another journalist beheaded

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psych,
Admirable as the defence of your point is you are trying to reason with people who advocate that the best way to deal with mass murderers and ethnic cleansers is to mass murder and ethnically cleanse them.

If you see the complexity and prefer to apply thought to the matter rather than plumping for childlike simplicity - kill them all, deport them all, stuck them all on an island - they call you a leftie, tree hugging, vegetarian hippie.

That's the level of their arguments.

Im 64 and one thing I've learned in my time theres as much point trying to reason with people like that as their is arguing with a springer spaniel.

[GFLower]

psych,
Admirable as the defence of your point is you are trying to reason with people who advocate that the best way to deal with mass murderers and ethnic cleansers is to mass murder and ethnically cleanse them.

If you see the complexity and prefer to apply thought to the matter rather than plumping for childlike simplicity - kill them all, deport them all, stuck them all on an island - they call you a leftie, tree hugging, vegetarian hippie.

That's the level of their arguments.

Im 64 and one thing I've learned in my time theres as much point trying to reason with people like that as their is arguing with a springer spaniel.

Brilliant post. Turnball Hutton et al take note.

[neilo]

psych,
Admirable as the defence of your point is you are trying to reason with people who advocate that the best way to deal with mass murderers and ethnic cleansers is to mass murder and ethnically cleanse them.

If you see the complexity and prefer to apply thought to the matter rather than plumping for childlike simplicity - kill them all, deport them all, stuck them all on an island - they call you a leftie, tree hugging, vegetarian hippie.

That's the level of their arguments.

Im 64 and one thing I've learned in my time theres as much point trying to reason with people like that as their is arguing with a springer spaniel.

Unfortunately as you spend too much of your time trying to oppose people with those types of views you end up becoming an apologist for extremism or at least take focus away from it. You're equally as much a part of the problem and you're an obstacle to finding a better way. If you can't see that at 64 then

[HB]

"Unfortunately as you spend too much of your time trying to oppose people with those types of views you end up becoming an apologist for extremism or at least take focus away from it. "
Actually I waste almost zero time "trying to oppose people with those types of views ". This can be clearly inferred from my note to psych.

"You're equally as much a part of the problem and you're an obstacle to finding a better way. "
Well I have to say I have never been called an obstacle to finding a better way in the battle against Islamic extremism before. Thanks Neilo. That really made me laugh. Are you an obstacle to finding a better way too or are you simply a better than those you pass judgement on. I presume you are much better otherwise you wouldn't be given that job

"If you can't see that at 64 then you never will."
No I guess not. Thanks for the lesson here.

[neilo]

[quote="HB"
Actually I waste almost zero time "trying to oppose people with those types of views ". This can be clearly inferred from my note to psych.

"You're equally as much a part of the problem and you're an obstacle to finding a better way. "
Well I have to say I have never been called an obstacle to finding a better way in the battle against Islamic extremism before. Thanks Neilo. That really made me laugh. Are you an obstacle to finding a better way too or are you simply a better than those you pass judgement on. I presume you are much better otherwise you wouldn't be given that job

"If you can't see that at 64 then you never will."
No I guess not. Thanks for the lesson here. [/quote]