Afghanistan back under Taliban rule

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Originally Posted by Sumac

True, however, you can replace Islam with any other religion or ideology, which winds up people to 11 and the result will be the same.

Also, fanaticism and readiness to die for the fictional deities is not a sign of a healthy, rational or sound mind.

Guess we have at least one perspective on something in common after all.


Don't get me wrong, I'm not an anti-theist and don't have an issue with people holding onto their religions and/or chosen beliefs... IF they aren't using it to harm other people. But unfortunately it's too tempting for the wingnuts of the world to use religion to feel justified in doing so. It's also clearly too tempting and easy for theists to dismiss them and just wash their hands of those people as not a "true" whatever and not really one of their own and dismiss any need to do anything.

If missionaries can be eager to go out and try to convince people to join their religion, why aren't there those who actively work to reach out to and reign in those people who have taken it in a bad direction?? Try to reclaim people away from the Taliban (or extremist groups of other religions) and try to get them back on a better path? Not everyone could be "saved" but surely there are some, esp young people who got caught up in it.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

So you don't mean like the multiple BLM rio -- er, peaceful protesters on the left that ransacked and burned, like, many capitol buildings over the course of a whole year that was never considered a big deal and always just shrugged off as outliers? Oh, but the ONE TIME ever the "right" does anything even 1% as big, and has a few guys that are let into a capitol building and take a few selfies... that's totally different? Gtfo here.

And everyone knows what the "investigation" will be. It won't be an investigation at all because there's nothing left to investigate (and what there IS worth investigating, the left will doubtlessly leave those stones unturned). What it will be is just be the left drawing out January 9th or whatever until the next election cycle (or longer, they hope), to keep that in the public eye as long as possible. Because without Trump and without that... they really don't have any sort of platform at all.

So deflect away to other events and pretend that people bashing in windows and attacking police is equivalent to being let in to take selfies?

Please go on and show me where I've ever supported ANY government buildings being attacked by anyone in this nation anywhere. I'll wait. Because I haven't. (Or is it easier to yell "lib!" and run down a list of generalize assumptions your fave media outlets told you about liberals.) It is, and I'm pretty sure I've said it in the past, unacceptable and criminal no matter who is doing it. Though those states are not my own, but the nation's Capitol building impacts all of us, so pardon me for having an opinion on it.


Here's are a few pics of tour groups and the public visiting on a typical day. People let in to be shown around and take some selfies and other photos.

Spoiler:

Here's a few photos of what is NOT a normal visit by the public. Not a tour group. Not "let" in. Not just a few guys. Not just taking selfies.

Spoiler:

Plenty more worth sharing, including the noose set up for Pence, but only so many images allowed in a post.