Given nobody learns the lessons of history, I fear this endless, mindless slaughter will continue, at least until all the warring factions have earned a martyr's place in paradise, with all those vestal virgins!
Sorry guys, I guess they never ever did tell you?
Spirit beings never get to have sex! Let alone with numerous partners! Just passing through!
Ha, Ha, he, he, ho, ho, oh my aching ribs!
What shall we do with the vestal virgin, what shall we do with the vestal virgin, early in the morning?
Put her in the scuppers put her till she rises, put her in the scuppers, till she rises, put her in the scuppers till she rises, early in the morning!
You can see, and indeed, remain endlessly aroused; but, Ha, ha, he, he, you can't ever touch!
Oh eternal hell!
Ha, ha, ha, he, he, ho, ho! Stop it!
Rhrosty.

Rhosty,

Yeah, who said Allah didn't have a wicked sense of humour ?

Question: would jihadis want to martyr themselves, in spite of knowing that there are no virgins at all waiting for it up there just for him, only eternal, unremitting praise for Allah ?

Would he do it just for Allah ?

Joe

The addition of this article to OLO is a welcome sight and gives the OLO Readership a refreshing change from the never-ending, silly, one-eyed, bigoted Singer propaganda.

Onya, Graham!

Now guys I guess you will laugh just as hard at the notion god allocates land titles and maintains women and children are chattels and are not to be stolen.

Hey now that I find really stupid.

Pressure is mounting on Israel.
This looks like it will continue to increase
as world opinion becomes more vocal -
including from Holocaust survivors:

http://newmatilda.com/2014/08/25/300-holocaust-families-sign-letter-protest-israels-war-gaza

Foxy darling;
Your points are very well made!
However, Israel is only half the problem.
It still takes two to tango/disagree or have a fight honey.
The peace process, is simply not assisted by daily rockets and the inevitable reprisals.
Personally, I rather see those reprisals limited to the sort of sharp surgical operations against senior Hamas officials, like that that eliminated Bin Laden; and with the least possible "collateral" damage!
At the end of the day, war only ever produces losers!
And if you wanted to create a hell right here on earth, it would be hard to conceive anything more hellish than a Hamas controlled Gaza! No ifs, buts or maybes!
What sort of kids will be created/damaged by that environment?
Poor little buggers!
Rhrosty.