200,000 strong Islamic Mob - "Hang Atheists"

What a thoughtful reply

unless you consider a Christian country to be a country run by Christian law (in which case asking people to provide one not run by Christian law is by definition impossible) then I think being overwhelmingly populated by Christians is as good a measure as any.

and no, they cannot be compared. which is why when they disagree with the government Americans protest, and Bangladeshis riot and call for hangings.

It is in Bangladesh though, a country which the world would not miss if it suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Give them facebook, sports, SKY tv, alcohol and pornography and they wouldn't give a **** about Islam.

Innocent indeed? If you say a person who goes around insulting another's beliefs to fulfill no purpose whatsoever but does it out of sheer spite and does it only to satisfy himself that he has the upper hand and that his 'freedom of speech' is not marred is not calling for trouble, then I suppose they were innocent and deserved no punishment.

Thank you. I always try to impress people over the Internet with mad debating skills without knowing what i'm talking about.

What's a riot as opposed to a protest?
A Christian country, in my opinion (since you did ask for it, indirectly), is one which is heavily populated with practicing Christians. The USA doesn't fit.

Does it irk you that a misunderstood people have an eloquent friend by their side, maestro? Also, it was 'presumptuous insect' and 'impudent rascal'; don't mix the one with the other (it doesn't have the same ring to it).

Dear me, you're as bad as that Fatihah guy, or whatever his name is. I'm going to spell this out for you, if you fail to understand after this, I'll not reply again as I have exam work to be doing.

Your contention is that if these Islamists could simply kill these Atheists themselves, they would have no reason to attempt to make the government change the law. Now, imagine a country where there was no rubbish collection, and I could take my own rubbish to a landfill. Could you think of a reason why I would still lobby the government to have some sort of refuse collection system? Obviously, the issue at hand is far more emotive for these Islamists, some have already taken the law into their own hands, but they wish to make blasphemy a crime. Another example, to really spell it out. Imagine rape was not illegal, sure we could go around and kill rapists, but do you not think we'd want rape made illegal aswell?

Gosh, your pertinacity is laughable. Why would one want to brand a crime a crime when it would be the same to him and to everybody else, one way or another, namely: that the culprit would be punished. And I'm sure Bangladeshis are acquainted with the inefficiency of their government, if so it may be called, to waste much time, money and muscle over something they know will yield nothing.

Gosh, your pertinacity is laughable. Why would one want to brand a crime a crime when it would be the same to him and to everybody else, one way or another, namely: that the culprit would be punished. And I'm sure Bangladeshis are acquainted with the inefficiency of their government, if so it may be called, to waste much time, money and muscle over something they know will yield nothing.

Apologies, I thought we were in a debate forum, a forum specifically set up for the purpose of debate. Silly me

"Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience"

So you honestly have no idea why one would want something branded a crime rather than deal with every instance of it them self?

Derp'ing hard bro

well I guess we may as well go legalize murder and rape then. we all know it is wrong, so why have the government recognize and punish it as such right?

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It is an honour and a privilege, sir. I would say that I have never heard moral obscenity and wrongheadedness expressed so delightfully, but I have after all read Carlyle on Mill.

Yeah, we are, i just like to keep this in mind



Takes me a while to remember it though.

Why indeed, when we have a perfectly capable group of miscreants to deal with all the rapists in the proper way (by killing them). That way justice would be served and by the correct people (the relatives). Besides, there's nothing to guarantee that the government will punish them to the satisfaction of those who are calling for the government to punish, now is there.

Why indeed, when we have a perfectly capable group of miscreants to deal with all the rapists in the proper way (by killing them). That way justice would be served and by the correct people (the relatives). Besides, there's nothing to guarantee that the government will punish them to the satisfaction of those who are calling for the government to punish, now is there.

None of that is an excuse for killing innocent atheists.

The political situation in Bangladesh is very complex. To be honest, most people who are actually being killed are the protestors. The police report that 27 have been killed by the police. The reality is likely to be much higher. (government imposed media blackout, no one knows for sure)

Religion is a very small dimension of the greater reason for these protests; a banner to unite more than anything else.

One thing that does surprise me is how the world is turning a blind eye to what the government is doing there. There is a very real chance of civil war breaking out here.

To those who argue it 'serves them right for wanting to kill atheists'. You are denying real issue considered problematic throughout humanity: corruption. How do you expect people to be 'educated' when the money for schools is siphoned by the political elite?

...I suppose it's better for this to be talked about since the media seems not to care, even if it was simply the OPs intention to simply divide people.

Again, this is no excuse for hanging innocent people. You are trying to defend murder - don't.

The fact that they are Muslims is not incidental to this. It is not a mob of people who just happen to be Muslims protesting and/or rioting about something unrelated. They were rioting in support of a greater incorporation of Islam into the country's law. That makes it appropriate to refer to it as an 'Islamic mob.'

Umm, this entire 200,000 strong protest was in the name of the Quran and implementing stricter Islamic law based on the Quran, so that doesn't really ring true I'm afraid.