Posted: 10 15 2009 Post subject: julia roberts fakes
“Islam hasn't existed for 'thousands of years'. It has only been around for 1500 odd years. If you can't even get that tiny factoid right, what credibility does the rest of your screed warrant? You want to talk history? OK. Islam goes through periods of dark ages and resurgences of enlightenment like any other culturally linked belief system. It is a highly complex religion that cannot be easily simplified.When the Christian empire was in its own dark ages, the Islamic world was in a golden age, and they maintained knowledge of classical mathematics, art, philosophy and science while the Christians were huddled in huts picking lice off each other. The majority of Muslims in the world *aren't even in the Middle East* - and Islamic fundamentalists make up a tiny - but vociferous - minority of them. There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world. If they were all crazy Jihadist *****, then we in the West would be utterly *****. They aren't, and we're not. Simplistic world views are for simpletons.
Posted: 09 12 2009 Post subject: jonas brothers in night at the museum
I understand Bono can get a bit preachy and that his antics oftentimes deserve to be poked fun at (who didn't crack up at South Park's parody of him?). But really, I think some of the Bono hate is a little unwarranted. He's done a lot of great humanitarian and philanthropic work over the years. And it's not just a self-edifying thing--he's kept up with it since the 80's, something a lot of those other Live Aid bands can't say.
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