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  1. sandandfoam

    In Defense of Insulting People and Ideas...

    I am a small bit concerned that our governments, in protecting 'freedom of speech', will increasingly restrict our freedom. Off the top of my head I'm thinking along the lines of increased government surveillance, requirements for passports to travel within Europe etc
  2. sandandfoam

    Religion is reasoning

    I think that religion is about perception.
  3. sandandfoam

    "Muslims must be held responsible for France terror attacks"

    Given that the vast majority of those murdered by Isis and their ilk are Muslims, the idea that the victims should be responsible for the crimes of the perpetrators is nuts. Jay is right - Murdoch is an ***.
  4. sandandfoam

    Europe to its knees for Muslims

    I don't think anyone in Europe gives a hoot about Islam. Vulnerable, apparently mentally ill, misguided individuals murdering defenseless victims is a different matter.
  5. sandandfoam

    Deny the holocaust

    Cartoons, printed in Iran, denying the holocaust were published in Israel. What does that tell you? Iranian cartoons mock Holocaust | The Times of Israel
  6. sandandfoam

    My views about Islam and why it is so difficult to attain constructive dialogue about them

    Interesting thread Luis, I read this yesterday & think it might be relevant Muslims must shed their narrative of grievance - Telegraph
  7. sandandfoam

    Why would God fit into any box created by human thought?

    A simple yes or will not suffice. My answer stands.
  8. sandandfoam

    Terrorist attack in Paris: 12 dead, 7 injured

    Like you I don't support the Euro or the EU. At the same time I don't much like right wing nut jobs like UKIP or FN either.
  9. sandandfoam

    Terrorist attack in Paris: 12 dead, 7 injured

    She's not paranoid. She is right wing, nationalist and anti immigration. Much like UKIP. I cannot abide her attitudes.
  10. sandandfoam

    Terrorist attack in Paris: 12 dead, 7 injured

    I have no problem with the idea of respect. My problem is a practical one - who gets do decide what ideas are deserving of respect. On balance I think it best to allow people express themselves and let ideas stand or fall on their own merits without the protection of the law. On the other...
  11. sandandfoam

    Terrorist attack in Paris: 12 dead, 7 injured

    Just been reported on the radio here that there's something going on there
  12. sandandfoam

    Terrorist attack in Paris: 12 dead, 7 injured

    Nuts isn't it?
  13. sandandfoam

    Terrorist attack in Paris: 12 dead, 7 injured

    Just so. However, given the context that speech in Europe may not be that free and regarding the murders in Paris - I am not sure that the killers are attacking something as obscure as 'free speech'. Is it reasonable to consider them as anything other than irrational murderous headbangers...
  14. sandandfoam

    Terrorist attack in Paris: 12 dead, 7 injured

    I'm not sure that speech in much of Europe is that free. Holocaust denial is rightly illegal. Hate speech is illegal. Ireland has Blasphemy laws. In one Irish case a radio journalist was recently censured because he expressed support for gay marriage.
  15. sandandfoam

    What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose of existence?

    I find it deeply disturbing and more than a little depressing when people claim to know the mind of God.
  16. sandandfoam

    What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose of existence?

    Everything. It started with my parents. I will have to let go of my children. Some day I will have to release my grip on this life.
  17. sandandfoam

    Why would God fit into any box created by human thought?

    If I were to cease my perspective would cease with me.
  18. sandandfoam

    If you could be martyred in any way...

    I would like to die for the cause of long life, in my sleep, some time late in my second century after a passionate evening with my evergreen wife.
  19. sandandfoam

    What is spiritual enlightenment?

    On the contrary, I am nothing other than I think I am Then where is the I?
  20. sandandfoam

    What is spiritual enlightenment?

    I don't think mind and its contents can be separated. I am a construct of my mind. I wholly accept that one can get lost in a mystical moment but by definition that mystical moment when one is in some sense absent or fallen away can never be 'mine' because 'I' was not there. I can never get...
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