SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - Libyan rebels turning on NATO?

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl (Post 1638853)

Caught that, did you? I agree, I overused the terms, but I only did so because the English language is so devoid of synonyms for Islamic rebelliousness. I could call them extremists or militants, but those terms are so frequently used as to be nearly meaningless.

Alright, no more wordplay from me. In short, I am trying to point out the elephant in the room. The Islamic Libyan rebels are exactly that, and we'd do well to remember it. Despite our best efforts to be tolerant and understanding of other cultures, we can't forget that Islam, and especially militant Islam, is a particularly and consistently violent religion, more so when it creates rebels.

Islamic and rebels are the only words I need. They've established enough context all by themselves in the past that no real explanation is needed. I do not fear them and I do not hate them, but I know them for what they are. IMO, it's about time that Islam started reaching out to us if it wants cultural harmony and understanding. And I don't mean by explaining their culture and asking, or even demanding us to respect it. I mean by doing the same crap the western world has been doing for the entire modern era.

An example: If I started stoning black people or calling them ******s or doing any of that other hateful crap, my society would not tolerate it. I'd be in jail for hate crimes. But when Islamic cultures demean women and stone them to death for infidelity and label unveiled women as "whores", that's somehow acceptable? It's state policy in countries like Oman? WTF? Even with my considerable vernacular, WTF is the only suitable expression I can find.

I don't disagree with you. I have many issues with their culture stemming around the treatment of women and other groups. I also am very leery about these rebels, and as I believe I stated in another thread, I fully expect these rebellions to further radicalize the area.

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1) If you're going to be playful and teasing, you could at least do me the the common courtesy of being a woman. Preferably an attractive one, brown hair, brown eyes, 36-34-36, or somewhere thereabouts. Otherwise, it just comes off as gay.:O:

Ha ha funny :P I meant that more as in I am yanking your chain a little, and not trying to insult you

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2) I actually have written papers like that, as I'm sure you'll recall. They are almost always accompanied by failing grades. Professors don't usually appreciate my brand of humor, especially when I use it to question them. I can understand that. It appears condescending and, well, for lack of a better word, or even a word, "prick-ish". I don't intend it to be that way. I intend it to be funny and also illustrative. That's just how I write, how I think.

Well honestly I do think your writing needs some work, and it's not because of the humor. Good writing is clean and succinct, delivering maximum information with a minimum amount of words, and what you had written above was neither. Stylistically it reminded me more of a jackhammer trying to hammer a point home by saying basically the same point over and over and over.

As for humor, its generally best avoided when writing (unless you are a really good writer). People are forever misunderstanding what an author meant and will frequently miss the humor. This is because there are so many ways one can read a passage of text, each with a completely different interpretation. That is also why I said what I did in the previous post, just in case you took it the wrong way.