Do you think Islam is British?
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what sort of a question is that 
british is NOT islam.
british is english,scotish,irish,welsh all rolled into one ?
british is NOT islam.
british is english,scotish,irish,welsh all rolled into one ?
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yep nailed it on the head
british is a nationality
islam is a faith
british is a nationality
islam is a faith
Gilly said:
What constitues an attack exactly?
Can we break it down into constituent parts.
A. Must name the person being insulted.
B. hmmmm it seems there is no B.
So I can blithely call out all the usual suspects and call them jew hating monsters and jackboot wearing facists without any reprimand at all as long as I don't specifically name anyone?
What if I wrap the insult into a format that makes it appear like a joke? Is that OK? Even if the person being attacked has previously been identified as the brunt of that joke?
That works for me. I can play the game and having a far better command of the English language than the usual suspects of islam doting, guardian reading, Britain hating, anti jew, nazis I will be much, much better at it.
Although Spawn you recently posted (in a thread that I had not posted in) "/awaits virii with his usual racist rant".
I would have thought that satisfied the requirement to name names and was therefore an attack for which you could have been punished yet the whole thread disappeared instead.
Still the rules of the game are that you can say what you like as long as you don't specifically name the person that you are attacking, of course when they respond angrily they get suspended........... Seems a rather strange way to do things, personally I'd clamp down on the provokers but never mind.
Spawn said:Thats because they do, shame you cant open your blinkered eyes to see that. But nevermind....thats life.
As that post is directed at Platypus then isn't that actually a direct personal insult? It seems to me that every reply made in these threads by Spawn does directly attack a poster and or some nameless posters. I don't understand why so much slack is given to him. Are comments like the above allowed? If so I'll be sure to add them to the arsenal. I would have thought that they were "problematic" and a case of "harrassment"
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Hmmmm, calling everyone who disagrees with you a 'racist xenophobe' can be insulting but the words aren't insulting in themselves.
Generally it shows poor composure and lacking mannrs
Generally it shows poor composure and lacking mannrs
Gilly said:
Grow up? I'd like an adult discussion on the subject of personal attacks however a response like "grow up" is far from a grown up reply.
Why won't you talk about it? This is twice you've refused to discuss it like an adult and twice you've simply replied "grow up".
What are you afraid of?
Spawn said:33,390,141 (July 2007 est.)
Interesting but still far from what you originally claimed. 0.8% is quite a bit of a difference...but as it is the population of muslims is steadily growing over there. But thats due to the Canadian govt allowing more and more immigrants to come into Canada.
ehh??? he was right. Now if the figures were 2% and something like 20% + then i would agree with you but they are not. HE is right.
You should admit you were wrong. The facts have proven his point.
Gilly said:
Really??. id like you and platypus to point out my double standard??. Yes i do and have made complaints about certain posters and their comments...i have every right to do so just like anyone else has the right to do so.
Im only calling it like i see it sorry to say, a lot of past comments have bordered on xenophobia and racism and if you and platypus cant see that then...well theres not much else i can say to that tbh.
Virii said:
I probably have Virii, but to me its the way you come across in your posts im afraid to say.
As for the bit where i said platypus needs to open his blinkered eyes??, i dont see it as a personal insult..if you do then fair enough but obviously we see personal insults differently. It would have been a personal insult if i said to platypus that you stupid muppet, open your pathetic blinkered eyes...but seeing as i didnt, i dont see why it should be classed as a personal insult.
Although i agree that the provokers should be told to stop, im guilty of that along with many others here. So i shall endeavour to stop provoking in the future if it makes it any easier but id like to see the same from you Virii, if thats at all possible.
Anyways its all getting a bit silly really, like ive said previously islam cannot be british as it originated in the ME. Furthermore i cant really see any religion or faith being british, even christianity which if im not mistaken also originated in the ME??. Please correct me if im wrong.
Surfer said:ehh??? he was right. Now if the figures were 2% and something like 20% + then i would agree with you but they are not. HE is right.
You should admit you were wrong. The facts have proven his point.
Was he??, i dont think he was and why should i admit to being wrong. Perhaps im looking at it from a different point of view but i still dont agree with him...the muslim population in Canada isnt nearly as high as it is here in the UK...that is FACT
. The reason why i say its fact is because i spend a hell of a lot of time out in Canada so i think i have a much better viewpoint than say DD, who i dont think has ever been to Canada.
Spawn said:Was he??, i dont think he was and why should i admit to being wrong. Perhaps im looking at it from a different point of view but i still dont agree with him...the muslim population in Canada isnt nearly as high as it is here in the UK...that is FACT
The reason why i say its fact is because i spend a hell of a lot of time out in Canada so i think i have a much better viewpoint than say DD, who i dont think has ever been to Canada.
Is 2.0% nearly the same as 2.8% ? Arguably "yes it is" in terms of a section of population in percentage terms and as DD did express his assessment as "pro rata" then he is correct.