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| Tweet Topic Started: May 14 2010, 05:33 PM (1,353 Views) | |
| Newpianoplayer | May 14 2010, 05:33 PM Post #1 |
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Senior Carp
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In Houston ... Harwin Central Mall: The very first store that you come to when you walk from the lobby of the building into the shopping area Had this sign posted on their door. "The shop is run by Muslims. Feel free to share this with others." ![]() Imam Ali flew one of the planes into the twin towers. Nice huh? |
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| musicasacra | May 14 2010, 05:36 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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More on this http://www.snopes.com/rumors/photos/martyr.asp |
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| John D'Oh | May 14 2010, 06:01 PM Post #3 |
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The poor guy who runs this shop must have been mortified. |
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| ivorythumper | May 14 2010, 06:04 PM Post #4 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I am not impressed -- they are crassly and stupidly insensitive to the meaning of 9/11 for America. |
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| ivorythumper | May 14 2010, 06:05 PM Post #5 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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He must have been brain dead to have missed the import of that. |
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| John D'Oh | May 14 2010, 06:18 PM Post #6 |
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MAMIL
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Sad but true. Not all cultures are can be as sensitive as Texans are to those of other upbringings. |
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| Phlebas | May 15 2010, 03:57 AM Post #7 |
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You mean like Sikhs being attacked in Texas because they "look like Muslims"? |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| CHAS | May 15 2010, 04:03 AM Post #8 |
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LOL |
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| ivorythumper | May 15 2010, 08:46 AM Post #9 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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uhhh... that happens in New York a lot. September 11, 2001 * Manhattan, NY: Amrik Singh Chawla, a South Asian American (Sikh), is chased by a group of four men yelling “terrorist.” They chase him for four blocks. He is unharmed, but deeply shaken by the entire incident. * Richmond Hills, NY: A gurdwara is fired upon with rubber bullets. An arrest is made when the individual returns the following morning. * Richmond Hills, NY: Attar Singh Bhatia is severely injured and hospitalized when he is attacked with a baseball bat. * Richmond Hills, NY: Two Sikh Americans are attacked with a paint ball gun. The police arrest two men. September 12, 2001 * Brooklyn Heights, NY: A man drives past a small group of men and boys gathered at a Mosque for afternoon prayers and yells, “Murderers!” * Huntington, NY: A 75-year-old man who is drunk tries to run over a Pakistani woman in the parking lot of a shopping mall. The man then follows the woman into a store and threatens to kill her for “destroying my country,” the police report. * Long Island, NY: A man is arrested on suspicion of waving a pellet gun and shouting obscenities at a South Asian gas station worker in Ronkonkoma. September 13, 2001 * Brooklyn, NY: An Arab grocery storeowner is threatened with violence by his supplier. September 16, 2001 * Stony Brook, NY: Shots are fired at the home of an Indo-American, a graduate of Stanford University. No injuries are reported. November 18, 2001 * Palermo, NY: The Sikh Temple, Gobind Sadan USA, is severely damaged by an arson fire. |
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| Phlebas | May 15 2010, 10:08 AM Post #10 |
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When did I ever say people don't do stupid things in NY? |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| John D'Oh | May 15 2010, 11:03 AM Post #11 |
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I only singled out Texans for moronic behaviour because I didn't want to insult the whole of America due to my enormous cultural sensitivity. Watch and learn, ignorant foreigners! |
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| Piano*Dad | May 15 2010, 11:10 AM Post #12 |
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So, you fell for a rumor and didn't do any checking about who this "Imam Ali" character was. Nice. . . . . As a business person, this store owner qualifies for a Darwin Award. |
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| bachophile | May 15 2010, 12:03 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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just to show u that im a real middle eastern... i read the sign and thought, so what, they are shiites, they can close their store whenever they want, and then saw.... "Imam Ali flew one of the planes into the twin towers" and thought, naw couldnt be, all the september 11 guys were sunnis. |
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| Axtremus | May 15 2010, 01:44 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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