But the most foolish people on the planet will certainly give them some kind of self-demeaning apology.
"Politics is war continued by other means. "
-UnClausewitz.
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Surely, Vladimir Putin would be so gracious enough to pay me reparations for the extinction of a quarter of my family at the hands of his former employers.
No? He wouldn't? Why? Don't tell me that he's a politician with testicles!
Your Eminence, it's quite obvious why they will do no such thing. Only the West is stupid enough to slash their wrists in penance for the sins of seven generations ago. Allah may well be a bloody god, but he does not suffer cowardly worshippers.
Which puts me in mind of the difference between God in the Old and New Testaments. On the one hand, we have Yahweh the Lord, the warrior god who leaves his "chosen people" to die the moment they waver, and on the other, we have Jehovah the Father, the merciful god who blesses the merciful and commands the insulted to "turn the other cheek."
Yahweh's ruthlessness can easily be chalked up to the Hebrews putting words in his mouth to justify his actions. They certainly wouldn't be the first. And yet, Jesus tells his disciples to go armed when they are preaching, and will supposedly lead the armies of Heaven at Armageddon. Maybe Yahweh and Jehovah really are one and the same. The wise warrior knows that there is more to life then battle, after all.
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Surely, Vladimir Putin would be so gracious enough to pay me reparations for the extinction of a quarter of my family at the hands of his former employers.
No? He wouldn't? Why? Don't tell me that he's a politician with testicles!
-Sean
Eurocentric Islamophobe!
Your Eminence, it's quite obvious why they will do no such thing. Only the West is stupid enough to slash their wrists in penance for the sins of seven generations ago. Allah may well be a bloody god, but he does not suffer cowardly worshippers.
Which puts me in mind of the difference between God in the Old and New Testaments. On the one hand, we have Yahweh the Lord, the warrior god who leaves his "chosen people" to die the moment they waver, and on the other, we have Jehovah the Father, the merciful god who blesses the merciful and commands the insulted to "turn the other cheek."
Yahweh's ruthlessness can easily be chalked up to the Hebrews putting words in his mouth to justify his actions. They certainly wouldn't be the first. And yet, Jesus tells his disciples to go armed when they are preaching, and will supposedly lead the armies of Heaven at Armageddon. Maybe Yahweh and Jehovah really are one and the same. The wise warrior knows that there is more to life then battle, after all.
-Sean
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