NEWS: Sins of the Brother

But to clarify on one point- trying to convert muslims to christianity while serving US guard duty- not too smart.

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mec_nukka said:

OhSoOrdinary said:

mec_nukka said:
The blog's just a yuck dude. Not to be taken too seriously.

That guy is the same kind of weak-minded individual I was talking about in my piece. Succumbing to hatred. And you think its funny. You're just as weak.

You're a piece of shit and not worthy of a uniform. Go ahead, flag me you piece of shit. I dare you. I have no patience for scum like you.

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Weak, man. Very weak. Why don't you go play with someone at your own mental level and maturity. I hear they have openings in several preschools right now.

I don't want to beat this to death, because this has gone on for quite a long time, and the staff has already privately expressed their annoyance with me once, and I'm not trying to cause problems, but just to be clear, you're mischaracterizing my positions.

1-my lack of respect for Islam comes from a myriad of directions, not just matters relating to governance.

2-I didn't say there aren't any other things calling themselves religions that were also in-and-of themselves systems of government - I said I knew of no others. You listed six ideologies that I guess you're claiming fit the bill. Ok, maybe. I'm not in a position to confirm or reject your claims at the moment (though at first glance, they look pretty wacky - Pharaonic Egypt? wtf?), but it doesn't matter anyway, because even if in some magical alternative dimension of reality that your mind occupies there are indeed six other major religions operating on the planet today that, like Islam, are not just religions, but also developed systems of state, jurisprudence and ass-hygiene rules, and that, like Islam, command their adherents to impose that system of state on the entire world, it doesn't change my original point.

3-My point was (I could have made many other points, but I'm trying to keep a low profile on this site so as not to further annoy the staff, so I just stuck to that one): In Iraq, given that Islam is both a religion and a form of government, and that form of government is non-democratic, then if the US mission is to build a democracy there, then it only makes logical sense to make converting people from a non-democratic political religion to a non-political religion part of the strategy. I don't see how you can deny the logic of that. Your points, whether valid or not, are just an irrelevant diversion. Like a mildly bothersome mosquito that I have now crushed by sticking to my main point.

(And now I will go back to being silent so as not to annoy the staff.)

not respecting a religion is a personal choice (acting on that disrespect may or may not be, as the soldier in the original article showed). not respecting a religion because you haven't bothered to educate yourself about it is just stupid.