Freedom of Speech

[chuck]

It's always "them", whomever "they are". Love the scene from the Mike Nichols "Catch 22" between Yossarian (young Alan Arkin) and Dobbs (very young Martin Sheen) about paranoia and persecution.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That movie and the book have a lot to say. Too bad more people have not read it nor seen the movie.

[rogruth]

That movie and the book have a lot to say. Too bad more people have not read it nor seen the movie.

Did both when they first came out. I was really glad I read the book before seeing the movie. That was a l o n g time ago.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That movie and the book have a lot to say. Too bad more people have not read it nor seen the movie.

Did both when they first came out. I was really glad I read the book before seeing the movie. That was a l o n g time ago.

One of my favs - Everybody gets a share in the syndicate!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

All those well-expressed and intelligent facts and viewpoints expressed here do not change a thing. The Islamists have their goals. To theorize otherwise would be erroneous and naive , regardless of who the bad guys were in the past.

Islam's techniques are far more subtle , nowadays , however, becoming part of the electorate and part of the elected , and I suspect the USA is not the only society wherein that is patiently planned and happening.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

All those well-expressed and intelligent facts and viewpoints expressed here do not change a thing. The Islamists have their goals.

To assign that to all of Islam would be a poor decision, too.

[up148]

To ignore it would be far worse. You can't pigeon hole any group of people in the world, but you can't ignore reality either.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

To ignore it would be far worse. You can't pigeon hole any group of people in the world, but you can't ignore reality either.

Did not say ignore it. Just not to judge a billion people that you know nothing about. That would be an unprecedented height of arrogance and audacity.

BTW, we do a great job of ignoring many things that are possibly far more concerning..........like Iran restarting it's nuclear plant(s), like N. Korea, like the war in Syria, and probably a host of other threats to our nation's security. We're doing a pretty good job of ignoring and denying what might be the biggest health threat of this century......

[gregj410]

ignoring and denying what might be the biggest health threat of this century......

Watching the news you’d think it was Trump with his handling of covid?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

All those well-expressed and intelligent facts and viewpoints expressed here do not change a thing. The Islamists have their goals.

To assign that to all of Islam would be a poor decision, too.

An interesting distinction.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

ignoring and denying what might be the biggest health threat of this century......

Watching the news you’d think it was Trump with his handling of covid?

If you have to actually spend energy to think about this.........watch the news? Maybe the business news since money knows what's real.

No, all I have to do is check in with my professional colleagues around the world. I may be retired, but I'm still active, writing, and working as a consultant.

[rogruth]

Rufus,
Most of us are not able to do that. You may have information that is not available to all. I really don't know.

[HONDO74]

Rufus,
Most of us are not able to do that. You may have information that is not available to all. I reall don't know.

Roger, some people think that trump is responsible for everything bad that has happened since the 16th century...

[MurphOnMillerAve]

In the News, today, Paris, France:
A woman was attacked inside Notre Dame cathedral and decapitated by a man using a large knife , calling out his (their) slogan of "Allahu Akbar."

[HONDO74]

In the News, today, Paris, France:
A woman was attacked inside Notre Dame cathedral and decapitated by a man using a large knife , calling out his (their) slogan of "Aclu Akbar."

France attack: Three stabbed to death in 'Islamist terrorist attack'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54729957