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originally posted by: Vortiki
originally posted by: Revelations29
Which Government is more innocent?
America= Averages a war every 20 years, ( not including "conflicts" or bombardments and drone bombings)
Iran= Hasnt invaded another country in 200 years.
Oh my god guys did you hear the news!?!? Women in Iran cant get higher ed degrees!!!! My god those MONSTERS!!!
The US alone killed over 5 million civilians in Vietnam alone.
I can't seem to find anything on Google about Iran invading and killing millions of innocent people.
Can you?
The double think in America is mind boggling.
When was the last time you heard about someone being buried in the sand up to their neck and stoned until death in America?
When was the last time you heard about any American taking on five wives and treating them like slaves? It is FAR more than a higher education. There aren't double-standards here, Just you, who thinks that stoning people to death and having five wives is normal, and the rest of humanity that knows that you shouldn't treat people like that.
Which is why America bombs those countries. I don't want those ass-backwards, dark ages mentality, rejects mingling with modern society and spreading more of their "religion" of violence.
I'm going to preemptively destroy your opportunity to claim "All religions are violent" as well.
As example: No form of religion, except the islamic, demands that you destroy those whom you cannot convert. No form of religion, except islamic, is STILL killing people today based on entirely religious motivations.
And no form of religion, except islamic, is it deemed "ok" to have sex with a child.
I rest my case.
originally posted by: Wrabbit2000
a reply to: Vortiki
I love the America First/America Always attitude you have. Really...as an American I love it!
However...the idea that Muslims are backward or somehow inferior is ugly to the point of embarrassing. You refer to 'them' as if 'they' are far far away and not among those you are directly talking to here.
I try and keep in mind..We have Muslims at ATS. We even have members from the Islamic Republic of Iran directly. Not "from" there...living there as members of the site, right now.
There is also a lot of confusion, I think. Shia and Sunni Islam are of the same Faith but saying that is like saying Protestant and Catholic are the same Faith with a couple minor differences. Well...true enough if you're not saying it in Belfast. Location matters everything....but Sunni are the ULTRA-Restrictive, ULTRA-Fundamentalist side of Islam. Not Shia. In fact...Iran damn near invaded Afghanistan themselves before the 2001 war started. The Taliban thought it amusing to torture and murder Iranian diplomats stationed in Afghan........in terms of how well those two groups get along to people who can't recognize HOW different they are.
In fact, this is a common street scene in Tehran, Iran. I love street scenes...Maybe because I've made a living travelling for so much of my life, I've come to read volumes from the background of scenes like this. However, note the freedom of the women, for one. Not what you'll likely see across the water in Saudi Araba. They're in jeans and regular shirts. All have the head covering, but many have nothing more at all. That's Iran.
They aren't demons, idiots or people of low character. They're VERY VERY different than we are in culture, but attacking them for that shows we have learned nothing, not that they deserved it, IMO.
originally posted by: Vortiki
Yeah, and I've worked for these "regular people" and let me tell you something. Their exterior smiles and blue jeans merely mask the fact that they do everything in their power to make sure that any americans near them are treated like crap. The frequently refer to their employees as "stupid westerners" and say what I can only assume according to body language is horrible things about people in their native tongue right in front of them.
So you can claim I'm an embarassment to the rest of my fellow Americans, but my opinions are solidly built upon personal experience.
originally posted by: squarehead666
Same old propagandists.
Same old line of BS.
Nothing to see here.
Move along.
PS: Xcathdra, you should encourage the script-writers to be more creative. This is just rehashing old materiel.....Or are you lot saving money by getting Hollywood writers directly involved these days?
From Hadith:
originally posted by: amkia
2 days and still looking for “the official” release of what OP says in Iranian media…
NOTHING
Still nothing..! not a damn thing I wonder what are these” known shills” are pointing at.
originally posted by: Vortiki
originally posted by: Gianfar
I'd like to see how they could purchase food for their families and pay rent if their gas stations had to sell fuel for $8.00 dollars a gallon? The USA is not safe because the war is happening thousands of miles away?
Gas isn't a problem. Fuel isn't an issue. The USA doesn't need to rely on anyone for fuel, we merely provide the facade that it's relevant. We have more than enough fuel, for more than longer than we need it for. USA is the isolationism KING. We did it in the 1950's, and our economy boomed. When necessary, we don't need to import fuels and goods.
In case you didn't notice about a month ago, USA Navy just announced it can separate the oxygen from hydrogen in H2O and create combustible fuel from water. So no, gas prices aren't an issue, even more so if you own an electric vehicle.
Nothing any ME country can do can have the slightest bearing on the USA as a whole.
Sure you can say 9/11, but it isn't like that was a high number of fatalities compared to those out of the ME.
originally posted by: Wrabbit2000
a reply to: Vortiki
I love the America First/America Always attitude you have. Really...as an American I love it!
However...the idea that Muslims are backward or somehow inferior is ugly to the point of embarrassing. You refer to 'them' as if 'they' are far far away and not among those you are directly talking to here.
I try and keep in mind..We have Muslims at ATS. We even have members from the Islamic Republic of Iran directly. Not "from" there...living there as members of the site, right now.
There is also a lot of confusion, I think. Shia and Sunni Islam are of the same Faith but saying that is like saying Protestant and Catholic are the same Faith with a couple minor differences. Well...true enough if you're not saying it in Belfast. Location matters everything....but Sunni are the ULTRA-Restrictive, ULTRA-Fundamentalist side of Islam. Not Shia. In fact...Iran damn near invaded Afghanistan themselves before the 2001 war started. The Taliban thought it amusing to torture and murder Iranian diplomats stationed in Afghan........in terms of how well those two groups get along to people who can't recognize HOW different they are.
In fact, this is a common street scene in Tehran, Iran. I love street scenes...Maybe because I've made a living travelling for so much of my life, I've come to read volumes from the background of scenes like this. However, note the freedom of the women, for one. Not what you'll likely see across the water in Saudi Araba. They're in jeans and regular shirts. All have the head covering, but many have nothing more at all. That's Iran.
They aren't demons, idiots or people of low character. They're VERY VERY different than we are in culture, but attacking them for that shows we have learned nothing, not that they deserved it, IMO.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
a reply to: Vortiki
From Hadith:
The Hadith...
So the unverified, written after Muhammad's death, that most average Muslims including my missus would tell you are not Scripture or Gospel???
I'll need a better source than that!!!
Don't tell me what I know...
If I told you what I know you'd be reading a thread full of info about the true Islamic teachings...
& The Hadith would not be included!!!