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Turk408
posted on 06-27-2002 @ 9:05 PM      
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I think you guys got me mistaken for the dude named Turk. I am actually an Irish Catholic from Da Bronx. The nick was given to me by a FDNY friend of mine and 408 is my badge number. But I do have a problem with people who take their religious beliefs, or any beliefs a bit too far.

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posted on 06-27-2002 @ 10:07 PM      
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Goatweed - read carefully dipshit. It was a veil. Not a complete head to toe covering. You can still identify a person while they have a veil on. It's no different than you wearing a hat. And as for abiding by rules in other countries, it's obvious you have never been out of this country so shut the fuck up. The same shit happens in other countries as well.
Grump, I did read the article - but if I can't wear my goddamn glasses when I'm taking my pic, she shouldn't be able to wear a veil. and don't feed me the "it reflects the flash" bullshit because I've had my pictures taken with them on and not only do you see my eyes, but I get the red-eye every time. And by the way, when I just went to renew my license a few months ago, they were making 2 guys remove their hats for pictures - so if I were wearing a hat, I would've had to take it off - should I sue too? As for not ever having been out of the country - wrong yet again. I'm not the "world traveller" but I've taken a handful of trips overseas in my time, and every time at some point we are reminded that "we are no longer in America, so be sure to be aware and respectful of local laws". Now I'm not looking to get a driver's license in England on vacation, but I would think that if I were to MOVE there, it would be expected of me to act as an English citizen and abide by the laws of the place I would be calling HOME at that point.

I'm not saying that when an American goes to another country to visit or live he's always the model citizen - I'm not stupid. What I'm saying is if you plan on moving to another country, you should fully expect to have to follow the societal rules that are already in place - and that were in place long before your midget ass showed up. Should we re-write every law in the book every time someone has a problem with it?


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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 1:43 AM      
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Hey if she wants to wear her veil, let her. She just doesn't get her license.

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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 2:06 AM      
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Registered: Jan. 01
Believe me, I know, even after spending one day there :P

And even though it is a veil, she still shouldn't be allowed to wear it. I don't see anyone wearing baseball caps in their license pics!

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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 7:56 AM      
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Registered: Jun. 02
I thought muslim women weren,t even allowed to drive.I am behind Wounded Angel all the way,if you want the license take off the viel.Driving is a privlege and not a right protected under any law.

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Thumper8u
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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 8:12 AM      
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Registered: Nov. 01
When in Rome, do as the Romans do!!

Veil = no license...if this ignorant cunt wants to completely convert this is what she needs to do:

1. learn to shut her fucking mouth
2. learn to take a punch
3. remember, she is NOT allowed to drive

oh, unless she only believes in the parts of the muslim culture which are convenient for her. What is the punishment for a female who talks in the middle east? Death?

Grumpy...get a clue, "your people" EARNED the lable "Terrorists".

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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 8:41 AM      
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AnalJim is right. Most Muslim countries prohibit women from driving. This women wants to enforce the law the forces her to wear a veil but ignore the law that prohibits driving. She want to have it both ways.

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Tussle King
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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 8:49 AM      
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Registered: May. 02
quote:

Tussle King - Go fuck yourself asshole. I dare you to call me that to my face. Lets see how fuckin brave you are when I shove my foot up your fuckin ass.....Dick!

Why? Are you a sand monkey? Or are you a Muslim? Big difference.

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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 9:41 AM      
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quote:

Grumpy...get a clue, "your people" EARNED the lable "Terrorists".
This is a stupid and ignorant remark. They earned nothing - got were labelled or are perceived to be this because of a few "rotten apples in the bunch". I'm not muslim - hell, I'm not even a "minority" - I'm white. But I don't consider myself racist by any means. I have a problem with people who fuck things up for the rest of us, and even more of a problem with people who let these people fuck tyhings up - be they black, brown, or fuckin' green. It's mentallity like yours that causes so many more problems not in this country, but all over the world. By your thinking, the innocent victims of the WTC got what they had coming to them because they were labelled "evil Americans" and earned such a label due to America's involvement in Middle East politics.

Just to clarify, my rant wasn't about the fact that she was a Muslim - it had nothing to do with her race or religion. My beef is that if I were to move to a country, I wouldn't expect to be able to do what I wanted or circumvent the laws of the land. Yet people come here and try to do it and when they can't, they sue. And then the lawmakers will back down to avoid any political retalitation/negative public perception, and in the end we look like assholes.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do - if you don't like what the Romans do, go somewhere else. Sure, it's just a license picture - but these things always start small. Look at traffic signals! Has anyone noticed that they don't say WALK/DON'T WALK anymore? Because there are so many people in this city that don't speak english, we have to cater to them and use pictures to get the point across. Why not have them LEARN THE LANGUAGE? My grandparents came here from the Ukraine 45 years ago and knew NO English - but in order to survive they had to learn it - and did so willingly. What makes immigrants today so special that they don't have to learn the language?


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Tussle King
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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 10:02 AM      
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Registered: May. 02
quote:

Why not have them LEARN THE LANGUAGE? My grandparents came here from the Ukraine 45 years ago and knew NO English - but in order to survive they had to learn it - and did so willingly. What makes immigrants today so special that they don't have to learn the language?

Couldn't agree with you more. When my parents and I came here in '78 from Russia, none of us knew English. So what did we do? We learned it.

This past Tuesday, I was at a bar and a Mets game was on. As I was watching the game, something didn't seem right. I then realized that I couldn't read any of the words. Why? Because they were in SPANISH. And then a scrolling message appeared on the bottom, saying that the English version was on MSG. ENGLISH VERSION?!?!?!?!?!?!? Where the fuck am I? Now we have two different channels broadcasting the same program in two different languages? This is getting ridiculous.

We are now accomodating people based on what their home language is. I'm waiting to walk into a McDonalds and see 14 different menus in various languages. What's next, restaurants having all different menu's based on languages? If I move to Italy, I will learn the Italian language and culture because that is where my home will be. Why can't these people do the same?

Thumper8u
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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 10:10 AM      
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Registered: Nov. 01
quote:

This is a stupid and ignorant remark. They earned nothing - got were labelled or are perceived to be this because of a few "rotten apples in the bunch".



a FEW rotten apples....open your eyes, 99.9 percent of all terrorists are of middle eastern descent.


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Lord Slug
posted on 06-28-2002 @ 10:16 AM      
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Registered: May. 02
Mike-I thought I was the only one that ever linked the Post-Gazette? Nice to feel like I'm home. As for *everyone else in this, can I just say that I agree with the "rules/laws" argument and not have anyone jump down my throat?


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Grumpy
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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 10:31 AM      
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Lets see - and the great debate begins....I'll start with the constitution and the laws of this country that we embrace. We are given Freedom of Speech and yes, you can say whatever you want to whomever you want without fear of persecution. We are also given the freedom of religion. You can be a Christian, a Buddist, a Jew, a Muslim or you can worship your pet rock. No one can take that away from you. These are our inalienable rights. I am not condoning or condemning what this woman is doing. To use "religion" as an EXCUSE to go around laws is not acceptable. If she refuses, I agree, she should not be given a license. If religion dictates that she not uncover her head and therefore she cannot drive cuz she refuses based on her religion, then she should follow her morals and keep her veil on but suffer the consequences of not being able to get a license.

BTW - the misconception of Muslim women NOT being ALLOWED to drive varies from country to country. In Saudi Arabia, yes, they are not allowed to drive. That's not based on religious dictation. That's based on the LAWS of the country. Similar to women and blacks not being able to vote in US during the early 1900's.

That being said - seeing as I am the voice of the Muslims around here, let me say this. If you take a religion, a race or creed and judge all of people by the actions of a few, then your ignorance is astounding. That makes you no better than hitler for killing the Jews. The point I was attempting to make is that don't judge people as a whole. Judge them as individuals.

Now for the individual rebuttals:

Don West - You're right. I don't pay your bills. The welfare checks you collect from my tax money that I pay do. You're racist ignorance absolutely astounds me. What's your next plan? Grab a pickup with a confederate flag and drag a few black people behind it?

Ant - I'm not asking you to tiptoe around me. You missed the point. I'm actually asking people to stop fucking lumping all Muslims in one basket. We are not all the same. Let me put it in terms you can understand. Are all Irish Protestants drunk asshole members of the IRA? No. Are they all alcoholic lazy ass mother fuckers that drink all day and do nothing else? NO. So how the fuck do you generalize.

Goatweed - "Should we re-write every law in the book every time someone has a problem with it?". LMMFAO - why not? It seems to be a trend lately. How's the Pledge of Allegiance lawsuit any different? However I do understand your point. The laws are written to protect and serve the people as a whole. Not as individuals.

Thumper - How did "my people" earn the label? Care to explain that one dipshit? The actions of a few do not mandate the generalization of all. you say that 99.9% of terrorists are of middle eastern decent. What about the IRA? Or how about the Arians right here in US? I didn't know the Philipines were in the Middle East. When did they change locations? Timothy (whateverthe fuck his last name was), the guy that bombed Oklahoma - he was middle eastern? No shit? When did Somalia and Columbia become part of the middle east? Chechnya is in Asia, the last time I checked.

Tussle - If you're Russian, does that make you a vodka drinking athestic communist as well? No? Then what right do you hve to generalize.




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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 10:35 AM      
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a FEW rotten apples....open your eyes, 99.9 percent of all terrorists are of middle eastern descent.
I'm not defending them but to generalize a people based on the actions fo a few of them is wrong, I don't care what stat numbers you throw at me. I have friends of middle-eatern descent, so should I check them for bombs next time I have them over for a Yankee game?

Stop looking through narrow eyes and see the big picture. Blacks and Puerto Ricans account for a large majority of U.S. prison poulations, so by your general thinking, all blacks and puerto Ricans are bad. So I guess I can only trust white people, because we all know there are no white people in prison.... :rolleyes:


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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 11:00 AM      
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quote:

open your eyes, 99.9 percent of all terrorists are of middle eastern descent.




Hmm and here I thought the I.R.A. were Irish not Iraqi. Not to mention Abyu Saf or however those asswipes from the Philipines spell it(the terriorists not the rest of the people)

quote:

Grumpy...get a clue, "your people" EARNED the lable "Terrorists".


I don't belive I've seen a more ignorant post on this board, and I've been here for a while. Fuckheads like you have pasted this name on all arabs. I've been to Turkey and wheil I was there for a short while and didn't get to do much travleing, the people I did meet were very cool and a lot like us. Now saying that I do belive that all people coming into this country should be photographed, fingerprinted and a background check done on them. If they are clean then they should have nothing to hide and have no problems with it.

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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 11:16 AM      
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Registered: May. 02
quote:

Tussle - If you're Russian, does that make you a vodka drinking athestic communist as well? No? Then what right do you hve to generalize.

You see, you missed my last point. To me, there is a difference between a Muslim and a sand monkey. Just like there is a difference between a black man and a nigger, between a Hispanic person and a spic. One is an important part of our culture, one is a useless waste of space that just leeches.

BTW, I really don't like vodka. I prefer Captain-and-Coke. :-D

This message was edited by Tussle King on 6-28-02 @ 11:24 AM
MartinFa
posted on 06-28-2002 @ 11:41 AM      
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Registered: Apr. 02
quote:


- Not all Muslims are Terrorists
- Not all Muslims are arabs
- We do not condone violence. We condemn it.



No but you should have cleaned house and policed your own in the Mosques (SP??) this was planned at. What would it have taken to call the FBI and said I "I overheard at the mosque...."

While I don't condone the actions of the Government in the blanket arrests of Muslims after 9/11, I do hold the Muslim community responsible for not doing enough to turn in terrorists

Many immogrant communties police there own
-it is a FACT that not all Muslins are terrorist
-fact All the 9/11 terrorist were Muslims



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MartinFa
posted on 06-28-2002 @ 11:53 AM      
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Registered: Apr. 02
quote:

Not to mention Abyu Saf or however those asswipes from the Philipines spell it



Oooops just messed up your argument becuase they are supported by Al Qaeda and are Muslim extremests.

quote:

When did Somalia and Columbia become part of the middle east? Chechnya is in Asia



Again Terrorists in these regions are supported by the MUSLIM extremist group Al Qeada

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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 11:56 AM      
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a FEW rotten apples....open your eyes, 99.9 percent of all terrorists are of middle eastern descent.

But it doesn't work the other way around. Just because 99.9% (supposedly, though this is not even close to an accurate stat) of terrorists are Middle Eastern, it doesn't automatically mean that 99.9% of Muslims, or 99.9% of Middle Easterners, are terrorists.

Get your head out of your fucking ass. TFEC mentioned the IRA. What about militias right here in the states? All it takes is a bunch of crazy fuckers with radical ideas, who are willing to kill for those ideas. Those can be found anywhere. ANYWHERE. There will never be a time when EVERYONE agrees with EVERYTHING that the government does. It's human nature, people disagree. And some of them are fucked in the head enough to take those ideas and build an entire belief structure around them..... those are the assholes who kill for their beliefs... those are the assholes who flew planes into the WTC.... those are the assholes who believe America is an evil power out to make everyone else in the world poor.

It has nothing to do with religion. These douchebags give Muslims a bad name by calling themselves Muslims - the American media says they're Muslims, and the STUPID American public think Muslim = bad.

I don't think our country is evil, but I think the majority of its citizens are just FUCKING MORONS.

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DonWest
posted on 06-28-2002 @ 12:17 PM      
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Hey Grumpy fuck you. Political Correctness sucks, and I dont care what feelings are hurt, if I have something to say and others think it is wrong to fucking bad. I have family members that had friends that worked at the WTC, and while watching from Staten Island on September 11 and monitoring the radio communications for the NYPD and FDNY that day I dont care what anyone thinks. When you come to this country and want to take advantage of all it has and than refuse to do something that is required for the drivers license, but because she is Muslim and that is her religion she can sue? Come on this stupid cunt deport her. To get a license you need a picture dont like it fuck off.



I am sick of this country being taken advantage of, stop giving financial aid to countries that have no chance of making it and Close the borders!!!!



Oh and the confederate flag. Do they still fly those over here on Staten Island?



This message was edited by DonWest on 6-28-02 @ 12:30 PM

Grumpy
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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 12:32 PM      
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quote:

The retard known as don west said: Hey Grumpy fuck you.

very original.... but no, no, no, no...FUCK YOU

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Political Correctness sucks, and I dont care what feelings are hurt, if I have something to say and others think it is wrong to fucking bad.

My comment wasn't about political correctness jackass. My comment was about your two-bit racist attitude and generalization of people based on what little brains you have in that thick fuckin skull. I think the god damn stench from the landfill has finally gotten to your retarded ass.

quote:

I have family members that had friends that worked at the WTC, and while watching from Staten Island on September 11 and monitoring the radio communications for the NYPD and FDNY that day


And your point is what? I lost someone there. I had dozens of friends and family affected by WTC. That makes you different? or special?

quote:

When you come to this country and want to take advantage of all it has and than refuse to do something that is required for the drivers license, but because she is Muslim and that is her religion she can sue? Come on this stupid cunt deport her.


Hey asshole - what about the prick who's sueing for the pledge of Allegiance? should we deport him too? oh wait - HE'S AN AMERICAN.

quote:

I am sick of this country being taken advantage of, stop giving financial aid to countries that have no chance of making it and Close the borders!!!!


spoken like the true racist pig asshole that you are. Let's close the borders. Lets deport all the immigrants back to their homelands. Lets shoot anyone that isn't a white christian. What size white robe do you wear? Have you made it to Grand Master Dragon level yet?

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Oh and the confederate flag. Do they still fly those over here on Staten Island?

Check the back of your pickup truck. If it's not there, check the back of your double wide trailer. Your skank wife might have hung it back there or wiped your dogs ass with it. Ask her.

I suggest you give it up. The more you speak, the more of a racist asshole you sound to be.....


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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 12:43 PM      
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Hey asshole - what about the prick who's sueing for the pledge of Allegiance? should we deport him too? oh wait - HE'S AN AMERICAN.

Now, I'm not saying in THIS case, you're wrong, but very rarely, just being an American isn't enough. My example: that fuckin American Taliban asshole. Revoke his citizenship and TREAT HIM LIKE ONE OF THEM. That could have been a bold move, a great statement to make, but they dropped the ball on it.

But with this woman, seriously.... no picture, no license. You want a license, you follow the rules, and that's it. If she sues for not agreeing to the picture and wins, what's next? Someone fails the test, so they just sue to get their license?

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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 12:43 PM      
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I am sick of this country being taken advantage of, stop giving financial aid to countries that have no chance of making it and Close the borders!!!!
I agree, we get taken advantage of, but if you really look at it, it's US who are doing it. The lawmakers bend and rewrite to avoid potentially dangerous and political backlash, so we cater to one or two - which basically sets precedent. However, closing the borders is not only wrong, it's an old way of thinking. There are immigrants that come here and work their asses off as productive members of society. Yes, I know, many others come here and feed off the system. Rather than closing the borders, how about retuning the system so it works? let the people in, but keep an eye on them - esp. if they have some sort of connections, etc. If people think they may get caught trying to start shit, the less likely they are of doing it. Look at 9/11 - these assholes learned to fly ON U.S. SOIL! Did people bother to say anything about them? Sure, there were suspicions, but they were just put to the side. Once everything went down and a thorough investigation came about, it was clear in what they were trying to do. If even half the scrutiny went into background checks then as they do now (supposedly) I don't think 9/11 would've happened.

As for watching from Staten Island - I was there, front and center also - I was on the boat and saw the second plane hit while I was halfway to the Manhattan dock! And I then watched everything else from the island side dock once we returned. Yes, I was horrified, scared, and angry - it took me over a month to really be ok with it (thank God I didn't lose anyone) but when I go to my local deli in the morning for a paper and the Sikh owner takes my change, I don't look at him like "you're a terrorist" - I look at him like the guy that sells me my paper. To generalize a race of people based on the actions of a few is just plain wrong - you can't justify it, no matter how hard you try to.


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DonWest
posted on 06-28-2002 @ 12:45 PM      
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Say what you want. That guy in California is an asshole also who gives a fuck about his kid, she still says god while saying the pledge so that guy is just using his daughter as a scape goat he should get 2 rounds from a .357 to the head. I mentioned that about the WTC, because as of that day I dont care what anyone thinks of me or what I say, all that is important to me is my family, and to be honest I do know some muslim people but this type of shit just pisses me off so who really cares.

I really dont have to prove shit to you, but if you want come checkout my house then let me know if it is a double wide trailer or has a confederate flag. I'll be happy to invite you as a guest.

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posted on 06-28-2002 @ 12:55 PM      
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quote:

Oooops just messed up your argument becuase they are supported by Al Qaeda and are Muslim extremests.




Oooops looks like you missed the whole point of my post because I was refering to the fact they are not arabs but philipinos.

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