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[Superstar]

What a great day for World Peace, Syria has found out how to reduce the terrorist threat. Up to now 8000 less potential terrorists,

[Get Real!]

Had the West had any interest in world peace they would’ve spent just a FRACTION of what they waste on armaments, death and destruction, in health, education, and wellbeing worldwide… especially in the more deprived and downtrodden nations like Syria and many others.

Consult the good book for guidance…

“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
Matthew 7:17

[Superstar]

Had the West had any interest in world peace they would’ve spent just a FRACTION of what they waste on armaments, death and destruction, in health, education, and wellbeing worldwide… especially in the more deprived and downtrodden nations like Syria and many others.

Amazing how suckers like you defend despots who can afford military might yet can't look after their own people just like the nig nogs in Africa whose corrupt leaders receeve £Billions in aid and line their own pockets..

[Bananiot]

When you say Syria, you mean Assad, I presume, or whatever dictator is running the country.

[Cap]

Lets cut out the pretentious bu**shit.

Mark Steyn hits the nail on the head.

[Bananiot]

He does, doesn't he? I know of a person much bigger than him who entertained similar feelings.

[Get Real!]

Had the West had any interest in world peace they would’ve spent just a FRACTION of what they waste on armaments, death and destruction, in health, education, and wellbeing worldwide… especially in the more deprived and downtrodden nations like Syria and many others.

Amazing how suckers like you defend despots who can afford military might yet can't look after their own people just like the nig nogs in Africa whose corrupt leaders receeve £Billions in aid and line their own pockets..

Billions in aid or billions in armaments?

The problem with going after these “despots” is that you have to walk all over tens of thousands of civilians to get there… and in the end when the West has run out of foreign “despots” to pursue they’ll turn against each other… the arch-despots!

[Bananiot]

Really GR? Can a sociologist tell me if there is any scientific paper written on the habitual dwelling of most Cypriots against anything of western origin? Could it be that our eastern connections haunt us to a degree of turning us into the most moronic people in the world?

[Get Real!]

Really GR? Can a sociologist tell me if there is any scientific paper written on the habitual dwelling of most Cypriots against anything of western origin? Could it be that our eastern connections haunt us to a degree of turning us into the most moronic people in the world?

But mental retardation is not criminal Bananiot...

Just a little embarrassing…

[Schnauzer]

Lets cut out the pretentious bu**shit.

Mark Steyn hits the nail on the head.

I am more inclined to think that Mark Steyn 'Hits his Thumb' more often than he 'Hits the nail on the Head', particularly when he expounds the virtues of the 'Western Culture' and immediately homes in on the same 'Old Chestnuts' of comparison between the East and the West.

He advocates that those who wish to take up residence in the West, do so because they want to live in an 'Advanced Western Society' and substantiates that claim by indicating that a great many immigrants hail from such places as 'Yemen' etc.

He goes on to advance the proposition that the 'Reasons' for the desire to live in a Western society, are based on the premise that life will be better for them in terms of 'Opportunity','Prosperity','Development', 'Health Care' etc, etc, and ALL this may be quite true BUT, the immigrant is not made fully aware of the cost to his/her own 'Cultural Beliefs' upon taking up residence in the West.

Regardless of stating that 'Common Law' is a 'Superior System' of justice to 'Islamic Law' (and to we of the West THAT may be our opinion), it would seem to fall flat on it's face when the 'Cultural Aspects' of East and West are examined and the general behaviour of those who live under the 'Superior System' is put under the spotlight.

Admittedly there DOES seem to be much harshness in the application of 'Islamic Law' (according to we of the West) BUT, those who have grown with it and lived by it's directives, can hardly be expected to accept that they have 'Upgraded' when they observe the 'Decadence' that prevails in our 'Western Societies' and one SHOULD be able to recognize the reluctance of immigrants to integrate.

There is also the possibility that the 'Immigrant' may feel disposed to relish the disharmony that their presence may create in their new environment, after all, many of them are from lands which have been decimated by the military might of 'Western Culture' and furthermore, it may be quite distressing for them to sit and watch the destruction of their OWN country on the screens of the TV's in their 'Host' nation.

Back to 'Old Chestnuts'..... invariably the reference to the 'Rights of Women' are brought up whenever one wishes to decry 'Islamic Society' and it is quite a common practise to insult the 'Faith of Islam', such criticisms (and there are many more BUT), in 'Islamic Societies', one will not see young girls in a drunken stupour rolling about half naked in the gutters on Saturday (and other) nights, nor will you find 'Drug Wars' and 'No go areas' and YES, they DO have such problems in Canada (Toronto is notorious) so let us allow for a bit of 'Give and Take' before we sit in condemnation of other 'Cultures'.

As the man said, "We would not be allowed to take 'OUR Culture' to those Eastern nations", I should think NOT, I have travelled to many parts of the world and let me advise you, there is more 'Dignity' and Respect' to be found in the 'Jungles' of the world than you will find in 'Western Societies', such a pity that we are unable to educate our young and teach them that 'Freedom' does not mean 'Do as you please', even THAT small snippet of information might clean up the streets a little.

Congratulations to Mark Steyn for remembering that the words 'Pyjamas', 'Veranda' and 'Jodhpurs' were extracted from India, he forgot to mention that there was also a great deal of 'Gold' and other precious commodities extracted at the same time .

As to 'Hungarian Goulash' as a diversion from 'Ham and Rye' , it would appear that the man is in favour of 'Integration' and 'Multiculturalism', well, it is a great pity that he cannot persuade his 'Israeli' connections to adopt the same principles. (imho)