Hi Leoj,

In spite of Islam being the most feminist of all religions ever devised, what is there about it that is not to like for men ?

You can marry up to four women at a time, of any age as long as they've reached puberty, junk any one of them at any time, take the lion's share of their property, belt them 'as a last resort' if they displease you, require them to have sex whenever you want it, and demand that they obey you at all times. Any children from a marriage are yours, any babies still on the breast must be handed over and the mother can be pissed off when the baby is weaned.

What's not to like - provided of course that such men actually ARE complete bastards ?

Cheers,

Joe

Yes, one wonders how they can live with themselves.

Dear Is Mise,

I don't quite understand why you're carrying on about
Muslims, dogs, and taxis.

As I pointed out (and gave you links)-
there are laws concerning taxi drivers who refuse to
take guide dogs. They are fined if they don't comply.

The Taxi
Service Commission is very strict concerning what can
or can't be transported in a taxi. So what a Muslim
driver may or may not approve of is irrelevant. If they
don't comply according to the laws they will be fined.
How they feel about dogs is their business, but
if they are a taxi driver they will be forced to stick
to the rules whether they like it or not. Or they may
find themselves out of a job pretty quickly.

Just for interest's sake though the following link proves
that sometimes when things are closer to home, even Muslims
can be persuaded to change their minds about dogs.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fresh-thinking-helps-blind-muslims-tackle-dog-taboo-20110406-1d4ie.html

I'll be keeping a close count of Tony Jones' interruptions tonight, and how many of them are nothing more than diversions from what the speaker is trying to get across. What's the betting odds ?

Joe

Foxy,

The point is that these people were allowed into this country and now they want to change our culture.

That a taxi driver should even think to discriminate against a blind person is reprehensible enough but when he cites his religion as an excuse then that is well over the line.

That the authorities should then ask an Imam to intervene instead of applying the law is part of the ongoing problem with the Fifth Column that stupid politicians and their fellow travellers have unleashed on this country.

Australians of all persuasions worked hard to get rid of the laws that forbade mixed bathing, yet these ingrates come here and demand segregated bathing at swimming pools.

The list could go on.

Hi Is Mise,

Don't forget that, in the doctrines of many religions, not just Islam, there is an assumption that whatever somebody has been afflicted with, that is god's will, and/or they must have done something wrong in a previous life. Perhaps it's a feature of most religions as practised in pre-industrial times, a sort of fatalist notion that whatever god has wrought, he knows what he is doing, there must be a reason for all the misery and affliction in their lives.

After all, one hears of incidents in some un-named countries when somebody is hit by a car on the road, and allowed to just lay in mortal agony (at least, until some interfering Western tourist organises transport to a hospital).

So, perhaps in the view of many people, a disabled person gets what they deserve.

As for dogs, I have rarely met a dog I didn't like, so it doesn't look like I'll ever become a Muslim :(

Cheers,

Joe