Adding Tolls to Brooklyn Bridges?
Marty Markowitz was just on the Brian Lehrer show arguing against the Ravitch Commission’s proposal to add tolls to the three bridges in Brooklyn as well as the Queensboro Bridge as part of its solution to the MTA deficits. (Rosie Perez just called in agreeing with Marty too.) Are you in favor of adding the…
Marty Markowitz was just on the Brian Lehrer show arguing against the Ravitch Commission’s proposal to add tolls to the three bridges in Brooklyn as well as the Queensboro Bridge as part of its solution to the MTA deficits. (Rosie Perez just called in agreeing with Marty too.) Are you in favor of adding the tolls?
fsrg, please clarify…
What is their (form of) religion?
A form of religion that condones the killing of people because they are non-believers, or based solely on the location of their residence or office. A form that aggrandizes suicide bombings.
And since the motivations/justifications of the:
1st WTC Bombers;
9/11 Attackers;
Brooklyn Bridge Attacker;
Empire State Building Attacker;
are all well known – I think it is fair to say that the form of religion followed by the above perpetrators follows this form.
“What other religion has such an primitive attitude towards women?”
– It’s not the religion that has a primitive attitude, it’s the way man has misinterpreted the religion to justify oppression.
“Does any non-Islam nation condone public killing by stoning? What other religion considers it apostasy and a capital crime to covert from it”
Again, the religion of Islam DOES NOT condone killing. Yes, there are verses in the Koran referencing engaging your enemy in combat IF attacked.
CMU – with due respect, in both instinces above, the repression of women and stoning are cultural factors of the society and not based on religious belief.
Everybody, please learn about the religion before discussing it.
And no, I’m not Muslim…but I do know alot about the religion.
Merrill Lynch has come out today with a prediction of $25 oil in the near future. So much for work continuing on alternative fuels.
brg, of course not every Mid easterner hates the West, in fact the majority probably love the West. I don’t see how you can read that into the previous replies. It’s not even the hatred of the West that’s that problem, they have good reason to hate us.
It’s the intolerance of slights against their religion, the internal extremism and the primitive attitude towards women.
I’m surprised that a woman could be so tolerant of those so against their sex.
it’s amazing how far off topic some threads swing near the end of the day.
“And frankly, that is the most uneducated statement, anyone can say” (about “form of religion)
Well, I’m going to wade in here, as one who grew up in India (tentatively Hindu) but who can say that he knows a bit about Muslim extremism (and Hindu, but that’s another post.)
There’s a reason that extremism and intolerance is well nurtured in Islamic countries, and it’s not non-PC to acknowledge that. Which is not the same as saying the Islamic religion itself condones it. But the mind-set of Islamic countries does foster (almost encourages it.) What other religion has such an primitive attitude towards women? Does any non-Islam nation condone public killing by stoning? What other religion considers it apostasy and a capital crime to covert from it (technically Obama could be convicted of this, as mentioned in the famous NYT’s column by someone?) Other religions have had a similar past (Christianity and the crusades, etc) but have moved on. You can say it’s the poverty and backwardness of the adherents, but there’s still a level of virulence there that’s notable.
That said, Hindus in India can be almost as vicious. And, hopefully won’t be in retaliation for the Mumbai attacks.
There. OT enough?
fsrg, please clarify…
What is their (form of) religion?
fsrg,
“BRG – who ever said anything about “Islam”???? – I said “their (form of) religion”
‘their’ religion is Islam!!!!!
“All I said was that religious based hatred was a component in the Middle East’s hatred of the West.”
You’re generalizing here.
Not every Middle Easterner hates the West. Talk to some, you’d be surprised what you can learn.
Not sure if you’re generalizing that the religion is based on hatred…I’ll leave that alone.
Don’t be sorry for me…It seems I understand the Middle East and Islam alot better than you.
Wow, it’s amazing how fast the stroller card was yanked on this issue. I’m really not sure what having kids (or not) has to do with paying a toll on a bridge.