Local News

[Typhon]

Hang in there, Tyr66.  Hope you have better times ahead, and I hope other countries take notice of this situation and think twice before allowing Muslims to enter their borders.  Or, even worse, become members of Congress. 

[Tyr66]

Hang in there, Tyr66.  Hope you have better times ahead, and I hope other countries take notice of this situation and think twice before allowing Muslims to enter their borders.  Or, even worse, become members of Congress. 

The observation has finally been made in broad daylight recently: political Islam has infiltrated everywhere in society: administrations such as those metro drivers who refuse to sit in the same seat after a female colleague or even these pressures from Muslims to separate the opening hours for municipal swimming pools between men and women, schools where children eat hallal food without knowing it, labor unions, student unions, the most important of which is represented by a veiled girl who was received at The national assembly . Some deputies preferred to leave the meeting. The media are strongly affected. Also the world of cinema as this last Césars ceremony, in others words our Oscars, was marred by the speech of a black actress who remarked that blacks were not enough in the room, creating a great unease. . However, it's a movie directed by a criminal who served imprisonment for sequestration which received the great reward. The film deals with delinquents from the suburbs, the new heroes. The entire movie crew were on stage in suits to receive the award. A shame. Also, associations of all kinds are affected: cultural, social, sporting which explains the "specificity" of the French football team noticed by the whole world during the victory in Russia. Laurent Blanc, former Champion du Monde 1998 and subsequently coach of the national team had dared to say one day that he wanted to get out of the stereotype of the tall and strong black defender within his team. Result, a wave of accusation of racism from which he never recovered. It's known in this world of French football that, if you are not a Muslim, you cannot play with the others muslim guys, you are excluded from the game and from the locker room. Everyone let it be through cowardice.
When we all know, even today, public worship of non-Islamic religions is prohibited in Saudi Arabia and no one is crying out loud. Not long ago, a European woman was sentenced to prison for drinking from a fountain reserved exclusively for Muslims ...Just incredible.
Another World on the same Planet.

[Charger]

On the other hand (read the Muslim community), we see too few reactions. When there are, they are inaudible and not very credible. Worse, some clearly show their willingness to seek confrontation.

What I find funny (not ha haa funny obviously but sad funny) is that when there are no radical islamic terrorist attacks happening the muslim religious leaders all condemn terrorism but when there ARE attacks happening or have just happened it's fuckin' crickets...no one says a goddamn thing. It's like silent approval. I hate that.

[Vyn]

I caught a small headline about the 3 people knifed to death in that church. It's like France has turned into open hunting ground where ideologs (with zero intention of assimilating into the French culture that welcomed them when they needed to get away from the violence of their homeland) lash out murderously whenever they get upset.

I mean, holy shit, Iran stating that France's reaction to the killings is "unwise", hundreds of thousands in Bangadesh protesting against France, the Philippines judging France's reaction to be "divisive", Erdogen flapping his lips about it, and on and on.

What's divisive is people murdering other people. France should just shut up and let it happen? France should throw out it's own culture so they aren't seen as divisive and allow itself to be cowed into a doormat for the very people who commit these atrocities?

Maybe France should form a committee of inclusiveness and invite muslim leaders in France and other countries to tell France what they should do. Maybe France should do more to educate the muslims in their country and provide them with more assistance in becoming financially secure. Perhaps it would be better if France implemented Sharia law, then rapes, beheadings, honor killings, goat-fuckings, pedophilia, and other cultural norms from elsewhere would no longer be against the law and then France wouldn't be decried as "divisive" by muslim leaders and academics around the world.

This isn't about a few people breaking laws in France and then being processed through France's judicial system as any other criminal would. This is about a few people breaking laws in France, who happen to be of a certain faith, and when France balks at the pattern of behavior a million fucking people around the world who share that faith go nuts.

France could simply kick those bastards out of their country, stop letting them in, and wheel out the guillotine for every one of them they catch that has murdered French citizens.

Intolerant? Yes it is. Wrong? I don't think so. You cannot reason with the unreasonable, and when it fails you HAVE to do what it takes to IMMEDIATELY stop your family/neighbors/citizens from being brutalized, terrorized, and murdered. All of the care, compassion, empathy, understanding, talk, and sociological mind-noodling in the world amounts to jack shit to the person getting their head carved off by someone yelling about how great god is, in Arabic.

Does this piss me off? Yes, it does.
 

[Tyr66]

Thanx for your kind words , friends.

... and now , a Greek Orthodox priest was shot by gun as he closed his church at 4:00 p.m. in Lyon. A guy shot him twice with a sawn-off shotgun. We don't yet know if it's a terrorist act (no shouting allah akbar) or a personal concern with a parishioner of the church. Policemen are actively looking for it. All of these things are happening while we are in lockdown. What a mess .
Meanwhile, Macron is on Al Jazeera chanel explaining to arabs what a caricature is and that he's not responsible for the prophets drawings. Can't believe it.

[Charger]

I read about that too... If it was a muslim (which is very likely) I believe the priest was just killed because he was a priest.

France is headed into some seriously deep waters now. The religion war is getting closer and closer...and I am worried...very worried...and disgusted...

[Tyr66]

A question to our American friends: Why does the choice in this presidential election offer such old candidates ? Can a large and vast country like the USA not make appear men or women more in tune with their time ?

[Charger]

A question to our American friends: Why does the choice in this presidential election offer such old candidates ? Can a large and vast country like the USA not make appear men or women more in tune with their time ?

That's a good question I've been pondering it for years too... Why do presidents in the US need to be nearly senile senior citizens?

[Vyn]

I don't know.

Wisdom and leadership ability seems to be tied to "wisdom and leadership ability gained through experience". So presumably the older you are, the more experience you have, the more contacts you have made, the more wisdom you have developed and the more leadership skills you posses.

It's a logical fallacy of course, and the rest is a rabbit hole of two-party system funding, our baby boomer generation being legion, etc.

I will say that I don't think the DNC nominated Joe Biden. I think the Dems nominated Harris and wrapped her inside Joe Biden to appear more palatable to voters.

But ultimately, I don't know.

[Typhon]

First of all, you have to be at least 35 years old by law in order to become president.  Vyn is right in that experience matters.  In fact I believe experience is more important at performing ones job than any other factor, no matter what the job is.  The other thing Vyn mentioned is connections.  The way the system is, requires knowing powerful and established people to back you both with money to spend, and additional connections.  These days it is extremely expensive to run a campaign.

Personally, I would never vote for anyone running for President who isn't at least 50 years old.  I don't care who it is.

[Charger]

Well not going under 50 is one thing but going above 70 is another.

I think there should also be an age limit in running for president. The thing is you can be 100% at the of 70 but there is a strong possibility that you are not. Which clearly is the case in point with Biden and to some extenct in Trump too. Neither are hardly on top of their game anymore and there is a strong possibilty than neither one of them will be able to carry out another 4 years of effective service.

[Typhon]

^^^^^^
Trump is pretty spry for his age, or any age.  This week he has been attending rallies in different states everyday.  Sometimes in multiple states on the same day.  His schedule for speaking at rallies today alone was:

11:00 AM in Michigan
2:15 PM in Iowa
5:45 PM in North Carolina
8:30 in Georgia

Check on a map to see the traveling that has to be done in order to do this.  I don't know how the man does it.

[Charger]

^^^
Well he does have a big plane...

[Vyn]

Looks like Biden will be "getting his snack on" up in the big plane come the end of January.

[Typhon]

Looks like Biden will be "getting his snack on" up in the big plane come the end of January.

Slow down, buddy.  Recounts to do and multiple court cases to be decided.  Long way to go yet.