Posted on 03/31/2009 8:23:53 AM PDT by mockingbyrd
8 "Freedom." Unfortunately, "freedom," as expressed in American foreign policy, does not always seek to engage how the local community and culture understands it. Absent such an understanding, freedom can imply an unbound licentiousness. The balance between the freedom to something (liberty) and the freedom from something (security) is best understood in a conversation with the local context and, in particular, with the Muslims who live there. "Freedom" is best framed in the context of how they understand such things as peace, justice, honor, mercy, and compassion.
9. "Religious Freedom." Sadly, this term too often conveys the perception that American foreign policy is only worried about the freedom of Protestant evangelicals to proselytize and convert, disrupting the local culture and indigenous Christians. Although not true, I have found it better to define religious freedom as the promotion of respect and reconciliation with the other at the intersection of culture and the rule of law – sensitive to the former and consistent with the latter.
10. "Tolerance." Tolerance is not enough. Allowing for someone's existence, or behavior, doesn't build the necessary relationships of trust – across faiths and cultures – needed to tackle the complex and global challenges that our civilization faces. We need to be honest with and respect one another enough to name our differences and commonalities, according to the inherent dignity we each have as fellow creations of God called to walk together in peace and justice, mercy and compassion.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Oink! Oink! Oink!
Respect life?
Typical garbage from the “Christian” Science Monitor
Please fix the title.
It should be:
10 Terms Not to Use with Mohammedans...
Dhimmi alert! Dhimmi alert!
Also from the article:
“As President Obama considers his first speech in a Muslim majority country (he visits Turkey April 6-7), and as the US national security establishment reviews its foreign policy and public diplomacy, I want to share the advice given to me from dear Muslim friends worldwide regarding words and concepts that are not useful in building relationships with them. Obviously, we are not going to throw out all of these terms, nor should we. But we do need to be very careful about how we use them, and in what context.”
You mean careful like this?
“BITE me, you terror lovin’ sonsaguns!”
How to be a Dhimmi!!
-Last night was a “bang”
-Don’t piss him off or he’ll explode!
-You’re fired!
-Can you pick up some fertilizer?
11) Thank you Mr Pre__sent.
That's the term I always use....their version of the N-word.
Evolution.
muzzie mf’s muzzle mankind
Freedom. Life. Fun. Enjoyment.
“Free ham sandwiches!”
Include the Chinese (and any other communists) in this because they made it clear that they wouldn't rent any office space in the new "Twin Towers" building because it WAS going to be called "Freedom Tower."
The PTB's capitulated and found (or are looking for) a new name.
The multiple weakness illustrated by the leaders in this country are making us more vulnerable by the minute.
Another couple of examples. There is no more Global War or Terror, there are no more terrorist attacks.
The WOT is now "Overseas Contingency Operations" and terrorist attacks are now "Man Made Calamities."
Of course for PC reasons there has never been Muslim/Arab Islamofashism mentioned in the media.
Hehe. Yeah, Muzzie is shorter than “Maniacal followers of a demented child-molesting, slave-owning murderer who follow their prophet’s example and who are a behavioral plague upon mankind.”
plural indicates 2 civilizations, which is misleading.
I understand they no longer have a print edition??
And they SHOULD have to freedom to do this. We are told how many muslims there are in this world. They are legally prohibited from converting away from the death cult. They are oppressed.
Meanwhile the Saudis FUND the missionary expansion of Islam in America (who do you think is paying for those mosques?). This is in violation of our separation of Church and State (Hello, the Saudis live in a theocratic system, their State funds religious expansion and indoctrination in our country).
“Daisy Cutter”
pedophile, rock god worshiper, mass murderer, thief, rapist, liar, mentally retarded, phoney.
When they abandon the madness of mohammed and their demonic deity, then perhaps I will care about what words and phrases they find offensive.
In the spirit of religious freedom and tolerance, or perhaps as a moderate interfaith effort at assimilation, I will agree to a reformation of sorts in that I will no longer speak of a “clash of civilizations” or of jihadis, provided that the latter exercise their secular freedom to get the **** out of my country.
Obama-"The clash of civilizations caused as the Jihadis try to force the assimilation of their Secular and Moderate brethren has resulted in the loss of religious freedom for many, but I am confident that a new era of reformation and tolerance will arrive soon that will usher in a new wave of interfaith freedom for the whole Middle East."
Yes, I know that it doesn't make much sense, but this is The One, and since when does anything he says make sense. ;-)
Garbage? Other than potraying Islam as a valid “religion” it’s very accurate stating Islams intolerance of others.
By any reasonably objective standard, Islam is intolerable.
All the more reason to name the new tower at Ground Zero FREEDOM TOWER.
1. Decency
2. Humanity
3. Reason
4. Progress
5. Sanity
6. Respect
7. Civilization
8. Modern
9. Honesty
10. Friend
“Typical garbage from the “Christian” Science Monitor”
I thought that POS publication went out of business.
I noticed that beheading, honor killing, and pedophilia didn’t make the cut.
This article shows comprehensively that Muslims have very different foundational ideas than those of Western Civ. As such, it is appropriate to refer to them as separate civilizations. They're built on different ideas and express those they agree on in different ways.
BTW, "civilization" as such refers to a society that meets certain criteria. In every civilization there are some less than civilized institutions and practices. Muslims societies just have a larger number of these.
They like it if you call them “Suicidal Sons of the Desert”.
What counts most is the idea that we are earnestly trying to listen to and understand each other better; demonstrating respect as a result.
Yeah!...right!....Throat slitters don’t listen and understand a damn thing except Jihad!....GET USED TO IT!
I agree with your title change. They should be called what they are.
Apparently this good little dhimmi has never heard of taqqiyah...or is practicing it.
To hell with the islamics. They’re worse than infidels believing a 7th century pedophile as their prophet & God. Good grief!
ca 400 AD: Imperial News Service: 10 Terms to Never Use With a Visigoth...
ca 1490 AD: Seville Times: 10 Deadly Techniques Useful Against Saracens...
ca 2010 AD: NYT: 10 Ways to Peacefully Submit to a Muslim....
Do I see a pattern?
Hey, that looked painful when your head exploded.
Yes. I see a pattern.
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