Thanks, it´s an amusing article, and an even more interesting news source. Maybe you could put the link in a shorter version? It runs off the page.  

Hmm....noticed I can´t "like" this post by Henry, why? I just wanted to note that I´ve met more than a few who after spending too many years in the "West" to sucessfully return and integrate back to where they left, realize what they have lost.  

Well one learns more every day ...or should.........I´ve never heard, or seen anyone use the word "mingy" in speech or text. Stingy is the more popular word. Miserly is also used at times. I think the Turkish word is "cimri"

Hmmm....The word mingy is very unusual here in the USA.............in fact I had to look it up to realize it is another word for stingy. Perhaps it´s used in other English speaking countries? 

I´d say I pretty much agree with you, however the problem is some people need a lot to enjoy themselves. Isn´t it better to learn to be thankful for what one has, be full with a simple meal, learn to enjoy the simple things in life. things like the beauty of a dew drop, the aroma of fresh air, or the touch of a gentle breeze?

Too many of us have become over stimulated and unsaitable.

What a depressing prospect. I find it interesting to note the most active places are Anglofile places. The USA has the most, followed by England, then South Africa, what´s up with that? Are these places particularly paranoid, or what?

I sincerely hope and pray things don´t come to that. I would rather share my food than hoard it all for myself. Hoarding and guarding food and water lilke savage hungry dogs do not fit my idea of survival. 

Gee, you guys. Would you please write in English for those of us here who expect to be able to read your posts here?

Ha ha ha.....I guess AlphaF has made you one...surprise!

The fact of the matter is if one reads 2012 from right to left, it does spell ZION. That´s just how the numbers are this common year.  I think it´s the dot in the logo that seals it. I wonder what the reason was for putting that in there? FWIW I had not seen that particular logo anywhere but here, so it´s not too common. 

The "who is a Jew" question is a confusing and sticky one. 

"As René-Samuel Sirat, chief rabbi of Paris, declared, “One cannot be both a Christian and a Jew.”.....

However then one reads, 

"When Pope John-Paul II named him archbishop of Paris, an astonished Lustiger told a reporter: “I have always considered myself Jewish, even if the rabbis do not agree with me. I was born Jewish, and Jewish I’ll remain.” Indeed, during his funeral service at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, one of his relatives recited the Kaddish, while the leaders of France’s Jewish community — including the chief rabbi — prayed by the side of his coffin."

From here: France´s Jewish Archbishop

Hmmm....in some of your previous posts I thought you self identified as  Jew. Personally, I don´t think one´s religion is a matter of bloodline, but rather a matter addressed in one´s heart. 

Of course, there are many ways of interpreting religious teaching. 

This Jewish law thing I don´t understand at all. One can be a Jew and be an athiest, so I´ve been told...that is if your mother´s mother´s mother´s mother´s on and on back somewhere was Jewish, you are Jewish, forget about your father´s line? No requirement to have any beliefs? What would Moses say? I am old enough to have been the evolution of this definition. It really is rather new Haskalah interpretation of who is a Jew. IOW it´s a political definition. 

As for Islam, it´s really very simple, or so it seems. It is based on belief, &r to testify/witness, Shahada to that belief, not heritage. 

لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله

"There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God" 

That really is a rather poor translation of a very profound concept. that it takes years to comprehend, but it´s a start.

In the Quran it says, وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

"Unto Allah belong the East and the West, and whithersoever ye turn, there is Allah´s Countenance. Lo! Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing." I rather like the site that link takes you to because you can see many translations, not just one. 

Maybe this post will be deleted for being too religious, but you mentioned it and I wanted to follow up on it as best I could. I know the parentage definition is followed a lot in some parts of the ME, Lebanon for example and other parts. I´d like to see that definition removed and let people  question and evolve, learn and what they actually believe. 

I didn´t even get into the Christian concept of Trinitarian or Unitarian.....or the Nicene Creed...it´s easy to see how people get confused