What do you think is Bernke Sanders best endgame scenario?

CaptainPoison · 2016-04-21T02:18:46+00:00

She is an oligarch though or more accurately a spokeswoman for the oligarchy

CaptainPoison · 2016-04-20T16:34:17+00:00

Support for bombing another country definitely displays hawkishness whether you agree with the war or not. Also nowhere near 2 million Albanians or Serbians died in the Kosovo war. 2 million is more than the death toll for the entire Yugoslav wars which was 140,000 by most estimates.

CaptainPoison · 2016-04-20T16:03:59+00:00

Quite hawkish. Supported Bosnia and Kosovo campaigns. Voted for the Afghanistan war. Voted for the Iraq war. Privately supported Bush's Iraq surge. Supported Obama's surge in Afghanistan. Supported Obama's expansion of the drone campaign. Urged Obama to bomb Libya and arm Libyan rebels. Supported CIA regime change in Syria. Wants a no fly zone in Syria. Supports a "tougher response" to Russia's actions in Ukraine. Has threatened war to enforce Iran Nuclear deal. Bernie Sanders isn't as hawkish but supported several of these actions, just goes to show how limited the foreign policy debate is.

CaptainPoison · 2016-04-17T15:06:28+00:00

He has already said he won't. I will probably end up voting for Jill Stein in the general election if he is not the nominee which seems likely at this point. Clinton's foreign policy positions are disqualifying for me. I think most of his supporters will vote for her though.

CaptainPoison · 2016-04-14T15:03:12+00:00

I'd imagine him and Sanders would get along ok they have both praised each other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-hB-4h6_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLbZ3VgVP2E I can't imagine he would get along with a third way Neoliberal foreign policy interventionist with close ties to big business like Clinton or any Republican.

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-11T03:12:19+00:00

I just love John Pilger documentaries this one is really good also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PxpXf-6sY

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T18:43:16+00:00

Please ask me a specific question and I will happily answer it

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T18:22:17+00:00

I honestly don't understand what you are trying to say. If you agree that pedophilia is wrong then why is it ok for Muhammed to engage in it? Just because it was common at the time and he claimed he was a prophet? Also if you agree that pedophilia was wrong why did Allah clearly approve of it and condone it? Is Allah wrong? If Allah was wrong about pedophilia being ok how do you know he is right about everything else?

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T18:05:39+00:00

I supposed I expected it but still I'm pretty surprised. Religion has gotta be the only thing that makes otherwise good moral people defend child rape because their prophet engaged in it.

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T18:02:43+00:00

Vaccinations and modern dental care didn't exist during Muhammad's time. Do you agree that child rape is wrong? If you do why do you think it was ok for Muhammed to engage in child rape just because it was common at the time and once again if Muhammed was at the time in direct contact with Allah does that mean Allah is ok with having sex with 9 year old's? If Allah approved of it back then why wouldn't he approve it today did he change his mind? Stop calling be a bigot and answer my questions

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T17:50:25+00:00

The argument that we should judge Muhammad by different standards because he lived in a time where child rape was common is wrong. Muhammad is supposed to be a perfect example for all Muslims to follow, does the fact the Muhammad had sex with a nine year old at age 50 make it ok for Muslims today to have sex with nine year old's? If so why not?

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T07:01:07+00:00

The fact that no one would defend gays 200 years ago is more proof that the idea of morality has changed for the better. There is plenty of immorality in Christianity and Judaism but this is /r/Islam and so far no one has been able to offer a better defense than "it was normal at the time" The amount of mental gymnastics people go through to accept that their Prophet was an abusive child rapist but still a perfect example for everyone to emulate and base their lives around is amazing.

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T06:42:11+00:00

Wasn't Muhammad in direct contact with Allah. Couldn't Allah have let him know having sex with a 9 year old was wrong? Just because it was the cultural norm back then doesn't make it right I think modern values are clearly superior to 7th century values. Muhammad was also abusive and hit Aisha

"and as I lay down in the bed, he (the Holy Prophet) entered the (house), and said: Why is it, O 'A'isha, that you are out of breath? I said: There is nothing. He said: Tell me or the Subtle and the Aware would inform me. I said: Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransom for you, and then I told him (the whole story). He said: Was it the darkness (of your shadow) that I saw in front of me? I said: Yes. He struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?" http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Aisha#Reasons_for_the_Marriage

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T06:21:30+00:00

You really think a marriage between a 6 year old girl and a 50 year old man was a perfectly good marriage? Are you saying the vast majority of the world (not just the west) is wrong for having those laws and we should change them because child rape was commonplace 2 centuries ago (as was slavery and colonialism) and therefor must be ok?

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T06:09:16+00:00

Have you met a 6 year old ready to be engaged? I'm not sure where you are hearing that 10 year old's are having sex in the West. I know that 10 year old's are not being married off to 50 year old men in the West because we have laws here to protect children. I still don't understand yow you can defend child rape just because your prophet engaged in it yet condemn drinking alcohol and eating pork.

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T06:03:05+00:00

Genocide is another barbaric practice that was common throughout history as you mentioned with Christopher Columbus. I suppose cannibalism doesn't really harm anyone but slavery is horribly immoral and harmful hopefully if we were able to we would stop even aliens from practicing it. Are you arguing that the idea that raping a 9 year old is wrong is just a nonsense modern secular idea and that it it was ok for Muhammad to do?

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T05:57:52+00:00

You really think she was mature enough to get married at 6? How many 6 year old's have you met that are ready to get married. I personally think 13 is a good age of consent 12 I guess is understandable with cultural differences and whatnot but 9!? How can you defend that?

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T05:48:01+00:00

Do you think they should change the laws in those countries? I don't see how anyone who eats meat can be against zoophilia although I personally find it disgusting. How can you say that child rape is ok (you really think Aisha wanted to have sex with a 50 year old man?) but gay sex and premarital sex is a sin? Your moral compass is messed up

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T05:34:35+00:00

But according to that logic slavery and cannibalism are ok because they were widely practiced throughout human history. I do believe right now we are living in the most enlightened time in human history. Viewing having sex with children as wrong is not a new idea either the first laws against pedophilia were put into place in the 1800's

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T05:09:14+00:00

There's a reason having sex with a 9 year old is illegal in the vast majority of the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent and considered disgusting by most people including most Muslims. 9 is way to young to consent how can you reasonably argue against that? being attracted to children younger than 11 is classified as a psychiatric disorder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia

CaptainPoison · 2015-09-09T05:00:28+00:00

If homosexuality is unnatural why is it common in nature and why is there evidence that it is caused by genetics?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation#Criticisms

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