Blasphemy and the law of fanatics
By Fareed Zakaria
When governments try to curry favor with fanatics, eventually the fanatics take the law into their own hands. In Pakistan, jihadis have killed dozens of people whom they accuse of blasphemy, including a brave politician,Salmaan Taseer, who dared to call the blasphemy law a “black law.”
We should fight the Paris terrorists. But we should also fight the source of the problem. It’s not enough for Muslim leaders to condemn people who kill those they consider as blasphemers if their own governments endorse the idea of punishing blasphemy at the very same time. The U.S. religious freedom commission and the U.N. Human Rights Committee have both declared that blasphemy laws violate universal human rights because they violate freedom of speech and expression. They are correct.
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One thing banasy is not and that is a high-fashion model putting on a show. I like real people myself. Banasy is real. There are so many fakes here.
Thanks. Funnily enough, I did some modeling work back in my teens.
No, the bustle wasn't fashionable, then, before any jokes are made...lol.
Philip is dumb. He thinks the 12 victims in Paris was an inside job.
'twas an inside job. just like the burning of The Reichstag and 9/11. You are just dumb is all.
Notice they are always killed so that we cannot talk to them. Or ushered-off to a military prison where news reporters are not allowed access. Or in the case of OBL's many wives, sent to a compound in Saudi Arabia guarded by American soldiers of fortune. And never heard from concerning what OBL had to do with 9/11. You r stupid, Rupert. And need to start listening to old men instead of your own stupid ideas.
Hmm. Time for Phiip MC. "All By Myself" comes to mind.
All By Myself by Eric Carmen:
When I was young I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun, those days are gone
Living alone, I think of all the friends I've known
When I dial the telephone nobody's home
All by myself
Don't wanna be all by myself anymore
Hard to be sure, sometimes I feel so insecure
And love, so distant and obscure, remains the cure
All by myself
Don't wanna be all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna be all by myself anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live
Whoa, oh
Don't wanna live by myself
By myself anymore
By myself anymore
Oh
Read more: Glee – All By Myself Lyrics | MetroLyrics
...am waiting for Miss chrissy to get here and request a song. Since Donna won't.
Chrissy cannot access this particular blog, as it's too large for her phone to load. Due to the...well, you know.
Oh. So is she on a road less travelled?
She's been off and on. She's rather miffed that she can't access this one, though.
I answered you on the previous page; that's what I was doing while you were on this one.
he he. Making love WAS just for fun before imported NAZI BayerAG doctors brought AIDS to US.
LMAO. If I were a nationally syndicated radio host I would be dead by now.
...or at least under about 12 different federal gag orders.
But instead of picking my brain, u Americans throw little hissy fits at me.
Hmmm. Am thinking for an appropriate song that might mark a dead news blog...
Nope. No inside job. U dumb stupid ox.
You have zero proof of that so stfu.
Fun fact; Eric Carmen was the lead singer of The Raspberries before his solo career and "All By Myself."
They're biggest hit? "Go All The Way".
Then copy=paste the words to Go All The Way. ok?
Here you go:
THE RASPBERRIES
"Go All The Way"
I never knew how complete love could be
Till she kissed me and said
Baby, please, go all the way
It feels so right
Being with you here tonight
Please, go all the way
Just hold me close
Don't ever let me go
I couldn't say what I wanted to say
Till she whispered, I love you
So, please, go all the way
It feels so right
Being with you here tonight
Please, go all the way
Just hold me close
Don't ever let me go
[Instrumental Interlude]
Before her love
I was cruel and mean
I had a hole in the place
Where my heart should have been
But now I've changed
And it feels so strange
I come alive when she does
All those things to me
And she says
(Come on), come on
(Come on)
(Come on), come on
(Come on)
I need you (come on)
I love you (come on)
I need you (come on)
(Come on)
Please, go all the way
It feels so right
Being with you here tonight
Please, go all the way
Just hold me close
Don't ever let me go, oh, no
Thank you. My personal fave line is Before her love
I was cruel and mean
I had a hole in the place
...surely u understand why.
It's a good turn of phrase.
Sure, I understand why.
True love transcends, though.
What is truth. he he
Why do they shoot them instead of arrest them. Is obvious if u think about it.
Please read this amazing story of the most classified woman on planet earth. Thank you.
http://www.amazon.com/Classified-Woman-The-Sibel-Edmonds-Story/dp/0615602223
Sibel is an Iranian woman employed by the FBI tracking down the men both foreign and domestic who finance the crime of 9/11. She has not been "debunked". So give it a rest.
All right, I've had enough passive-agressive bs for tonight.
Rejoice.
I'm out of here.
Awe. I will miss you.
banasy has left the building. Party on!
we r hardly loving twords one another u know.
Let's liven this place up with some music. How about some Wildfire! he he
River's strong you can't,
Swim inside it we could
String some lights up the, hill beside it
Tonight the moon's so bright you could,
You could drive with your headlights out
'Cause a little bit of summer's what the whole year's all about
You look fine, fine, fine
Put your feet up next to mine
We can watch that water line get higher and higher
Say, say, say
Ain't it been some kind of day
You and me been catching on like a wildfire
Don't get up just to, get another you can
drink from mine, we can't, leave each other
We can dance with the dead
You can rest your head
On my shoulder if you want to get older with me
'Cause a little bit of summer makes a lot of history
You look fine, fine, fine
Put your feet up next to mine
We can watch that water line get higher and higher
Say, say, say
Ain't it been some kind of day
You and me been catching on like a wildfire
I got a rock from the river in my medicine bag
Magpie feather in his medicine bag
Say, say, say
Ain't it been some kind of day
You and me been catchin' on like a wildfire
Songwriters
JOHN MAYER, CHRISTOPHER BREAUX, JAMES RYAN WUIHUN HO
Read more: John Mayer – Wildfire Lyrics | MetroLyrics
If u know me it's a no-brainer my fave line is I got a rock from the river in my medicine bag
Magpie feather in his medicine bag. he he
In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds—the most classified woman in U.S. history—takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a stonewalling judiciary and finally, to the national security whistleblowers movement she spearheaded. Having lived under Middle East dictatorships, Edmonds knows firsthand what can happen when government is allowed to operate in secret. Hers is a sobering perspective that combines painful experience with a rallying cry for the public’s right to know and to hold the lawbreakers accountable. With U.S. citizens increasingly stripped of their rights in a calibrated media blackout, Edmonds’ story is a wake-up call for all Americans who, willingly or unwillingly, traded liberty for illusive security in the wake of 9/11.
A better version....
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down it's stall
In a blizzard he was lost
She ran callin' Wildfire
She ran callin' Wildfire
She ran callin' Wildfire
By the dark of the moon, I planted
But there came an early snow
There's been a hoot owl howling by my window now for six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know
And on Wildfire, we're both gonna go
We'll be riding Wildfire
We'll be riding Wildfire
We'll be riding Wildfire
On Wildfire, we're gonna ride
We're gonna leave sodbustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildfire
Songwriters
LORD, PETER/SMITH, V JEFFREY/HALL, DARYL F/ALLEN, SARA
Published by
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Read more: Michael Martin Murphy – Wildfire Lyrics | MetroLyrics
I hope Wildfire runs to Sibel D, Edmonds is what I hope. You?
Am thinking Sibel Edmonds will be riding a pony God bought for her.
almost 10pm here in God's Country Colorado. Hope you love Sibel Edmonds for what she has risked her life doing for you. Nighty night, everyone.
Here on the stage, the time has come
'Mid the strains of be my angel', of rockin' two four
Time may keep alive that old swan song
That we've been playing forever
Till the time may be right to say "Good-bye"
My voice is aching
I'm tongue-tied
And the sounds we are making are so old
Goodnight song, played so wrong
Blame the crowd, they screamed so loud so long
It's an honest day
Take the best of me and then the rest let go
In every situation where there's tireless rage
Step outside the cage and let the real fool show
I should have stayed 'round to break the ice
I thought about it once or twice
But nothing ever changes
Unless there's some pain
And our Goodnight song, played so wrong
Blame the crowd, they screamed so loud, so long
Goodnight song, played so wrong
Blame the crowd, they screamed so loud, so long
Songwriters
ORZABAL, ROLAND/GRIFFITHS, ALAN
Read more: Tears For Fears – Goodnight Song Lyrics | MetroLyrics
And so kiss my grits.
The sounds we are making are old? Get it?
Sibel Edmonds is the editor of Boiling Frogs Post and the founder- director of National Security Whistleblowers Coalition. She is the recipient of the 2006 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award. Ms. Edmonds worked as a language specialist for the FBI where she reported serious acts of security breaches and cover-ups, and for that she was retaliated against and ultimately fired. The court proceedings on her case were blocked by the assertion of State Secrets Privilege, and the U.S. Congress has been gagged and prevented from taking up or even discussing her case through retroactive classification issued by the Department of Justice. Ms. Edmonds has a MA in Public Policy from George Mason University, and a BA in Criminal Justice and Psychology from George Washington University
The American Civil Liberties Union has described Sibel as the most gagged person in American history. Do you not want to hear her out?
She speaks four languages fluently, btw. 🙂
... and she's such a lovely young lady too. Really cute by all standrds.
She's my most favorite woman in the world.
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