tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post2462316610364040700..comments2024-01-02T00:38:08.335-08:00Comments on Downtown Eastside Enquirer: The Olympics are Here and so is the FearUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-53647939471017604982010-03-03T20:35:15.973-08:002010-03-03T20:35:15.973-08:00Jack Hughes,
No comment was received from you in ...Jack Hughes,<br /><br />No comment was received from you in response to those of truepeers and dag. <br /><br />If you made an argument which you believe wasn't published, you are welcome to repeat it. That would be preferable to using the comment section for insults, such as your claim of "incoherence" which you don't substantiate with even one example. <br /><br />"Youreliable sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415656828004866498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-59602822575134737092010-03-01T00:06:33.470-08:002010-03-01T00:06:33.470-08:00Your friends have shown nothing of the sort. In th...Your friends have shown nothing of the sort. In their incoherence they clarify nothing but that they're frothing at the mouth. There is no record of my comment because you sent it to the trash. Your cheap tactics betray the weakness of your position. Bye.Jack Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-49639002832738528982010-02-27T01:39:53.567-08:002010-02-27T01:39:53.567-08:00Jack Hughes,
There is no record of a response fro...Jack Hughes,<br /><br />There is no record of a response from you.<br /><br />It has been pointed out to me that you probably never left one. You're looking for a way out now that truepeers and dag have shown just how nonsensical your moral and cultural relativism is.reliable sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415656828004866498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-62371130803584375662010-02-24T18:59:46.089-08:002010-02-24T18:59:46.089-08:00It is plain dishonest of you, RP, not to publish m...It is plain dishonest of you, RP, not to publish my response. You've just lost a reader. Have fun with your snivelling, reactionary friends.Jack Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-71980492251070011112010-02-03T19:18:41.702-08:002010-02-03T19:18:41.702-08:00And now, leaving the rest of Jack off the page, le...And now, leaving the rest of Jack off the page, let's turn to "You're an ass," writer above, she who married a Muslim. <br /><br />If Islam is so good, then will you take your daughter to a Muslim country to live among Muslims? <br /><br />Will you risk your daughter being subjected to "Female Genital Mutilation"?<br /><br />"Female genital mutilation (FGM), also Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-43646561693088674202010-02-03T19:05:42.157-08:002010-02-03T19:05:42.157-08:00Jack and his pack are not moralists at all, not ev...Jack and his pack are not moralists at all, not even moralistic emoters; they're just hacks apeing their betters. <br /><br />Who are their "betters"? We might look to Jack's uncited source: Plato, whom Neil Postman cleverly refers to as history's "first systematic fascist." (1992.) Jack, sprat as he does, misses the sense of the Philosopher Kings he would please Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-8795319582219136432010-02-03T18:46:02.424-08:002010-02-03T18:46:02.424-08:00But of course, none of jack Hughes' nonsense h...But of course, none of jack Hughes' nonsense has anything to do with Islam as it is; it is only Jack's way of barking at the world, his way of showing his coolness to his friends; that Jack is a guy who says the commonplace things in the expected moments. jack is thus a Conformity Hippie, a follower of the conventional wisdom, which is far from wisdom and further from sense. This sums it Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-89257381132823293992010-02-03T18:36:55.770-08:002010-02-03T18:36:55.770-08:00To continue with the Crusades: any honest reader w...To continue with the Crusades: any honest reader will see immediately that they were on the part of the Europeans, defensive. C.f. Stephen Runciman, Vol. I. (1951) for details; Spencer (2006) for a general outline. <br /><br />Islam was and is a major force of imperialism in the world, not halted to this day. Islam is a religion of peace, as Jack Hughes and George W. Bush claim, insofaras it is Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-68267846099830375832010-02-03T18:10:56.847-08:002010-02-03T18:10:56.847-08:00truepeers: So, you want to talk about desperate, c...truepeers: So, you want to talk about desperate, cheap shots while you copy-edit the comments section of a sensationalist blog, is that right?<br /><br />Does Christian history reflect the teachings of Jesus Christ (as your reasoning suggests)? Because if it does, then we should probably take a look at the history of the crusades, modern and ancient, before you claim the moral high ground on Jack Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-76839507058333444172010-02-03T15:48:21.911-08:002010-02-03T15:48:21.911-08:00And yet more to come, for those fascinated readers...And yet more to come, for those fascinated readers who really care about the history of Islam.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-17200750467140931722010-02-03T15:47:06.813-08:002010-02-03T15:47:06.813-08:00Part Five:
1071 Byzantine army is destroyed by ...Part Five:<br /><br /><br /><br />1071 Byzantine army is destroyed by Turks<br />1071 - 1085 Mercenary Seljuk Turks conquer Syria and Palestine. The City of Jerusalem is taken from the more civilised Saracen caliphs<br />1085 - 1095 3000 Christian Pilgrims were massacred in Jerusalem and the Christian churches were destroyed or used as stables<br />1095 Emperor Alexius I sent an embassy to Pope Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-36251451673604085772010-02-03T15:45:50.079-08:002010-02-03T15:45:50.079-08:00Part Four;
Jack and Geo. W. Bush to the rescue. I...Part Four;<br /><br />Jack and Geo. W. Bush to the rescue. Islam is saved. Islam is a religion of peace. Thanks, guys. Ah, there's just one problem.<br /><br />There are two parts in the Qur'an, the Meccan suras and the Medinan suras. Guess what? The sura above is a Meccan sura. That means something significant to Muslims, though it's likely mush to Jack. The Meccan suras are those Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-71937694787659987682010-02-03T15:43:19.093-08:002010-02-03T15:43:19.093-08:00Part three:
1.a. Some muslims have been misusing ...Part three:<br /><br />1.a. Some muslims have been misusing the koran for almost as long as some christians.<br /><br />One must assume that Jack, in the box above, means that [some] Muslims have been justifying violence against others by claiming authority from the Qur'an. Jack doesn't capitalise a proper noun like Islam, showing to the world how cool he is to downgrade all proper nouns Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-42979397808801664692010-02-02T19:22:26.693-08:002010-02-02T19:22:26.693-08:00One seriously doubts Jack has actually read the Ko...One seriously doubts Jack has actually read the Koran. If he were familiar with that book which relentlessly divides the world into "belivers" and "unbelievers" and casts no end of curses towards the latter, I don't think he could be so sanguine about knowing the "proper" "use" of the Koran. Having said that, it is true that one must interpret the Korantruepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-75010298896493719982010-02-01T21:49:24.647-08:002010-02-01T21:49:24.647-08:00Jack Hughes said...
1. Some muslims does not ...Jack Hughes said...<br /><br /> 1. Some muslims does not equal Islam.<br /><br />Jack, which Muslims do not equal Islam? Who, dare we ask, do you think Muslims are who equal Islam? But you probably mean, if you were careful enough to communicate with your readers, that some Muslims, (capitalize, Jack,) do not equal all Muslims. That's a big math one, isn't it? Most of us probably got Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-76110360963602703692010-02-01T21:48:48.732-08:002010-02-01T21:48:48.732-08:00Here j'accuse Jack Hughes of being uninformed ...Here j'accuse Jack Hughes of being uninformed if not a simple and ridiculous conformist who parrots the line we all recall from Geo. W. Bush: that a small minority of Muslim extremists have hijacked an otherwise peaceful religion that has no more to do with the violence committed in its name than does violence committed by Christians. I'm no fan of George Bush, and less a fan of Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-11731567607785619552010-01-28T16:31:11.620-08:002010-01-28T16:31:11.620-08:001. Some muslims does not equal Islam. Some muslim...1. Some muslims does not equal Islam. <i>Some</i> muslims have been misusing the koran for almost as long as <i>some</i> christians. Your comment is irresponsible, if not ignorant.<br />2. There are many things to fear. Grow a pair, already.Jack Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-66413765971072939362010-01-26T12:56:06.193-08:002010-01-26T12:56:06.193-08:00anonymous,
Name calling is easy. What is not eas...anonymous,<br /><br />Name calling is easy. What is not easy, in fact impossible, is to refute the point that Muslims themselves are telling us that they are behind terrorist acts around the world, that they are setting bombs off in the name of Islam.<br /><br />Maybe you should ask your boyfriend to speak up and denounce these Muslim terrorists. Too few so-called moderate Muslims do.reliable sourceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415656828004866498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-54435714487045973012010-01-26T06:23:13.982-08:002010-01-26T06:23:13.982-08:00My boyfriend is muslim and you are a complete ASS!...My boyfriend is muslim and you are a complete ASS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-70042467411300377302010-01-25T12:52:15.657-08:002010-01-25T12:52:15.657-08:00Not all, nor anywhere near most, Muslims are terro...Not all, nor anywhere near most, Muslims are terrorists or terror sympathizers, of course; but lately, most all terrorists around the world have been Muslims and there have been thousands of incidents. Why do people have trouble digesting this fact? Can we not show at least enough respect to the "other" and listen to the terrorists telling us just what motivates them (i.e. their truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-45150639394411285492010-01-23T02:35:05.067-08:002010-01-23T02:35:05.067-08:00u must have lots ov money 2 shop for salad uptown...u must have lots ov money 2 shop for salad uptown cambie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-90940237034846849602010-01-22T18:58:57.464-08:002010-01-22T18:58:57.464-08:00"We of course have Islam to thank for this fe..."We of course have Islam to thank for this fear."<br />That's hilarious, err, I'm pretty sure you're being facetious...Jack Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-19086414299126587082010-01-18T13:02:35.327-08:002010-01-18T13:02:35.327-08:00Good observation of the changes that will never go...Good observation of the changes that will never go away again.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377545782971296117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-68023027409298073372010-01-18T11:46:30.510-08:002010-01-18T11:46:30.510-08:00Thank Islam?????????
I can't even absorb that...Thank Islam?????????<br /><br />I can't even absorb that last comment after you stated you shopped at Whole Foods!<br /><br />WHOA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com