tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post6669067257983841323..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: The Phony Mystery of Why "They" Hate UsSheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-29848423463815267282015-12-11T10:21:31.529-06:002015-12-11T10:21:31.529-06:00nonsequiturcouk,
A libertarian Muslim (you read t...nonsequiturcouk,<br /><br />A libertarian Muslim (you read that correctly) friend of mine was amused that you compare the rule of Ferdinand and Isabella favorably to the previous Muslim rule. (Didn't they expel the Jews in 1492?) Your defense of the Spanish Inquisition really broke him up. He notes that one way the Inquisition determined if someone was a secret Muslim was to determine if that person, as it was said, "commended nothing so much as that liberty of conscience in all matters of religion, which the Turks, and all other Mohammedans, suffer their subjects to enjoy.”Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-58289759091204675202015-12-10T20:29:00.829-06:002015-12-10T20:29:00.829-06:00Non-interventionist western countries are almost n...Non-interventionist western countries are almost never victims of terrorism. So it pretty clearly is revenge for foreign policy decisions. Radicalized Islamist Belgians don't attack Belgium because Belgium is non-interventionist.Bob Wardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472893664416712487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-57903378986416657462015-12-10T20:28:28.646-06:002015-12-10T20:28:28.646-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bob Wardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472893664416712487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-29909002463127227912015-12-10T16:23:56.072-06:002015-12-10T16:23:56.072-06:00We could talk about the possibility that Muslims a...We could talk about the possibility that Muslims are angry about Hollywood and the entertainment industry promoting behaviors they consider immoral, such as abortion, pornography, substance abuse, promiscuity and gay marriage. Somehow, I don't think too many progressives want to go there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691993833581936662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-47149514009699929732015-12-10T09:30:14.868-06:002015-12-10T09:30:14.868-06:00I recommend this:
https://aaeblog.com/2015/12/06/...I recommend this:<br /><br />https://aaeblog.com/2015/12/06/whats-so-special-about-the-cheesemakers/Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-32818188558689065212015-12-10T08:00:10.989-06:002015-12-10T08:00:10.989-06:00https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Levant<br />https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquests<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691993833581936662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-19539006441916278922015-12-10T07:56:06.339-06:002015-12-10T07:56:06.339-06:00Why are Muslims so hostile towards homosexuals, Ch...Why are Muslims so hostile towards homosexuals, Christians and gender equality? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691993833581936662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-31146464907059720982015-12-10T07:20:06.479-06:002015-12-10T07:20:06.479-06:00Please give me your insights on this Juan Cole pos...Please give me your insights on this Juan Cole post:<br /><br />http://www.juancole.com/2015/11/ten-ways-islamic-forbids-terrorism.htmlSheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-53592068742136110032015-12-10T01:52:31.907-06:002015-12-10T01:52:31.907-06:00While everything you say is correct from the start...While everything you say is correct from the start of US interventionism, you're ignoring the fact that Islam has not changed it's strategy for about 1350 years BEFORE the west got involved.<br /><br />Do some research on the Expulsion of the Muslims from Spain in 1497, then again in 1503. The second time was because Isabel and Ferdinand gave in to some form of amnesty, the first time. By 1503 the muslim were up to their old tricks, forced conversions, Violence, tax collecting and false conversions to Christianity while still practicing Islam in secret. By 1503 they had had enough and expelled every single last one.<br /><br />Yes, they hate us more for being involved, but being involved is not the 'causal' effect people think it is. Islam is the causal effect of violence, forced conversions and the 7th century lifestyle that the Quoran says (in the first page of) that it is perfect and immutable. <br /><br />You can download an official English version of the Quoran and read it. I suggest you do. The hate towards unbelievers starts on page 2. It ramps up to "Will be the fuel of the fires" on page three. And it doesn't get any better from there on.nonsequiturcouk @ twitterhttp://twitter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-41424533870327250142015-12-09T12:24:18.461-06:002015-12-09T12:24:18.461-06:00Empowering Shiites? The.American empire has been s...Empowering Shiites? The.American empire has been supporting and aiding Summit and the Saudi lunacy masquerading as Wahhabiism. The Saudis have admitted they wish to wipe them out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-1460568799443527642015-12-09T09:06:38.404-06:002015-12-09T09:06:38.404-06:00The US together with Turkey and the Gulf States cr...The US together with Turkey and the Gulf States created and supported ISIS in order to counter the Iran-Iraq-Syria axis. When ISIS goes rogue, and public opinion turns against ISIS, the US and its allies drop 2,000 bombs, and in fact run out of bombs, killing and injuring an untold number of people. In a reaction to that, people from the region kill some people in Paris and California. Clearly it's the fault of their religion.Don Baconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00444968656600936525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-15958832613580680672015-12-09T07:10:57.631-06:002015-12-09T07:10:57.631-06:00While Americans are usually welcomed around the wo...While Americans are usually welcomed around the world, America is often "hated." — http://www.twf.org/News/Y2001/1001-USSecurity.htmlModeratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561444833797605232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-84871643159438317652015-12-09T04:24:24.379-06:002015-12-09T04:24:24.379-06:00What was outrageous about the 1980's Afghan wa...What was outrageous about the 1980's Afghan war was that the U.S. tried successfully to manipulate the Soviets into invading that country before the war began. It is on par with the U.S. support for both sides in the Iran-Iraq war.Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-44217537452805415282015-12-08T17:09:35.652-06:002015-12-08T17:09:35.652-06:00Here's one (of among many) American-driven act...Here's one (of among many) American-driven actions that put the world where it is now; read "Charlie Wilson's War" Hmm, another case of sowing the wind, reaping the whirlwind....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com