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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/4351672/French-cartoonist-Sine-on-trial-on-charges-of-anti-Semitism-over-Sarkozy-jibe.html

This whole freedom of expression farce, please correct me if Im wrong, but didnt France ban pro Palestine demos during the summer? And can you get away with anti semitism over there? Where does freedom of expression go in these situations?

It stems out of the common misconception that evolution means we were once monkeys. Get past that and there are verses in the Quran that actually point towards evolution. As far as the majority of scholars or teaching goes though, aye, most consider it outright scandalous. So Im not surprised you met this view. Delving into science or how the Quran interacts with it is not really encouraged. Which is still no excuse for people not doing some research for themselves.

They've been at the centre of sectarian violence all across the middle east and the sub continent. Its not just Western leaders. Authorities here are quick to blame Indian or Israeli agencies when something goes wrong yet noone speaks about Saudi links to militant groups that are well documented. Because the Sheikhs are more than happy to get out the cheque book every now and then. Saudi Arabia right now is an absolute cancer, at least to this region of the world.

Aye. I dont think there's even a proper solution now, damage limitation perhaps but this crap has gone on for too long now and dug itself deep into the ground. I still dont get why some people see this as 'Islam' versus the 'West' though. These groups have been killing muslims indiscriminately in many countries. They're not elected representatives of muslims. Pakistan for instance has now been using military force against them for years, and the fact we've often done it at the behest of the US has only fuelled the attacks we've had to deal with. Mind you, that little bit was a massive fuck up on our part, taking funds from one terrorist for promising to bomb another, cant end well can it?

Thats class. This is one of the things I admire about the west. If you cant get together and send out a message when something like this happens, you're screwed. 50 000 dead here over the last decade or so and nobody's really fussed.

I think this might explain to a great extent: https://m.facebook.com/GeorgeGallowayMP/posts/10152998504250797

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I was kidding, kind of

Friedel? American accent on a football show just seems unnatural.

That reaction is what they want.

Absolutely horrific, disgraceful stuff.

Good to know

Is the guy who write that even a proper journalist? Its the sort of clueless rant you come across on Facebook etc.

Ticks. Tick.

To add something a bit more encouraging here. About a year ago a 16 year old died defending his school from suicide bombers, saving God knows how many lives. Proper hero

Think that about sums up his time here perfectly

Havent really followed the la liga recently so found this interesting http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2320696-lionel-messis-barcelona-issues-more-complex-than-a-simple-manager-feud?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-UK

Good thing I dont get the BBC then. Still have a pretty awesome image of Big Al in my head Is he that bad as a pundit generally?

I agree with that. The point Fish has been trying to make recently. Most of all in my opinion, for anyone ambitious, the thought of breaking our trophy draught and going down in history should be pretty appealing. If Swansea and Wigan can do it, it should be possible for us even on Ashley's budget. But thats not what I was going on about, it was more to do with the timing. Pardew gone, and at long last some of the fans are daring to hope someone decent comes in and perhaps we can dare to look ahead in God knows how long. What do we do? Sell (allegedly) our best player, again. So much for daring to hope. Loyal to managers as in Pardew's case? Yeah, as long as he sucks up to Ashley and plays along with his idea of what we should be doing as a club. The kind of people that'd be willing to do that aren't going to be talented or ambitious so Im not seeing that as a factor in attracting someone decent.

Potential new managers will really be lining up now

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Yes. Which is why I said 'enjoyed' not necessarily better