The News Thread

[rms]

Just referring to the divisions between Catholics and Protestants, and how Germany is divided regionally because of it.

What's the capitalization thing you're doing there? Dak Sarcasm Is In Capitals?

 

[Dak]

Just referring to the divisions between Catholics and Protestants, and how Germany is divided regionally because of it.

Is that an ethnic division though? When is the last time protestant/catholic divisions were violent over religion? The 1700s?

Dak Sarcasm Is In Capitals?

Yeah, too lazy to copy/paste a TM symbol.

 

[rms]

I would imagine most "divisions" between cultures are rooted in religious ideas/practices/norms.

 

[Dak]

I would imagine most "divisions" between cultures are rooted in religious ideas/practices/norms.

I would say religions are expressions, not the root. It provides a metanarrative to encapsulate particular epistemological, ontological, and ethical orientations.

 

[CiG]

Have you watched South Park's safe space episode?

Actually I stopped watching South Park years ago, there was a massive drop in quality somewhere after season 10 and so I gave up.
Seems like I should give the new shit a try though.

 

[tagradh]

It's been way less consistent since around then but I'd say at least half of the episodes are still good and plenty of them are great.

 

[no country for old wainds]

south park was always massively inconsistent tbf, even during those 5-10 peak seasons.

 

[mutantllama]

Yeah this season is a lot better than the past few.

 

[The Ozzman]

I stopped watching at like Season 4 for whatever reason

 

[no country for old wainds]

first 4 or so seasons are p bad, it gets way better

 

[CiG]

I think it peaks around season 8 or 9 and drops around season 11 or 12, iirc.

Also, just in case anybody here bought into that hero Muslim security guard Zouheir thing going around in relation to the Germany vs France soccer match attack.

http://www.snopes.com/zouheir/

 

[Blind Guardian]

I think it peaks around season 8 or 9 and drops around season 11 or 12, iirc.

Also, just in case anybody here bought into that hero Muslim security guard Zouheir thing going around in relation to the Germany vs France soccer match attack.

http://www.snopes.com/zouheir/

Of course the media will focus heavily on minority "heroes" or victims when this stuff happens. One of the dead cops in the Charlie Hebdo attack was Muslim too, as everyone had to hear about.

At times like these there also has to be comparisons to white right wing terrorists. I guess it makes sense since both people like the Paris group and guys like Ted Kaczynski are part of faith-based terror networks with members in the hundreds of thousands. To make distinctions and talk about crazed loners is just racism, it's the exact same thing!

 

[CiG]

Indeed but the reason I bring it up is because it's a lie yet it's still being spread around.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Interesting article about the whataboutery on social media:

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/16/9744640/paris-beirut-media

 

[0Marty]

Well people don't talk about another terrorist attack, bomb on a russian plane, where even more people died. And yes, it's ISIS act too.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/17/egypt-plane-crash-bomb-jet-russia-security-service

 

[CiG]

The attack in Russia is actually a huge topic in my circles, so I can't agree with your premise.

 

[Dak]

It wasn't in Russia.

 

[rms]

Just saw that Russia is offering 50$million for info on that plane crash, so it might be premature to say it was bombed. I don't get the long term vision of IS, they may just have united FRA/US/RUS.

 

[CiG]

You know what I Meant, I'm pissed right now,

 

[Dak]

The longterm vision is to get the West to continue making the foreign policy mistakes of the last 2+ decades.