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Comment on Americans need to speak up against anti-Muslim language and actions. by Ethics Bob

Ethics Bob — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:12:51 +0000

Jim, I’m glad you don’t believe hate is acceptable. but you’re wrong about “Muslim dominated nations.” Some, like Saudi Arabia, discriminate against non-Muslims and insist on orthodoxy among Muslims.

But it’s a matter of the Saudi government, not Islam. In Turkey and Indonesia, for example, Christians and Jews are free to practice their religions as they please, and Muslims are free to be observant or completely secular. I have visited Turkey many times, been driven around by Muslim women friends, drunk alcohol, and attended Sabbath services at several synagogues.

Your gripe is with a few despotic governments, not with Islam.

Comment on Americans need to speak up against anti-Muslim language and actions. by Georgie Porgie Puddin Pie

Georgie Porgie Puddin Pie — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:02:05 +0000

I am a Christian. I don’t believe it is acceptable to hate anyone. Even one’s enemies. Freedom of conscience and the right to select one’s religion should be a universal right. Sadly, it is not. Regardless of what CAIR promotes and says, the reality is, in Muslim dominated nations, oppression and persecution of anyone not believing EXACTLY as required is severe. You need look no further than these nations to know what Islam is about. It is exactly where Muslims intend America to go. Think EXACTLY as they do or get snuffed out…. I am not kidding and you all know what I mean. Look up Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s situation in Iran if you don’t believe me. Iran’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion. It’s all nothing but a window dressing for the rest of the world. Islam = oppression for the infidels…….

Comment on Pass the Dream Act, give Luis Luna and 300,000 like him a chance at citizenship. Obama and Gingrich favor, Romney opposes by Marco Rubio courageously and compassionately supports DREAM Act II « Ethics Bob

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:20:45 +0000

[...] at the VP spot on the Romney ticket. He just announced his sponsorship of a modified version of the DREAM Act, which would allow children of illegal immigrants to obtain legal status in the United [...]

Comment on Turks trust strangers, and the trust is repaid by Nobody ever loses a wallet in Turkey. It always gets returned « Ethics Bob

Nobody ever loses a wallet in Turkey. It always gets returned « Ethics Bob — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:07:55 +0000

[...] in order to return my wallet, which he had found in the men’s room at an Istanbul Starbucks. And here, about the Gaziantep cab driver who trusted us to call him for a return trip so we could pay him [...]

Comment on The supreme significance of Jackie Robinson by Sean Breslin

Sean Breslin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:17:51 +0000

And by “understate,” I mean “overstate.”

Comment on The supreme significance of Jackie Robinson by Sean Breslin

Sean Breslin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:16:48 +0000

I’m very happy MLB has devoted a day every year to Jackie Robinson…you can’t understate what he did for baseball.

Comment on NBC News fakes transcript of 911 tape to make Zimmerman appear racist. Its explanation? Mistakes were made by janpchapman

janpchapman — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:01:57 +0000

I don’t believe anything I hear or see about this case anymore.

Comment on NBC News fakes transcript of 911 tape to make Zimmerman appear racist. Its explanation? Mistakes were made by Jack Marshall

Jack Marshall — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:12:41 +0000

Vile is the perfect word.Good work making sure NBC doesn’t ride its colleague’s helpful apathy to safety here. This is where the “new media” is essential. (And, as ever, thanks for the thanks!)

Comment on Police: Zimmerman says Trayvon decked him with one blow then began hammering his head by Ethics Bob

Ethics Bob — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:28:07 +0000

Judith, glad to have you back, even if you’re shouting at me. I posted the Orlando Sentinel piece because it was the first piece about the story the police told. We know enough to say that had Zimmerman acted responsibly Martin would be alive. We also know about confirmation bias—I even wrote about it in The Ethics Challenge. And we’re pretty certain that had Zimmerman been black and Martin white, he’d be locked up.

But we don’t have enough information to convict. I hope the investigations underway will be conclusive. I also hope that hate mongers of the left and of the right don’t cause more violence in the meantime.

Comment on Nike’s unethical; Apple maybe not so much by Hooray for Apple CEO Tim Cook for seriously addressing labor issues in China. When will Nike follow suit? « Ethics Bob

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:11:05 +0000

[...] written before that Nike’s business practices are unethical, while Apple seems to be trying to do right by the [...]