Salman Rushdie attacked

Hagar · 13 Aug 2022 at 13:05

Sankari said:
It's hard to find a concept that hasn't divided humans. Off the top of my head:

* politics
* economics
* religion
* psychology
* genetics
* race
* sociology

You forgot football.

GGizmo · 13 Aug 2022 at 13:05

We haven't been killing each other because we've always allowed the other view to be said.

Sankari · 13 Aug 2022 at 13:40

JonRGV250 said:
*GPU’s

More than anything else.

Sankari · 13 Aug 2022 at 13:41

BowdonUK said:
We haven't been killing each other because we've always allowed the other view to be said.

We haven't always allowed the other view to be said. Western civilisation has a long history of suppressing ideas it didn't like, and killing those who held them. The critical point is that we grew out of all that, whereas certain other civilisations did not.

JonRGV250 · 13 Aug 2022 at 14:47

Tolerant bunch the mussies aren't they..

Tony Edwards · 13 Aug 2022 at 15:30

Sankari said:
Currently on a ventilator, expected to lose an eye. I am so fed up with these barbarians.

It was a whole bunch of issues, none of which justified a fatwah.

Even if it wasn't still active, there's no shortage of Muslims willing and eager to kill Rushdie.

BowdonUK said:
A reasonable mind wouldn't have taken personal offense to the book.

Though this mind set seems to be spreading more across the world.

Sankari said:
Yes, because Western society is more civilised.

The west are having people kill others because of Trump for god sake. How many school attacks have these 'barbarians done?

Seriously. Sick of these barbarians? Sick of overly agressive men should be the call.

Tony Edwards · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:01

@C Kent do you think it is funny that Trumps supporters are killing and very often trying to kill innocent people?

Dis86 · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:03

Tony Edwards said:
@C Kent do you think it is funny that Trumps supporters are killing and very often trying to kill innocent people?

Do you have a death toll from 'Trump supporters' killing in the name of trump?

Perhaps then compare it to deaths caused in the name of Islam.

C Kent · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:04

Tony Edwards said:
@C Kent do you think it is funny that Trumps supporters are killing and very often trying to kill innocent people?

back up your claim big boy, wheres this list?

Tony Edwards · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:19

It turns out it isnt just a river in egypt when.

Trump Voter Allegedly Murdered His Wife Then Cast Her Ballot for Trump Too

“I figured, all those other guys are cheating,” he said. “I know she was going to vote for Trump anyway.”

www.vice.com

Five months after Suzanne Morphew was first reported missing last year, she cast an absentee ballot for former President Donald Trump in Colorado. Turns out her husband, now accused of murdering her, actually sent in the ballot using her name, because he “just wanted Trump to win.”

Texas Man Attacked Couple, Killed a Lawyer Because Victims Voted for Biden and Mocked Trump: Police

The Kaufmanns had a pro-Biden "flag and a doll of Trump hanging" in their front yard. The defendant allegedly believed they were Satanic.

lawandcrime.com

A Texas man was arrested earlier this week for allegedly murdering a woman and shooting her husband because the couple voted for President Joe Biden and mocked ex-President Donald Trump.

Joseph Angel Alvarez, 38, stands accused of murder and aggravated assault over the fatal attack on the night of Nov. 14, 2020, that left 50-year-old Georgette G. Kaufmann dead and her husband, 47-year-old Daniel L. Kaufmann, wounded after being shot at five times.

etc

Chris Wilson · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:21

I see the Left Wing Express from Speaker's Corner has arrived, carrying one of their professional deflectors

Brexit bad, Orange man very bad, Conservative party very very bad.

Unfettered immigration and migration very very good, EU a God given institution beyond even religion.

Spit it out, get it off your chest, before the return ticket expires...

Chris Wilson · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:25

Tony Edwards said:
It turns out it isnt just a river in egypt when.

Google Translate say "It's a Tony Edward's cryptic clue, isn't it?"

Roar87 · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:27

Ironically Trump supporters are aligned with free speech where as the left are more closely aligned with radical Islam who think "free speech doesn't mean free from consequences"

ltron · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:27

JonRGV250 said:
Tolerant bunch the mussies aren't they..

Extreme forms of Islam are vile, cruel and disgusting but so is an extremist interpretation of Christianity for instance. Unfortunately there is intolerance almost everywhere where many people live under authoritarian states which are deeply regressive. We are lucky to live in a free country under enlightenment values, it's a very rare and precious thing which should be preserved and built upon.

Mr Badger · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:31

Chris Wilson said:
Brexit bad, Orange man very bad, Conservative party very very bad.

The above is true.

Unfettered immigration and migration very very good, EU a God given institution beyond even religion.

This only exists in your own head.

Spit it out, get it off your chest, before the return ticket expires...

Given your enthusiastic support for brutal punishment of those that indulge in minor acts of rebellion (such as taking drugs) I wonder where you actually stand on the issue at hand.

C Kent · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:31

Tony Edwards said:
It turns out it isnt just a river in egypt when.

etc

Your quote

The west are having people kill others because of Trump for god sake

Now show me the people that are killing others because of trump, not people that happen to have voted for trump. As oppose to Muslims killing people in the name of Allah.

Dis86 · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:33

ltron said:
Extreme forms of Islam are vile, cruel and disgusting but so is an extremist interpretation of Christianity for instance. Unfortunately there is intolerance almost everywhere where many people live under authoritarian states which are deeply regressive. We are lucky to live in a free country under enlightenment values, it's a very rare and precious thing.

Which one ends up with more blood on its hands though? There is no belief more dangerous in the world than Islam based upon body count.

Chris Wilson · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:35

ltron said:
Extreme forms of Islam are vile, cruel and disgusting but so is an extremist interpretation of Christianity for instance. Unfortunately there is intolerance almost everywhere where many people live under authoritarian states which are deeply regressive. We are lucky to live in a free country under enlightenment values, it's a very rare and precious thing which should be preserved and built upon.

Is this the "whataboutery" expert fresh through the station turnstile?

Before being barred from the (only certain) Speaker's Corner, "whataboutery" was deemed anathema.

Terminal_Boy · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:38

ltron said:
Extreme forms of Islam are vile, cruel and disgusting but so is an extremist interpretation of Christianity for instance. Unfortunately there is intolerance almost everywhere where many people live under authoritarian states which are deeply regressive. We are lucky to live in a free country under enlightenment values, it's a very rare and precious thing which should be preserved and built upon.

You’re going to use the phrase “moderate Islam” in a moment and I have some bad news for you. There no moderate Islam, there is no extremist Islam; there is just Islam.

Tony Edwards · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:42

C Kent said:
Your quote

Now show me the people that are killing others because of trump, not people that happen to have voted for trump. As oppose to Muslims killing people in the name of Allah.

Texas Man Attacked Couple, Killed a Lawyer Because Victims Voted for Biden and Mocked Trump: Police

The Kaufmanns had a pro-Biden "flag and a doll of Trump hanging" in their front yard. The defendant allegedly believed they were Satanic.

lawandcrime.com

A Texas man was arrested earlier this week for allegedly murdering a woman and shooting her husband because the couple voted for President Joe Biden and mocked ex-President Donald Trump.

Joseph Angel Alvarez, 38, stands accused of murder and aggravated assault over the fatal attack on the night of Nov. 14, 2020, that left 50-year-old Georgette G. Kaufmann dead and her husband, 47-year-old Daniel L. Kaufmann, wounded after being shot at five times.

Cant get clearer than that really. Crazy people do crazy things.