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They yearn for the mines. Educate them on prison colonies Australia.
Almost like religious extremism is bad in every case
I feel like any kind of extremism is bad, I mean, it's in the name unfortunately. Religious extremism is obviously no exception to that.
Democracy used to be an extremist position. Questioning the divine rule of kings in favor of letting the plebs vote?
Completely unthinkable
So, it's nuanced
Extremism is a subjective marker, and I hope you'd never learn that yourself (:
It is objectively true though that this person's autonomy was unlawfully disrupted for reasons inspired by herd mentality, magical thinking and egocentrism. That's before this kind of agenda being of it's own corporation with pipelines, money and supporters.
James, 16, screams as a pack of black-clad teenagers drag him to the ground and stomp on his head while an attacker films on his phone in Sydney's Strathfield Park.
the gang forces a different 16-year-old into a toilet block and repeatedly punches him while calling him a "f-----" and a "kaffir", or nonbeliever. Blood runs down his face as he begs, "I'll do anything."
kaffir means infidel / disbeliever
kaffir means infidel / disbelieverm
Kaffir is a racial slur in South Africa, as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffir_(racial_term)
Actually didn’t know its origin, before.
Not the best way to convince people your religion is the right one
Abrahamic religions dgaf about convincing non-believers as they perpetuate themselves through generational indoctrination.
It you kill all disbelievers, everyone (still alive) will be religious. Simple math.
Suddenly there is only one person left. You doubt yourself and slay the last infidel.
ISISrael strikes again