As for the OP, I think that was the effect of the 9/11 bombings - wheterh that was what Osama Bin-Laden intended or not, the effect was Islam being seen in the West as the enemy which made Al-Qaeda's claim that the West hated Islam a self-fulfilling prophecy. Putting beheadings on the internet is just the latest terrorist device designed to shock and create fear and we all know that fear easily turns to phobia. The immediate objective is to try to intimidate the West into stopping air strikes but if it also results in increased Western hatred towards Muslims which drives moderate Muslims to become extremists, that is cream on the cake.
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The Goal of ISIS is to turn the west against Islam and to the capititalise on the backlash that reults from that..
by smiddy inwhile these idiots think beheading innocent aid workers journalists who have the welfare of the people at heart in these circumstances and then butchering them in such a barbaric manner is going to swing public opinion in their favour is beyond me .. if their is ever a reason to go on the ground including going into syria to rid this pox off the face of the earth this is the last straw and needs to be done now.. no more now pussyfooting around with barbaric medieval murderes , go in and annhillilate the bastards.
in the air on the ground and whatever it takes.. smiddy.
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Up yours!!! Jw religion!!
by Julia Orwell ini just got a job teaching in a school run by moderate muslims.
the students are muslim and do their prayers at school and have daily quran lessons.
my job is to teach art, english literacy and literature, and history.
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Pity about the Islamic school, particularly as you seem toahve identified that it woudl be good for your profgessiojnal development - also having an Anglo non-muslim woman teaching at the school would have emphasized the non-sectarian nature of education. It is a pity the Islamophobes highjacked this thread.
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Kid charged over $500 to a game
by skeeter1 inyesterday, i got our credit card statement, and looked at the charges.
over $500 to itunes.
questioned everyone, and it's for "jewels" for a kim kardashian game my 13 year old charged.
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cultbgone - it is not that simple - the default positon on an i-phone mean that if the child is playing a game on the phone they can make in game purchases withput yyour password unless you set the security settings to require a password for any in-game purshases. Similarly the default setting is that for 15 seconds after a pruchase is made another pruchase can be made without needing the password unless you change the settings to prevent this. These games are targetted at children, are free to download but have ridiculously expensive in-game features which make no sense from a value point of view - it is ambush marketing which is misleading and deceptive.
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Kid charged over $500 to a game
by skeeter1 inyesterday, i got our credit card statement, and looked at the charges.
over $500 to itunes.
questioned everyone, and it's for "jewels" for a kim kardashian game my 13 year old charged.
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skeeter1 - I had the same problem with my son on my wife's iphone and a Turbo game. I rang I-tunes straight away and todl them they were facilitating misleading and deceptive conduct manipulaitng children as the game was targetted at children. The guy said to me - well for next time you can adjust the security settings so your son can't do that. I said no your don't understand me either you accept right now that the charges are cancelled or I iwll be complaining to BBC Consumer Watch. He cancelled the charges immediately. This is an appalling scam. Get angry and ring Itunes - they dread bad publicity so use this to your advantage. Frazzled
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Pinker on Terrorism .... Self-Defeating
by jgnat inhttp://chronicle.com/article/era-in-ideas-terrorism/128490/.
his conclusion, .
"even when they are not rooted out by states, terrorist groups carry the seeds of their own destruction.
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Very good points jgnat. ISIS is a bit of an unusual terrorist group in the sense that has becoem a military force. I wonder whether the West treating it as a traditional military enemy may give it more creedibility and that it may switch to more traditional and less brutal military tactics tot ry to sustain itself. It certainly seems unlikely the West will defeat it using air power alone but committing ground troops will be politically unpalatable. So I suspect we will see further IS successes before we see reversals.
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Pinker on Terrorism .... Self-Defeating
by jgnat inhttp://chronicle.com/article/era-in-ideas-terrorism/128490/.
his conclusion, .
"even when they are not rooted out by states, terrorist groups carry the seeds of their own destruction.
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Vidiot: "Anything that flares up brightly can't help but burn out; fuel isn't infinite." The same could be said of a thread on JWN.
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LOVE and JUSTICE: Do humans have it all wrong?
by Terry inlove and death from god's p.o.v.. __________________________.
would anybody care to state exactly what it is .
on what basis this tribal deity known as jehovah can be said to:.
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Yes Terry it is ironic that the notion of God sacrificing his Son to pay for the sins of mankind is so compelling as a religious idea. A bit bizarre really. No wonder Judiasim sees Christianity as such an abberation.
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book about JWs "Watch How We Walk" nominated for prestigious Giller Prize
by Scully inhttp://jenniferlovegrove.wordpress.com/watch-how-we-walk/.
can't wait to read this book, by a canadian author.. .
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A watcher - using your usual troll tactics I see
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Watchtower encouraging members to go and preach in Israel
by wannaexit inan odd letter was read at last nights' meeting.
it was in regards to a special campaign for next year arranged by the governing body to go and preach in israel.
the call is going out to anybody that speaks hebrew and english.
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Israel is safe - the threat from Hama is negligible - you are more likely to die in a car crash - Gaza on the other hand is far from safe.
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Kennedy assassination....
by new hope and happiness into me its a great example of a totalitarian government's ability to manage information and keep us in the dark; .
all right it was a long time ago.
should we just forget about it?.
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please - enough with the conspiracy theories already - general principles suggest blunder and incompetence win over conspiracy everytime. The bigger the supposed conspiracy the less likley it is on the principle that people can't keep secrets - someone will blab. Terry - thank you for your usual dose of sense in the sea of nonsense that prevails on JWN.