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2001/9/11 Tribute
- Thread starter Pwnemon
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Teh Ebil Snorlax
izombie, uzombie, weallzombie
This is the debating forum, ffs.
Murkrow
Says "also" and "or something" a lot
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This forum used to be called the Debating Hall, it still says it's for debating in the description.
And it was called off, but I believe some different people went near ground zero and burned them anyway, I'll look for a source now. (EDIT: There was a youtube video of someone doing it but it has since been removed; it wasn't an organised thing probably just an angsty Islamaphobe)
Flora
local hellion
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It was. I actually found a picture of him shaking hands with the president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida. Reverend Jones does not look happy imo.
Teh Ebil Snorlax
izombie, uzombie, weallzombie
Yes, discussions and debated about controversial matters and other serious issues go here.
So anything in this forum is presumed to be a discussion or debate about controversial matters and other serious issues.
Lrn2Syntax
yeah okay you should be the one to tell us that.
a tribute to 9/11 would have been more appropriately placed in miscellaneous. serious business as a forum mostly exists for discussion of serious topics. What kind of discussion did you expect to have in a thread where the first post was "moment of silence for 9/11 gaiz!!1!1!!1!one"
It still got the point across, didn't it~?
Flora
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The only reason that it isn't called the Debating Hall anymore, IIRC, is because we generally agree on everything, so we weren't exactly debating.
Teh Ebil Snorlax
izombie, uzombie, weallzombie
Ah yes, attacking the way the argument was presented instead of acknowledging the argument and attempting to present a counterargument.
It makes you look like a wilfully ignorant sophist who has no place in a debating forum.
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Jesus christ stop posting before I have to ban you all.
As everyone else has pointed out, "discussions and debates" refers to both "controversial matters" and "other serious issues". If a thread is posted in this forum, it is assumed to be open to discussion. As such, complaining about people expressing other points of view will do you absolutely no good.
Everyone else: it's fine to point out that the forum is indeed intended for debate, but try to remain civil.
As everyone else has pointed out, "discussions and debates" refers to both "controversial matters" and "other serious issues". If a thread is posted in this forum, it is assumed to be open to discussion. As such, complaining about people expressing other points of view will do you absolutely no good.
Everyone else: it's fine to point out that the forum is indeed intended for debate, but try to remain civil.
Teh Ebil Snorlax
izombie, uzombie, weallzombie
The on-going genocide and mass displacement of the people of the Darfur region of Sudan? Or some other Darfur-related atrocity that I'm unfamliar with?
Tarvos
helt plötsligt blev det tyst
The former, yes.
I wish people would draw attention to that. Millions dead. Compare that to the ~3000 deaths of 9/11. That's three orders of magnitude lower.
If we are going to remember something, make it something more relevant... I mean, 9/11 is just wounded ego by some US tea partiers, proclaiming compassion, crying over people they don't even know, fighting an "evil" even though they don't even know what evil means.
If we're going to remember murder in the name of religion, every page of history is stained with Christians, Muslims, Jews, and various other denominations slaughtering in the name of God and blood.
I invite you all now to take a moment of silence, somewhere in the coming days, to remember all the forgotten victims of massacres committed by religious fanatics, who are overshadowed by the wallowing self-pity of a few US Bible-bashers, who did not deserve their untimely ends...
If you have a moment of silence to remember terrorism, remember that.
I wish people would draw attention to that. Millions dead. Compare that to the ~3000 deaths of 9/11. That's three orders of magnitude lower.
If we are going to remember something, make it something more relevant... I mean, 9/11 is just wounded ego by some US tea partiers, proclaiming compassion, crying over people they don't even know, fighting an "evil" even though they don't even know what evil means.
If we're going to remember murder in the name of religion, every page of history is stained with Christians, Muslims, Jews, and various other denominations slaughtering in the name of God and blood.
I invite you all now to take a moment of silence, somewhere in the coming days, to remember all the forgotten victims of massacres committed by religious fanatics, who are overshadowed by the wallowing self-pity of a few US Bible-bashers, who did not deserve their untimely ends...
If you have a moment of silence to remember terrorism, remember that.