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Som wrote: "^^Purloining through plagiarism is an obscure art (delicately named, 'remake') lololAnd Lia, you're right about 'whatever floats your boat'. I avoid reading reviews beforehand as they stale the ..."
To be fair, the place it happened is usually considered one of the rougher places in New York & is known not only for its rich, diverse cultural heritage but also, unfortunately, poverty, unemployment & crimes.
IMHO the ruling clergy of that country is so infamous for being reactionary and anti-women that I would not be surprised by stuff like these. I know Muslims who consider the KSA state a traitor of their religion and of the Arab ppl, and there are even some Islamic scholars (esp. many in the Chinese ikhwan movement, which btw predates, and has no relation with the global pan-Islamist political party of the same name) that ruled the whole ulema of that country unislamic & banned their followers from worshiping in any Saudi-runned mosques. Personally I don't think stating "something is endorsed/against a certain religion" without context makes much sense because the texts of any major faith always have the potential of different interpretations. I'm pretty sure that if I want to, and given enough time, I can find some kind of justification as well as opposition of that punishment from some hadith. The interpretations of any faith, despite what their followers would tell you, will inevitably be different in different places or times, and imho sweeping statements like "something is/is not endorsed by some religion" tend to be simplistic and ahistoric.
Lia wrote: "That's not what I meant, I meant that I wanted to read the Q'uran and see my own interp of it. Of course books are open to interpretation, Holy or no, but it is the interpretation of certain groups..."Think there is no perception or interpretation in the 'holy books' the authors' sense of writing should only count, which often doesn't; that's why all these controversies take place. One's personal interpretation of holy books mostly represents the radical view of it (as nitpicking, going deep for obtaining root answers to protect the pedestal of religious supremacy, to counter atheists etc). Communal conflicts are mostly based on the radical religious views as they see the holy book open for interpretations and malleable for manipulations. It's a very sensitive issue. What d'you think?
@Lia: Sorry I didn't meant I disagree with you. And I do think that ppl should all read more about different religious traditions.The Quran is the primary, but not the sole source of traditional Islamic laws. Islamic laws come from the Quran as well as prophetic tradition (Sunnah) as recorded in Hadiths, and sometimes also consensus (ijma), analogy, local tradition etc. There are a few Muslims who are fed up by theologians & only recognize the authority of Quran however they're often considered apostates by other more traditional Muslims.
Somnipotent wrote: "Lia wrote: "That's not what I meant, I meant that I wanted to read the Q'uran and see my own interp of it. Of course books are open to interpretation, Holy or no, but it is the interpretation of ce..."
The authors of those books are dead or somehow left this world. You can not resurrect them to interrogate them about their original intentions. So all we have and all we will ever have are just plain interpretations.
^^Of course they are dead; but the scholastic interpretation of tangible proof and of how it'd be interpreted (evolved testament) separates the radicals from true (subjective?) followers; religious studies has its evidences; viz: a random book of religion and philosophy. All that makes the religion 'A religion of good and evil' at the same time. Terrorism is based on the book's contextual misinterpreted preaches is a matter of ignorance...i.e, No plain/generic interpretation is acceptable as it mostly breaks the evil-good continuum by means of overlapping..
Ohk...this is seriously hilarious ... Pls check this out ...
Purvika wrote: "Ohk...this is seriously hilarious ... Pls check this out ..."
I'm not a fan of apple. This makes me happy. A strange grin approached my face as I read this.
H99 wrote: "Ryon aka (Evan) wrote: "Purvika wrote: "Ohk...this is seriously hilarious ... Pls check this out ..."
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Mine too... I literally burst out laughing after reading this....
I'm not American and I don't study politics so my interpretation of this may be wrong.But I see it as pointless. 800,000 people aren't going to work and many of them will not be paid. It is putting the American Infrastructure on hold. It is gonna back clog the economy.
Obamacare to me would be beneficial. It is similar in ways to the U.K with the NHS which to me is one of the most useful things.
Idk why some American politicians dislike universal healthcare so much. Many European countries have had it for years & even middle-income countries like Mexico & Thailand have it.
Interesting.We have something similar called Quorn. It's a meat substitute and to be honest I can't tell the difference. For about four years I was being fed it without knowing it wasn't real meat. It tastes just as good and is healthier too.
H99 wrote: "I know that Yahoo articles are ridiculous, but this one just... wow. I cannot believe that my personality isn't..."
I don't buy it. I like multiple types of food and I have a personality that doesn't fit into those catagories.
A month old news (probably posted here, I dunno)World's most ugliest animal declared!
**Bass and Snares**
This guy...
Looks cute to me...calling it 'Jabba the hutt' is uncalled for!
Yeh^ if that's ugly, then they haven't seen my mugshot yet.. :P
Lia wrote: "*laughs hysterically*
*looks at article again*
*laughs some more*"
My school chaplain was like that. Last year he spent an assembly telling us how you shouldn't celebrate Halloween as it is a mockery of all hallows day. He started shouting and being all grumpy and stuff. It wasn't nice.
I heard about this on the news and was like omg!! It's sounded bad, apparently 3 people died assuming more! Hope it goes quickly and your safe!
How are things at your place Lia? Heard that typhoon is more ruthless than any others... ):Recently we faced a similar situation; I charged everything that had to be charged, bought food for a week and bought an extra battery for the power inverter....glad I did these lol
I heard some horrible things on the News this morning, people in the Philippines screaming for help and stuff, it was horrible. Extremely disturbing.People will do that T.V stealing. The London Riots a few years ago started as a protest to a man being shot by the police but ended up in T.Vs being stolen, family businesses (that are like 4th generation) being burnt down.
It's gruesome indeed. Really saddening.. ):(Life is hard as it is; on top of that these type of nature's fury is uncalled for...)
I think direct actions, even violent ones, can sometimes be justifiable, but I'm not sure if this is the case or not b/c I don't know enough about the whole political context.
Lia wrote: "Yeah. :( Hopefully it'll pass the Philippine Are of Responsibility by Monday, if it's moving at 275 mph, I hope it passes us quickly. I'm worried about how much damage this one will do, we still ha..."Gosh I forgot to ask if you were ok after the cyclone! Are you ok?
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Lia wrote: "Imagine not taking a bath in so many years..."
Oh my god the comments. Did you read the comments below the article?
This is rediculous!
Hmm I live across the pond and so am not effected by this to the same extent as Americans, particularly with the European parliament voting to protect Net Neutrality but what are you views on what is happening in the U.S
Also, I just read that survey result. Besides religious groups many respondents also claim that they distrust roma ppl, immigrants from eastern Europe etc. On the other hand, it is an online survey and the sample size is pretty small so I'm not sure how accurate the result is.