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| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
CNN actually
That may be the direct translation but dont play me because we know what context that is used in these circumstances.
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"..don't play me.." Ooh, get you!  You are the one who is trying to take us for fools, but you are proving yourself too ignorant to do so. Bless your cotton socks, though, as you are still doing your best to stick to your false assertion. I suggest you stop digging.
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
im just restating what was just announced on a credible news source
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What is this "context" that you talk of, oh learned Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern History? If you want to talk about context, I suggest you at least get the context correct: I saw the same coverage on CNN, and the 'Jihad' chants were by the anti-Mubarak protestors in the square, against the pro-Mubarak goons. Would logic dictate that they were using 'Jihad' to mean 'holy war' against fellow Sunni Muslims, or in the sense of a general 'struggle', as per the actual dictionary definition? You seem to WANT to believe that they want to blow up your infidel ass. Therein lies your intrinsic bias and lack of rationality, as why else would you be distorting the truth to suit your agenda? I believe that this is not intentional, but rather a subconscious motivation on your part.
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
bigotry? Why? Because a white guy has an opinion? That bigotry comment from you is actually quite bigoted to be honest. Funny but an arabic friend of mine actually shares a lot of the same opinion as I do. I guess hes also a bigot? Oh I forgot, hes allowed to have an opinion. Im not.
I REPEAT.
I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT EGYPTIANS OR ANYONE ELSE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION. WHAT I HAVE SAID IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ALTERNATIVE IS GOING TO BE FAR WORSE THAN MUBAREK MEANING A RATIONAL PERSON WOULD THEN SAY THAT MUBAREK IS THE BETTER OF TWO EVILS
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With these comments and previous ones, this is why you leave yourself open to the accusation of bigotry/bias, as rather than objectively looking at the evidence and facts of the situation, you seem to gather information to support a PRE-determined agenda.
Your argument seems to boil this: people should not even TRY to make their country more democratic, if it cannot be a perfect resolution and if there is a chance that their lives might get worse, crime might increase and there might be terrorism. Now, look at these examples of Christian terrorism in the US:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism
Since there was in fact some instability/terrorism in the US, should the founding fathers not even have bothered? Given that the democratic process can be ugly, and can take many years (e.g. black people), and is actually still evolving (e.g. homosexual rights), are you therefore saying that the American people should not even have dared to hope by fighting the war of independence? There is another degree of instability that is always inherent in the western world: with their freedoms, people have the liberty to do bad, as well as good; therefore, since crime pervades our imperfect democratic societies, shall we revert to living in police states? Complete security and stability will guaranteed, so what would be the problem? Hell, we could even headhunt Mubarak to come on over and be our dictator, as does such a good job! Why does it have to be all or nothing in terms of stability and democratic perfection for Egypt and Muslim countries, but not for western democracies?
For someone who I thought was a staunch libertarian, your principles seem to based on quicksand: certain freedoms may apply to your neighbour next door, but not to your neighbours in other parts of the world. As a general rule, well-founded principles should stand up to more intellectual scrutiny than that. Seriously, a lot of the time people are not even aware of their internal bias and inconsistencies, so they remain in denial. A period of introspection may be called for.
By the way, many neoconservatives disagree with your assessment about the risk of Egypt become an extremist country:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020207325.html
Last edited by The Potter on Feb-03-2011 at 08:36
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