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well said Aisha Send a noteboard - 03/03/2010 06:34:18 PM
Like Legolas posted below they feel a lack Christian values around here to the degree that they are offended by vulgar language in a book. I can't do anything but shake my head at such people. Not the point, though.

You were on board when it came to Legolas making fun of the US for its religious beliefs but you get offended when I point your country’s intolerance for people of other beliefs. Running people out of the country is in no way the same as genocide but your comments leads me to believe you support some level of intolerance for other belief systems.


So? Mine was hardly a comment about the US. You brought up a point in history that has no place in this discussion. You can point out current flaws all you want, but add with "a history of..." and we have a huge problem. I am not taking crap for the past.


I hate it when people bring up Hitler to make Germans feel bad or look bad, or Mussolini for the Italians, it is the past of your country and you and your parents probably werent even alive then, so its bullshit when people bring it up as if you voted for Hitler or had anything to do with the Holocoust.

Legolas already said everything else that had to be said to the fact that an American made that statement.
Aisha - formerly known as randschicka
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Looks like a win-win situation to me. - 02/03/2010 11:01:22 PM 759 Views
Exactly - 03/03/2010 08:54:10 AM 716 Views
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Germany does have a history of getting rid of people it doesn't like *NM* - 03/03/2010 02:08:37 PM 470 Views
Yawn. At least beckstcw was joking when he invoked Godwin's law below. I hope. *NM* - 03/03/2010 02:10:18 PM 387 Views
That is a load of crap - 03/03/2010 02:53:02 PM 469 Views
uhm, how would Germany be offending the US? - 03/03/2010 02:56:52 PM 433 Views
I meant in general not in this specfic case - 03/03/2010 02:59:01 PM 384 Views
ahh mk *NM* - 03/03/2010 03:09:39 PM 416 Views
Um. - 03/03/2010 02:57:53 PM 314 Views
But our religious beliefs and belief in allowing religious freedom is fair game? - 03/03/2010 03:09:48 PM 324 Views
Yes? - 03/03/2010 03:40:30 PM 302 Views
If you made fun of the Native Americans I would be offended - 03/03/2010 03:46:05 PM 545 Views
It's actually quite the opposite. - 03/03/2010 03:57:19 PM 521 Views
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exactly. - 03/03/2010 03:56:11 PM 435 Views
Yes, because I won't miss them much. - 03/03/2010 03:55:29 PM 521 Views
well said - 03/03/2010 06:34:18 PM 511 Views
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Re: Homeschooling: German Family Gets Political Asylum in U.S. - 03/03/2010 01:09:23 AM 894 Views
The socialization thing is mostly garbage - 03/03/2010 02:32:19 AM 767 Views
Yep, exactly. - 03/03/2010 02:41:14 AM 560 Views
Re: Yep, exactly. - 03/03/2010 03:12:48 AM 538 Views
Re: Yep, exactly. - 03/03/2010 03:34:33 AM 789 Views
Re: Yep, exactly. - 03/03/2010 04:34:30 AM 777 Views
*shrugs* I said it was anecdotal. I have no hard figures, only experiences. - 03/03/2010 03:28:29 AM 534 Views
The operative word IS mostly - 03/03/2010 04:33:20 AM 730 Views
'Mostly' is all that matters - 03/03/2010 05:46:01 AM 771 Views
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cats aren't pack or herd animals - 03/03/2010 06:53:02 AM 677 Views
Something of an inside joke, sorry - 03/03/2010 07:41:50 AM 722 Views
I'm a homeschooling parent. - 03/03/2010 07:09:03 PM 705 Views
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to jump on the "I was homeschooled and I have social skills" bandwagon... - 03/03/2010 06:27:05 AM 1090 Views
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Re: please do not get me started on statistis. - 03/03/2010 07:28:41 AM 682 Views
you missed my point. - 03/03/2010 01:10:26 PM 699 Views
You seem to be ignoring the matter of qualified teachers. - 03/03/2010 01:29:01 PM 662 Views
Your comments on public school educations have rather limited relevance to other countries, though. - 03/03/2010 09:53:30 AM 759 Views
+ ^ *NM* - 03/03/2010 01:11:04 PM 386 Views
While I support homeschooling, this is ridiculous. - 03/03/2010 04:48:40 AM 814 Views
Meh. - 03/03/2010 05:20:50 AM 740 Views
one year in a public school - 03/03/2010 05:32:13 AM 791 Views
Re: one year in a public school - 03/03/2010 05:58:48 AM 562 Views
No, I think i will nitpick. - 03/03/2010 06:11:44 AM 692 Views
This is getting off track and wasting time. - 03/03/2010 06:26:36 AM 728 Views
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we haven't heard anything about their beliefs for me to think they're stupid. - 03/03/2010 02:54:25 PM 733 Views
According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung... - 03/03/2010 03:38:13 PM 653 Views
they don't have private christian schools in germany? - 03/03/2010 03:54:07 PM 610 Views
Not many, I dare say, but a few probably. *NM* - 03/03/2010 03:59:11 PM 411 Views
Say what? - 03/03/2010 09:38:40 AM 601 Views
Being able raise your kids by your beliefs is a frivolous matter? - 03/03/2010 03:21:23 PM 537 Views
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figured that. - 03/03/2010 03:58:57 PM 636 Views
I think that would fly in very face of political assylum - 03/03/2010 04:12:48 PM 703 Views
Yes, but they did not need political asylum. - 03/03/2010 04:28:16 PM 717 Views
how is that different then other political refuges we allow in? - 03/03/2010 04:55:14 PM 629 Views
I believe Legolas linked an article - 03/03/2010 04:57:09 PM 610 Views
I never saw the link - 03/03/2010 05:08:21 PM 523 Views
I'm not sure if they offered "formal" assurances or some such - 03/03/2010 05:21:54 PM 447 Views
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no we don't. - 03/03/2010 04:50:31 PM 493 Views
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we probably would all be better off... - 03/03/2010 07:27:28 PM 639 Views
good because Texas is taken - 03/03/2010 07:47:46 PM 643 Views
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there are far worse faults for a country to have *NM* - 03/03/2010 05:14:11 AM 383 Views
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Re: socialising. - 03/03/2010 06:13:49 PM 754 Views
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*agree* - 03/03/2010 07:41:56 PM 754 Views
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Re: probably more likely - 04/03/2010 12:19:37 AM 762 Views
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Again, I'm not saying it applies to everyone - 03/03/2010 11:51:17 PM 529 Views
Re: Again, I'm not saying it applies to everyone - 04/03/2010 12:16:29 AM 766 Views
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Yes, I mentioned this in my reply to Tom, see below... - 04/03/2010 12:19:42 AM 657 Views
Fair enough - 04/03/2010 12:21:41 AM 571 Views
Re: Fair enough - 04/03/2010 12:37:06 AM 982 Views
Re: Fair enough - 04/03/2010 09:39:38 AM 687 Views
Umm Massachusetts did have slavery in 1717 - 03/03/2010 02:55:25 PM 619 Views
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I think it is incumbent on the state to show that kids are being in some way harmed - 03/03/2010 06:07:13 PM 721 Views
Interesting - 03/03/2010 06:25:43 PM 826 Views
I never said there should be no limits on what parents should be able to do - 03/03/2010 06:38:53 PM 774 Views
What you said was: - 03/03/2010 06:51:26 PM 762 Views
I think it's safe to say teaching your kids to be little sociopaths qualifies as harm. - 03/03/2010 09:17:48 PM 544 Views
I think so too - 03/03/2010 10:46:41 PM 774 Views
Yes they do. Provided... - 03/03/2010 07:04:46 PM 646 Views
One of the reasons... - 03/03/2010 07:40:54 PM 728 Views
that is fair enough - 03/03/2010 07:51:31 PM 613 Views
Hmmph. Inappropriate action on the part of the judge who allowed them to stay. - 03/03/2010 06:22:08 PM 668 Views
I agree completely with this. *NM* - 03/03/2010 06:42:01 PM 411 Views
agree. *NM* - 03/03/2010 06:49:01 PM 273 Views
You just skip the part where they have to show they are being persecuted - 03/03/2010 06:54:20 PM 792 Views
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officers will track down kids ditching school here. - 03/03/2010 07:17:57 PM 813 Views
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Agrees - 03/03/2010 06:54:59 PM 633 Views
New Cosmic Powers of the admins - 03/03/2010 06:52:57 PM 549 Views
It is the Power of the Ben™ *NM* - 03/03/2010 08:48:11 PM 402 Views
*walks in, looks around* - 03/03/2010 07:52:09 PM 740 Views
Re: *walks in, looks around* - 03/03/2010 09:25:46 PM 511 Views
What, no defending Germany today? *NM* - 03/03/2010 10:03:01 PM 408 Views
Even I need a day off *NM* - 04/03/2010 01:02:17 AM 395 Views
Re: *walks in, looks around* - 03/03/2010 10:33:24 PM 562 Views
Interesting - 03/03/2010 11:02:27 PM 742 Views
Am I recalling correctly that you know some German? - 03/03/2010 11:07:00 PM 694 Views
Sorry, nope. - 04/03/2010 09:14:49 PM 491 Views
Oh. Ah well. - 04/03/2010 09:23:11 PM 660 Views
One thing all of us homeschooled kids are missing is... - 04/03/2010 01:53:22 AM 619 Views