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I just do not understand Paris [View all] Aerows Nov 2015 OP

In a word….. religion world wide wally Nov 2015 #1

Beat me to it. nt. JeffHead Nov 2015 #3

I'm still broken up about it, though Aerows Nov 2015 #5

You have just perfectly described Shock and Awe. raccoon Nov 2015 #19

+ a millions or so. eom BlueMTexpat Nov 2015 #21

Or maybe Munificence Nov 2015 #100

That's it, and while not all of our sins were committed by the criminal Bush family and friends, randys1 Nov 2015 #105

Someone's doing the thinking for them. HughBeaumont Nov 2015 #33

Yep, there is pure evilness in the world. How one arrives to that state can be many factors, but RKP5637 Nov 2015 #47

100% Agreement! NurseJackie Nov 2015 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Nov 2015 #12

Nonsense. Tell me bow "all religions" of western democracies slaughter concert goers.. whathehell Nov 2015 #14

Western democracies just substitute the word patriotism rainy Nov 2015 #20

Nice try. Lol whathehell Nov 2015 #35

Oh, yes. We deliberately target sports stadia, discos, restaurants, concerts..... WinkyDink Nov 2015 #62

Hospitals...weddings....schools... peace13 Nov 2015 #101

Does murdering people not deliberately rainy Nov 2015 #112

Christianity and Judaism have had 600-3500 more years to evolve... stevenleser Nov 2015 #51

Can we FOR ONCE, GODDAMNIT, speak of the PRESENT CENTURY?! JHC. WinkyDink Nov 2015 #63

G W Bush claimed he was on a mission from God. B Calm Nov 2015 #66

For once? I dont see a whole lot of ancient history discussed in G-D or G-DP stevenleser Nov 2015 #68

You DO agree that the Crusades, the Inquisition, et al. were not since 2000 CE? Did you read WinkyDink Nov 2015 #121

Oh please.. whathehell Nov 2015 #67

No, I wasn't apologizing for anyone. Barbarity is barbarity. And that includes stevenleser Nov 2015 #71

The 'Christians" of 1940's Germany were not acting on behalf of religious beliefs or goals.. whathehell Nov 2015 #77

It's complicated all right — the Sunni v Shia rift, but W/Cheney had a lot to do with ISIS's . . . brush Nov 2015 #83

I know that, and don't deny their part in this mess.. whathehell Nov 2015 #89

Of course not. brush Nov 2015 #91

Yes, they were at least partially. They were trying to rid their country of Jews. stevenleser Nov 2015 #94

I disagree. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #99

The easy way to refute your point is to remind you and everyone of Der Sturmer stevenleser Nov 2015 #104

I'm aware of that propaganda. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #108

That was an attack based on ethnicity or "race" -- The Aryan/non- Aryan race concept. whathehell Nov 2015 #118

The Nazis were, in fact, occultists. WinkyDink Nov 2015 #122

Okay, but I'm not sure any ideology beyond whathehell Nov 2015 #125

True. The "Aryan" bit came from their belief that Iran/Mesopotamia was their true "homeland." WinkyDink Nov 2015 #128

Funny, I haven't heard of lutheran or Presbyterian Terrorists slaughtering concert goers recently whathehell Nov 2015 #15

See my above post! rainy Nov 2015 #22

See mine. whathehell Nov 2015 #36

There is the LRA and christian militias in central Africa CJCRANE Nov 2015 #29

But not, as was specified earlier, in the Western democracies of Europe, America whathehell Nov 2015 #30

But it's our money paying for this ideology CJCRANE Nov 2015 #31

Our money? We now get more of our petrol from Canada. KittyWampus Nov 2015 #92

I would expand on your explanation regarding Muslim extremists.. whathehell Nov 2015 #38

Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria were all secular. The muslim fundie countries are mostly our allies. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #39

They may be secular, but they're not democracies and at this point, whathehell Nov 2015 #43

But I refuted your point. Muslim fundamentalism was not encouraged in Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #46

Not so much.. whathehell Nov 2015 #49

But the problem of muslim fundamentalist extremism and terrorism was much less under their rule. nt CJCRANE Nov 2015 #53

I'm not denying the part the Bush administration, especially, has played in all this.. whathehell Nov 2015 #60

Nonsense. Muslims have been doing this FOREVER...like since 625 A.D. Drahthaardogs Nov 2015 #40

Muslim fundies were under control in Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #44

The Iranian Shaw came after us because we had the audacity to give medical treatment to someone he Drahthaardogs Nov 2015 #57

Ever hear about our role in overthrowing choie Nov 2015 #69

Or, maybe, Drahthaardogs Nov 2015 #80

This. hifiguy Nov 2015 #132

Say what??? Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #82

Exactly, Drahthaardogs Nov 2015 #85

Exactly? You had it wrong. nt stevenleser Nov 2015 #97

The Shah is the person that came here for treatment. The Ayatollah and his followers were the ones stevenleser Nov 2015 #96

I typed it wrong, but know the story, but the point is Drahthaardogs Nov 2015 #117

Yeah because he was a damn tyrant... choie Nov 2015 #133

Nazis, Bolsheviks, Khmer Rouge, Hutu fighters in Rwanda... CJCRANE Nov 2015 #28

^^^this nt katsy Nov 2015 #74

Religion has nothing to do with it Catherina Nov 2015 #75

Great quote, sad to see so many don't get it. nt bananas Nov 2015 #79

Bunk. earthside Nov 2015 #84

Thanks. Don't want to get it n/t Catherina Nov 2015 #88

right on cue...I guess them screaming "Allahu Akbar" means "I hate Soccer" now snooper2 Nov 2015 #86

the ones screamin "Allah Akbar" aren't the ones who make plans. They're the useful idiots KittyWampus Nov 2015 #93

Oh, not at all, religious brainwashing three times a day since birth snooper2 Nov 2015 #95

+ a brazillion Myrina Nov 2015 #106

Be honest. world wide wally Nov 2015 #110

Sorry. Totally uninterested in some back and forth go nowhere discussion n/t Catherina Nov 2015 #113

Narrow answer. Igel Nov 2015 #81

More than that, for some it's suicidal impulses that've been harnessed KittyWampus Nov 2015 #90

Christopher Hitchens was right. Religion poisons everything. n/t backscatter712 Nov 2015 #127

Religion. nt JeffHead Nov 2015 #2

In the words of Voltaire Aerows Nov 2015 #4

That, is the bottom line of it all!!! ... believing absurdities can make one RKP5637 Nov 2015 #48

It takes total faith in your inability to be wrong about anything Warpy Nov 2015 #6

But dammit Aerows Nov 2015 #7

Angry men, usually young ones, are given a direction in which to vent their anger Warpy Nov 2015 #8

What in the hell Aerows Nov 2015 #9

Coming to? The2ndWheel Nov 2015 #10

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They get 43 raisins. longship Nov 2015 #13

Religious nonsense causes these killers to cross over into the twilight zone mdbl Nov 2015 #24

Muslim Extremists. Quantess Nov 2015 #16

Evil Exist JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #27

Really? What other religions were involved in recent terror attacks? Quantess Nov 2015 #32

Thank you whathehell Nov 2015 #45

It's historical. JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #65

Understood, but as of lately, terrorists have been muslim extremists. Quantess Nov 2015 #72

It's too bad the human species can't evolve past killing. mmonk Nov 2015 #17

Cnn right now is claiming that yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #18

Absolutism Scootaloo Nov 2015 #23

Ideology. Non-humanistic ideology. n/t Yo_Mama Nov 2015 #25

Some of us retreat into cause and effect, thinking these acts don't occur on their own. randome Nov 2015 #26

"Meddling" seems an odd and loaded term. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #37

No, Iraq was a war crime. Has anyone attributed that to the Paris attacks? randome Nov 2015 #76

What about Russia's meddling in Syria? Did or will that have any repercussions? nt CJCRANE Nov 2015 #41

Paris is easier to attack. randome Nov 2015 #52

So what about the Russian plane. Why was that attacked? nt CJCRANE Nov 2015 #55

Same thing. It's easier to smuggle a bomb on board. ISIS goes after low-hanging fruit. Always. randome Nov 2015 #59

Wasn't a Russian plane choie Nov 2015 #73

I think that the people who do this would disagree about the innocence of those harmed mythology Nov 2015 #34

The most dangerous weapon on this planet is not nukes. DinahMoeHum Nov 2015 #42

I too, cannot wrap my head around this. 99Forever Nov 2015 #50

Well, if Chris Kyle were alive you could ask him. redgreenandblue Nov 2015 #54

They think they are being targeted - TBF Nov 2015 #56

ISIS has not claimed any of this was in retribution. randome Nov 2015 #64

That is the response to "why Paris" - TBF Nov 2015 #87

This mindset over the centuries, you mean. randome Nov 2015 #102

I can't disagree with that. nt TBF Nov 2015 #107

ISIS also said nothing during the Israeli Gaza thing last year JI7 Nov 2015 #115

Paris? Do we not recall Rome airport? Bologna's train station? The Bali disco? Need I go on? WinkyDink Nov 2015 #61

Angry, lost young men are dangerous; we've been averaging almost a mass shooting a day in the U.S. Chathamization Nov 2015 #70

Westerners perform atrocities against Others on a daily basis--without a clue they are doing it librechik Nov 2015 #78

Fanaticism. MineralMan Nov 2015 #98

Exactly, the core of it all is fanaticism, no matter what it's cloaked in. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2015 #103

Wow Aerows. Your OP really brought out the right wing crazy in a few people. GoneFishin Nov 2015 #109

hideous, backwards, barbarian ideologies alarimer Nov 2015 #111

Come to Europe! Quantess Nov 2015 #124

Rejection of Reason in favor of Mythology and Superstition Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #114

I believe the "rejection of Reason" would apply to the Middle East, not to the countries of the WinkyDink Nov 2015 #123

unfortenately agnostic102 Nov 2015 #116

Bullies don't need a reason. Waiting For Everyman Nov 2015 #119

I was reading an interesting article today Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #120

They are quite literally Iron Age barbarians, hifiguy Nov 2015 #131

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Their Invisible Man In the Sky told them hifiguy Nov 2015 #129

No kidding, my friend. Aerows Nov 2015 #130