Three Things About Islam
Originally Posted By: Kazak
You have got to be fucking kidding me. What kind of damn ignorance are you spewing? My wife and I have traveled to Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon multiple times, and we are clearly still "alive."
Or are you????
Originally Posted By: KazakYou have got to be fucking kidding me. What kind of damn ignorance are you spewing? My wife and I have traveled to Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon multiple times, and we are clearly still "alive." It's called humor, pal. I know Muslims and Christians both have that. So settle down and look at the context of someone's statements before you accuse them of being ignorant. Otherwise, you'll only come across as shallow and knee-jerk.
Originally Posted By: damien Originally Posted By: KazakYou have got to be fucking kidding me. What kind of damn ignorance are you spewing? My wife and I have traveled to Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon multiple times, and we are clearly still "alive." It's called humor, pal. I know Muslims and Christians both have that. So settle down and look at the context of someone's statements before you accuse them of being ignorant. Otherwise, you'll only come across as shallow and knee-jerk. Oh so apparently this whole thread is supposed to be humorous then right?Plus not to mention, why should I particularly care how I come across, especially on a forum.
Well, thor does seem to have the idea that the Middle East is full of evil-looking people brandishing swords. I think he did seriously think that travelling in Syria would be dangerous for Westerners.
Damien, I think Kazak's response was to the highlighted portion of the following exchange between you and thor:
Originally Posted By: thor
Originally Posted By: damien
I think I'll grab a Christian buddy, a black man, and a Muslim, and do a 50 churches in 50 days trip through Syria. See what kind of reactions I get.**
Try it and you may not come back alive.**
Whether he knew it was thor who said it and not you I don't know, then again I may not know shit as seems to be the case lately.
Originally Posted By: OldFolksDamien, I think Kazak's response was to the highlighted portion of the following exchange between you and thor: Originally Posted By: thor Originally Posted By: damienI think I'll grab a Christian buddy, a black man, and a Muslim, and do a 50 churches in 50 days trip through Syria. See what kind of reactions I get.Try it and you may not come back alive. Whether he knew it was thor who said it and not you I don't know, then again I may not know shit as seems to be the case lately. Yes, I was replying to thor's post. I don't see how damien could have been confused, unless he truly thinks thor's post was humorous.
Originally Posted By: KazakYes, I was replying to thor's post. I don't see how damien could have been confused, unless he truly thinks thor's post was humorous. Maybe Damien was confused because you quoted both him and Thor, without clarifying to whom you were responding. And no, Damien rarely thinks Thor's posts are humorous.That being said, thanks for the clarification. I retract my reaction.In the future, I hope you do give attention to how you come across to others. Even on a message board. You'll get a better response from people and probably enjoy the experience more (which I hope you'll stick around and do here.) It's a lesson I had to learn myself.
Originally Posted By: damien Originally Posted By: KazakYes, I was replying to thor's post. I don't see how damien could have been confused, unless he truly thinks thor's post was humorous. Maybe Damien was confused because you quoted both him and Thor, without clarifying to whom you were responding. And no, Damien rarely thinks Thor's posts are humorous.That being said, thanks for the clarification. I retract my reaction.In the future, I hope you do give attention to how you come across to others. Even on a message board. You'll get a better response from people and probably enjoy the experience more (which I hope you'll stick around and do here.) It's a lesson I had to learn myself. How ironic that you're still trying to explain to me some kind of forum etiquette when you were the one that incorrectly reacted to my post in the first place. Obviously the other two posters who responded realized I was responding to thor's post which quoted your post as well, but you couldn't make that connection.Rather than apologizing, you still attempt to criticize me when I was clearly never in the wrong. I'm pretty sure when one is replying to a quote that contains multiple quotes, they are always referring to the more recent reply unless stated otherwise. (humor)Or am I replying to both Kazak or damien at the same time right now...?(/humor)
Originally Posted By: KazakHow ironic that you're still trying to explain to me some kind of forum etiquette when you were the one that incorrectly reacted to my post in the first place.And I acknowledged I was wrong and explained how it happened. I'm sorry that's not enough for you. Quote:Obviously the other two posters who responded realized I was responding to thor's post which quoted your post as well, but you couldn't make that connection.You're right. They did and I didn't. I explained why and have moved on. You haven't. Quote:Rather than apologizing, you still attempt to criticize me when I was clearly never in the wrong.Except for the part where you made a rash decision and assumed the worst about me, namely that my confusion had to be a result of thinking Thor's comment was funny. But how about we let that one go too? Quote:I'm pretty sure when one is replying to a quote that contains multiple quotes, they are always referring to the more recent reply unless stated otherwise.Sorry, that's not necessarily true. If you were replying specifically to Thor, you could have included Thor's quote and left mine off, or you could have stated that you were replying to Thor.Look, I acknowledged that my initial response to you was based on a confusion about who you were responding to. I don't have a problem doing that. But you are continuing to assert that my confusion is based on some kind of ignorance on my part. Yes, it's all Damien's fault. Kazak bears no responsibility for being vague. It took two of us to create the confusion. It might help you to read some of the context (if you haven't already) and pay attention to the parts where I have expressed concern that, since Thor and I have some beliefs in common that others here don't, that I will be lumped in with him at every turn. So I guess I'm on guard for that. Quote:[humor]Or am I replying to both Kazak or damien at the same time right now...?[/humor] Apparently, even when I change your ( ) to [ ], the HTML god's still don't acknowledge your humor. How about we get beyond this little tiff and meet somewhere on friendlier grounds.
Originally Posted By: damien Originally Posted By: KazakHow ironic that you're still trying to explain to me some kind of forum etiquette when you were the one that incorrectly reacted to my post in the first place.And I acknowledged I was wrong and explained how it happened. I'm sorry that's not enough for you. Quote:Obviously the other two posters who responded realized I was responding to thor's post which quoted your post as well, but you couldn't make that connection.You're right. They did and I didn't. I explained why and have moved on. You haven't. Quote:Rather than apologizing, you still attempt to criticize me when I was clearly never in the wrong.Except for the part where you made a rash decision and assumed the worst about me, namely that my confusion had to be a result of thinking Thor's comment was funny. But how about we let that one go too? Quote:I'm pretty sure when one is replying to a quote that contains multiple quotes, they are always referring to the more recent reply unless stated otherwise.Sorry, that's not necessarily true. If you were replying specifically to Thor, you could have included Thor's quote and left mine off, or you could have stated that you were replying to Thor.Look, I acknowledged that my initial response to you was based on a confusion about who you were responding to. I don't have a problem doing that. But you are continuing to assert that my confusion is based on some kind of ignorance on my part. Yes, it's all Damien's fault. Kazak bears no responsibility for being vague. It took two of us to create the confusion. It might help you to read some of the context (if you haven't already) and pay attention to the parts where I have expressed concern that, since Thor and I have some beliefs in common that others here don't, that I will be lumped in with him at every turn. So I guess I'm on guard for that. Quote:[humor]Or am I replying to both Kazak or damien at the same time right now...?[/humor] Apparently, even when I change your ( ) to [ ], the HTML god's still don't acknowledge your humor. How about we get beyond this little tiff and meet somewhere on friendlier grounds. All I'm saying is that saying "sorry" rather than "still you better learn your matters, because this wasn't me fault" would have been a sufficient post.Didn't realize it was that hard to type "my bad man" and end of story because this Originally Posted By: damienMaybe Damien was confused because you quoted both him and Thor, without clarifying to whom you were responding. And no, Damien rarely thinks Thor's posts are humorous.That being said, thanks for the clarification. I retract my reaction.In the future, I hope you do give attention to how you come across to others. Even on a message board. You'll get a better response from people and probably enjoy the experience more (which I hope you'll stick around and do here.) It's a lesson I had to learn myself. clearly isn't an apology. More like a "hey whatever, lets move along, and by the way, you were still in the wrong" kind of message. Just saying.
Whatever dude. I held a hand out to you. You're not even trying.
