Wanbli wrote:Just put him on your "foes" list and his posts don't appear! Makes this forum a MUCH better place.
I was one of the earliest forum members on the old forum- who never posted but lurked.
The person who posted this garbage is one of the main reasons I never participated in the old forums and once I saw the new forums up for a couple months- without this drama- I decided to become "active"
The foes feature now makes it possible to pretend this person doesn't exist! YAY!
Jordan~ wrote:Scherado, chasing the phantoms of Islam (and let's not dress up what essentially amounts to racism, or at least cultural imperialism, by adding an -ism to it) is hopelessly misguided. To quote an article that says Islam worships death is reprehensible on so many levels.....
Relayor wrote:Go to 11:45 for an observation about the direction of 'progress' not always being 'forward'.
Etymology
From Old French progres (French: progrès) < Latin progressus (“an advance”) < progredi, past participle progressus (“to go forward, advance, proceed”) < pro- (“forth, before”) + gradi (“to walk, go”)
Noun
progress (uncountable)
1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance
* In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.
* In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
* In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art
* In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school
* Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress
2. A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
The Queen embarked on her progress last spring.
3. the advance or growth of modern, industrialized society, its technology, and its trappings
The progress of society can be uneven.
Jordan~ wrote:Relayor wrote:Go to 11:45 for an observation about the direction of 'progress' not always being 'forward'.Etymology
From Old French progres (French: progrès) < Latin progressus (“an advance”) < progredi, past participle progressus (“to go forward, advance, proceed”) < pro- (“forth, before”) + gradi (“to walk, go”)
Noun
progress (uncountable)
1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance
* In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.
* In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
* In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art
* In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school
* Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress
2. A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
The Queen embarked on her progress last spring.
3. the advance or growth of modern, industrialized society, its technology, and its trappings
The progress of society can be uneven.
Oh, hey! It does always mean forward movement!
Jordan~ wrote:One hardly needs to look past the title for a summary of the contents. Human beings can do awful things, and frequently do.
What's your purpose in bringing this up?
Jordan~ wrote:I started a Facebook group called "Freedom of Expression > Symbol Fetishism" in response to that incident.
The reification of hundred-year-old grief is the greater insult.
Site of the caliphate of Cordoba
Major pogrom in the year 1011
In the book Anti-Semitism: myth and hate from antiquity to the present, Frederick Schweitzer and Marvin Perry point out They argue that the rosy view of Muslim Spain has been used since 1948 as "an Arab-Islamist weapon in what is primarily an ideological and political struggle against Israel." This misuse of history ignores "a catalog of lesser-known hatred and massacres," including the pogroms in Cordoba in 1011 and Granada in 1066 -- both perpetrated by Muslims.
Jordan~ wrote:Yes. A physical object believed to possess supernatural powers, e.g. Remembrance poppies, the American flag. Anything anyone gets terribly upset about the destruction of....
Jordan~ wrote:... By all means, be grateful for those who laid down their lives ... - but do not condemn an entire religious minority for the actions of a few;...
Jordan~ wrote:.... and much more important, I feel, do not sacrifice your own freedom to express yourself in whatever way you like by condemning the actions of a few which are contradictory to contemporary mores. Today, it is them; tomorrow, there will be a cry that you should be killed ...
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