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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:59 PM Original message |
Oklahoma lawmakers object to gift of Qurans, return their copies |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. It sounds like they haven't actually read their bibles |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. A RW politico actually reading the book he's spouting off from? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Indeed: "Go kill the Amalekites", etc. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. True...women, children and animals. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. They Should Read the Old Testament Sometime |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. "After a colleague claimed the Muslim holy book condones the killing of innocent people," |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Damn it, there goes another irony meter n/t |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. And those things are expensive, aren't they? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Duncan's statement is "disturbing" and "offensive" to Muslims." |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. a Book!?!?! |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Ahhh to think back to the good old days when our leaders read |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Sorry I would have returned it also |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. I see Stan the Stupid Virus has visited Oklahoma recently. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. LOL. Contagious, isn't it? |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. "...After a colleague |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. "The Muslims are coming, the Muslims are coming..." |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. "If you ain't white, you ain't alright" - Indian Territory Republicons |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Were they somehow obligated to accept the book? |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. as a matter of basic cultural diplomacy, they should have accepted the books |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I've seen a lot of comments on DU... |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. It wasn't to the general public, that's why (n/t) |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That doesn't answer my original question, though. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. They aren't obligated to do squat, there are better ways to |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. there are many different kinds of obligations |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. well, these are, of course, adults |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. If you are a Christian and someone gives yo a bible it would be thought a welcome gift |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. How many Muslims do you represent in the state legislature? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. It makes no difference |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Actually, it makes a HUGE difference |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Giving back a religious book is not condemning the religion |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Hint: the legislators DID NOT JUST GIVE BACK THE BOOKS, they SAID THINGS. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I would never send a religous book to someone who had not expressed interest |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
45. And returning a gift is viewed as an insult among arabs. |
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pegleg (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. Try handing out Bibles in Saudi Arabia or Iran and see what happens. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So the solution is to become them? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. There are groups of christians, jews and other religions |
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pegleg (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Muslims can be executed for becoming Christians and arrested |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Clearly I need to re-read Oklahoma's revised statutes, then. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
47. But how often does that occur? I have heard it in Afghanistan but not Iran. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. you want the United States to be like Saudi Arabia and Iran ? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
20. Arron came to Moses and asked what should be done about the old man that |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. The BIble endorses the killing of innocent people -- start with Joshua and just read on. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. Umm, the Bible says the same thing no? |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. Stupid move. When someone gives you a Quran or a Bible, |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Nope |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. I would have returned the book also |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. That's the best answer |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. I repeat my post # 45 here |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. Egads! |
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