Guynemer, you're right - America is FVCKED up.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Whenever I start to get the feeling that maybe human beings are basically decent, I simply come here to poly. Problem solved.

[Hauldren Collider]

Obviously the existence of dumb, ignorant internet users proves that America is screwed.

*cocks gun, shoots self*

[MRT144]

Good thing people like that don't vote.

[Guynemer]

It's really only shocking if you start out with an unfounded belief in the good sense and basic decency of humankind. For a properly cynical human being, this is old news.

As usual, my good man Elok has it nailed: at our base, at our very core, human beings are awful, amoral creatures, and the loosening of societal norms inherent in the Internet let's the dark side out in many.

[Docfeelgood]

As usual, my good man Elok has it nailed: at our base, at our very core, human beings are awful, amoral creatures, and the loosening of societal norms inherent in the Internet let's the dark side out in many.

truth

[Ben Kenobi]

I wonder how many of the smug Polytubbies realize that Islam does ban other religions... Try starting a church in Saudi Arabia some time.

[Guynemer]

The **** does that have to do with anything?

[The Mad Monk]

and they're on the internet. Shocking.

and in the guv'mint.

[Elok]

In the spirit of the thread, an oldie but goodie:

[Ben Kenobi]

The **** does that have to do with anything?

Heh. Same words, different mouth. Apparently ok by you. Odd that.

[MrFun]

In the spirit of the thread, an oldie but goodie:

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[Elok]

Just looked at the actual link. Nice to know I can get quotes from random doofuses, new discoveries about the evolution of birds, and pictures of Mila Kunis naked, all from the same site...

[Dr Strangelove]

IIRC the highest position in the Orthodox Church is the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, which, last time I heard, was located in a muslim country, Turkey (Constantinople having been re-named Istanbul). Evidently muslim countries can have Christian churches, they might even have the headquarteres of the second largest Christian communion.
Can anyone name a non-Christian religion that has its headquarters in a predominantly Christian country?

[giblets]

Can anyone name a non-Christian religion that has its headquarters in a predominantly Christian country?

Scientology

[Ben Kenobi]

the highest position in the Orthodox Church is the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, which, last time I heard, was located in a muslim country, Turkey (Constantinople having been re-named Istanbul). Evidently muslim countries can have Christian churches, they might even have the headquarteres of the second largest Christian communion.

1. The Christians were there first.
2. Turkey!= Saudi Arabia.
3. If they sincerely believed in religious tolerance then I suppose they'd give them the Hagia Sophia back. Don't you think that a truly tolerant nation would let the Christians have their own building back instead of desecrating it?