OT: - Real life dominions

[PrinzMegaherz]

Honestly... do you guys understand what's going on in the middle east at the moment? To me, this sounds like the beginning of something big, everyday I look into the newspaper it gets even crazier...

What do you think... is there an end to the madness?

[Endoperez]

PrinzMegaherz said:
Honestly... do you guys understand what's going on in the middle east at the moment? To me, this sounds like the beginning of something big, everyday I look into the newspaper it gets even crazier...

What do you think... is there an end to the madness?

People are crazy. Everywhere. Including you and me, because we're not actively trying to stop it. How long has it been since there was a decade without a war? A full year?

Not to talk about African HIV/AIDS situation, SARS, the nearing bird flu pandemic, Russian and Turkish human rights, etc etc. In a few years, someone will probably start rambling about armageddon/harmagedon/ragnarök, read Bible, and decide that a person who got hurt at some point in his life (Revelations 13:3, fatal head wound and all that) is the devil, the beast, and starts a bloodshed as various groups try to kill the leaders of various other groups. Even that won't make it into the news if it happens in Africa/Asia.

We live in a land of Turmoil, of Death and Drain... At least we don't have any Manticores or Wyrms. Doesn't make this world any better, though...

[NTJedi]

Yes on Turmoil and Drain... but as time passes the worlds population continues to increase so I'd say we have a growth scale at the moment... at least in regards to the human race.

[Ironhawk]

Are you talking about the cartoon riots, megahertz? If so then I agree that its crazy. I mean I completely understand that according to the tenants of Islam the cartons are gravely blasphemous. But... do we live in the stone age where someone says something you don't like and then you riot and stuff? It's pretty ridiculous.

[Fate]

Well, you have to think of it according to culture. In our culture, different opinions are accepted and even encouraged, and while I do believe most mulsims have no problem with opinion differences, I believe it is against the islamic teachings to draw islamic icons.

Its like, hmmm..., some country came out condoning literature that didn't just trash everything you believe in (capitalism, democracy, freedom of the press and whatnot) but actually crossed those boundries. (I don't know, started burning books?) Think about the reaction you would have.

[Cainehill]

No, we live in the age where you don't like something they say, and you use plastic explosives, incendiary devices, nerve toxins. Aren't you glad we're modern?

[Ironhawk]

Fate said:
I do believe most mulsims have no problem with opinion differences, I believe it is against the islamic teachings to draw islamic icons.

I agree that most muslims wouldnt have a problem with differences of opinion. And as I said, I know that the cartoons are a grave blasphemy to them. But the fact is that there is plenty of stuff going on that is blashpemous to one religion or another. I mean think about the number of cows consumed worldwide.. and yet you dont see the Hindus out rioting in the streets, do you?

[Saber Cherry]

I think we can all agree that the Middle East is at a strategic disadvantage. Quite simply, their gods don't have enough arms.

[castigated]

they do have fear, though, so they have that going for them.

[Humer]

Well, as the cartoons were published *in September* link
the whole incident should be put in different light. Why now? What's in it for anyone to pick it up now?