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Thread: Hairdresser sued for refusing to hire Muslim woman in a headscarf

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 08:04 pm

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting alameda:

Seeing as you do not speak, read or understand Arabic

You have no idea what I can read or understand

Are you saying that poor English speaking muslims have a badly translated Quran? Offffff this means there may be some mis-interpretation of it then?

Strange - exactly the same thing happens when people DO speak arabic lol

Quoting alameda:

and do not have a good idea of the context of your "quote", or the veracity of it, what are you doing?

Again, you have no idea of my background or knowledge and therefore should not make assumptions. You think I just make things up to support my "anti religion" theories?

I don't think you make up things, but I don't think you are very well informed. Just because someone speaks Arabic, does not make them an expert on Quranic Arabic, or the Sunna or the Hadiths. There are many many misinformed, ignorant uneducated Muslims in the world. Likewise in most religions.

My point being, this is not a religious forum. Forum rules are very specific in regards to discussing religion or politics....

10. Any discussion on politics or religion and religious matters is strictly prohibited.

Thread: Hairdresser sued for refusing to hire Muslim woman in a headscarf

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 07:45 pm

Quoting catwoman:

Quoting AEnigma III:

Want some quotes from the Quran?

+100000

Seeing as you do not speak, read or understand Arabic, and do not have a good idea of the context of your "quote", or the veracity of it, what are you doing? Furthermore, this is not a religious forum and not enough time or expertise is or CAN be dedicated to it...so again, what are you doing?

Thread: AN IMPORTANT NIGHT

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 07:40 pm

Quoting girleegirl:

...I normally stay out of political and religious discussions but this is just too ludicrous for me to not say something!
Are you seriously suggesting that if we didn't have an all volunteer army the US would not have invaded Iraq because the 'whole population' wouldn't have allowed it? What...would the army stage a coup and overthrow Mr. Bush?
Isn't Bush himself a prime example of how the 'children of some of the people' who vote on wars avoid duty?
He joined the National Guard at a time when President Johnson decided NOT to call up the guard for duty in Vietnam. Miraculously, he beat out over 500 other Guard applicants even though he had minimum testing scores on the pilot's test. Ohhh....I'm sure that had absolutely nothing to do with his father....the Congressman!
People in power find ways to stay out of harms way in times of war. Having required military service does not change that!

I agree with much of what you say, and respect your opinion, but who voted the deciders in to the position to send and start a war in the first place? Maybe if enough have a real concern about being sent to serve, the outcome would be different.

Again, all those in the military do not serve on the front line. There are many positions to fill that do not involve front line combat. As it is now we have an unprecedented amount of outsourcing to those who profit from war. We have our National Guard, who we need here to help with things like forrest fires, floods, hurricane relief to mention only a few of areas they help with, now in Iraq, instead of at home where they signed up to serve.

Outsourcing War

Thread: Quinoa in Turkey

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 07:19 pm

Quoting catwoman:

What the heck are you guys talking about... Is it the same as chipotle?

catwoman, if you look at my first message in this thread, there is a link to exactly what quinoa is. It is NOT chipotle, which is a pepper.

Quinoa is a complete protien, gluten free and the glycimic load produced by eating quinoa is less than eating rice, or other grains, thus it is an excellent food for vegetarians, those on a gluten free diet or anyone having blood sugar problems.

The fact it is high in lysine makes it good for anyone having problems with herpes virus because the virus attaches itself to the lysine which is not beneficial for the virus.....so you see, it's a great food.

AEnigma eats it, as do I. Blood sugar seems to be a problem in Turkey. I know more than a few with the problem.

Unlike wheat or rice (which are low in lysine), quinoa quinoa is being considered as a possible crop in NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System for long-duration manned spaceflights.[5]

Quinoa

Now about seaweed:

Since we found that free radicals are important in the apoptosis process in vitro, we tested the effect of free radical scavengers. Vitamin C provided in drinking water at 2 mg/ml for 10 days, protected the thymus from HU-induced involution. We also tested Dr. Ann Kennedyâ€™s antioxidant-rich food supplement on HU- and radiation-induced lymphocyte loss. Mice fed this diet for 2 weeks were protected from lymphocyte deletion induced by radiation. Another promising countermeasure is seaweed polysaccharide extract. We tested a polysaccharide extract from the brown seaweed, Laminaria japonica (part of the Eastern diet for centuries), using a commercial product from NaturoDoc. When fed at 100 mg/mouse/day for 3 wk, this seaweed extract inhibited radiation-induced lymphocyte loss in the spleen. In collaboration with Dr. Marcelo Vazquez of Brookhaven National Laboratory, we investigated the long term effect of particle radiation on immune cells. At 6 month after various doses of particle radiation, few consistent cahnges were apparent in the populations of immune cells examined, except for a reduction in B cell numbers.

this extract is from this page from NASA:

seaweed

Thread: AN IMPORTANT NIGHT

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 06:14 am

Quoting AEnigma III:

Well its also a fact that our soldiers in the UK have been traumatised by their experiences in Iraq to a degree never seen in combat by UK forces before. Many have psyhological and nervous conditions.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070703172027.htm

However this has nothing to do with the subject, merely that we should not be in Iraq!!

I agree with you 100% we should never have gone to Iraq in the first place. My point, and I believe Keith's point was/is if the whole population were involved, and at risk,(like the children of some of those who voted on it) maybe/hopefully, we never would have gone there in the first place. As it is, it's too abstract and removed from the general population. It's sort of like "well they volunteered to go"

When it's your neck on the line things look very different.

Now another point, everyone in the military is not in combat, or at least that was the way it was before all the massive outsourcing. There were tailors, cooks, mechanics and other positions that needed to be filled.

I shudder to contemplate what we face in the future. Just now we have massive amount of soldiers with PTSD.

PTSD

Thread: AN IMPORTANT NIGHT

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 02:55 am

Quoting teaschip1:

.......... But please share with me where they are running like hell to as you mentioned currently and please no links...

"5,500 deserters have been recorded since the war started in Iraq". Seeing as you don't want any links, you will have to look yourself....but here's a hint....(60 minutes)and that was from a Pentagon report....but I won't trouble you with a link...

Thread: Quinoa in Turkey

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 01:57 am

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting alameda:

Quoting AEnigma III:

Well I know about its properties but after 2 years drinking wheatgrass and eating seaweed and being rather too concerned about healthy food, I decided that variety is the spice of life where healthy eating is concerned
lol

But of course dear AEnigma III There are many varieties of seaweed, what type did you eat? Ever try hiziki? Have you stuffed kumbu? Have you mixed spirulina in soups?

Believe me Alameda I have tried them ALL! lol

Well you must be an interesting chef, not to mention adventerous....however, we still haven't determined it there is quinoa in Turkey.

Thread: Peaceful coexistence through dialogue and education

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 01:47 am

Quoting teaschip1:

Quoting alameda:

Quoting catwoman:

Quoting teaschip1:

I don't see that happening, just like synagogues. I can't walk into a conservative synagogue without the approval of the rabi, then I'm force to segregate gendors men on one side women on the other. Tell me could I just walk into a mosque...I wonder how that is viewed.

I surely don't see that either, but don't you think it's weird that christians are accomodating muslims, but muslims don't do the same for christians? What kind of "dialogue" is THAT????

I know of many mosques that allow anyone to come in and pray. One is usually requested to remove their shoes.

Then, there are some that are more restrictive. I know a Turkish man who almost got in trouble in Morrocco when he went into a mosque.

You can't group a whole group into one category if one wants to be accurate. There are tolerant and intolerant groups in all religions.

That is incorrect, you can walk into any Christian Church here in the U.S., no matter what religion you are. You don't need special permission by the preacher....If I want to go to a Baptist, Protestant, Luthern, Catholic, Non Denomination Church I don't need special permission. I just know where I live, you just can't walk into a Mosque or Synagogue...Maybe there are Mosques that welcome any religion inside their doors, I just haven't found one.

Well I guess that's the point, you haven't found one...

Thread: Quinoa in Turkey

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 01:44 am

Quoting AEnigma III:

But of course dear AEnigma III There are many varieties of seaweed, what type did you eat? Ever try hiziki? Have you stuffed kumbu? Have you mixed spirulina in soups?

Thread: AN IMPORTANT NIGHT

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alameda
3499 posts

14 Dec 2007 Fri 01:32 am

Quoting teaschip1:

Quoting alameda:

Quoting teaschip1:

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A note to Omega; some of the Turks may see this as a priviledge to serve in your military, however I know many Turks here in the U.S. who ran like hell from your country, just to avoid serving. With the number of citizens in Turkey, it should not be mandated...

Hmmm....I seem to remember the same thing happening in the US in particular during the Vietnam War....and it's happening today too.....even though those serving now "volunteered" to join...

Aladmeda, you obviously don't read my posts or have selective memory. I mentioned the Vietnam War and how my uncle died because of our government having a draft.

I did read that, and I'm sorry for the loss to your family. However that does not make you an expert on the matter.

Many here may well have lost family members serving in the military, but they do not choose to talk about it.

We all have skeletons in our closets.

That has nothing to do with what I wrote, nore does it negate what I wrote. what I wrote is that many US persons ran like Hell to get out of serving both then and now.

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