General News Discussion

[philipsteak]

well whether it's too close or not, and whether it's bigoted views etc - i can imagine it will strain relations in NY thats all !!

[Alcatraz]

As much as Islamaphobia is considered a problem, I'm pretty certain it would never reach that stage of moronic reaction if something like that was proposed in say, Tavistock Square

[markeee]

So they should back down?

[philipsteak]

I didnt say that - i'm not sure , I dont have all the answers, I can just see it causing problems

I mean I don't know how close is too close, how can you decide? I'm just basing my thoughts on, imagine if you're friend or a family member died in the 9/11 attack - and yes I know it's not all Muslims, but families of victims aren't exactly going to be overjoyed by this are the!

Edited August 27, 2010 by philipsteak

[markeee]

It was barely even a story until some right wing nut-job blogger got the wind up her and suddenly conservative politicians and pundits who had previously been supportive, or at worst didn't really care or see it as an issue, were suddenly foaming at the mouth and using it as a way to attack their Muslim president. What with elections coming up. The Daily Show did one of their excellent "idiot says one thing, then a few months later completely contradicts themselves when they see an opportunity to score a few points" clips that they do so well

And while some people who suffered on 9/11 are coming out against it, some are coming out for it. Hopefully most are maintaining a quiet dignity and not allowing their private grief be turned into a public spectacle

[philipsteak]

are you on about john mccain? I can't remember if that was on last nights The Daily Show or Colbert Report?

did you see about the stars of YouTube ? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1306329/Revealed-YouTube-rich-list.html

Found that quite interesting, hadn;t heard of any of the people mentioned,gonna check them out in a minute

[philipsteak]

I'm never complaining about British motorways again

[ste4_20]

Because under the american constitution and New York zoning laws they have every right too.

And how close is too close?

And why should they have to compromise because of other people's bigotry, as shown in the story you linked to and the one about the mob turning on a guy walking through (to get to the actual ground zero where he is working on rebuilding) whose main crime was being black and looking like a potential muslim

[thegremlin_1999]

This is one of the potential solutions for the traffic problem. I can't decide if its genius or nuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDadNUo4So4

[markeee]

It's about half a mile away for starters. Then there's the fact that it's not actually just a mosque, it's a community centre. The way it's been reported (largely in America, especially on Fox) is shocking. Jon Stewart also pointed out that the main funding behind the mosque is also the second largest shareholder of NewsCorp, who own Fox.

Also, in reference to a quote above, due to their relentless slaughter of Americans, I won't be supporting the building of a McDonalds on the Ground Zero site.

[Alcatraz]

i believe it might well be genius... fine line between genius and madness and all that...

might not help too much in the jam i linked tho... apparently its mainly trucks which might cause issues with the height restrictions...

[markeee]

ffs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1306657/Blind-Date-contestant-kills-ugly.html

how sad tragic ,

'Graeme said: 'I remember it vividly. She said regardless of what happened she?d always love me. I told her I loved her too.' would trigger alarm bells in my head if some girl said that to me early in the morning

[minute5072]

As long as Charlie Brooker and Jon Stewart are still around, taking the piss out of f**kwits, then the world is still an OK place

[markeee]

http://www.dailymail...ses-better.html

wtf how can this guy be denied a disabled permit? There's people with bad backs who are granted one..shocking!!!

'he may get better' -- yea legs are known to grow back after being amputated, sheesh

Edited August 27, 2010 by markeee

[jump]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/fashionnews/7972656/Little-black-dress-thats-also-a-phone.html

What an age of wonders we live in.

[The Nal]

Blair: "I knew Brown would be a disaster!"

Talk about pulling the ladder up!

[jump]

Cat in the bin 2: puppies in a river

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/puppies.river.toss/#fbid=nF1r_p5mwa1&wom=false

[The Nal]

Cat in the bin 2: puppies in a river

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/puppies.river.toss/#fbid=nF1r_p5mwa1&wom=false

[jump]

No big deal. Happens all the time on farms. They drown them in a bucket.

Tens of thousands of greyhounds are put down each year, 15,000 odd in Ireland and about the same in the UK, but nobody cares about that. And now theres a media outcry at six puppies being killed, or one cat? Lazy, lazy journalism.

[rabid]

http://www.telegraph...so-a-phone.html

What an age of wonders we live in.

[jump]

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0901/What-s-in-a-name-Not-much-to-the-Chinese-police

Read this in the Metro this morning but I can only find it on the Christian Science site but China if forcing people to change their names as they haven't got the chinesse letters for them on their id cards.

[jump]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hEONIUsoIw0ojYQLutGNNVBJTLHAD9I067000

Pepsi are being sued for $10 mil by War over their song Why Can't We Be Friends.

[Pogues Mcgogues]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/08/31/gang-chop-off-rival-s-manhood-with-chisels-days-after-twin-has-holes-drilled-in-his-head-86908-22525727/

Christ

[Alcatraz]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/08/31/gang-chop-off-rival-s-manhood-with-chisels-days-after-twin-has-holes-drilled-in-his-head-86908-22525727/

Christ

[Pogues Mcgogues]

What a fine city you live in