, but our governments constantly choose to err on the side of political correctness and media suggestiveness. Everytime you hear from CNN or FOX or whatever media source that some civilians were killed the military receives pressure from the politicians to re-define tactics. Such things were not a problem for the fighters of WWII who were able to bring absolute victory to the American people. How many times have our ROEs been addressed in the public living room spotlight since 9/11? In the mean time, the practitioners of war are constantly retrained and prohibited from winning year after year in order to satisfy a political agenda of short term appearance.
God bless you, and thank you for saying this. I probably should not be posting on issues like this right now, but I feel very strong about them. Right now, my feelings are running particularly strong. The brother of my former boss and good friend last week was sentenced to 20 years in an Iranian prison for practicing his religion. He is going to die there, as he is 65 years old. Do I blame Islam? No, I blame the Mullahs. The lawyer for him and the other six who were sentenced was Shirin Ebadi, who has many times in the past literally put her life on the line to advocate against the injustices being perpetrated by the current Iranian leadership. She even won a Nobel Peace prize for her effort. Now comes the punch line - She is Muslim.
And, as I reflect upon the injustices being perpetrated over there, I bring my thoughts back home, to where American Mullahs are preaching the same intolerance for others, and if in power, would install the same kind of theocratic dictatorship we see in Iran. What is stopping them? First of all, the majority of the American people, who are no more bigoted than the vast majority of Muslims who live in peace, here in America. And, second of all, we have a document that transends time, and stands up for the rights of ALL Americans, no matter what color, what religion, and what background. I am talking about the Constitution of the United States of America.
God bless America, and God bless our Constitution, a document like no other before it, nor will there ever be another like it. It is America's most precious resource, and it is what defines us as a people. God bless it.
Yes, it is a privilege to want to be protected from your mosque being vandalized. How dare they.
Who damaged the Equipment at teh Mosque Dan. Tell us, have they caught the folks? Found a motive?
Like you I am a soldier.
I used to believe as you do. I had faith in my country. But my country is changing, politically and socially. Our universities poison the minds of our youth. We are declining just as all great civilizations before us. And I do not agree that most muslims have faith in America. I do not trust them. Thier Qu'ran tells them to lie to the kuffar. Once they have established sufficient numbers Islamic law will rule this nation. Even if it takes a thousand years.
The greatest generation knew exactly what they were doing when they placed Japanese Americans in internment camps. We have lost our collective kahones. We are spinless and our enemies know this. They are laughing at us because we are so weak.
I had no idea you were so close to Iranian intricacies. You and I should have talked more.
You are right to blame the Mullahs and the Iranian Majlis. Islam is a faceless default for many. It's a religion. It's basic teachings actually glorifies the American experience. The ironic thing is that even though our enemy today is largely a Sunni base (Saud family allegiance), it is the original Sunni base (Rightfully Guided Caliphs) that prescribe democracy while the Shia base (Iran) prescribes monarchy.
The bigger the confusion civilians and Washington has, as to who and what the enemy is, the harder it is for the average military grunt in the field facing them has to coming to a solid personal goal. This has become my secondary job. Not yet have I heard one single politician or media whore produce truth. Even Bush, with his absolute dimwittedness, had enough knowledge to preach that "Islam is not our enemy" in his speeches about terrorism.
Islam is not a problem in the U.S. It is a problem in the Middle East and exponentially growing in Europe. You have to step back and look at these matters more clearly bro.
I respectfully disagree with you. Yes, let the locals work on it, and it is my belief that they will do a good job. And so will the FBI. In fact, the FBI is working the case now, and I agree with that. That this is a crime worthy of being investigated as a hate crime is beyond any doubt. As previously reported as far back as June:
The problem is, moderate Muslims don't police their own. When push comes to shove, the majority of the time they will side with a fellow Muslim, even if they say he's on the fringe. We get nominal support from them when they see their personal future as bleak.
I would have no problem living peacefully with Islam if they would handle their ****ed up jobs. But they won't. They leave them to us and make it our problem.
As far as I'm concerned, if they won't solve the problem, they ARE the problem.
Well I'm not a soldier. I'm a Marine, but I get your meaning.
You are bitter. Many of us are after all of this. I don't know your experience through today's enemy, but I can guarantee you that if I am able to maintain a positive health about this you can too. From Somalia to two tours in Iraq I am able to still believe that our enemies are distinctive and separate from the vast majority. I've actually had to be exonerated for a mistake against this enemy so..... if I am able to transcend the media and politician's rhetoric you can too.
I absolutely believe that we have to step back and recognize that we are greater than an enemies goal. Islam's "rule" ended with Western "imperielism." I place that word into parenthesis because I believe it is unfair considering that the west (Christian world) was merely taking back lost land after Islamic explosion and expansion. There is no future for Islamic Shar'ia as Bashir or the Tali-Ban know it. Even the House of Saud dismisses it when it inconvenineces their securities. The "Al-Quedas" are on borrowed desperate time. They know it but refuse to acknowledge it because their adherence has no social or economic opportunity to dissuade them otherwise. It's a success in Iraq that will prove to be the counterpunch to our enemies vision as to how to achieve what we already have. This region's Muslims have been seeking democracy since European colonialism. They are are all watching Iraq today. They have to succeed or we are in the ****.
The reason so many liberal voices for change within Islam are jailed in Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and even Iran is that it threatens the power of the elite who prefer economical power over the peasant through false religious masques. It's only the radicals and extremists who preach about Shar'ia because it is a default that counters the economic desparity between elite and peasant. The extreme few who actually believe in Shar'ia, as a religious cultural organization of people, are getting their asses handed to them all over the world. This is not the American Muslim.
Im sorry...dont you mean "this should be investigated and if found to be a hate crime should be prosecuted as such? Cuz...if it turns out it was arson for the sake of insurance, or burning a few pieces of equipment to try and make others look bad...that wont be a hate crime. Until they know..its a little premature to engage in prejudice, isnt it?
When it comes to being super hero of Islam PC man, it's never too soon for Dan to engage in bigotry.
Once again your false generalizations and unsupported comments ring true. One incident does not give you the right to spit on the American Christian community as a whole or rediculusly compare this to the civil rights movement of the 60s. African Americans didn't blow up buildings in the name of their religion.
The ugly truth is that it has become politically correct on main street in America to be anything but a Christian. And other belief systems are being promoted by the state, in a sort of moral affirmative action movement. Make no mistake, the agenda isn't to free people from having Christianity shoved down their throat, its to get rid of it all together.
Here is the part of the article that inspired me:
God bless you, Mark. You represent Christianity well. Thank you.
On the other hand, no Muslims showed up for this event. Right now, they are pretty frightened, and YES, there IS a parallel. I remember the 1960's, when black men and women didn't show up to register to vote, out of fear for their lives. The Civil Rights struggle did not end with the defeat of Jim Crow. It will be a never ending war against hatred, ignorance, and mobs of people who would be more comfortable brandishing pitchforks and burning witches, while at the same time praising a Jesus Christ who is thinking "WTF, I never taught that"!!
Who says that it is only Muslims who commit terrorism? The dark side of human nature is in all of us, and religion is no delimiter. Hatred knows no religious boundary, and neither does terrorism.
Article is here.
Additional note: Today, the FBI officially ruled the fire as arson, basing that decision on lab reports showing that accelerants were used in setting the fire.
How do you see someone saying, "This was likely done by someone anti-Islamic" as being "bigotry"?
I find that preposterous.
Perhaps that's wrong, but it's the most likely occurrence.
I mean, **** man, you don't even live here. Some of us do. Some of us know the atmosphere here and have a little more insight to the situation than you do.
But you deign to know better than we do. It's not a guarantee, but it IS the more likely occurrence.
It's like I said in the thread reporting this: it's most likely a bunch of dumbass punk kids who did it. But they most likely did it because they felt inspired by a very anti-Islamic environment in the area right now.
If that's wrong, then it's wrong. But it's not bigoted. So if a swastika is painted on a synagogue, I'm supposed to first assume that it's the Jews who did it and not assume that it's someone who was anti-Jewish?
Yeah John. That's exactly what I said. :roll:
And click on "My Profile" then click on "Edit Profile" and scroll down to the bottom to "political leaning" and make yourself honest.
How do you see someone saying, "This was likely done by someone anti-Islamic" as being "bigotry"?
I find that preposterous.
Perhaps that's wrong, but it's the most likely occurrence.
I mean, **** man, you don't even live here. Some of us do. Some of us know the atmosphere here and have a little more insight to the situation than you do.
But you deign to know better than we do. It's not a guarantee, but it IS the more likely occurrence.
It's like I said in the thread reporting this: it's most likely a bunch of dumbass punk kids who did it. But they most likely did it because they felt inspired by a very anti-Islamic environment in the area right now.
If that's wrong, then it's wrong. But it's not bigoted. So if a swastika is painted on a synagogue, I'm supposed to first assume that it's the Jews who did it and not assume that it's someone who was anti-Jewish?
The ugly truth is that it has become politically correct on main street in America to be anything but a Christian. And other belief systems are being promoted by the state, in a sort of moral affirmative action movement. Make no mistake, the agenda isn't to free people from having Christianity shoved down their throat, its to get rid of it all together.
Oh, here is the Christian victim card, again. Wah! We're only 85% of the population. Stop picking on us. Wah!
Look, I'm a member of the Episcopal Church. You are not under attack. Trying to be nice and obey the 1st Amendment which says all Americans are free to practice the religion of their choice isn't politically correct. It's at the very core of this nation's purpose for existing.
What's anti-American is burning down someone else's place of worship or trying to prevent it from being built.
I can't believe that in a thread about a mosque construction site being burned, you'd come in and wah-wah for the poor Christians. It's been a long time since anyone put us before the lions. We're predominantly in control. Playing the victim card is weak and pathetic. Especially because it's not true.
Who damaged the Equipment at teh Mosque Dan. Tell us, have they caught the folks? Found a motive?
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