Mosques

[Limewater]

The constitution is suppose to protect against that.

I'm talking about Democracy, not the status quo.

[ZeroAX]

The constitution is suppose to protect against that.

And ZeroAX, didn't you bring up the Nazis?

yes but I got lost on what Limewater was saying haha

[Jrecee]

Then it's a good thing we have a republic, and not a democracy.

[ZeroAX]

Then it's a good thing we have a republic, and not a democracy.

They are the same to me

http://translate.google.com/?hl=el#en|el|republic
http://translate.google.com/?hl=el#en|el|democracy

[MrPopo]

Then it's a good thing we have a republic, and not a democracy.

They are the same to me

http://translate.google.com/?hl=el#en|el|republic
http://translate.google.com/?hl=el#en|el|democracy

That's kind of funny, though I hope you're just being snarky and are aware of the difference between the two.

[ZeroAX]

That's kind of funny, though I hope you're just being snarky and are aware of the difference between the two.

yes I was being funny, and I do know the difference between the two. Growing up I couldn't understand what the Republicans are named after though.

For us

Democracy = Democracy

Republic = A state of represented Democracy

I think the only time true Democracy was tried was right after the French revolution (in France ofc).

In modern times it is impossible to have true democracy since the bigger the comity the less work gets done .

Besides try convincing 300 million people to raise taxes

[Mr.White555]

Republic comes from Latin."res publica" was used to refer to the commonwealth or the state. From my understanding Rome was the first republic so the name caught on.

[ZeroAX]

Republic comes from Latin."res publica" was used to refer to the commonwealth or the state. From my understanding Rome was the first republic so the name caught on.

Yeah I looked it up on wikipedia after making the previous post.

[Jrecee]

It is funny to me that republicans seem to be all about democracy (68% of people don't want the mosque!) while the democrats lean towards the republic angle (It's in the constitution, it doesn't matter what the majority want!)

[Arbitern1]

Mosques aren't like prisons, garbage dumps, waste treatment facilities, etc. With these, I can understand the NIMBY yell. Anyone who gets angry about a mosque in or around their back yard (whether that be "ground zero" or anywhere else) is really letting their ignorance flag fly. To suggest that religious people shouldn't be allowed to gather and practice their customs in certain places reeks of a misunderstanding and misinformed fear of the Other.

As has been stated already, it is not right to characterize a faith by the actions of a few extremists. Abortion bombers and the God Hates Fags morons don't represent 99.9% of Christians, and terrorist bombers don't represent 99.9% of Muslims.

Also, it seems to me that every time we start restricting freedoms in the name of security, arresting and acting out against Muslims in the name of fear or suspicion, and arguing with one another over stupid shit like this - that the 9/11 hijackers and all the other terrorist actions before/since really did accomplish their goal of making us frightened and weaker.

People who have views/morals like you are the reason i love Racketboy.