different way of living

i see a lot of sikh persons at work, but i don't believe i have ever seen a female sikh with a turban. interesting article. and i like her attitude.

abuse encouraged

so you think we should accept muslims and their faith in this country? does that mean you think it's okay to abuse women?

i can't what?

hahahaha .... this is not a surprise.

"One reader said that these religious 'leaders' give Islam 'a bad name'"

true. so true.

it's right there in front of you

i haven't seen anything recently which has made me change my mind.

here's one muslim's quote:  " 'I have to pray. I have no choice but to break the rules.' "

and here's the other article's headline:  "Saudis fear there will be ‘no more virgins’ and people will turn gay if female drive ban is lifted"

face it. they are different from us in a way that threatens the fabric of our society. it's not like the irish immigrants or the blacks breaking out of slavery. if the direction doesn't change, these people will be the death of the america i was born in.

he's so intelijunt

yoga is the work of the devil.

really? i did not know that.

goin' to church

i'm not very crazy about country music, but my cousin sent me this so i listened. it's pretty darned good. and funny. amen.

when in rome

i don't know, i just think it's weird. i mean, back in the day you always dressed up to go to church. you wore your sunday best. i always wore skirts. the husband says he always wore a suit.

i just saw a pix of maria and arnie exiting church and she had on leather knee-high biker boots, black tights, a black t-shirt, a grey shirt, and a black jacket. man, i am soooooooo out of it.

but isn't there something about the way you dress shows how you feel about yourself? yes, i know that times change but there are so many people out there wearing very unappealing, unflattering fashions. to say nothing of the hollywood crowd and their sleazy slutty creations. or ... maybe i'm just out of it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2058394/Arnold-Schwarzenegger-gets-kissed-priest-church-outing-Maria-Shriver.html

get real

and then there's the mulims at seatac who thought they should get paid for taking time to pray. hertz asked them to clock out and back in if they needed to pray. they didn't. hertz fired them.

stupid fuckers. the muslims i mean. why on god's earth should they get paid to pray? i don't. come on special interest group, get with the program or go back east. we don't owe you anything.

the comments generally agree.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051914/Hertz-fires-26-Muslim-shuttle-drivers-refused-clock-prayer-breaks.html

tolerance?

okay, we're supposed to be tolerant and even welcoming of the muslim religion, regardless of how different at least some of their tenets are? hmmmm, well, i'm having a hard time being tolerant of this idea of sex slaves.

i mean, nowhere does the article say this policy would work for women as well as men. what? oh, well, ahem, of course there are other objections, too, you know.

i think it's in ontario

say you were eating at a shopping mall and music broke out ..... (thanks, sister-in-law!)

poor baby .... yeah right

the taliban people are tired and want the fighting to stop so they can rest. they have lost a lot of friends and commanders, and it bothers them.

but they have made it clear they just want a rest, not peace.

well, by all means -- let's give those poor people a well-needed rest so they can get restored and go back to massive killing and sadistic treatment of women.

or .... maybe we should hit 'em while they're down.

i just don't know what i'd do if it were my decision. 

let's see -- ignorant? misogynistic? insane?

did you read about the islamic cleric who said there's never rape in a marriage? i was disgusted and shook my head.

and now there's a headline in which an islamic court says it's okay for a man to beat his wife as long as he doesn't leave any marks.

it's dogma like that which leaves me not feeling very friendly toward these people. i remember reading back in  my college days where an ethnocentric person is one who feels his group or beliefs are superior to others. being ethnocentric was regarded as not being a good thing.

weeeeeelll, do any religions in america say it's okay to beat your wife or rape her? not that i know of. especially not in the mainstream.

if islam teachings run along these lines, then let's just say there aren't enough bytes to express my ethnocentricism about it. still .... gaaack!

religion

i read a recent article about muslim culture which led to several thoughts. first i should say that i know very little about muslims and, with my very full life, don't have much time to devote to or interest in increasing my knowledge of them. i should also say i was brought up to be accepting of differences in cultures and religions.

that said, my first thought in reading the article was if france wants to ban the burqa and that bothers you, maybe you should live somewhere else.

my second thought was disgust about this statement, "when the taliban ruled in afghanistan, women were not allowed to wear high-heeled shoes since 'the sound of women's footsteps could excite men.'" ANY group that contrives rules because something a woman does might make men lose control is a very sick group lacking in responsibility and maturity.

it's like the whole adam and eve thing, where everything you can think of is all eve's fault. just grow up for pete's sake. honestly, there are so many problems with and because of religions.