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Comment by Steve 3
on New reality show: Fundamentalist Surivivor!

September 26th 2007 05:01


ConversAsian
Have you not heard of the trouble in Sri Lanka?

"Sri Lanka, an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India, gained its independence in 1948. Ethnic Sinhalese Buddhists make up about three-quarters of the island's population; Tamils, both Indian and Sri Lankan, are the next largest ethnic group. Most are Hindu. Tamil terrorism is rooted in conflict between the Tamils and the Sinhalese, who predominate in government.

The Tamil population began to agitate for secession in the early 1970s, following Sinhalese measures to establish their cultural and political dominance. For example, Sinhalese was made the only official language and Buddhism was decreed the official religion. In the 1970s, student groups and others turned to armed protest to press their case with the government."Source

And those bloody pagans. They bloody started the whole thing, and then everyone just picked at bits of their ideas and made them their own.

Comment by Steve 3
on 15 Year Old Autistic Teen Tasered, Police Say They Had No Choice

September 22nd 2007 13:40


ConversAsian
So by that logic/reasoning, would any police officer who shot someone in the line of duty also be required to be shot themselves?

Comment by Steve 3
on Do Iranians Feel For Americans? Yes. Does Israel? Nope

September 18th 2007 10:12


ConversAsian
As I said simple: your photo and source prove nothing but that you exhibit poor editorial skills. That is my point, nothing more or nothing less. Now, I’d like your opinion (do you agree it is a poor source or not?) without the emotion. Make it simple for me, I am a simple man.

Still waiting on the above Ahmed... tell me, do you think your source is reliable, or are you happy to concede that you blog only to be provocative, certainly biased and possibly bigoted? Or would you say you try hard to exhibit some level of rationality, even-handedness and professional integrity? I’m not here to judge, just curious as to your agenda and intentions.

I think your hand is revealed. You say, “I don't have any sources or statistics, just going from personal experience I find jews [sic] on the whole to be far more anti-america [sic] than Iranians.” In essence, what you have done here is find a source that supports your generalised, baseless and, some would say racist, view? I think that is lame, but if it is purely to push a provocative and partisan agenda, then kudos. But it seems convenient to now claim you were just being provocative, especially from someone who calls themselves a centrist.

Comment by Steve 3
on Dubai newspaper publishes 9/11-themed anti-smoking advertisement

September 18th 2007 05:52


ConversAsian
Clever ad, pointing out what could be considered the irrationlaity of many. So many jump up and down when people are murdered by terrorist attacks (and so we should), but very few jump up and down when thousands of people are being killed each year by money-hungry tobacco MNCs, and governments complicit in the spread of these toxic death sticks. Death mightn't be as instant and graphic as a death by plane wreck, but killing people slowly and softly by addictive cancer sticks, all the while profiting, is no less evil.

Comment by Steve 3
on Do Iranians Feel For Americans? Yes. Does Israel? Nope

September 18th 2007 02:36


ConversAsian
Ahmed, I’m going to make it really simple for you:

You posted a story that was six years old, and implied that because Israelis didn’t hold candles in the air six years ago (I’m sure if you checked they would have done something similar) that they somehow less “remembered their Allies”.

You then try and support this in a later reply by saying, “You'd be surprised at how much more pro-America Iranians are when compared to Israeli's and in a broader sense Jews as a whole.” I would be surprised actually, but please provide some reliable sources and statistics; I’m not one for opinion and speculation.

My opinion, since you asked for it, is this Ahmed. Whether a bunch of people in Israel or Iran held candles in the air, whether a group of Israelis or Iranians decide to organise memorial services each year or whether they don’t, there will be segments of each community that are abhorred by 9/11 and segments of it that are either indifferent or even some that take comfort out of it. What I DON’T think though, and it appears you do unless you’d like to point out why you really made this blog entry, is that one can draw an inference from a photo or two, lifted from a dubious and dated source, that either Israelis or Iranians feel more or less pro or anti-American than one the other.

As I said simple: your photo and source prove nothing but that you exhibit poor editorial skills. That is my point, nothing more or nothing less. Now, I’d like your opinion (do you agree it is a poor source or not) without the emotion. Make it simple for me, I am a simple man.

Comment by Steve 3
on Do Iranians Feel For Americans? Yes. Does Israel? Nope

September 17th 2007 14:37


ConversAsian
Yes Ahmed, you are right. A few thousand people out of 65 million is a small section, no?

The link I provided was almost as paper thin as yours was (but at least was current). It was not provided to disprove your point, it was provided as a parody-of-sorts of your useless link (i.e. the link I provided is equally as useless as yours, and nothing profound can be drawn from it).

I’m not too concerned with your “common belief” (albeit one based, again, on data at least 9 months old), but as stated, more concerned with the careless nature of your blog post – i.e. recycling nonsense news.

And no, I’m not implying that “the vast majority of Iranians are hell beant [sic] on trying to destroy the US”. I was pointing out your poor editorial choices in using a very dated source. But seeing as you wish to investigate implied meanings in texts, here is your original post again:

“You might be wondering just which country in the Middle East would be holding a Candlelight Vigil on 9/11. One would think Israel, after the US invested 60 billion dollars in its military you would think it would remember its Allies suffering on that fateful day. But nope, nothing of the sort happened in Israel.”

So, are you implying because some thousands of Iranians held candles in the air 6 years ago, that somehow Iran as a nation exhibits greater empathy to America than Israel as a nation does? Ludicrous!

Comment by Steve 3
on Do Iranians Feel For Americans? Yes. Does Israel? Nope

September 17th 2007 14:00


ConversAsian
What a ridiculous post! Your source is dated September 2001, six years old. So is this vigil an annual event in Tehran? Methinks not! If it is tokenistic gestures you are after (i.e. you think acts of solidarity by small sections of a community are indicative of the broader societal views) then here is what Israel is doing: LINK

So do you always jump onto any news that seems to demonise Israel, or just news that pretties up Iran? Either way, I couldn't care what your agenda is, but it'd be in your best interest to take a closer look at your source before rubbing your hands together with giddy glee and regurgitating old news.

Comment by Steve 3
on Right at Your Door - New Trailer plus poster

August 24th 2007 00:14


ConversAsian
Looks pretty exciting!

Comment by Steve 3
on Peter Helliar Hellraiser

August 19th 2007 13:38


ConversAsian
I think I'll give it a miss. As much as the content sounds interesting, if there was an I Hate Peter Hillier club, I'd join.

Comment by Steve 3
on Free Books Online

August 15th 2007 01:14


ConversAsian
Good advice. Another website I use for almost every book purchase I make online is: fetchbook.info