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talkpoliticsLooks like a camel, thinks like a camel, and might even smell like one...
Behold! The amazing insight about the intricate workings of the universe... of a towel-wearing know-it-all, who's been so rarely kind to deign his wisdom upon the deluded infidels.
Watch: Saudi cleric tells students 'Earth does not rotate'
"Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari, a Saudi cleric, mocked on social media for claims about Earth's rotation made at lecture on anniversary of Galileo's birth."
But don't take my word for it:
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First off, I hear a bunch of adventurous folks have now signed up for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to become the first pioneers to blaze the trail to our red neighbor before they go crazy from their indefinite self-imposed seclusion in the middle of the hostile frozen desert millions of miles from home with no hope of return. While I wish them good luck in that insane yet noble undertaking, I'd hereby like to propose that the honorable Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari be sent to Mars along with them. It's a win-win solution, if you think about it: 1) Perhaps, if he looks back to Earth through the window of the rapidly departing spacecraft, he'll be able to check for himself, and establish once and for all if our world rotates or not; and 2) Well, like I said, it's a one-way trip, so... there.
Mind you, to any Medieval cretin who believes in a magic moon god called Allah, Yahweh or whatever, this might as well sound like unbreakable logic. I've heard we oughtta be tolerant even to the extremest manifestations of stupidity, even when it takes such absurd proportions - after all, it must've been something in the water or his mother's milk, so this guy probably isn't to blame that the neurons in his frontal cortex are not making links the way they're supposed to.
Next week's fundie lesson: How fireflies carry the Internet signal around the world. Followed by a brief introduction to how the food we eat travels down into our legs and feet to add enough weight to our bodies to stop us from flying off into outer space (because, you know, gravity is just another secularist Zionist hoax).
Really. 2000-odd years in observation, education, experimentation and comprehension blown away by this genius with the ease of an exploding bomb-belt. Might as well prompt you to resign from this world and want to join those wackos on their one-way trip to Mars (I'm sure the experience will be way better than a week at Florida Keys). But before you jump in on this neat bandwagon that I've just crafted for ya and join me in taking a few more cheap shots at "teh stoopid Muslins", might I remind you of Bill "Tide Comes In, Tide Goes Out, You Can't Explain That" O'Reilly, and of the fact that he's actually not just an isolated case, but rather speaks on behalf of a whole segment of society.
Now where's my Martian backpack please?
Behold! The amazing insight about the intricate workings of the universe... of a towel-wearing know-it-all, who's been so rarely kind to deign his wisdom upon the deluded infidels.
Watch: Saudi cleric tells students 'Earth does not rotate'
"Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari, a Saudi cleric, mocked on social media for claims about Earth's rotation made at lecture on anniversary of Galileo's birth."
But don't take my word for it:
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First off, I hear a bunch of adventurous folks have now signed up for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to become the first pioneers to blaze the trail to our red neighbor before they go crazy from their indefinite self-imposed seclusion in the middle of the hostile frozen desert millions of miles from home with no hope of return. While I wish them good luck in that insane yet noble undertaking, I'd hereby like to propose that the honorable Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari be sent to Mars along with them. It's a win-win solution, if you think about it: 1) Perhaps, if he looks back to Earth through the window of the rapidly departing spacecraft, he'll be able to check for himself, and establish once and for all if our world rotates or not; and 2) Well, like I said, it's a one-way trip, so... there.
Mind you, to any Medieval cretin who believes in a magic moon god called Allah, Yahweh or whatever, this might as well sound like unbreakable logic. I've heard we oughtta be tolerant even to the extremest manifestations of stupidity, even when it takes such absurd proportions - after all, it must've been something in the water or his mother's milk, so this guy probably isn't to blame that the neurons in his frontal cortex are not making links the way they're supposed to.
Next week's fundie lesson: How fireflies carry the Internet signal around the world. Followed by a brief introduction to how the food we eat travels down into our legs and feet to add enough weight to our bodies to stop us from flying off into outer space (because, you know, gravity is just another secularist Zionist hoax).
Really. 2000-odd years in observation, education, experimentation and comprehension blown away by this genius with the ease of an exploding bomb-belt. Might as well prompt you to resign from this world and want to join those wackos on their one-way trip to Mars (I'm sure the experience will be way better than a week at Florida Keys). But before you jump in on this neat bandwagon that I've just crafted for ya and join me in taking a few more cheap shots at "teh stoopid Muslins", might I remind you of Bill "Tide Comes In, Tide Goes Out, You Can't Explain That" O'Reilly, and of the fact that he's actually not just an isolated case, but rather speaks on behalf of a whole segment of society.
Now where's my Martian backpack please?
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Date: 18/2/15 18:34 (UTC)On Galileo's birthday.
Great.
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Date: 18/2/15 18:35 (UTC)*Nerd Warning*
Date: 18/2/15 22:32 (UTC)http://www.bidoun.org/magazine/18-interviews/the-accidental-arab-alexander-siddig-interviewed-by-jamal-mahjoub/
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Date: 18/2/15 21:54 (UTC)Maybe we ought to recognise that such stupidity exists, but that does not absolve it from being called for what it is.
Also the notion that any opinion is just as valid as the next one and "each person will come to their own conclusions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX-YbZSWuHc)", couldn't be further from the truth.
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Date: 20/2/15 07:04 (UTC)NERDPOCALYPSE!!!
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Date: 20/2/15 12:28 (UTC);)
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Date: 20/2/15 15:11 (UTC)You do know that kissing the enemy is unpatriotic, right?
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Date: 20/2/15 17:45 (UTC)Je adore français!