yes. that is my father. he will have his own section on the DVD edition
- NoahDavidSimon
my parent's friend an Iranian (claims he is atheist) piano player says I'm "deranged in the head" for telling him the Quran is hate and worthy of expression against. He visits around four times a year and stays over for many nights and plays my mother's piano and we have a concert. I suspect he isn't as atheist as he tells my parents. Very talented guy, but I don't think Iran would let...
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- NoahDavidSimon
...you can also check my sister at the Kennedy Center with the Joffrey Ballet in the next few weeks. She will be playing Clara from the Nutcracker
- NoahDavidSimon
http://xrl.us/bigots "the media dragged out the "Freedom of Religion" argument, claiming that mosque opponents are undermining the Constitution. But the First Amendment provides unlimited protection to freedom of religious belief, not freedom of religious practice. If it were otherwise, houses of worship would not be subject to zoning laws.
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2010... ...since Ground Zero Mosque defenders have already argued that it is not a religious building, but some sort of 13 story community center (in a neighborhood without an actual Muslim community), they have already contradicted their own argument. They cannot argue that the building is both religious and non-religious at the same time - The same "courageous" activists of the press, who are busy scribbling and babbling their condemnations of American bigotry-- quietly censored themselves when it came to standing up for freedom of speech against the cartoon beheaders. Because while they might lie to the public about being afraid of the Tea Party Movement or the Ground Zero Mosque protesters, they can't lie to themselves. When the door is closed, and the shades are drawn, and it's just them and their Mac Book Pro, it's not the Tea Party they're afraid of. It's Ahmed and his axe. In March, the same New York Times which has been...
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- NoahDavidSimon
"(in a neighborhood without an actual Muslim community)" - http://www.newsvine.com/_news... "The center's location, in a former Burlington Coat Factory store, is already used by the cleric for worship, drawing a spillover from the imam's former main place for prayers, the al-Farah mosque. That mosque, at 245 West Broadway,...
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- Andrew C (✓)
"They cannot argue that the building is both religious and non-religious at the same time" - OK, here's a question, then - is the Ganesh Temple Canteen (as seen on "No Reservations") a religious or non-religious space? As I understand it, you go in, order some food, eat it, and pay for it. The temple above it is unquestionably a religious space, but...
- Andrew C (✓)
the Muslims do not live there. they work there. not a community of Muslims. you could say a large community of Jews.... or Europeans, but it is not Muslim. The Muslims return to Atlantic Ave.
- NoahDavidSimon
Then why are there [at least] two mosques already there in lower Manhattan?
- Andrew C (✓)
did I say the other Mosques were a good idea? of course we know we were not aware before.
- NoahDavidSimon
you can believe that you have a right to molest young children... that is why we allow the Mosques, but if you actually do practice molesting young children then you go to jail.
- NoahDavidSimon
that is how freedom of religion works. everyone has a right to believe their shitty belief... but if your belief starts effecting other people... then it is no longer freedom of religion. that is the point'
- NoahDavidSimon
our country allowed freedom for Islam, but when it became clear that Islam is proactively hostile to our constitution and actively asks it's members to destroy it... then it no longer is categorically a religion. practice and belief are separate issues
- NoahDavidSimon
as for your argument about categorizing something as both... certainly so... but that is not what Rauf said. He clearly stated one or the other.
- NoahDavidSimon
"you can believe that you have a right to molest young children... that is why we allow the Mosques, but if you actually do practice molesting young children then you go to jail." ... OK, I've clearly wandered into the deep end of crazy and here I am without a life jacket. So long.
- Andrew C (✓)
I think Islam is crazy too. I didn't make that bit up. how am I crazy for saying exactly what we tolerate here? ...and why is it you think that a personal attack is somehow helping your argument?
- NoahDavidSimon
My personal attack was meant to amuse me, because I no longer think it is worth arguing with you.
- Andrew C (✓)
of course you don't think it is worth arguing. you lost all the points you made. but people are going to see this thread. there are many things written in all large scale religions that are questionable... not just Islam. That is why we have to tolerate all the crazy and yes violent and yes hateful things Mohammad says. The practice of a religion is controlled by an institution. In...
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- NoahDavidSimon
in fact I'm friends with Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury on facebook... a follower of #Ahmadiyya. I recognize him as institutionally different in practice. that is what is meant by belief and practice.
- NoahDavidSimon
But is Sultan Knish correct that "the First Amendment provides unlimited protection to freedom of religious belief, not freedom of religious practice."? According to the first amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to...
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- Daled Amos
let's dissect the 1st amendment then: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion (that means the government shall not be cahoots with a religion in setting up a structure). ...or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; (as long as you don't hurt other people is implied) ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; the right of the people peaceably to assemble (the word "peaceably"here that it is very thorough here for interpretation)
- NoahDavidSimon
so you are free to think anything... but you are not completely free in your expression of your faith because the expression is the proactive part that hurts people. you can believe that the Gods are angry and need virgin sacrifice. you can not actually go and get a virgin and assemble her on a volcano.
- NoahDavidSimon
going over the logic... the word 'peaceably' is clear as day. peaceably refers to the actions of the believer.
- NoahDavidSimon
No argument here. I am not arguing with anything you are saying--all I am saying is that the conclusion "the First Amendment provides unlimited protection to freedom of religious belief, not freedom of religious practice" needs further explanation. The word 'unlimited' applied to belief but not to expression sounds counter-intuitive. In the end, that distinction needs to be spelled out--as you have done.
- Daled Amos
I have a belief that you have the best intentions. there are directions you can go that counter the point... no doubt. I recognize a non Cartesian such as myself could point out philosophically that there is no schism between the mind and body and therefor thought and action are one and the same, but the argument would be insincere and belabors a point that the intent is very clear... even if we can philosophically question the nature of thought.
- NoahDavidSimon
In the 19th century, the supreme court ruled that it's legal to believe you should practice polygamy, but not legal to actually practice it - another example that was mentioned by the Sultan
- NoahDavidSimon
Question for Noah. You said - "you can believe that you have a right to molest young children... that is why we allow the Mosques". I'm trying to factor a couple of things together, but reading through this, I'm not entirely following your line of thought. Do we suggest that (with respect to child molestation) that we get rid of all the Catholic churches as well (or was that part of...
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- Prosey BUTTONS!
Al Azahar University is the active practice of the Mosque. They implement Shariah. It is not merely in a dusty book that no one understands. I'm curious if you have any statistics as to how many world war 2 Nazis actually hated Jews... until then according to your metaphor we can not judge them. as regards to Catholicism what text are you referring to that implements pedophilia. the words of Mohammad use himself as a model who married a girl at five years old and then had intercourse at nine.
- NoahDavidSimon
"as regards to Catholicism what text are you referring to that implements pedophilia?" Catholic born and raised as I am I can answer that for you: none! The institution of the Catholic church has been complicit in an almighty, excuse the pun, cover up but the crimes of these priests are without doctrinal basis. In Islam on the other hand.....well how long do any of us have to do justice...
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- JSLeFanu
My question with respect to both Islam and Christianity - with respect to pedophilia...(in current *legal* terms, not applying any "moral" code) is how are they (historically) any different with respect to girl children? In terms of biblical interpretation, or in terms of interpretation in the quran.... And I'm not being facetious, I sincerely don't know, and would like your insight. (I...
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- Prosey BUTTONS!
@Noah, I wasn't creating a metaphor of judgment, though. I was asking a specific question about the big 3 monotheistic religions as comparative to *each other* - not of the Nazis to the Jews during WWII. I could possibly wager a guess that many of those Nazis were "Christian", but that isn't an accounting for Christianity on a worldwide scale, since most Christians around the world...
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- Prosey BUTTONS!
The Nazis had no time for Christianity. However Christianity has a lot to answer for, and I speak as one (well sort of), in terms of creating a climate for the type of slaughter which took place. In terms of Catholicism most of these matters were addressed in Vatican 2 and, as a result, my religious education was actually highly favourable towards the Jews. That's a faith addressing...
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- JSLeFanu
JS, stop putting words in my mouth. I appreciate your perspective. Being sarcastic is fine. Being snarky and assuming my thoughts to your words is patently ridiculous. You and I have different perspectives, and I'm interested in knowing yours...as well as Noah's -- figuring that someone (or both of you) who are evidently more knowledgeable on these topics than I am could...oh, I don't...
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- Prosey BUTTONS!
As I said elsewhere, it is clear you have no interest in actually answering what I asked, so I sought out answers externally, and came to my own conclusions. I'm now done with this thread as well.
- Prosey BUTTONS!
@prosepetals sez give all the lotus eaters in that walled garden all my very best.
- JSLeFanu
"The prominent Egyptian sheikh, Yusuf al-Qardawi, sits at the center of the academics' spectrum. According to mosque supporter Marc Lynch, associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, Qardawi is a practitioner of wastataniyya or "centrism" and "a barometer of Muslim opinion." Esposito likewise calls Qardawi a "reformist". Rauf says...
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- NoahDavidSimon
ACLU: http://www.aclu.org/privacy... "Even the ACLU is blasting Obama for this. Imagine the insane over-the-top reaction if Bush decided to build a database of people's viewing habits?..... (Judicial Watch) - Days after directing Americans to report "fishy" speech opposing his controversial health care policies, President Obama plans to reverse a...
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- NoahDavidSimon
how is that for hope and change? our government is regressive. surveillance of US citizens and ethnic cleansing of Jews. lovely! @QueenOfSpain must be so proud. down with the twitter Alist for putting in this fascist. and they said the fact that he was in Reverend Wright's church for 20 years didn't matter? at least his Weather Underground friends are now stabbing this jerk in the back
- NoahDavidSimon
Well, US government now knows all about me! I like to watch porn because I do not get enough Pussy! Maybe Obama Health care can help me get Laid more?
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
you aren't a citizen... and if old people can be rejected as being too expensive... I sure as hell don't want your freaky troll problems spent on. then again I would like to see Obama help Bill Clinton. maybe you do have a point lol
- NoahDavidSimon
What do you mean I am not a citizen of Obama's NWO? Are you preaching eugenics? is this Nuremberg?
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
What is next? Are you going to recommend Castration for all the Horny Jews?
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
This so called reversal is pointless since it was a lie any way from the fox network
- RamirezG
American Civil Liberties Union: This group opposes virtually all post-9/11 national security measures enacted by U.S. government. It supports open borders, has rushed to the defense of suspected terrorists and their abettors, and appointed former New Left terrorist Bernardine Dohrn to its Advisory Board. this group is getting funding from George Soros... and even they are against this. what the hell is going on? who is running the show? at least Bush was upfront with what he was doing
- NoahDavidSimon
Noah, do ACLU expose, so we can be educated. ACLU has the right concept, but if it is harming Liberty, something needs to be done to fix them!
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
ACLU isn't what we thought it was when I was growing up. not interested in talking about them... just interesting that they are against Obama on this matter
- NoahDavidSimon
"It comes from Muhammad’s statements in the hadith collections that Muslims generally consider most reliable. The basis of the idea of impurity of dogs comes from his statements such as: “Angels do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or a picture of a living creature,” (Bukhari 4.54.448), “Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in front of the praying people)” (Bukhari 1.9.490), and “If a dog drinks from the utensil of anyone of you it is essential to wash it seven times” (Bukhari 1.4.173). He declared: “Whoever keeps a dog, one Qirat of the reward of his good deeds is deducted daily, unless the dog is used for guarding a farm or cattle” – or, in some variants of this “guarding sheep or farms” – or, presumably, Iranian Presidents -- “or for hunting” (Bukhari 3.39.515). There are ahadith also depicting Muhammad as saying, “Were dogs not a species of creature I should command that they all be killed; but kill every pure black one” (Sunan Abu Dawud 16.2839)....
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- NoahDavidSimon
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Facebook acquiring FriendFeed. http://profy.com/2009... NO... NO... aaaaah! No!!!!! there has never been censorship ever on friendfeed. never! it has been the best!!!!! now we can expect facebook to ban nudity and allow Holocaust denial. ugh! I am very unhappy. friendfeed was the only bright spot in social media these days. I loved friendfeed. it was there for me when I was booted off of twitter for questioning their censorship and hypocrisy and it has always been a superior technological standard that never crashes. I am disappointed
- NoahDavidSimon
I feel like when Jessica Greenberg cheated on me with that Guitar player when I was 13. watch out she is now a lesbian dentist in NJ. went from the guitarist to the base player to the drummer and then to U Penn where she came out of the closet
- NoahDavidSimon
@jidf you would never see a friendfeed employee with this kind of hypocrisy http://www.facebook.com/note... "if facebook is unable to discriminate meaning from violent speech then I really don't think they should legally have any discretion over the content on our profiles. we are not hearing anything about their ability to understand the difference in...
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- NoahDavidSimon
no I'm serious. the real great thing about friendfeed is they actually really followed their own terms. it isn't the technology... it was the people that ran friendfeed that made the tool powerful.
- NoahDavidSimon
are you trying to bring Sean McBride here? this has nothing to do with anything but asking for a community to follow their own rules.
- NoahDavidSimon
First the U.S. was stupid enough to let Obama win the election, then my wife of over 13 years decides she wants a divorce, now this. This is just another part of my world that's falling apart. I keep thinking maybe G-d is trying to tell me I don't really belong here. Time to make aliyah, I think. I just don't think I'll be able to bring my kids. ><
- David C. Cooper
hey David! I feel ya about the ladies... but I gotta say friendfeed's relationship with the unholy facebook Holocaust denier supporters is sickening. about making the "Aliyah": one of the things the media has done worse then anything else is made us forget how hot our Jewish sisters are. have fun! the beaches in Tel Aviv are beautiful. try not to social network too much. IgorTheTroll and I are poor role models.
- NoahDavidSimon
LOL! thanks for the encouragement. I gotta get off the feeds and get to work. ^^
- David C. Cooper
thats bad news, was just starting to feel fee on ff
- liny
nothing in life is free Kim. this network aggregated some great data... that is now part of facebook
- NoahDavidSimon
so now the question is when will twitter be bought... and by who? I'm taking a vote. how many of you say google will buy twitter and how many think facebook will buy twitter? ...how many think someone else like a media advertising company? microsoft? I'm taking a vote here.
- NoahDavidSimon
Interesting comment about the Tel Aviv women...once met an Israeli who'd spent seven years in Australia...then he went back to Israel. He found he couldn't chat up his own Israeli countrywomen. I explained to him why. He'd gotten too used to Aussie women. Different kettle of fish.
- George Hall (Australia)
indeed George. the Israelis are a hard catch. they are beautiful though. they are very difficult for American Jews. we actually clash. in fact to be honest George I find it ironic that I am online defending them all the time... cuz when I was looking they were impossible to get a date with. Aussie women and New Zealand women have this kind of smart ass thing going that is hard for me to...
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- NoahDavidSimon
Looks like an opportunity for someone to fill a major vaccuum which has just been created on the web.
- Jack Humphrey
Are you jumping ship already? You going to let Zuckerberg's Totalitarian clan control our destiny and deny us Liberty?
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Understand your attraction to the women most at conflict with Jews. I was once married to a girl from Croat Ustasha-Fascist background. Never wanted another girl like that ever again after divorce. Next major relationship was a lady who kept hidden a war criminal family background. More trouble than even the ex-wife was. Although I heard she and my ex networked...
- George Hall (Australia)
In spite of whatever thrill they are, such women are still ultimately poison to both Jews and Noachides. What was that old Torah story of the Ammonite princess and the Moabite women? The lesson is always the same. Even thousands of years later.
- George Hall (Australia)
And before Igor brings it up...I can imagine I've got a doozy of a Mossad file because of those two b@tch#s.
- George Hall (Australia)
Well, I am just a horny Jew and I want to get laid with a Sexy Ass! Better than fucking goats, sheep, and camels!
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Lol. I can guess at mine. Two idiot ladies with extreme-right backgrounds...three trips to Israel in 1990, 91-2...getting on wrong side of an Old City hostel manager during 91-92 trip (you don't want to know his particular faction)... Can probably add one or two more alphatbet soups to the equation...
- George Hall (Australia)
Was the croation chick good in bed? My Japanese wife use to be good when she was young. But age changes women, well maybe not all. Maybe I will just Fuck Noah next! LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Yes, the Croat ex was good in sack. Didn't make a difference in the end. The other one? Great at foreplay...but that's as far is I got. Me being too noble.
- George Hall (Australia)
The second one of that ilk makes a great cult/intelligence thriller novel villainess.
- George Hall (Australia)
I am not telling you my dark stories, not yet anyway! One day will write about them on my blog!
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
One thing I did hear when I was in Israel...Gentile guys who went out with jewish israeli girls looked a bit shell-shocked mentally. The lads couldn't figure out their moods. The lads DID say the Jewish israelis were exceptional in bed...but only as an afterthought to the mind-melt.
- George Hall (Australia)
Igor, you can read mine in "A Question of Theories". Look it up. Even has an Israeli supporting character, a few naughty bits, romance, pathos, weird intelligence... and I'll leave it up to you to work out how much of it was based on fact.
- George Hall (Australia)
Actually, I'll rephrase that...novel was a direct product of a batch of two nutty, anti-semitic ladies and the antics they could cause.
- George Hall (Australia)
Anyway, back to original point. Follow Little brain=no brain. Follow heart=heart is the easiest fooled. Follow REAL brain=the other two parts fall into line.
- George Hall (Australia)
Gotta laugh at that promotional link. Might sell it quicker to a few anti-semites, but they'll get narked when they find its not the sort of story they think it is.
- George Hall (Australia)
sorry I missed the love fest. I tried kickboxing dance class and didn't realize what kind of poor shape I was in. pulled my back out. couldn't keep in step because the people in rhythm were extremely hot women. one of the girls turned out to be the granddaughter... yes granddaughter of a woman who I do eliptical with. when we were stretching I could see the satisfaction on her face.... I nearly killed myself. amazing hot young girl nearly kills Noah just in stretch.... went to bed early
- NoahDavidSimon
you should of seen this girl. I finally figured the gym out. I usually go late around 9 o'clock and work out for an hour. yesterday I went early and did some classes. that is the perfect way to pick up women... not that I am trying ...which is probably why it works because I'm not really trying. the gym is by Marist college. the women at Marist college are some of the hottest women in...
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- NoahDavidSimon
all I know is I work in waves. when I start having a good life... things go in a pattern. I've finally figured out that I like being in shape. screw the damn sadistic art school crap. creativity doesn't come from those that suffer. that is a myth. hurt myself for friendfeed? fuck no. I'm hanging out with the hot mamas and not the politically correct friendfeed hags
- NoahDavidSimon
I guess I must of missed the new upgrade, but it is now possible to block users from your feed. IMO this will dwarf the growth of FF and will make it segmented. To be able to interact with users from different walks of life and to have a constrictive debate is admirable, but looks like we as human beings are closed minded for such interaction on a grad scheme of things.
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
No he did not! He blocked me but the status message says that his fee is private. I see problems arising from this, which FF developer did not take into consideration. If an FF member wants to block another member that is their choice but they should be held responsible for their action and FF should alert the member that a particular user not wishes to share their feed with that user.
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Here we have a chance to prove incorrect the assumption that you always have to have somebody in charge. But the challenge that we have is the lack of clearly topic for starting conversations. It doesn't have to be meta, but the Friendfeed rooms are so new we can help shape how they develop.
I totally agree! If we are strict and we are scaring away general users. We need to open up and shape the rooms slowly to what we desire. We are strangling and suffocating creativity and self expressionism. I see FF Fail.
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק