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Charlie Hebdo Shooting: 12 Killed at Muhammad Cartoons Magazine in Paris[w:157,1217]

Somerville said:
And American rightists hold views closer to those of the Muslim fanatics than those of progressives (leftists)
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Really? So the leftist do not favor restriction of speech?

We do not blow up schools of kids, rape children, or throw acid in the faces of women who refuse to marry them, and we do not think it is ok to stone women to death who were raped...
 
Are you accusing Americans who are leftists of doing these things you say or supporting them ?

AmericanSpartan said:
Really? So the leftist do not favor restriction of speech?

We do not blow up schools of kids, rape children, or throw acid in the faces of women who refuse to marry them, and we do not think it is ok to stone women to death who were raped...
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Who would we be, EXACTLY ?
 
NIMBY said:
Are you accusing Americans who are leftists of doing these things you say or supporting them ?



Who would we be, EXACTLY ?
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Favor restriction of speech?

Anyone who supports the un-fairness doctrine or political correctness.
 
The hacktivist group Anonymous has declared war against Islamist websites. The French jihadist website ansar-alhaqq.net was taken down for a few hours yesterday. Anon penetrated its CloudFlare protection.

#OpCharlieHebdo
#TangoDown

Anonymous is asking Twitter users to supply information on Islamist/ISIS/AQ websites. The website opcharliehebdo.com is a fake/honey pot. Stay away.
 
Somerville said:
And American rightists hold views closer to those of the Muslim fanatics than those of progressives (leftists)
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AmericanSpartan said:
Really? So the leftist do not favor restriction of speech?

We do not blow up schools of kids, rape children, or throw acid in the faces of women who refuse to marry them, and we do not think it is ok to stone women to death who were raped...
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Anti-equal rights for LGBT

Anti-women's rights, including contraception and abortion

Insistence upon importance of one favored religion over all others, using a holy text to 'guide' government
 
Somerville said:
Anti-equal rights for LGBT

Anti-women's rights, including contraception and abortion

Insistence upon importance of one favored religion over all others, using a holy text to 'guide' government
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Anti equal rights for LGBT? Because of a word? That's a stretch. Ridiculous

Anti women's rights? American "rightists" are against women's rights? What a remarkably bigoted lie.

Insistence on one religion over others? BS. In fact, the only people insisting on one religion are those who want to ban every belief but their own.


The kool aid may sell well at your parties, but please don't assume there are takers outside of your group.
 
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nota bene said:
What is the difference between empathy and sympathy?

Both empathy and sympathy are feelings concerning other people. Sympathy is literally 'feeling with' - compassion for or commiseration with another person. Empathy, by contrast, is literally 'feeling into' - the ability to project one's personality into another person and more fully understand that person. Sympathy derives from Latin and Greek words meaning 'having a fellow feeling'. The term empathy originated in psychology (translation of a German term, c. 1903) and has now come to mean the ability to imagine or project oneself into another person's position and experience all the sensations involved in that position. You feel empathy when you've "been there", and sympathy when you haven't. Examples: We felt sympathy for the team members who tried hard but were not appreciated. / We felt empathy for children with asthma because their parents won't remove pets from the household. Dictionary.com
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The difference between empathy and sympathy are vast. For instance, you can have empathy for someone, while feeling no sympathy for them.

Sympathy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Full Definition of SYMPATHY

1
a : an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other
b : mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it
c : unity or harmony in action or effect <every part is in complete sympathy with the scheme as a whole — Edwin Benson>
2
a : inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord <in sympathy with their goals>
b : feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support <republican sympathies>
3
a : the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another
b : the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity <have sympathy for the poor>
4
: the correlation existing between bodies capable of communicating their vibrational energy to one another through some medium
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Empathy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
1
: the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it
2
: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
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The fact that you can empathize without feeling sympathy should make it pretty obvious that the two words shouldn't be confused. Are you really arguing that they are interchangable?
 
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whysoserious said:
The difference between empathy and sympathy are vast. For instance, you can have empathy for someone, while feeling no sympathy for them.

Sympathy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary



Empathy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary


The fact that you can empathize without feeling sympathy should make it pretty obvious that the two words shouldn't be confused. Are you really arguing that they are interchangable?
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Are you really trying to argue with someone who merely provided a cut-and-paste from Dictionary. com? Did you not click on the provided link and see that this is what I posted?
I don't know whether you fancy yourself a semanticist or etymologist or if you're just some undergrad student taking a psych class, but you'll have to quibble with somebody else.
 
countryboy said:
There are 1.57 billion Muslims in the world. Some estimates of the number of radicalized Muslims run as high as 25%. Even if we were to take the number of one tenth of one percent (super conservative number), that would mean there are 1.57 million radicalized Muslims in the world. So do you really think the number "one million" is all that far fetched?

Let's use a Huffpo article to run some numbers. Is that a liberal enough source for you? Muslims Worldwide Fear The Rise Of Islamic Extremism: Pew Survey

Here's a chart which represents a Pew Research poll of Muslims in the countries listed. The average percentage of Muslims who answered "often" to this poll statement, "suicide bombings can often be justified against civilian targets in order to defend Islam from its enemies." 10.1%

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Here's another chart. Percentage of Muslims who view al Queda favorably in the countries polled. 12.29% In't that special?

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Shall I go on, or will you reject the very facts you asked for, when confronted with reality?
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So people who can rationalize justification for terrorism (a tactic) are radicalized? Perhaps they can do so because it is better in their eyes than nothing being done. They see it as a means to an end to this never ending cycle of violence. I don't agree with it. But that doesn't mean that they actively support terrorism.

You still have a better chance of being killed driving home from work than being killed by a terrorist.
 
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nota bene said:
Are you really trying to argue with someone who merely provided a cut-and-paste from Dictionary. com? Did you not click on the provided link and see that this is what I posted?
I don't know whether you fancy yourself a semanticist or etymologist or if you're just some undergrad student taking a psych class, but you'll have to quibble with somebody else.
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And I posted from Merriam-Dictionary... the point is they are different words with different meanings and empathy does not mean to "feel sorry for" and is not the same as sympathy.
 
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Misterveritis said:
The death of the nation won't come from terrorist attacks. It will come from the gradual erosion of our culture and language. Islam is not compatible with self rule.
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Our culture and language? :lol:

You didn't think that was a static thing did you?
 
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j-mac said:
More likely to go the way of Canada, where the magazine would be up on trial in front of a board for offensive speech. Sad really....But that is what progressives do. Instead of approaching this as a matter of war, they will approach it in a manner that gives credence to this abomination of a religion.
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Wow, over ten years since Whistlestopper, and you're still non factually compartmentalizing people that disagree with you by labeling them as progressives or liberals.

And today France has gathered in incredible solidarity with Hebdo and freedom of expression.

Care to retract your speculative forecast?
 
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Now many world leaders are marching in Paris in protest against terrorism.
Wouldn't it be best, if instead of marching, they got together their military for good, no half-measures, and truly decimated groups like IS, Al-Qaeda in Yemen, the Taliban, etc., once and for all, in an all-out war involving ground, air, and sea?
I know it's not politically correct to say so, but maybe it's time for another Crusade. This is becoming ridiculous.
Also, a couple of tactic small nuclear devices might be in order. The last time these were used, it bought the world 70 years of piece. Time to throw another couple. I know my last statement will be considered ridiculous. Maybe it's just an expression of how fed up I am with Islamic terrorism. These guys are animals, savages, and won't understand anything other than overwhelming force.
 
Thorgasm said:
So people who can rationalize justification for terrorism (a tactic) are radicalized? Perhaps they can do so because it is better in their eyes than nothing being done. They see it as a means to an end to this never ending cycle of violence. I don't agree with it. But that doesn't mean that they actively support terrorism.

You still have a better chance of being killed driving home from work than being killed by a terrorist.
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The most common type of ladder-related injury, with 32%, is fractures
 
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j-mac said:
More likely to go the way of Canada, where the magazine would be up on trial in front of a board for offensive speech. Sad really....But that is what progressives do. Instead of approaching this as a matter of war, they will approach it in a manner that gives credence to this abomination of a religion.
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That law was repealed.
HRC's do have a place, but like anything people use them for personal agendas.
 
US Conservative said:
Ah yes your implication is that I am a racist for simply showing video's of actual events, that really happened. I guess thats one (lefty) way to go. :lol:
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You are simply amazing- only 10 % of the population are left handed. And I am one.
Your deductive reasoning, ability to drill down to a quick solution leaves me in Aahhh.
 
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