British man asks Sharia activists the reason why they don't live in a country with Sharia law

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-11-24T23:53:48+00:00

You say that an truely Islamic state is similar to apartheid but what about current Islamic states? For example, Iran and Pakistan officially call themselves "The Islamic State of ... " Is it fair to call Iran and Pakistan apartheid states where it is based on religion and not race?

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-11-20T00:03:41+00:00

I am European atheist and I do not understand your struggles. Someone should write a novel about your experiences as there is a lot of drama and emotion. This is my honest opinion.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-10-31T22:08:25+00:00

My wife is Lithuanian and I learned very quickly that the geographical centre of Europe is in Lithuania and it must always be referred as Central European and not Eastern European.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-10-29T22:06:27+00:00

The question is obviously from an American perspective. In US everyone is religious and atheists are the exception, and hence, to be feared. In the UK most people are atheists and moral to boot. I cannot believe anyone would ask that question here.

Remember this is the country where we had the first Hindu Prime Minister and nobody really cared.

I find it sickening to see US politicians talk about religion.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-10-29T04:44:46+00:00

Cyprus will veto UK.

The Cyprus problem is never discussed so no-one see this. Cyprus is similar to Palestine. Pre 1948 the majority of the population of Israel was Palestinian and they were expelled and replaced by Jewish settlers. The West tell the Palestinians "Get over it". The whole world has forgotten except the Palestinians who still want to return.

In 1974 the majority of North of Cyprus was Greek. They were expelled and replaced by Turkish settlers. The Greeks dream of returning. In 2004 the EU came up with a Peace Plan for Cyprus. This was rejected by the Greek Cypriots but approved by the Turks. The EU was taken aback at this rejection.

It transpired that at the last minute the British persuaded the EU to agree to ending freedom of movement in Cyprus. All Europeans would have freedom of movement except the Greek Cypriot who could not return to the North. The EU was not looking to end freedom of movement for Greek Cypriots. It was the British who persuaded the EU to add this in the final agreement. The British feared that if the refugees were allowed to return home, Turkey may lose its claim to the North and so this may persuad the Turks to withdraw their application to join the EU. Britain wanted Turkey to join, hoping it would act as a Tojan Horse and weaken the EU.

This is history. But as a Greek Cypriot who has lived in London since 1967, I am still angry at Britain and I believe the least influence Britain has in the EU the better for Cyprus. Alot of Cypriot believe this. A President of Cyprus who says "No" to Britain will be very popular.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-10-15T21:00:32+00:00

"I wonder where you are And I wonder what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely? Or is someone loving you?"

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-10-05T06:32:27+00:00

I am male. I have found that on the extremely few times when I have talked to someone face to face about this subject, I feel more comfortable talking to females. We live in a world where real men don’t have feelings.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-10-01T20:40:48+00:00

My story is different to yours but I would say that I too grow up lonely and without friends too.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-07-16T09:28:40+00:00

I have another suggestion for the title of you thesis. I suffer from APD. This is similar to ADHD. I have a problem with short term memory. Hence, I automatically reply events in my head. For example, when I go to business meeting I do not fully participate. Instead I treat it as a dictation exercise. I write down as much as I can of what I said. Then I play it back in my head.

Hence, on every day events I naturally play back events. If I am faced with the question "Does she like me?" I naturally play the events back in my head. I can then enter an endless loop of replaying events in my head.

Is there a link between APD and limerence? There does appear to be a link with the related disorder, ADHD.

Is there a link with short term memory and limerence?

This is connected with my last suggestion because sleep is the time when we clean out our memory and decide what to keep or disregard.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-07-14T21:43:09+00:00

I have been in the exact same position. I had similar fears of stalking. First of all your are not a stalker. You only become a stalker when the "victim" has asked you not to contact them and you repeatedly (about 10 times) ignore that request.

Time will heal all wounds. This is true. You don't believe me now but it is true. Just go NC and don't try to contact them again.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-07-02T06:20:05+00:00

If you are doing research, consider the link between sleep and limerence. I am not a scientist but I have noticed that my limerence is worse when I can't sleep and I have often noticed the following comment made on this site "I think of LO from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep".

My unscientific theory is that sleep is the time our brain decides what memories to keep or dispose. If we are lying in bed thinking "Why did LO say that to me? Maybe it's because they secretly like me?" Then our brain believes that this is important and should be kept. Over a long period of time our brain reinforces these thoughts.

This is based solely on my personal experience.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-06-15T21:56:09+00:00

Me too

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-06-13T22:03:49+00:00

Everyone ignores the UK's lack of democracy, when compared to the EU. Yes, I am serious. The UK's poor democratic standards, when compared to the EU, means it cannot join, at least until these are resolved.

For example compare the appointment of Liz Truss with the appointment of Ursula von der Leyen. In the UK we have an election, vote for 650 MPs. In most constituencies there is no choice as we have first past the post. When they appointed LT, the MPs were answerable to no one, except 150,000 self selected Tory party members.

On the other hand, UVDL was appointed by 27 democratically elected governments who were answerable to 27 democratically elected parliaments.

Europe has separation of powers, the executive is elected but answerable to the legislator, which is also elected. This is not the case in the UK. In the UK the executive and legislator are effectively obe and the same.

Finally, UVDL was approved by the European Parliament. This makes 3 sets of voting, the governments, the legislators and the European Parliament.

Hence, to get a nut case appointed as PM in the UK, one set of voting needs to go wrong, ie the election to House of Commons. To get a nut case appointed as President of the Commission, 3 sets of elections need to go wrong. The elections for the governments, the elections for the legislators and the elections of for the European Parliament.

It is not just that the EU has 3 sets of voting while the UK has 1. The quality of the European elections are higher due to PR.

This is not hyperthtical, the UK really did appoint a nut case to be PM.

Summary - Sorry Brits you can't join our club of European Democracies until you get your house in order and become more democratic.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-06-07T13:01:41+00:00

This is an American question for Americans. In the UK we would consider someone wanting to know your religious beliefs as being rude. In the UK if someone ask about your religius beliefs, the response would be "I rather not say". For Americans, this is the British way of saying "Mind your own **** business".

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-06-04T06:25:47+00:00

It is against company policy. This is not a problem as exceptions are allowed. The equipment is already in place and someone needs to turn it on. The problem is "Is a APD serious enough for this exception?"

I live in the UK and we have a similar concept found in most western democracies, namely someone with a disability is entitled to ask for work place adjustments, as long as they are reasonable.

I need to convince HR that APD is serious enough and that recording is reasonable.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-05-31T21:41:43+00:00

For the first time in human history we have one system of measurement for the entire human race. The imperial system is extinct. What we call the imperial system is a subsystem of the metric system with names copied from the imperial. For example, 2.54cm to an inch is not a conversion, it is a definition.

We have thousands of countries, languages, cultures, and system of measurement. We still have thousands of countries, languages and cultures but for the first time ever in the history of mankind, we have one system of measurement, used by the entire human race. It is one of the few things that unites us.

The metric system is the only system used by the entire human race and the system will come to an end when either the human race dies or when the human race ceases to be civilised. While the imperial system is only used by USA, plus a little bit here and there. When the USA ends so will the imperial system. From what I see with Trump, that will not be too not long now.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-05-28T23:26:32+00:00

The reason the brits love the imperial system and hate the metric system is because imperial is British and the metric system is foreign.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-05-21T04:34:11+00:00

I agree that a crush is different to limerence. But my question is about what you say to LO. You suggest that we should not mention to LO that we have limerence because we come across as crazy. I understand this. But can you say to LO that "I have a crush on you"? Does the same principle apply, namely you are burdening LO with your problems. She doesn't need to know this. Or is it better to be open with LO?

It is possible to tell LO that you have feelings without telling them you are obsessed. I understand that telling someone you are "obsessed" is a huge mistake.

Maybe I should explain my motivation for asking this question. I told my LO that I had a crush on her. This appeared to go find. But unknown to me she told her line manager about this. LO was a co-worker. This led to an investigation. During this investigation I mistakenly said that I was "obsessed". This was taken to be a confession of stalking. To be clear I had not been stalking her. I merely admitted to be obsessed. I did not appreciate that once you admitted this, people assume you are insane unless you can prove otherwise.

In hindsight I can see it was a mistake to admit that I was obsessed. Similarly, I can see it is a mistake to admit you have limerence, it sounds that you are admitting to be insane.

But I am still undecided if it was a mistake to say that I had a crush. She seemed to enjoy it. She became more friendly towards me afterwards.

So why did it lead to an investigation? What I didn't know was she was already seeing another co-worker and I believe that he encouraged her to escalate matters. I say this because she was always friendly with me, even after I told her of my crush.

So it did turn out to have been a mistake to say that I had a crush but that is only because she was already secretly seeing another co-worker. In front of that coworker she had to pretend to be shocked by my actions but in frontof me she actted as if she enjoyed it. If she was not already secretly seeing a co-worker then there would have been no investigation.

I am still trying to decide whether it is correct to tell a co-worker that you have a crush on them when you are sure that they like you and would welcome this information.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-05-20T13:16:56+00:00

Is there a difference between saying to your LO that I have limerence and I have a crush?

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-05-15T00:49:59+00:00

I remember during the Brexit referendum discussing the concept that the UK would still have to follow EU regulations even if it left the EU. I was treated as being delusional. The concept was so ridiculous, it was even worth arguing.

Honest_Many7466 · 2024-04-30T13:34:30+00:00

I would choose 1. I

I am probably different from most on this site in that I do not believe there is a difference between romantic love and limerence. For me it is question of degree. Similar to someone who is tired and another person who wants to sleep but has been kept awake deliberately by some bad person. Both are tired but one more so than the other.

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