EvilMonkey

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Nov 1, 2005 -> 04:44 AM) Even if they get in on their ass?

And here I thought I was the only one brain damaged enough to want a Sox tattoo after the win! Seriously, I have been itching for one for years now, and told my wife in June that if they won the Series, i would get one. Just have to design it now. If anyone here does get one, post pics.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 08:38 PM) Praise to Bush, Eliminate all guns! Praise to Reagan, tax the rich! My point is, what makes you believe they truly are devout and not just hijacking a religion to commit their crimes? I can't see judging Christianity by Timothy McVeigh. The KKK and other loony tunes groups quote the Bible left and right. Their beliefs are so extreme I don't think as a Christian I need to denounce them. When we finally catch up with some of these wackos in the US, they always seem to be more than a bit crazy. Moms killing their kids because God told them, Doctors killed for performing abortions because it's God's will. They too are shouting Christian phrases, yet most mainstream Christians would not want to be painted with that same brush. And mainstream Christians speak out against those wackos, even prosecute them.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 03:39 PM) EvilMonkey has a vision that would wipe out a religion. Jim has a vision that would eliminate religion as unnecessary. I know those aren't 100% accurate, look at the point. If the religion says that i am to be killed because of MY religious beliefs, then yes, I would like to take care of them first. I know not all Muslims share that narrow view of the infidels, but you sure don't hear them much saying so. In reality, no, i am not going out and hunting down Muslims. but i am tired of trying to be 'tolerant' of their beliefs. If they are over here, THEY need to be tolerant of our beliefs. Maybe because while doing their deeds they are screaming "Praise be Allah" or some other such phrase at maximum volume?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 03:46 PM) But that is precisely what happens when the horrific, barbaric acts of a minority of Muslims is casually passed off as something mainstream Mislims approve of. It's a distorted rrepresentation of a religion that is at it's heart a religion of peace. Like Christianity. Fringe segments of both denominations defile the core beliefs of their religion to their own twisted ends. You really have to search hard to find Muslim groups that will speak out against most of the things that have been done in the name of Allah. And even when they do speak out, they counch their words very carefully, not wanting to risk the wrath of their fellow Muslims.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 07:15 AM) Evidence that somehow people of one religion are more violent than the other. I have a hard time finding something about Islam that's inherently more violent or ruthless than Christianity. People kill people, religion doesn't kill people, and a less developed or educated people are more likely to behave barbarically. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Do you have relative that works at Wikipedia? That seems to be about all you reference. And since it is a free online encyclopedia that ANYONE CAN EDIT, maybe not always the most reliable source. And what part about killing infidels to you not understand? What part of the iranian religious leaders calling for the destruction of israel and all the other non-believers do you not get?

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 08:12 AM) When all else fails, rationalize. Compare your guy's crime to the crimes of other folks. And get it right. Lie to cover your ass over the issue of exposing a CIA front company dealing with weapons of mass destruction tracking DURING wartime vs steal top secret documents and lie to cover your ass. Well now, since he destroyed the documents, we don't really know what was in them to hide, do we? Kinda hard to judge the seriousness of the crime when we don't know what he took.

I wonder who will end up with the tougher sentence: Scooter Libby or Sandy Berger? Lie to cover your ass or those of your boss vs steal top secret documents and lie to cover your ass or those of your boss. Hmmmm.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 03:11 AM) When the Islamic world catches up to the Western world in development and then continues to kill more than Christians then maybe there will be some evidence. What are you smoking? Some evidence of what? Evidence that they think all infidels should be killed? That means you, you know, unless you bow down to Mecca your required 5 times a day. Evidence that they are intolerant of other religions? Why do you thik those Catholic school gorls got their heads chopped off? Oh wait, it was Bush's fault! You do have one thing right, though, they Do need to catch up to the rest of the world and get out of the 14th century.

Even France, one of their biggest defenders, is not immune to the Religion of Peace. Good thing for the frogs they stopped then before it was too late. I wonder what type of interegation they used on the Jordanian? http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtm.../29/wterr29.xml

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 12:38 AM) We've had plenty of Popes saying that we need to eradicate Muslims. Hell, we've got different congregations preaching that it is okay to attack homosexuals because they're unclean. Let's change Muslim to Christian and take some examples: if you want to talk about evangelical Christians protesting things they didn't like, look no further than exhibit A: Lenny Bruce. Or how about arresting Larry Flynt for publishing Hustler? Or my personal favorite right now, using the Patriot Act to go after the porn industry. I've got whacko-right-to-lifers murdering people, white supremacists and religious fundamentalists going into synagogues and slaughtering people. That's the thing...EVERY RELIGION does this sort of s***. Fundamentalist zealots destroy the concepts for every sane, rational thinking person. So don't make it into a Muslim vs everybody else frame. Make it into a "sane, rational member of a society" vs fundamentalist zealots frame so you're really all inclusive of hacks of all religions instead of really coming off as a partisan hack. I am very inclusive of all the hacks. I want the abortion clinic bombers locked up for a long time. And nice way to change the gist of my post. Were the Christians gong to blow up Larry Flynt's house for publishing porn? No. Did the Pope mark Lenny Bruce for assassination? No. Did the Christians call for a jihad and to behead every purveyor of porn that can be found? No. See, people aren't afraid of offending Christians, because more than likely, they will not be killed for doing so. Sure, some fringe lunitic group might stage a boycott or something, but that is usually where it stays. Look at a Muslim crosseyed and the whole damn community is up in arms and some perceived slight to their religion as a whole. All it takes is for one rumor, real or otherwise, about something an American supposedly did to a Muslim that was wrong, and Muslims around the world are up in arms about it. Take your burning bodies story. Why would a Muslim in Indonesia even care about it. Why is there this bond thru religion that can't seem to be penetrated by any sense of rationality? Why could many Muslins not bring themselves to condemn the various acts of terrorism committed in the name of their own religion? I as a Christian can firmly say that I hink the abortion clinic bombers and doctor killers are scum and should be put away for a very long time. The fact that we share a religion has no meaning to me.

Dig up all you want. I am to the point I just don't care. Heard the stories about places in England that can't have piggy banks, because it might offend Muslims? Well then, stay in your own backwards-ass land where you can live in a pigless society. Or the movie about comedy in a muslim world that isn't ebing madenow because of protests? Sure, people protested the Passion of the Christ, but it still got made. Seems noone was worried about wacko Christians blowing up the studio in response. They come to the US and demand religious tolerance, but do not tolerate others. Kind nof a do-as-I-say, not-as - do approach to things. Yes, you have some wacko right to lifers who blow up abortion clinics and shoot doctors. You don't have the Pope preaching genocide to all non-believers. I am thru being tolerant. They can all kiss my ass, right after I rub some bacon on it.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 12:11 AM) (2) 6 of every 11 defendants convicted of killing a white person would not have received the death penalty if their victim had been black; And just how do you prove that? Ask all the jurors when the case was over? "Hey, juror #4! If the defendant had killed a brother instead of a cracker, would you still have wanted to fry his ass?"

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK202252.htm Another bold step for the Religion of Peace. I guess little catholic school girls are a big threat to Allah. They must have the same catholic school girl dreams as I do!

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Oct 29, 2005 -> 07:44 PM) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173789,00.html Nobody's talking about this so I figured I will. I wonder what the numbers will be once the reconstruction really takes effect down there. This is good news, did you expect any replies?

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Oct 30, 2005 -> 09:28 PM) It's not a joke, its about making sure that the average worker can make enough money to live. Even Wal-Mart favors an increase in the minimum wage. Maybe its because these workers are getting priced out of there. Wal-mart favors it only because if EVERYONE has to raise their wages, it will effect everyone. Sort of like the rising tide lifts all ships.

I bought the AL Champ bat and the WS bat with the ticket money I didn't get to spend. Will probably get a few t-shirts this weekend as well.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Oct 27, 2005 -> 08:22 PM) You misunderstood. I meant maybe Israel could go after Iran. Then I agree!

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Oct 27, 2005 -> 05:23 AM) That isn't the European approach. That's hyperbole. And with resources stretched, our approach can't be more aggressive than we already are. The truth is, Israel is a Nuclear Power too. Maybe they should go after them. Israel hasn't threatened to send anyone not of the Jewish faith to the fiery depths of hell, either.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Oct 26, 2005 -> 11:40 PM) Hippies like me would say thank god the Bush administration has mustered up enough foreign and domestic support to be trusted when they say we need to stop Iran before we have a "smoking gun in the form of mushroom cloud." You might be the RESULT of a few hippies, but you are not a hippie.

How come our pitchers, when we have 2 strikes on a guy, can't get the next pitch anywhere near the plate? I understand you want to throw a ball, but you at least have to have it somewhere in the vicinity to have the hitter even think about swinging. Geeze, raise my blood pressure some more why don't they! go Sox!

http://www.planetdan.net/pics/babies/ Page 21 is a bit disturbing, in a comical sort-of way.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8...1121939,00.html Not quite what you all made it sem to be, eh?

QUOTE(Mercy! @ Oct 24, 2005 -> 09:02 AM) I nominate this for the first post for Nuke's White People Behaving Badly thread. Plus please add the photo of the white boys pushing the flaming garbage dumpster down the street. *sigh* I get so embarassed at that "segment" of MY community. Don't you? Yes, I do.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/200407...15439-4033r.htm http://www.helenair.com/articles/2003/10/1...04101403_02.txt