Ostroeuropa wrote:San Lumen wrote:
1) And what do you define as a proper country?
2) So everyone from a Muslim country is a radical islamist who wants to blow up the House of Commons or the Underground? I have several friends who are Muslim and they do not agree with radical Islam or ISIS in the slightest.
3)so even though he is a British Citizen he should be barred from holding office just because his parents were born in another country and because of his skin color and religion? Sounds awfully racist and xenophobic. To say someone cannot or should not be allowed to do a certain job because of said race or religion is the definition of racism.
4) We live in a interconnected planet now and global economy. You cannot have a policy of only US or British citizens can work for Ralph Lauren or Ted Baker. It wouldn't work. If a really talented designer from Azerbaijan where there is no real fashion industry wants to work for Ted Baker or Ralph Lauren you'd crush their hopes and dreams and say sorry only British citizens can work for Ted Baker and miss out on their excellent talent? Sounds like pure nationalism and ethnocentrism. thats how World War One Started.
1. A democracy. Everything else is just private property, sometimes held by organized criminals calling themselves dictators. Were it up to me, most of the map would be blank. I do not recognize their right to govern their people without their consent. I'm also fine with democracies annexing territory, provided they follow the rules laid out in the UN when they do so and act to as quick as possible grant the franchise to the locals of the area annexed, and subsequently give them a vote on whether to remain or go independent.
2. The overwhelming majority of muslims are radical fundamentalists. What you're arguing about is violent radical fundamentalists, because the bar is set so low for muslims that "Capable of existing in the same space as others without murdering them" classes them as moderates. Most muslims are highly anti-woman, anti-gay, etc. Check the Islamic Attitudes studies.
Why is it, when a christian opposes gay marriage, he's a fundamentalist, but a muslim opposes homosexuality being legal at all, and he's a moderate?
Because for a muslim to be moderate, he just has to not be violent. That's how bad it is, when even those defending them say things like this and pretend "Fundamentalist" and "Radical" = violent.
3. I don't vote for religious people in general, sorry. You're not going to browbeat me into Islamophilia out of fear of being mean to brown people. I hold them to the same standards as I hold Christians, unlike you, as you showed in point 2.
I don't vote for the religious because I'm anti-theistic. I could tolerate a religious person if they were prepared to say their religion absolutely does not in any sense guide their opinions or politics, but even the "Moderates" waffle on this and say it inspires them and stuff. Oh okay then, i'm not voting for you. Your principles come from somewhere I fundamentally disagree with.
Show me a muslim willing to say his religion has absolutely zero impact on any of his views on the world, and i'll show you a muslim i'll accept as a mayor.
4. You keep insisting the WW1 stuff is the case without much evidence. I think what you mean is, that's what progressives keep insisting caused WW1.
So are you going to oust the Russian government and that of Uzbekistan and Eritrea and Turkmenistan and others. The later have no real opposition. Who are you going to make President or Prime Minister.
and what about not allowing someone from another country who has a dream of working for the fashion industry? You'd crush their hopes and dreams and say sorry only American or British citizens can work for us? Who cares if your talented? We don't want you because your from Iran or Algeria for example? How is that not pure nationalism and racism?
And if you think World War One was not caused in part by nationalism and Ethnocentrism I suggest you read a history book.











