It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by fapython
This is the sort of information that the world was drowned in before ww2. germans eat babies, germans are evil etc. etc. It is only selective propaganda that a parasitic people are trying to use to make everyone else fight their battles for them. Wake up America.
Originally posted by Dark Ghost
People who quote incidents of US soldiers sexually abusing women are missing the point of this thread. That behaviour is also barbaric, inhumane and deeply immoral. However, it is not done in the name of religion. Those individuals are breaking the laws of their own country are likely to be punished appropriately when evidence emerges that substantiates these claims.
The very disturbing thing about this incident mentioned in the OP is that Sharia Law encourages and supports this behaviour! Women who are married and raped against their will have these things done to them with the backing of the Iranian Judicial system! If you still cannot see the difference between the two then you are simply embracing, not denying, ignorance.
Originally posted by Dark Ghost
People who quote incidents of US soldiers sexually abusing women are missing the point of this thread. That behaviour is also barbaric, inhumane and deeply immoral. However, it is not done in the name of religion. Those individuals are breaking the laws of their own country are likely to be punished appropriately when evidence emerges that substantiates these claims.
The very disturbing thing about this incident mentioned in the OP is that Sharia Law encourages and supports this behaviour! Women who are married and raped against their will have these things done to them with the backing of the Iranian Judicial system! If you still cannot see the difference between the two then you are simply embracing, not denying, ignorance.
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by Iamonlyhuman
The mindset is pretty easy to understand, really, and has happened all over the place.
Take a guy. Give him supreme authority over a country. Call him Supreme Leader, Emperor, King, Lama, Inka, Caliph, Pope, Shaka, Raja, Füher, Chairman, whatever.
Have this guy and give him full control of the local form of the military and police forces. Have this organization exalted to a state of near-godliness as well.
Then tell him there are enemies within his state.
You will get this exact same result out of any authoritarian regime, from the Sumerians all the way to Iran and even, apparently, America In Iraq. Any place where power is absolute and supported by violence, this is what you get.
This world never never fails to sicken me, and once again this is something in the name of religion.
Originally posted by audas
Originally posted by jeasahtheseer
Originally posted by YourForever
reply to post by jeasahtheseer
Sorry if you stated before and I skipped over it, but what happened to your sister?
I don't want to go off topic, but she died in iraq. Some people think she deserved to die just because she was a marine and we do it to them, I don't think thats right of them to think that. If something happened to any of their family I'd just say "RIP", not "she deserved it" and a few people have said that, although the posts are deleted now.
Peace.
[edit on 21-7-2009 by jeasahtheseer]
[edit on 21-7-2009 by jeasahtheseer]
No one deserves to die - do they.
But riddle me this, you joined the army for money, as did your sister, you joined up and killed people for money - so tell me did these people deserve to die ? And if they did not - as they didn't - then why did you kill them.
It seems to me that you are willing to kill people who do not deserve to die when it suits you and there is money to be made - but get confused as to why people would throw this logic back at you - I am against all killing - unless its food - but I would like to know how you can make these statements regarding your sister when you have clearly set these same morals aside when it suits you - it is the very height of hypocrisy -
For me there needs to be some acknowledgement of this rather than a simple glossing over through affiliation with with fundamental universal truths despite the apparent hypocrisy
Originally posted by Laurauk
reply to post by jeasahtheseer
Do not let these attacks get to you. Is what some of those who are attacking you want. Rise above this, it will make you a better person. OPlus you are entitled to your opinion as are others. Do not let anone run you out of a thread. That is what moderators are there for, to stop the personal attacks.
Absolutely digusting.Is this what ATS has become nowadays.
[edit on 22-7-2009 by Laurauk]