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15 years ago @ Islam in Europe - Copenhagen: Incitement... · 0 replies · -2 points

Sorry, I should have been more explicit. I was refering to your Medina link. She was pelted with eggs, not stones.

15 years ago @ Islam in Europe - Copenhagen: Incitement... · 1 reply · -2 points

Sorry, I should have been more explicit. I was refering to your Medina link. She was pelted with eggs, not stones.

15 years ago @ Islam in Europe - Copenhagen: Incitement... · 3 replies · -2 points

Eggs, not stones.

16 years ago @ Islam in Europe - Hijacking the blog feed · 0 replies · 0 points

Some ideas here.

16 years ago @ Islam in Europe - Opinion: Why don'... · 0 replies · +4 points

What really bothers me is seeing my fellow human beings using superstition- and myth-based "identities" to place themselves apart from and above the rest of humanity. It's childish and stupid.

Identity schmidentity. Try getting a personality instead.

16 years ago @ Islam in Europe - Italy: MP calls Mohamm... · 2 replies · +1 points

"the problem with the priest" ??

Something tells me that painlord2k does not fully understand the extent of the problem.

16 years ago @ Islam in Europe - Germany: Lingerie ad f... · 0 replies · +1 points

The niqab is only superficially about "morals and virtue" or "modesty". It actually has the opposite effect in that it hypersexualses the female body by reducing it to a purely sexual object.

It is also sometimes used as a very ostentatious display of modesty.

16 years ago @ Heresy Corner - Other veils, other places · 0 replies · +1 points

Banning the burka is unacceptably illiberal, but its use can be discouraged with societal pressure.

My suggestion: a winking campaign. If you see a woman in a burka, give her a smile and a wink. This friendly gesture undermines the "modesty" purpose of the garment, discomfits the wearer, and makes a point. It is also appropriately patronising.

In the event of this being met with the outraged question "Why did you wink at me?", simply reply: "I like burkas."

Wink at a burka today!

17 years ago @ The Freethinker - War breaks out among S... · 1 reply · +1 points

Different Bob.

17 years ago @ The Freethinker - Pope apologises for &l... · 0 replies · +1 points

He didn't apologise. He expressed 'sorrow' and 'anguish', and offered his 'sympathy'.

But the bastard couldn't bring himself to apologise.

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