Recent content by mr_y82

I feel for the Iraqi forces battling ISIS... Respect to them for all their sacrifices in and around Fallujah... Divided we fall...

We love our fear in the US.

mostly @ LeBrok, but relevant to earlier conversation... this is more the Canadian/US experience (well "Americans" who have a strong grasp on reality, not everyone will agree)...

Good questions... I saw another video where the car clearly drives past many people trying to stop it, before it squeezes though as seen in the video with the story... Thanks for the extra details... I did question the source (or any source with the kinds of links and related stories seen at...

This seems counterproductive... http://nypost.com/2016/04/03/muslim-woman-run-down-during-far-right-protest-in-belgium/ edit: agreed

I appreciate the continued dialogue... " 2016.04.01 Syria Palmyra 40 dead A mass grave is discovered containing women and children among other victims of the Islamic State. That was not an April Fools' joke. "Asad Shah was a true peace-loving (Ahmadi) Muslim in Scotland who was stabbed...

I can see you points about appeasement regarding Europe... As far as the statement about having tried hands off, I think I agreed (or meant to) that even if we are doing that in a sense now, it followed a period that built a lot of mistrust... and that cannot be overlooked in analyzing the...

It might not be worth the bother....heh, I spent a long time being irate about those guys in my youth... too bad it's gotten so out of hand that Jeb seems like a more sane voice than the 2 GOP front runners, but that's totally off topic too... Hope progress is possible.

^yes, the Great Satan! Maybe I am too cynical in regards to my government... as you may read about, in my posts, in the Celtic gay gene thread...

And sometimes many eggs! You come across as so rational that it would be hard to argue against you (but see if that stops me from chiming in! :))... I agree with almost all of this. I don't really think the period of "hands off" has been tried, at least not by the US (but I agree 100% that...

^ It is scary, but statistically the threat is small... I know that is hardly a comfort, but it is a reality... Does that mean we should ignore the problem...? NO!!! (we accept the threat of shark attack and lightening strikes because we don't have the technology to stop them, or it would be...

^"ordinary Muslims should join non-Muslims, not the other way around" Seems fair enough. It's not really time to be on the sidelines, that's for sure! I can agree with this... It provides some insight into how many people around the world have had to live for a long time In some ways it...

Things are understandably more strained in Europe... I just saw a video of a German mom portraying the gang beating of her son and failure by the police to react accordingly... Here in the US it is much more limited to verbal assaults, most of the time. I agree the Muslim world has to take a...

Thanks to this thread I found GEDmatch... that is about all I got done yesterday! Thanks guys! Hello Unlockin, I am paternally descended from Amish immigrants who were Swiss Anabaptist in the Old Country... My last name, Yutzy, or Jutzi in German, is a typical Amish name... My family were...

Reading this certainly doesn't inspire hope: http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/articles/bible-quran-violence.aspx At this point I am sure most of your heard of the attacks in Pakistan... so pointless and tragic... http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/attacks/attacks.aspx?Yr=Last30 Sympathy...