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* I know this is old, but, I came across it just now, and I must reply to it because it's ridiculous and http://xkcd.com/386/. 1. I went to a Second Cup in that area. Note the clients – almost all of them East Indians. That definitely speaks for the quality of... wait, what? 2. In your...

^ War on Christmas dun dun dun... Are you sure that it has to be inclusive. To prove that, you have to find an instance where a group tried to do an exclusive Christmas function, but, was denied. The truth is probably that it is made all-inclusive because the whole school is involved.

Not only would it be more neutral, but religious people would have a better outcome from praying on Tuesday or Wednesday as well. Praying on the sabbath day is useless because that is god's day off.

So, what you are saying is that this whole period thing is a... ... wait for it ... a red herring. :cool:

My point was to establish that religious change happens and is possible. The exact changes I'd like to see are besides the point. Some major Shia/Sunnis differences that cause them to call each other blasphemers, heretics or worse, from what I can remember: - Twelver Shia belief of the hidden...

I propose the following as a reasonable compromise. Since Islam doesn't require intermediaries, stop calling an imam to the school. Let a student lead the prayers. This way, it's an entirely student run voluntary activity, it'll be up to the students to do everything within the allotted time...

Exactly. Now that we have established that this happens (i.e. some stuff is not widely accepted, and other stuff ruffles feathers), my wish (and nfitz's earlier on, if I understood correctly) is that it should happen more and at a faster pace. I'm not just singling out Islam. While we're at it...

I never said slavery is obligatory. The horrible thing I'm referring to is that it's allowed. The people I have talked too don't like this. It was an example of a result of people critically examining their scripture.

Then, in accordance with your semantic distinction, I'll say: 'Muslims, and people all religions for that matter, should reexamine what rules they follow or don't follow'. e.g. both Christianity and Islam say some horrible stuff about slavery, but, I don't know any Canadians from either group...

^ I think it is possible even with present-day technology. Here's how I imagine it could work: i) A common entity operates all turnstiles (Metrolinx/Presto, Visa/MC/Interac, or some other entity; I'll use Metrolinx in the example) ii) During passenger's first touch of the day, Metrolinx...

^ The sad thing is that it doesn't even have to be innovative – we could just copy examples of better land-use from elsewhere. e.g. Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, VA. This is the practice facility of Washington Capitals, and is open to community use when Ovechkin isn't using it. It's...

It's open.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Meaning, you can't say that you're only looking at Western Europe and then go back to Poland, Czech Republic and Finland to bolster your point. UK has a monarchy descended from Germans. The French president has Hungarian and Jewish ancestry. There are a...

No no no, you don't get it. See, we Canadians emerged suddenly out of nowhere. Being Canadian doesn't mean anything, and we have nothing in common. We eat and drink different things, we sleep at different times, we have different religions, we have different names, we don't look the same, and...

Look a page or two back at what I said -- Europe should worship Zeus and not some false desert god born to a virgin mother (riiiight...). What you said a page or two back is even more idiotic. Those are polls from tabloids, of course they're going to conform to idiot views. Also, what I find...

We don't need your xenophobia here. Seriously, fuck off.

Europe should be pagan as Zeus always intended. F'in Romans importing desert religions!

Edit: D'oh, already said by ^. The nation state is a fairly new concept, and as such, all nation states are equally artificial. It's absolutely ridiculous to say that people from Geneva and Basel are the same, that people from Brittany, Paris, Marseille and Lille are the same, that people from...

Ignorance eh? Check this out: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2401093/posts?q=1&;page=1

Well, this group doesn't do this in the West, but they're from the West: http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/05/0082488