Geez these f'ers are crazy.

[El Kabong]

Also....Trainer, did I ever tell you about the War of Northern Aggression?

[Trainer Monkey]

You could come up with a moment when we were the solution
I could but,Im curious to see if you can
And by the way,nice set of stereotypes,Im sure you also believe all french people smoke cigarettes while eating croisantes and sipping coffee
All African Americans cant wait to get their fried chicken washed down with a 40 weight
All native americans cant weight to get their hands on some whiskey
Ireland doesnt have GDP because everybody is still sleeping it off
Poland doesnt have a GDP because nobody is smart enough to find the factory
Any other stereotypes youd like to hit while we're working at it

Trainer, I didn't stereotype anyone, I just mentioned one (OF MANY) activities practiced by the people of this culture....an activity I actually wish more cultures participated in, just not to the extent that we wish people killed in the name of God. I just don't appreciate the stoning of victims and cutting off innocent people's heads in the name of Allah. I also don't support hanging the massacred bodies of innocent workers from a bridge....also in the name of Allah. Tell me I'm wrong Trainer

I don't THINK the western culture has a bunch to offer, I KNOW we have a bunch to offer. I just wonder where is the outrage for these tragedies

Where is the outrage at the absolute homicides committed by Western religions,because there's plenty of them to work with?
If some jackass hunts down an abortion clinic worker and blows their brains out,I bet you I dont hear about it 24/7 on Faux News,some jackass who happens to be muslim sends a firecracker in to Israel,I know whats going to dominate the news cycle for the next week

[Von Milash]

Lyle and Bilb, I owe you guys reps.

I'm not even sure how TM can even BEGIN to compare ANY religion to Islam. Yes there are crazies everywhere, but Muslims take the cake. They are fucking bonkers.

[El Kabong]

Where is the outrage at the absolute homicides committed by Western religions,because there's plenty of them to work with?
If some jackass hunts down an abortion clinic worker and blows their brains out,I bet you I dont hear about it 24/7 on Faux News,some jackass who happens to be muslim sends a firecracker in to Israel,I know whats going to dominate the news cycle for the next week

You're comparing guys like Eric Robert Rudolph and Muslims Keep going, I think you are REALLY helping their cause

[Trainer Monkey]

Where is the outrage at the absolute homicides committed by Western religions,because there's plenty of them to work with?
If some jackass hunts down an abortion clinic worker and blows their brains out,I bet you I dont hear about it 24/7 on Faux News,some jackass who happens to be muslim sends a firecracker in to Israel,I know whats going to dominate the news cycle for the next week

You're comparing guys like Eric Robert Rudolph and Muslims Keep going, I think you are REALLY helping their cause

Why not,there are nut jobs on both sides of the issue.
Im Buddhist,I could care less if all three of the perps got closed in to a stadium for a death war,and kept me the fuck out of it,but since that isnt how life works,put down your stones,the whole house is made of glass Mr Christian

[El Kabong]

But Trainer the point I think we're all trying to make to you is.....in one culture somebody like Timmothy McVeigh is seen as a complete nutter and murderer and in another culture someone who blows themself up and kills a bunch of others (infidels) in the process is a martyr.

[VictorCharlie]

I have little use for religion but after multiple combat tours to Afghanistan and Iraq I have found that in today's world Islam brings out the worst in humanity. Every organized religion has its fair share of crazies and zealots. The difference I've found is that the mainstream of most denounce these fringe groups and their violent or inhumane acts. I have either never or rarely heard of moderate or "good" muslims speak out against the violence and inhumane treatment of sharia law. With the growth of Islam especially in European countries where is the world wide outcry against Jihadism and Sharia Law? The international community was pretty quick to galvanize in their dislike for Bush where is the condemnation of Iran? Taliban? Shia Militias? AQI? There is no diplomacy with this kind of rational. There is no dialogue. Christianity and Judaism have found ways to make their respective religions work with todays culture. Until Islam as a whole can find away to evolve with a changing world I think I will continue to have muslims in my crosshairs.

[Trainer Monkey]

I have little use for religion but after multiple combat tours to Afghanistan and Iraq I have found that in today's world Islam brings out the worst in humanity. Every organized religion has its fair share of crazies and zealots. The difference I've found is that the mainstream of most denounce these fringe groups and their violent or inhumane acts. I have either never or rarely heard of moderate or "good" muslims speak out against the violence and inhumane treatment of sharia law. With the growth of Islam especially in European countries where is the world wide outcry against Jihadism and Sharia Law? The international community was pretty quick to galvanize in their dislike for Bush where is the condemnation of Iran? Taliban? Shia Militias? AQI? There is no diplomacy with this kind of rational. There is no dialogue. Christianity and Judaism have found ways to make their respective religions work with todays culture. Until Islam as a whole can find away to evolve with a changing world I think I will continue to have muslims in my crosshairs.

Really?
Our former Attorney General swabbed himself with Crisco before taking the oath of Senator
And then proceeded as Attorney General to set up a way we could torture people legally
Their pissed off at us for political reasons,not religious ones. It has nothing to do with their god and our god,it has alot to do with us dropping bombs on them.

[Trainer Monkey]

But Trainer the point I think we're all trying to make to you is.....in one culture somebody like Timmothy McVeigh is seen as a complete nutter and murderer and in another culture someone who blows themself up and kills a bunch of others (infidels) in the process is a martyr.

Funny the hard right has been trying to make those lunatics at Waco martyrs for years now

[VictorCharlie]

Trainer personally I don't think that enemy combatants deserve the same rights as US citizens nor do I think we should follow any rules of war that our adversary doesn't. I'll take torture at Gitmo over decapitation on Al Jazeera all day. And you are right to an extent. The big picture isn't always about religion. It is about power and money. But the tool used to recruit and motivate men and women to murder and commit horrible acts is religion. Islam's supreme leaders could stop this. They could be widely vocal against jihadism but they don't. The world's muslim population is woefully silent on the unattractive underside of their faith.

[Trainer Monkey]

Trainer personally I don't think that enemy combatants deserve the same rights as US citizens nor do I think we should follow any rules of war that our adversary doesn't. I'll take torture at Gitmo over decapitation on Al Jazeera all day. And you are right to an extent. The big picture isn't always about religion. It is about power and money. But the tool used to recruit and motivate men and women to murder and commit horrible acts is religion. Islam's supreme leaders could stop this. They could be widely vocal against jihadism but they don't. The world's muslim population is woefully silent on the unattractive underside of their faith.

No they arent,many omans have come out against this violence
Actually most have
Secondly as far as our treatment of prisoners,we are supposed to be better then that,pissing on the furniture doesnt make me any better then the cat,it only drags me down

[VictorCharlie]

Funny the hard right has been trying to make those lunatics at Waco martyrs for years now

Lyle is the hard right and apparently he has made it quite clear that killing in the name of any religion is repulsive

[Trainer Monkey]

Funny the hard right has been trying to make those lunatics at Waco martyrs for years now

Lyle is the hard right and apparently he has made it quite clear that killing in the name of any religion is repulsive

At the end of the day,Lyle is moderate to far right,he isnt even close to serious hard right,those guys have compounds and scare me way more then Muslims. I dont have a Muslim living anywhere near me,but I bet I can find a methed up Christian who gods been talking to lately.
If I judged christianity strictly on being anti gay while traiding meth for homosexual acts (Ted Haggerty) or claiming I redirected a hurricane away from Virginia right in to New England with the power of god(Pat "Actually ran for president"Robertson),youd think all Christians were out of their fucking gord

[VictorCharlie]

Trainer my experience in the Arab/Muslim world is that violence wins the day. Their culture doesn't respond to rational thought. It doesn't respond live and let live. They believe in absolutes. There is a reason that most arab/muslim nations are ruled by an iron fisted govt/monarch. I offered the world to tons of Iraqi's and rarely got anything but lipservice but a barrel of a gun got a lot of results. If you think we can play by our rules and win you are mistaken.

[Trainer Monkey]

Also....Trainer, did I ever tell you about the War of Northern Aggression?

You mean where the south fired first?