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It may well be that in an Islamic country your hatred of the adhan is outnumbered by those that love the sound of it or need it, if only to get to prayer on time. The amazingly tolerant Israelis are finally moving to ban this noise after sixty years of putting up with it. Not that I have anything a...

What does it mean then? Well, as I'm sure you appreciate by now, that depends on the context. There is no context, that I can imagine, in which n***** just means black and certainly none that I have read or heard. Since n***** has always meant black, in your experience, perhaps you could give an ex...

That's interesting. What has been the difference for you, qualitatively, in practical terms? How did you feel before and how did you feel after? When I was first diagnosed I was very short of breath, I couldn't even walk up one flight of stairs without stopping half way up to catch my breath, I cou...

Heart arrhythmia is not referred to as a cerebral dysfunction, yet the brain is sending incorrect electrical signals . As literal as you are being, I say again, Tourette's Syndrome, is usually referred to as a neurological disorder, as opposed to a cerebral dysfunction. Not always, my arrhythmia wa...

Naziism is about the supremacy of an Aryan race which seeks to either cleanse and eradicate, or enslave, those of other races. The order goes like this: Muslims Christians Jews Other "people of the book" Other monotheists (Druze, Baha'i, etc) Pagans (Hindus) and animists. Heretics (Shia, ...

Where I'm at at the moment is when I discuss philosophically with a close colleague, we make sure the door is closed so we aren't overheard. ... Be careful and be wise. You seem like an excellent chap, and I wish we could sit down and have a coffee, because I'd love to hear more. But I also wouldn'...

Where I'm at at the moment is when I discuss philosophically with a close colleague, we make sure the door is closed so we aren't overheard. I use TOR and proxy services to be able to access government blocked websites. I support non-Islamist political candidates and I support private non-religious...

What other kind of Tourette's is there? Abdominal Tourette's? Cardiac Tourette's? Can you get it in your foot? I meant cerebral as related to the 'intellect', and the uncontrollable need to repeat an idea excessively. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cerebral Tourette's is neuro...

henry quirk wrote:Then they ain't bastids.

I don't follow your logic.

Which, being bastids, they're gonna do anyway, no matter how many non-bastids speak up or stand up. Bastids don't give a flip about shifting/shifty cultural conventions...such folks are gonna call a spade a spade (or a jigaboo) no matter what. Not always. Some may be put off by the threat of a fine...

it is coming across as cerebral Tourette's. What other kind of Tourette's is there? Abdominal Tourette's? Cardiac Tourette's? Can you get it in your foot? I meant cerebral as related to the 'intellect', and the uncontrollable need to repeat an idea excessively. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dic...

"Is the term "redneck" politically correct?" As PC is manure foisted by certain, overbearing types to shame others and get them to think 'acceptably', I can't imagine why any sensible, self-directing person would give a shit. I agree there are times when PC is overbearing, simpl...

If misogyny leads to human progress world peace why would you be against it? And how would misogyny do that, exactly?. Actually what you call misogyny is only the intent to educate women for the good of all people. Who could argue that if the world were populated by beautiful women designed to act ...

That's what happens when you don't have free speech. Banning freedom of speech is just as bad as freedom of speech allowing the kind of rhetoric that promotes hate speech, or proliferation of lies. My take on this debate is something like this... When you live in the West, you think critically abou...

I won't discuss the details of the law or cases too closely since that will be personally identifying. In three recent cases I know some details of, one man had posted on a popular social media site something along the line of "There is no God", his charge was blasphemy and he received a ...