Hi Jim,
I've traveled by train for years and I have to say your description of AmTrak could fit the French railways too. Same problems here.
Dave_T
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TERROR ALERT _ UK AIRPORTS in CHAOS
by Crumpet in'airlines terror plot' disrupted
all airports have been put under the restrictions
reid statement
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Reveal something interesting that we didn't know about you
by JH in.
ok, i'll start with myself.
i'm a nut job, hey i bet you never knew that !!!
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Are things really worse now?
by NikL inthis morning amidst the news of the possible terrorist attack involving planes from the
i told her that nothing happened.
she of course pointed out that this time it didnt but maybe next time.
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Arrested bombers British?
by frozen one inas reported in the states some of the 21 bombers arrested in london were british born and raised.
were these people converts to islam?
how will this effect british attitudes towards muslims in general?
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Hi frozen Actually, there's no equivalent to the Pope in Islam. There are several Muslim denominations and there are different religious leaders who don't teach the same doctrines (as in Christianity). Not all Muslims acknowledge the same laws. I understand that people get angry. I do too when I see such things on the news. But we shouldn't accuse all the Muslims of terrorism just because one or two members of their community carried out a terrorist attack. It would be unreasonable. Most Muslims I've known (and I've known many of them) just want a job, a house, a family and want to be free to worship their god. Most Muslims are not dangerous fanatics. However, if we, westerners treat them with contempt, we will be partly to blame for the increase in terrorist threat. Having said that, I think that no country should enforce religious laws such as the sharia. This automatically leads to cruel punishments and deprivation of freedoms. But this is what happens when religion and politics are mixed or, in other words, when there's no separation of church and state. The same situation existed in Europe a long time ago. People have been publicly executed in the most gruesome ways for centuries. The secularization of Europe is, in my opinion, the consequence of the abuses of power by clergymen. Ergo the French Revolution for example. Religion should be a personal matter. No one can tell you what religion you should be or should not be. Period. And, sorry if I drifted off the topic.
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Arrested bombers British?
by frozen one inas reported in the states some of the 21 bombers arrested in london were british born and raised.
were these people converts to islam?
how will this effect british attitudes towards muslims in general?
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The terrorists don't even give a damn that the other Muslims who live in the western world will suffer a greater discrimination because of their murderous behaviors. I hope most people will be clever enough to see that the great majority of Muslims in Europe and the US condemn these terrorist attacks. After all, people were clever enough to see that the majority of Catholics had nothing to do with the IRA bombings, for example.
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TERROR ALERT _ UK AIRPORTS in CHAOS
by Crumpet in'airlines terror plot' disrupted
all airports have been put under the restrictions
reid statement
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It was the first thing I heard this morning. That's terrible! I hope the threat is completely eliminated... I really don't understand those people who strike at random and try to hurt people who have nothing to do with their conditions. Like KW13, this stuff makes me angry but I have to admit that it scares me too sometimes.
"'War and Peace' will have to go in my cleavage ": it's comforting to know there's is still some good in this world.
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Boycotting Israel
by Crumpet ini see that quite a few are following the dreadful attacks in lebanon.
today i went swimming to cool off with mr c and we were discussing what ways we could make our disapproval and anger at israels actions felt, besides being human shields.
(mr c reckons i'm big enough to stop one missile, but would be pretty useless after that.
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Boycotting Israel
by Crumpet ini see that quite a few are following the dreadful attacks in lebanon.
today i went swimming to cool off with mr c and we were discussing what ways we could make our disapproval and anger at israels actions felt, besides being human shields.
(mr c reckons i'm big enough to stop one missile, but would be pretty useless after that.
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great guitarist....guitar solos...and performances
by purplesofa ini am collecting guitar musicians.......their music.
i am collecting great perfomances.....rare ones of musicians that would not otherwise be together......
i wold love your input.........and would share music with those interested.
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