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steveinaz
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edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2006
    It is sad......but that's also the first word I thought of when I saw it :rolleyes:
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2006
    The stupidity of man knows no bounds.
    If...
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited January 2006
    Let God sort them out.

    Or Alla or whatever.
    Happens all the time over there and they never learn.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited January 2006
    yeah, it happened every other year, it seems. They should have a moving escalators by now, if OSHA was involved.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited January 2006
    Heaven forbid that anyone exercise a little common sense!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2006
    You guys are way off track on this one. I saw a documentary a few years ago on the history channel where they explained this stampede theory. There really isn't much that can be done. Apparently when a large mass moves into a smaller area this starts happening and there is no way to get it stopped. The documentary used some old war example. I wish I could remember the battle... Anyway, most of the soldiers were killed before they got to the enemy.
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited January 2006
    Perhaps they would be smart enough by now to widen the road or add another bridge.
    Anything would be better than letting people die every year.
    They should take some of that oil money they hoard and move the stones to a nice arena somwhere. They could have bathrooms and a couple of snack bars.
    Curry on a stick anyone?
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2006
    345 people trampled to death in the name of religion?

    Now who, exactly, is off base? It's MORONIC, IDIOTIC, and plain lunacy in my book. Sadly, a part of that culture; I know, I was there.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited January 2006
    steveinaz wrote:
    345 people trampled to death in the name of religion?

    Now who, exactly, is off base? It's MORONIC, IDIOTIC, and plain lunacy in my book. Sadly, a part of that culture; I know, I was there.

    amen. :D
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited January 2006
    My supervisor is currently there for his prayers. Even though the guy is a jerk, I hope he's not amongst those who was trampled or hurt.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2006
    Danny Tse wrote:
    My supervisor is currently there for his prayers. Even though the guy is a jerk, I hope he's not amongst those who was trampled or hurt.

    don't lie. ;)
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    PolkThug wrote:
    don't lie. ;)

    ROFL
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    edited January 2006
    Danny Tse wrote:
    My supervisor is currently there for his prayers. Even though the guy is a jerk, I hope he's not amongst those who was trampled or hurt.

    He may have been one of the lucky ones who got a chance to cast some pebbles at the three pillars to cast the demons out of his soul. He may come back a changed person. Or not. ;)
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited January 2006
    That is idiotic.

    Well look at it this way, at least they get their virgins now.
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    edited January 2006
    [Homer voice] mmmmmmm virrrrrrgins
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    edited January 2006
    steveinaz wrote:
    345 people trampled to death in the name of religion?

    Now who, exactly, is off base? It's MORONIC, IDIOTIC, and plain lunacy in my book. Sadly, a part of that culture; I know, I was there.
    More people than you can count have died in the name of religion, look at the Spanish inquisition or the Crusades for that matter. stupidity spans across all cultures and is not exclusive to the Moslems or any other particular religious group. thanks ....WCW III
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  • MacLeod
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    edited January 2006
    Yeah but I guarantee you if it were possible to tally all the dead that muslims would have the most blood on their hands. And the Crusades were in retalliation to muslim attacks, not just a bunch of Christians deciding to go kill a bunch of people.
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  • Maurice
    Maurice Posts: 517
    edited January 2006
    Hmmmm. I dont get it. Death for virgins. :confused:
    That price is higher than giraffe ****. :eek:
    Everytime I think I'm out, THEY PULL ME BACK IN!!!!!!

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  • audiobliss
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    edited January 2006
    I would have to agree that Muslims would have the most' blood on their hands' as you put it. That's the way they spread their religion: the sword.
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  • Skynut
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    edited January 2006
    The sword is mightier than the truth.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Not like it's the first time either.
    "...has seen deadly stampedes in the past, including one in 1990 that killed 1,426 people..."
    More later,
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  • Danny Tse
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    edited January 2006
    Emlyn wrote:
    He may have been one of the lucky ones who got a chance to cast some pebbles at the three pillars to cast the demons out of his soul. He may come back a changed person. Or not. ;)

    If he survives, most likely he will give us a Powerpoint presentation about his adventures there during the next department meeting. ;)
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited January 2006
    1426 in 1990, 244 in 2004, 345 in 2006.

    And we think that democracy will bring common sense to this region? They need democracy less than we need a very tall, very long wall.........................its evident that they don't have the ability to learn.

    At least our pilgrims eventually became Americans.
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  • nesticle
    nesticle Posts: 86
    edited January 2006
    75% off all Polk Audio products today only at Circuit City!

    *watches all the board members trample each other in the stampede to their nearest CC*
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  • Maurice
    Maurice Posts: 517
    edited January 2006
    good one :p
    Everytime I think I'm out, THEY PULL ME BACK IN!!!!!!

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    I can hardly wait to hear Pat Robertson's take on this one. :rolleyes:
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    ROFL... Excellent, Mike...
    More later,
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited January 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    Yeah but I guarantee you if it were possible to tally all the dead that muslims would have the most blood on their hands.

    Nobody knows that for sure, just like no one knows for a fact that Christianity can claim the same. But I think it's safe to assume that more have died throughout history at the hands of organized religion regardless of sect.
    MacLeod wrote:
    And the Crusades were in retalliation to muslim attacks, not just a bunch of Christians deciding to go kill a bunch of people.

    The 1st Crusade of the East and the re-taking of Jerusalem applies here somewhat, but still there's more to it.

    Clairvaux- a french theologian later confirmed as a saint started the 2nd crusade. He was a big-time opponent to the Renaissance that was happening at the time and believed that through "Gods Will" overtaking the other worlds religions and replacing them with Christianity would bring good back to the world.

    Crusades 3-9 were originated from the aggression of Popes & other religious leaders and acted out through their political counterparts: the European Kings and Emperors. Granted they were all less radical than Clairvaux, but they too felt it was "gods will" to sack the holy land via way of The Nile through Egypt under the flag of religious unification. :)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2006
    There's a BIG difference between Muslims and Arab Muslims, ask any Turk.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2006
    I love how people compare current Muslim escapades to the Crusades. The Christian Crusades happened almost A THOUSAND YEARS AGO! Society has changed a bit since then, one would hope.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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