Happiness!

[Alpha]

I completely agree. Its not fair, too right you are. Noone ought be treated that way. What im reffering to is that the religion itself ought not be exempt from the critisism it so rightly deserves for the afformentioned passages which are only a few excerpts of how little women are viewed in that culture/religion.

I know I've bagged feminism in the past, but here is a cause for where it is sorely needed. The problem is people are too afraid to comment on anything religious out of fear of ridicule or social taboo. If I need to be that voice of unpopular opinion id gladly do it, even if in the name of feminism.

Please refer:



TL ; DListen: Don't lump 1 billion+ people into your imagined bogey man.

My opinion on that issue: I like to wear underwear to keep my dangly bits less dangly. Particular Muslim women like to wear particular items of clothing. Provided everyone is free to choose their religion or lack thereof, no one is being opressed by wearing a particular piece of clothing.

My opinion on that video: Beautiful. Imagine if instead of Australia in 2014 and Muslims, it was 1930s Germany and Jews. I'm glad that we as a species have come far enough to respect difference so openly.

Also: Rowan, before you go cherry-picking verses from the Quran, I hope you also understand what the Hadith are, the general process of Islamic scholarship, etc. Fact: culture is far more of a determinant of the treatment of women than is Islam in Muslim-majority countries. Turkey has had multiple female heads of state, for example. Lumping together women from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia is absurd.

[Clint]

Provided everyone is free to choose their religion or lack thereof, no one is being oppressed by wearing a particular piece of clothing.

More often than not, people don't choose their religion. They're born into it. Most religions in general choose men over women. In Catholicism, for example, men can be priests but women can't based on some ridiculous notion that women are unworthy, because Eve ate some fruit from a tree this one time, which apparently expresses that a healthy diet is sinful, but I digress. In an instance where one is born into a particular religion, and does not choose it, people are oppressed into wearing particular pieces of clothing.

I also agree with Rowan that a religion as corrupt, immoral, and illogical as Islam shouldn't be exempt from criticism simply because some of its members are unstable extremists, though I would honestly say the exact same thing about every major religion. The fact that people outside of the Muslim religion get death threats for the simple mention of Muhammad is completely absurd, especially considering there is little if no threat of violence when Jesus Christ is blasphemed.

Not to mention that radical Islam is considerably more dangerous than, say, radical Catholicism. I'd rather come face to face with the Westboro Baptist Church than ISIS or al Qaeda.

Also, I saw the Wesboro Baptist Church a few years ago protesting the funeral of Joe Biden's mother, and I flipped them off. That made me happy.

[Rowan]

hmmm. So you're saying the problem is with the culture of a country, not with the religion its based its cultural beliefs from. Ill never change the way I feel about religion, but I guess I can understand your point here, I'd not considered that before. Fair enough. but having said this, are you trying to tell me that religion plays absolutley no part in the horrors of recent and historical events?

[Crescent]

The Evil Within release and Halloween party costume shopping. Thinkin Scorpion, white contacts n all.

[noxious.sunshine]

This happened on Saturday.

X Japan. Live. Madison Square Garden.

I'm totally cool with dying now. Cuz that was the greatest thing ever.

[Crescent]

..as Harley Quinn?! Perfect. Fkng loved her in The Wolf of Wall Street.

[Incognitus]

..as Harley Quinn?! Perfect. Fkng loved her in The Wolf of Wall Street.

When I heard that she was cast to play Harley Quinn, I thought it was a PERFECT casting choice. Perfect.

Jared Leto as the Joker? Not so much.

[Odin1199]

Who's that babe in your avatar Crescent?

[Rocky]

anyone else here gay

[GoldieRPBoslem]

Releasing our book made us happy! And if you like final fantasy it might make you happy too, for cheap!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00P...=AC_SY200_QL40

[Crescent]

@odin Taylor Marie Hill. A real life Aerith.


D&Ms with my friends n music after work always makes me happy<3

[Odin1199]

I like.

[Rowan]

bauklötze - Mika Kobayashi



Its sung in german by a japanese woman. The german language can be beautiful.

[Crescent]

Lotsa happiness n rest today after a hectic wk:

- Friends linking this to my fb wall. Frieza saga is my favourite.
- laying at the beach with friends as I write up this post
- Shopping afterwards
- Dinner and dessert tonight<3

[Crescent]

#RealHorsesDontRunIntoTreesVeryOften #AMEN #vault<3 #epona #3:50Horseeeeees #starfox

[SuperSabin]

Thanks for sharing that cresent, I saw the youtube video when it was posted, I am totally down for the new zelda. Love the gameplay, but I really wish they gave us a tidbit on the story, as much as I love exploration in video games, I do like to know what is going on. Other than that, I'm excited, and I really dig that slow mo in the air arrow shooting. Vanquish had an awesome similar feature where you jump out of cover and do a slow-mo shooting of your target.

[Cyanist]

Well, I've survived another semester, and despite having taken on more than I thought I could chew, managed all A's on my final exams (phew) I didn't even need to resort to extra credit. One of my professors said I was a meticulous person, and another one called me a genius, (what an odd thing to call a person?) both were technical courses, so that makes me pretty happy. I used to be complimented for my brains regularly before my dad died, so that was like a weird reawakening of sorts... "yeah, there's three opinions now, it can't be wrong!"

I also helped my mom pay off all her taxes last year, which was bothering us quite a bit. Victory!

And I've returned here, so, I'd say that's a pretty good run for me.

[Crescent]

**LAST 20 SECONDS**

I squealed. Assuming he's playable like in DMC3 SE.

That's my christmas present done.