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Muslim cocktail waitress sues club over "sexually revealing" uniform

published by Joie de Vivre on 18 December, 2008 - 16:48


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I have a fleeting point of view. Therefore I absolutely must share it.

Jihad, The West, Muslims and The Future

published by Joie de Vivre on 19 November, 2008 - 23:42

This is branching off from a discussion in chat. I raised the probably quite dirty opinion that Muslims might be indifferent or opposed to violent jihad but excited at the prospect that it goes hand in hand with dawah, migration and birth rates in promoting the expansion of Islam. Given that at present where there is a strong Muslim presence there is heavy lobbying to work with groups that support jihad, khlilafah and a hardline shariah, the above scenario would be of concern. Wahhabi says unite behind me, sure enough comes the day... For example, after 9/11 Al Muhajiroun was very keen to emphasise that OBL had polarised the world and apparently swollen Islam's numbers. So my question is about how Muslims relate to this scenario.

Pirates

published by Joie de Vivre on 19 November, 2008 - 15:35

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[quote]MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An Indian warship destroyed a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and gunmen from Somalia seized two more vessels despite a large international naval presence off their lawless country.

The buccaneers have taken a Thai fishing boat, a Greek bulk carrier and a Hong Kong-flagged ship heading to Iran since Saturday's spectacular capture of a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million of oil, the biggest ship hijacked in history.

The explosion of piracy off Somalia this year has driven up insurance costs, made some shipping companies divert around South Africa and prompted an unprecedented military response from NATO, the European Union and others.

Corruption

published by Joie de Vivre on 5 February, 2008 - 19:05

[quote="[url= Yon[/url]"]Iraqi border guards take “tolls” from the drivers. From one shipment, Iraqi guards unloaded some Persian rugs. From another they took tile. In some cases the border guards siphon fuel out of the trucks as “tax.” British Captain “Bertie” Basset saw guards take off a mess of fish, leave them in the sun all day with flies buzzing and dogs sniffing about, then depart with the fish at close of business. Standing on the border, CPT Basset told me that this causes a delicate situation.

The Reconciliation of Humanity

published by Joie de Vivre on 23 January, 2008 - 11:19

For starters:

A given belief or cultural paradigm could become universally accepted.

The notion of a dominant or supreme group could be universally rejected.

Violent conflict could become universally rejected.

Enough influential people could at least be willing participants to a project for global reconciliation.

Is that a good thing? What does God have to say?

An aside: What is fairness? What is equality? What is peace? How do these aspirations relate to one another? Does a commitment to peace entail relinquishing all defence? What do we want?

Could this become a popular discussion or are our loyalties too strong, our worlds too narrow and isolated, our cultures too shallow?

Political Compass

published by Joie de Vivre on 17 January, 2008 - 00:16

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Last time I did one of these - just a few weeks ago - I was very lefty left, which is OK but I found the test simple. This is a better test.

So this time I'm very slighty right and a fairly strong libertarian:
[b]Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.13[/b]

I took this a few years ago and I was Ghandi. This time I'm not like anyone on the chart.

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