friendliest nation?
Oct 8th 2006, 8:19 pm
#46
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Re: friendliest nation?
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:50:06 GMT, "a.spencer3"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme
>Buddhist!
one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
> There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme
>Buddhist!
one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
--
Mike Reid
I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
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Oct 8th 2006, 8:19 pm
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Re: friendliest nation?
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:29:56 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> you certainly do get over sensitivity from some Jews, but remind me
>> when they last murdered a film director who made a film critical of
>> them?
>There aren't many film directiors who get funding to make such films,
>but look what happens to journalists who criticize Israel:
>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0305/S00208.htm
>Or Ghassan Kanafani for writing about them. Or Jamal Mansour, the PR
>man murdered by the Israelis along with two journalists interviewing
>him in 2001.
I dont believe in rebuffing criticism of muslims with a criticism of
Israelis. Muslim intolerance is bad, the Israeli actions were no doubt
bad too. I dont see how an Isreali bad action makes a muslim bad
action OK.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>> you certainly do get over sensitivity from some Jews, but remind me
>> when they last murdered a film director who made a film critical of
>> them?
>There aren't many film directiors who get funding to make such films,
>but look what happens to journalists who criticize Israel:
>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0305/S00208.htm
>Or Ghassan Kanafani for writing about them. Or Jamal Mansour, the PR
>man murdered by the Israelis along with two journalists interviewing
>him in 2001.
I dont believe in rebuffing criticism of muslims with a criticism of
Israelis. Muslim intolerance is bad, the Israeli actions were no doubt
bad too. I dont see how an Isreali bad action makes a muslim bad
action OK.
--
Mike Reid
I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Oct 8th 2006, 8:47 pm
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Mike Reid schreef:
> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:29:56 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> you certainly do get over sensitivity from some Jews, but remind me
> >> when they last murdered a film director who made a film critical of
> >> them?
> >
> >There aren't many film directiors who get funding to make such films,
> >but look what happens to journalists who criticize Israel:
> >
> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0305/S00208.htm
> >
> >Or Ghassan Kanafani for writing about them. Or Jamal Mansour, the PR
> >man murdered by the Israelis along with two journalists interviewing
> >him in 2001.
> I dont believe in rebuffing criticism of muslims with a criticism of
> Israelis. Muslim intolerance is bad, the Israeli actions were no doubt
> bad too. I dont see how an Isreali bad action makes a muslim bad
> action OK.
Jack wasn't rebuffing criticism of muslims, he was responding directly
to the suggestion that Jews react less violently to negative media
portrayal.
B;
> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:29:56 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> you certainly do get over sensitivity from some Jews, but remind me
> >> when they last murdered a film director who made a film critical of
> >> them?
> >
> >There aren't many film directiors who get funding to make such films,
> >but look what happens to journalists who criticize Israel:
> >
> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0305/S00208.htm
> >
> >Or Ghassan Kanafani for writing about them. Or Jamal Mansour, the PR
> >man murdered by the Israelis along with two journalists interviewing
> >him in 2001.
> I dont believe in rebuffing criticism of muslims with a criticism of
> Israelis. Muslim intolerance is bad, the Israeli actions were no doubt
> bad too. I dont see how an Isreali bad action makes a muslim bad
> action OK.
Jack wasn't rebuffing criticism of muslims, he was responding directly
to the suggestion that Jews react less violently to negative media
portrayal.
B;
Oct 8th 2006, 10:19 pm
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:19:48 +0100, Mike Reid <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:50:06 GMT, "a.spencer3"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme
>>Buddhist!
>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
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wrote:
>On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:50:06 GMT, "a.spencer3"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme
>>Buddhist!
>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
--
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My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Oct 8th 2006, 10:46 pm
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"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:19:48 +0100, Mike Reid <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:50:06 GMT, "a.spencer3"
> ><[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme
> >>Buddhist!
> >
> >one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
> Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
Or raving para-Marxists more like!
Surreyman
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> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:19:48 +0100, Mike Reid <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:50:06 GMT, "a.spencer3"
> ><[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme
> >>Buddhist!
> >
> >one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
> Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
Or raving para-Marxists more like!
Surreyman
Oct 8th 2006, 11:54 pm
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> There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme Buddhist!
The government in Sri Lanka is mainly Buddhist, and their fascist-style
oppression of the Tamils started the civil war there (not that the LTTE
are any better).
Bhutan is a Buddhist theocracy and its treatment of the Nepalese
immigrant minority is appalling.
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The government in Sri Lanka is mainly Buddhist, and their fascist-style
oppression of the Tamils started the civil war there (not that the LTTE
are any better).
Bhutan is a Buddhist theocracy and its treatment of the Nepalese
immigrant minority is appalling.
============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ==============
Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760
<http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975
stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557
Oct 8th 2006, 11:59 pm
#52
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Re: friendliest nation?
Blimey! some here are a bit aggressive..
Going back to the original post I find that there is a bit of everything everywhere you go. Often what we get from others is a reflection of what we give. If you smile, for instance, people will smile back, have you tried this? I highly recommend it!
From my own experience I have found the friendliest people in : Spain (but I migh be a bit viased as I am Spanish
), Scotland, South Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, Cuba.
The unfriendliest were by far the Austrians
Going back to the original post I find that there is a bit of everything everywhere you go. Often what we get from others is a reflection of what we give. If you smile, for instance, people will smile back, have you tried this? I highly recommend it!
From my own experience I have found the friendliest people in : Spain (but I migh be a bit viased as I am Spanish
), Scotland, South Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, Cuba.The unfriendliest were by far the Austrians
Originally Posted by Viking
On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:31:26 GMT, "a.spencer3"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Frankly, not the funny for me to have gone through two pickpocketings,
>> an assault, and etc, etc, which ruined our vacation for the time we
>> were in Rome and a week afterwards and have someone think it's funny
>> to say that therefore the Romans are the friendliest of people. But
>> this is gone on long enough, let's drop it, shall we? Unless you want
>> to keep it going, of course, which is fine with me.
>Why? Did something happen to you in Rome?
Fine, asshole, you want to keep it going??? So tell us, you ****ing
asshole, you enjoy pictures of dead babies in Iraq? Tortured children
in Afghanistan? Come clean, asshole; admit what a ****ing sicko you
are.
BRING IT ON, ASSHOLE. I'M READY.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Frankly, not the funny for me to have gone through two pickpocketings,
>> an assault, and etc, etc, which ruined our vacation for the time we
>> were in Rome and a week afterwards and have someone think it's funny
>> to say that therefore the Romans are the friendliest of people. But
>> this is gone on long enough, let's drop it, shall we? Unless you want
>> to keep it going, of course, which is fine with me.
>Why? Did something happen to you in Rome?
Fine, asshole, you want to keep it going??? So tell us, you ****ing
asshole, you enjoy pictures of dead babies in Iraq? Tortured children
in Afghanistan? Come clean, asshole; admit what a ****ing sicko you
are.
BRING IT ON, ASSHOLE. I'M READY.
Oct 9th 2006, 12:17 am
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
>Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
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>>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
>Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
--
Mike Reid
I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Oct 9th 2006, 2:05 am
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"Mike Reid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
> >>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
> >
> >Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
> I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
> --
Precisely.
Surreyman
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> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
> >>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
> >
> >Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
> I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
> --
Precisely.
Surreyman
Oct 9th 2006, 2:08 am
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"Jack Campin - bogus address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme Buddhist!
> The government in Sri Lanka is mainly Buddhist, and their fascist-style
> oppression of the Tamils started the civil war there (not that the LTTE
> are any better).
> Bhutan is a Buddhist theocracy and its treatment of the Nepalese
> immigrant minority is appalling.
So?
How far back into history do we need to go to find Christians doing naughty
things?
The point is, your examples don't belong to movements that despise any
deity.
Surreyman
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> > There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme Buddhist!
> The government in Sri Lanka is mainly Buddhist, and their fascist-style
> oppression of the Tamils started the civil war there (not that the LTTE
> are any better).
> Bhutan is a Buddhist theocracy and its treatment of the Nepalese
> immigrant minority is appalling.
So?
How far back into history do we need to go to find Christians doing naughty
things?
The point is, your examples don't belong to movements that despise any
deity.
Surreyman
Oct 9th 2006, 4:33 am
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a.spencer3 <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Jack Campin - bogus address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > > There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme Buddhist!
> >
> > The government in Sri Lanka is mainly Buddhist, and their fascist-style
> > oppression of the Tamils started the civil war there (not that the LTTE
> > are any better).
> >
> > Bhutan is a Buddhist theocracy and its treatment of the Nepalese
> > immigrant minority is appalling.
> >
>
> So?
It was a fitting response to the idea that Buddhists can't be
extremists!
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> "Jack Campin - bogus address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > > There probably isn't any such thing as an extreme Buddhist!
> >
> > The government in Sri Lanka is mainly Buddhist, and their fascist-style
> > oppression of the Tamils started the civil war there (not that the LTTE
> > are any better).
> >
> > Bhutan is a Buddhist theocracy and its treatment of the Nepalese
> > immigrant minority is appalling.
> >
>
> So?
It was a fitting response to the idea that Buddhists can't be
extremists!
--
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usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://www.davidhorne.net/pictures.html http://soundjunction.org
Oct 9th 2006, 4:45 am
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:17:45 +0100, Mike Reid <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
>>Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
>I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
No, that's certainly not true. A lot of the Viet Cong were both
communists and Buddhists.
--
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My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
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wrote:
>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
>>Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
>I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
No, that's certainly not true. A lot of the Viet Cong were both
communists and Buddhists.
--
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My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Oct 9th 2006, 5:47 am
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:45:57 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:17:45 +0100, Mike Reid <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
>>>Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
>>I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
>No, that's certainly not true. A lot of the Viet Cong were both
>communists and Buddhists.
They also won and were in the right.
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>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:17:45 +0100, Mike Reid <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
>>>Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
>>I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
>No, that's certainly not true. A lot of the Viet Cong were both
>communists and Buddhists.
They also won and were in the right.
--
Martin
Oct 9th 2006, 8:26 am
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:47:55 +0200, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:45:57 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:17:45 +0100, Mike Reid <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
>>>>Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
>>>I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
>>No, that's certainly not true. A lot of the Viet Cong were both
>>communists and Buddhists.
>They also won and were in the right.
The Viet Cong were definitely not in the right on an ideological
level, and the communist government that rose from their victory
against the Americans is attrocious.
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>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:45:57 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:17:45 +0100, Mike Reid <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>>On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:19:03 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>one of the few religions you can respect, I think.
>>>>Weren't Pol Pot and his collaborators Buddhists?
>>>I didn't think you could be commie and a Buddhist?
>>No, that's certainly not true. A lot of the Viet Cong were both
>>communists and Buddhists.
>They also won and were in the right.
The Viet Cong were definitely not in the right on an ideological
level, and the communist government that rose from their victory
against the Americans is attrocious.
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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Oct 9th 2006, 8:31 am
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On 9 Oct 2006 01:47:12 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>Mike Reid schreef:
>> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:29:56 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> you certainly do get over sensitivity from some Jews, but remind me
>> >> when they last murdered a film director who made a film critical of
>> >> them?
>> >
>> >There aren't many film directiors who get funding to make such films,
>> >but look what happens to journalists who criticize Israel:
>> >
>> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0305/S00208.htm
>> >
>> >Or Ghassan Kanafani for writing about them. Or Jamal Mansour, the PR
>> >man murdered by the Israelis along with two journalists interviewing
>> >him in 2001.
>> I dont believe in rebuffing criticism of muslims with a criticism of
>> Israelis. Muslim intolerance is bad, the Israeli actions were no doubt
>> bad too. I dont see how an Isreali bad action makes a muslim bad
>> action OK.
>Jack wasn't rebuffing criticism of muslims, he was responding directly
>to the suggestion that Jews react less violently to negative media
>portrayal.
Indeed, because they are smart enough to know there are more effective
ways of dealing with it than death threats, assassinations, etc.
The Jews deserve nothing but admiration for what they have achieved in
the world, and the Muslims have very little to show what they have
contributed to it.
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>Mike Reid schreef:
>> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:29:56 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> you certainly do get over sensitivity from some Jews, but remind me
>> >> when they last murdered a film director who made a film critical of
>> >> them?
>> >
>> >There aren't many film directiors who get funding to make such films,
>> >but look what happens to journalists who criticize Israel:
>> >
>> >http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0305/S00208.htm
>> >
>> >Or Ghassan Kanafani for writing about them. Or Jamal Mansour, the PR
>> >man murdered by the Israelis along with two journalists interviewing
>> >him in 2001.
>> I dont believe in rebuffing criticism of muslims with a criticism of
>> Israelis. Muslim intolerance is bad, the Israeli actions were no doubt
>> bad too. I dont see how an Isreali bad action makes a muslim bad
>> action OK.
>Jack wasn't rebuffing criticism of muslims, he was responding directly
>to the suggestion that Jews react less violently to negative media
>portrayal.
Indeed, because they are smart enough to know there are more effective
ways of dealing with it than death threats, assassinations, etc.
The Jews deserve nothing but admiration for what they have achieved in
the world, and the Muslims have very little to show what they have
contributed to it.
--
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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