tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post1205912875447776542..comments2024-03-28T15:31:02.860-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: The King's new Clothes, he's not nake he's just into the lack of clothesJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-26746174086235474152011-12-10T06:45:33.792-08:002011-12-10T06:45:33.792-08:00If those are the only Muslims why worry about them...If those are the only Muslims why worry about them?Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-39971426856249266122011-12-09T21:06:58.789-08:002011-12-09T21:06:58.789-08:00Interesting response.
Which Muslim do you want me...Interesting response.<br /><br />Which Muslim do you want me to meet? The former employer's wife whose public piety didn't match her endless attempts to get me alone in their bedroom? Or the long-time friend who rejected an arranged marriage in favor of only hooking up with skinny white crack whores. Or maybe the coworker who uses liquid soap from the bathroom as hair gel--before he goes out to "follow" his first cousin and keep her away from all other men in order to "protect the family honor"?<br /><br />You see, that's why I had to leave Texas. To experience life and get my thinking beyond simple labeling according to the left-right paradigm.El Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-30459213311055663042011-12-09T14:40:00.318-08:002011-12-09T14:40:00.318-08:00you are a jerk. you should learn to empathize with...you are a jerk. you should learn to empathize with people and read more about foreign cultures. Go meet a Muslim. they are not all like you think. Don't be a bigot.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-9528128193866881952011-12-07T14:36:07.665-08:002011-12-07T14:36:07.665-08:00We live in an impolite society. Few say "ple...We live in an impolite society. Few say "please" and "may I." Fewer even understand to ask "Will you?" rather than "Can you?" Little wonder discussion is uncivil over this and every other disagreement. Dialogue need not descend to sophomoric debate trickery. That just ticks me off.<br /><br />Anyway, this is my take on the issue.<br /><br />Let's say there's some problem in mathematics. A solution is offered using pure mathematics. OK. Applied mathematics won't take the solution as-is. Applied mathematics will check to see if the solution is valid according to the rules of applied math. If so, the applied-math validation is presented along with the pure-math solution.<br /><br />In the same vein, when a supernaturalist argument is presented, naturalists don't accept it as-is. Naturalists check it against the rules of naturalism. If the argument passes the test, naturalists use the argument in much the same way that supernaturalists do. Ongoing discoveries and criticisms from both supernaturalists and naturalists continue to test the argument.<br /><br />In the movie Back To The Future, the character Doc Brown cracked up audiences with his self-introduction "I'm a scientist." Nobody leaves it so vague.<br /><br />I don't accept such an ambiguous self-description when anyone blurts out "I'm an atheist." It's like saying "I'm a vegetarian" while munching on an omelette. And no -- I don't want to hear him or her say "I'm a lacto-ovo-vegetarian." I don't gain respect for someone based on personal preferences. Likewise, I don't care a whit if someone says to me "I believe in God." Rather, I tend to lose respect for people who go around trying to one-up others through demonstrations of piety or iconoclasty.<br /><br />So you can see, I have no sympathy for Islam any more than I like pornographer Larry Flynt for wearing an American flag as a diaper at an "atheism rally." If I weren't afraid of being arrested for "hate speech," when guys do the prayer-mat thing on the sidewalk, I'd say "Stop farting at me and get out of my way! And by the way, Mohammed, it's scientificially proven that marrying your cousin or niece produces imbeciles. Peace be with you, retard."El Whitehttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003136998359&sk=infonoreply@blogger.com