Islam: Our Partners in Peace...

[bobsticks]

Secular towards conservative Islamic movements, yes, at least for most countries. But that hardly makes them model leaders because they still imprison, torture, and execute more dissidents than in any state in the world. I'm not blind to the fact that conservative Islam is the backbone for their opposition, but like so many issues we're covering here, this isn't as black & white as some here would like it to be.

Thank you for proving my point though "conservative" Islam is not their backbone...greed is . Moreover, "extremist' or "fundamentalist" Islam is the issue, but I appreciate how you tried to may a symbiotic connection between one thing, universally despised in the educated world, and a second thing, a modern political movement that you use as a basis for your anti-Americanism.

For the last few months of his life my grandfather's personal physician had the dubious distinction of having been responsible for maintaining Saadam whilst he was awaiting trail. From his accounts I can assure you that the man was a fixer, a dealer, and a powerbroker...and from the accounts of this accomplished man I can tell you that the same is true throughout the leadership of that blighted part of the world.

Simply put, yer boys need to stop tellin' their boys to kill oyr boys...

Isn't that a making a mountain out of a grassy knoll? You're talking about mild fluctuations in directions, but the kind turn Oswald's single bullet had to have made could not have occurred by barrel modifications or hot-rodding grain loads. And why would Oswald do any of that? Sticks, let's not start fabricating plausibilities Limbaugh-style, now. How did you put that so elegantly again? Oh yes, and I quote: "it's just that the words you typed do nothing to elevate your argument."

Um, no...it isn't...I can make a .338 Lapua round skip across water or a .223/5.56 military round ricochet off concrete at will. Moreover, what you meant was the "angle at which the shot was placed" was inconceivable...at least by Oswald...

...and you seem to have overlooked the fact that I agreed with you that it seemed implausible given the circumstances.

By the way, you never answered my question: what is so blatantly false about Chomsky's research?

Cuz I don't have to. The original point of this thread was the specifics of a case involving Sharia Law and it's results within the modern context. The fact that you've managed to pull it so far off-topic and involve Islam as a whole and your references of an archaic worldview aren't compelling.

Btw, since you've mentioned to reference, and imply, a connection between Limbaugh and I...lemme say this: the fact that you could mistake me for a far right-winger is lamentable but, further, the fact that you would imply that the Far-Right of this country and their admittedly morose invective could be in any way commensurate with the evil of the Moulahs in the Madrassahs is pathetic.

I've yet to see Limbaugh, Coulter, et al. criticized for having arranged a bombing of a Mosque, a discotheque, or a pizzeria...no matter how much I may disavow their stances.