No, this is really a thing in Islam/Judaism. That's why mosques and synagogues never depict biblical figures or icons in their stained glass or on their walls the way churches do. The problem, I think, is when deeply religious people take it way too far. When I was younger a family friend babysat for an orthodox…

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Islam has never observed that line of reasoning to the extent they do now. Today, such topical differences matter to zealots because it allows them to be more "authentic" in their Islam than other Muslims and more upright than those nonbelievers. Yes, I believe that in terms of epochs, this is definitely Islam's Dark…

You have to keep in mind that Islam is going through, in an epochal sense, through its "Dark Ages". You must remember some of the wickedly asinine shit the Church used to come up with. You can't have coffee. Chocolate is the devil's creation. And so on.

That's obviously to remind people to be fearful and rulers are usually exempt from Sharia by these dumb mullahs. Which is why you have a Saudi royal enslaving a young African and using him as a sex slave and punching bag until he finally killed him in a London hotel. The al-Sauds are scum, much like Mubaraks and…

Just wait until people figure out how to export the footage to thier hard drives. Then Internet will become flooded with brand new Simpsons GIFs. Best....Day....Ever.

I've wasted my life

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Are you talking about the lady that killed two people? She stopped IN THE LANE on a highway on a blind turn. How does she not deserve that guilt?

Islam - bringing se,errr , the 7th century back...BABYYYYYYYYYYYY!

I presume the UK has requirements for environmental impact statements for a project like that.

When did Make Way for Ducklings becoming part of the Driver's Ed curriculum?

Damnit, Torch.

In some interview, Daniel Radcliffe if was asked he has ever sent a dick pic "to a loved one," which is a weird way of phrasing it. His long pause speaks volumes.

Thanks ladeefrickenda for your point even though as you may have noticed some folks have pointed out the subject of the article is a man, not a woman. But thank you for your comment; it's a beautiful wish indeed.

As much as I love the idea of a Banksian Culture-style utopia, where machines do the work and the rest of us hang about taking drugs and having sex and making art, the entire history of industrialisation has been one of an increasing concentration of wealth and power in fewer and fewer hands. I'm sure we could get to…

This is the sort of thinking liberals and progressive must abandon. Of course we don't want these dolts thrown in prison, but we're not required to treat their beliefs with respect, to treat them as being worthy of serious conversations by serious people, or demonstrate our support for freedom of thought and speech…

Yeah a train sociologist needs to read the books of a person who is neither trained in the science of robotics or sociology. Can you possibly be more condescending?

If we are lucky.