Palestinian brings knife to gun-fight and kills Israeli settler; Settlers riot, throw stones at bus- - Polidicks

yeah, i jumped the gun on that one. it doesn't explicitly say to kill jews, i exaggerated. there is a very specific hate towards jews built into islamic teachings, though. all i'm saying is i can't personally support a religion or movement that claims to have a justification for murder. i'm referring to BOTH sides. that said, we're looking at the actions of governments and religious ideals. there are those who WANT peace but don't have a voice. there aren't sides, just people living under an identity based on land and religious beliefs.

the qu'ran actually says jews are allies of islam unless they support pagans or polytheists 'n shit. [editline]30th April 2013[/editline] also if they betray muslims they are put to death but that's a normal punishment for treachery according to islam.

[QUOTE=I Know Karate;40479204]ter·ror·ism /ˈterəˌrizəm/ Noun The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims In what way is that not an accurate description of the murderer?[/QUOTE] Going by that definition, I'd think it's a more accurate description of the settler's actions in light of the murder.

[QUOTE=Big Blue;40483131]yeah, i jumped the gun on that one. it doesn't explicitly say to kill jews, i exaggerated. there is a very specific hate towards jews built into islamic teachings, though. all i'm saying is i can't personally support a religion or movement that claims to have a justification for murder. i'm referring to BOTH sides. that said, we're looking at the actions of governments and religious ideals. there are those who WANT peace but don't have a voice. there aren't sides, just people living under an identity based on land and religious beliefs.[/QUOTE] Actually the jewish religious teachings claim that every non-jew is a lesser-human, while Islam does not. Jews and muslims lived together just fine in the middle east until Israel was created.

[QUOTE=Bliblixe;40484050]Actually the jewish religious teachings claim that every non-jew is a lesser-human, while Islam does not. Jews and muslims lived together just fine in the middle east until Israel was created.[/QUOTE] Jews were an extreme minority though, and 99% of them lived in Jerusalem and hardly anywhere outside of that. [editline]30th April 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=SigmaLambda;40479593]The side which receives billions of dollars in military aid from the United States is the bigger monster. Like people like to not take sides by pretending that both sides are equally bad but no, actually the one which is an immense military power who manages to entirely skirt international law and kills thousands of people in pursuit of it's own expansion is the one in the wrong.[/QUOTE] If you noticed, he said "here", as in this situation, not the conflict as a whole. Between this Palestinian man and the Israeli settlers, both caused harm and are "monsters" as Big Blue said.

If only we, or our government at least (the US,) could really settle the problems in the Middle-East without guns or bombs. I would honestly get into politics if it meant that I could end crap like this, and make things better for them.

[QUOTE=TAU!;40484653]If only we, or our government at least (the US,) could really settle the problems in the Middle-East without guns or bombs. I would honestly get into politics if it meant that I could end crap like this, and make things better for them.[/QUOTE] We almost did it in the early 90s, but then extremists on both sides decided to fuck things up for the rest of the world.

[QUOTE=TAU!;40484653]If only we, or our government at least (the US,) could really settle the problems in the Middle-East without guns or bombs. I would honestly get into politics if it meant that I could end crap like this, and make things better for them.[/QUOTE] You don't need democracy when you got the biggest weapons.