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WinkyDink

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58. What is your point----That evil lies in the hearts of men of every persuasion? Yeah, and so? It
Thu Feb 5, 2015, 10:05 AM
Feb 2015

should be roundly condemned by all whenever, not used as an excuse to point out more evil.

Suspected witches were never burned in this country, cwydro Feb 2015 #1
But they *were* slowly pressed to death with great weights, IIRC MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #3
More than 200 years ago... n/t Adrahil Feb 2015 #46
just one was pressed to death Marrah_G Feb 2015 #107
And nineteen were hanged jmowreader Feb 2015 #225
Yes- it was a scary time Marrah_G Feb 2015 #234
I've only been once jmowreader Feb 2015 #235
It's insane in October and if you actually live there it's hell Marrah_G Feb 2015 #238
Queen Mary Quackers Feb 2015 #18
Yes. Also known as "Bloody Mary" PassingFair Feb 2015 #39
No, that was reserved for folks 'living while black'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #156
In Dresden and Tokyo among others. Downwinder Feb 2015 #2
+1 n/t n2doc Feb 2015 #86
+2 truebluegreen Feb 2015 #226
Those Spanish knew a thing or two in the 1470's MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #4
Yes in the 13th century hugo_from_TN Feb 2015 #5
the guy burned to death in a cage was a Muslim JI7 Feb 2015 #6
What is your point? Throd Feb 2015 #8
Well essentially the civil authorities were turning a blind eye to exboyfil Feb 2015 #16
There were very few Muslim extremists until... MattSh Feb 2015 #34
Yes because of course, Soviet occupation of Afghanistan was welcomed by the people there and Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #54
Wrong pipoman Feb 2015 #77
It actually goes back 100 years nichomachus Feb 2015 #118
Don't forget the fuel we tossed on the fire in 1953.... truebluegreen Feb 2015 #227
Your accuracy is appreciated but off MasochisticHistorian Feb 2015 #243
Bingo - thanks 840high Feb 2015 #130
How about White Phospherous? Is that from the 13th Century? sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #215
I remember that. Wasn't it 2011? Throd Feb 2015 #7
Burning people is un-Islamic. MADem Feb 2015 #9
OMG. This is gold. hugo_from_TN Feb 2015 #10
it's an emotional reaction to what they did to the Soldier JI7 Feb 2015 #11
There is an interesting quotation from the Quran that says something on the lines of MADem Feb 2015 #90
Which is why the terrorists of 9/11 shouldn't be considered Muslim as they did both... cascadiance Feb 2015 #102
They aren't. People forget the enormous outpouring of sympathy and goodwill from the Muslim world MADem Feb 2015 #168
Islam has no Pope. former9thward Feb 2015 #12
The Pope doesn't get to speak for Christianity either... Violet_Crumble Feb 2015 #24
"The Pope doesn't get to speak for Protestantism either..." Fixed. :-). WinkyDink Feb 2015 #65
He does not speak for Protestants nor for the millions of members of Orthodox Churches which Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #81
Anglicans come under the rubric of "Protestants," and I figured by mentioning the Eastern Chruch I'd WinkyDink Feb 2015 #205
True and I come from a Protestant background. former9thward Feb 2015 #78
Uh, yes, they do. nt MADem Feb 2015 #93
Uhh, no they don't. former9thward Feb 2015 #98
No one disregards the Grand Imam of al-Ahzar if they are Sunni. MADem Feb 2015 #172
Your second link gives a multitude of people not one. former9thward Feb 2015 #174
I provided a link upthread with his comments. He's pissed. Big time. MADem Feb 2015 #175
People forget what a Pope is. MasochisticHistorian Feb 2015 #244
"What am I, chopped liver?!"---Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (IV). WinkyDink Feb 2015 #64
He owns a good chunk of the shi'a territory--there are at least fifteen million MADem Feb 2015 #176
Really? They don't have a pope? Ya don't say!!! MADem Feb 2015 #92
A book is not a person. former9thward Feb 2015 #100
I know the difference. The book is the same no matter where you go in Islam. MADem Feb 2015 #173
Yes they do MasochisticHistorian Feb 2015 #242
Not necessarily. Ykcutnek Feb 2015 #13
Al Tabari is not the Quran. His exegesis is an opinion, and even in your example, MADem Feb 2015 #89
"Satanic, terrorist" group lobodons Feb 2015 #23
When Muslims pull out the "shatan" references, they aren't playing. They're pissed. MADem Feb 2015 #94
Apparently a Roman Emperor also lit his dinner party with torches Cleita Feb 2015 #14
If by a "few" years you mean 500 or so.. whathehell Feb 2015 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2015 #17
Quite true! Technological progress and sociological progress often do not go hand in hand. RKP5637 Feb 2015 #29
Maybe, but we're talking about actions, whathehell Feb 2015 #40
About a 100 years ago exboyfil Feb 2015 #19
Individuals did that.. whathehell Feb 2015 #37
Or, literally a few. Or, more honestly, currently ongoing. enki23 Feb 2015 #72
Not as a matter of policy in the Western developed world. whathehell Feb 2015 #145
That's a hell of a qualification. It's also not done as a harvest ritual by albino Irish girls. enki23 Feb 2015 #186
No, and when you compare whathehell Feb 2015 #196
Yes, because the way to save face under well-deserved mockery is to take it ultra-literally. enki23 Feb 2015 #198
BWAHAHAHAHAHA..Project much? whathehell Feb 2015 #200
Christians burning people is not a "credible argument" that Christians burn people, "dear?" enki23 Feb 2015 #202
Insults typically underscore an inability to argue effectively, so let me explain this to you in whathehell Feb 2015 #211
Are you... responding to me with arguments against other people? Or are you trying to gaslight me? enki23 Feb 2015 #229
I'm trying to tell you whathehell Feb 2015 #237
How about Depleted Uranium and White Phospherus? What religion is the use of these, far more sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #216
No religion.at all, unless one considers imperialism a "religion". whathehell Feb 2015 #219
How do you determine that? Many of the supporters and defenders of the burning of Iraqi sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #220
"Self-defined Christians" can be as non representative of Christianity as Al Queda is of Islam whathehell Feb 2015 #222
Many Christians still fantasize about non-believers burning in Hell cpwm17 Feb 2015 #20
Religion, IMO, is one of the most dangerous clubs on earth. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #30
Yeah, along with Stalin's Atheist club that killed 20 Million. whathehell Feb 2015 #148
Exactly! Same thing IMO. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #179
Maybe, but "fantasizing" is a far better whathehell Feb 2015 #43
Much better. It's also much better to fantasize about a brutal rape than to undertake one. enki23 Feb 2015 #75
People fantasize about all.sorts of things, dear whathehell Feb 2015 #84
I grew up around Christians cpwm17 Feb 2015 #91
Unless you're defining "Christians" very narrowly, cpwm17, your experience is whathehell Feb 2015 #141
No, I haven't condemned all Christians cpwm17 Feb 2015 #164
That's nice, but still off point whathehell Feb 2015 #165
Once one thinks it is just to infinitely torture one for eternity for having a different opinion cpwm17 Feb 2015 #171
One doesn't have to believe something is "just" to believe it's true. whathehell Feb 2015 #204
I made sure to not make a blanket condemnation of all Christians cpwm17 Feb 2015 #213
Yes, but you seem to be retracting it.. whathehell Feb 2015 #214
Yup. "Many" is a weasel word that's a placeholder for something that is not currently quantified. enki23 Feb 2015 #185
That's true cpwm17 Feb 2015 #88
Christians are doing it now, with hellfire missiles and white phosphorous upon occassion Dragonfli Feb 2015 #21
Um, I think you mean "governments", whathehell Feb 2015 #44
Governments use people to do their killing, Those drones are not self aware just yet. Dragonfli Feb 2015 #87
Right, whathehell Feb 2015 #142
How so? "Each individual killer makes a choice to kill or not when asked to" Dragonfli Feb 2015 #147
You said governments use people. The fact is, governments are comprised of people, whathehell Feb 2015 #152
So are Corporations, but it should not excuse the people within it that are the actual perpetrators Dragonfli Feb 2015 #155
So whose excusing anyone? whathehell Feb 2015 #162
It is wrong now and it was wrong then. What's your point? n/t pnwmom Feb 2015 #22
Did you actually read my OP? MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #41
How many people is ISIS then entitled to incinerate? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #25
+1 Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #103
Which part of my 4th paragraph is unclear? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #109
The first three make your position clear. The 4th just gives you room to weasel. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #117
Few years back?...more like centuries ago davidn3600 Feb 2015 #26
"Sardonic." WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2015 #236
i have a picture book about the inquisition. the rack in the movies is NOTHING. pansypoo53219 Feb 2015 #27
The Salem "Witches" Were Hanged, not Burned Teutonic Samuel Feb 2015 #28
Tu quoque is a shitty and fallacious argument and using it to defend burning people alive is... JVS Feb 2015 #31
+1 Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #101
In light of my 4th paragraph... MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #114
It is only bad when Muslims do it but A-OK if Christians Do it ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #32
If you consider hundreds of years leftynyc Feb 2015 #33
Nah, some people don't give 2 flips about protecting Islam, they just want to stir FSogol Feb 2015 #35
True enough leftynyc Feb 2015 #38
Easy to unclog your board. Use ignore or trash thread but it's better to complain about posters Autumn Feb 2015 #52
And let them think leftynyc Feb 2015 #66
There you go, so you admit your complaint is just clogging up the board. Autumn Feb 2015 #68
If that emoticon leftynyc Feb 2015 #69
No I just like the emoticons. If Skinner didn't want us to clog up the bord with them we wouldn't Autumn Feb 2015 #71
First off, the KKK lynched thousands of Americans much more recently MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #42
Spare me the utter bullshit leftynyc Feb 2015 #47
Hah! The results! Egnever Feb 2015 #197
If you were one of the leftynyc Feb 2015 #199
Yes, they were criminals.. whathehell Feb 2015 #53
That's exactly my point. nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #62
Tthe only problem is that in whathehell Feb 2015 #85
actually the King James Bible is considerably different from say the Living Bible dsc Feb 2015 #74
Exactly -- Another stale excercise in false equivalence whathehell Feb 2015 #45
Elizabeth Warren: Destroying ISIS should be our Number 1 priority Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #36
Crickets... DonViejo Feb 2015 #178
Google "lynchings burning" and check out the images deutsey Feb 2015 #48
What is your point----That evil lies in the hearts of men of every persuasion? Yeah, and so? It WinkyDink Feb 2015 #58
That you don't have to go back to hundreds of years for examples of deutsey Feb 2015 #82
Moral relevancy makes me feel all warm and mushy inside. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2015 #49
And the Romans fed Christians to the lions. And Aztecs practiced human sacrifice. randome Feb 2015 #50
Justifying ISIS? Snow Leopard Feb 2015 #51
Which part of my 4th paragraph is unclear? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #108
You indirectly criticized America, therefore you are defending ISIS. Maedhros Feb 2015 #131
But killing is part of religion RedCappedBandit Feb 2015 #55
Apparently you are not in a close relationship with the New Testament. WinkyDink Feb 2015 #60
Please. All of these books have ridiculous violent crap in them. nt RedCappedBandit Feb 2015 #67
Neither do a lot of the people that claim to. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #83
One wonders, Manny, chervilant Feb 2015 #56
Centuries. A millennium. The passage of time for a civilization matters. WinkyDink Feb 2015 #57
Nope, witch burnings happened many years ago. Words have meanings. 'Few' has an actual definition Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #59
And even "many" is insufficient, when he refers to 1642. WinkyDink Feb 2015 #61
Look up necklacing in Africa. haele Feb 2015 #112
Yeah, and it had everything to do with politics, whathehell Feb 2015 #143
And politics and religion don't go hand in hand in these situations? haele Feb 2015 #158
Not in South Africa, which was most noted for it, no. whathehell Feb 2015 #161
More like a year and a half ago. jeff47 Feb 2015 #128
a few, that is eight padfun Feb 2015 #203
religion sucks KG Feb 2015 #63
we all good cause we murder in a more humane manner dembotoz Feb 2015 #70
Depends on your definition of "a few." MineralMan Feb 2015 #73
"Suspected Witches Burned Alive By Christians in Kenya." A year and a half ago. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #126
Shocking details in the link marle35 Feb 2015 #181
Yeah, and if you read the link you'll see they did it to steal land, not whathehell Feb 2015 #224
Sorry MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #207
A witch burning is my congregations' plan for this weekend LanternWaste Feb 2015 #76
ISIS good - Christians bad get the red out Feb 2015 #79
Which part of my 4th paragraph is unclear? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #110
Just a screed get the red out Feb 2015 #151
Uh... no. MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #154
Lets be inactive get the red out Feb 2015 #157
"...the extreme left...." truebluegreen Feb 2015 #228
Sorry you're lost get the red out Feb 2015 #230
I'm afraid you are the one who is lost. truebluegreen Feb 2015 #231
Not socialist enough get the red out Feb 2015 #232
"I have no clue...." you say. truebluegreen Feb 2015 #233
Sorry get the red out Feb 2015 #240
May I briefly bring to mind the photo that is credited for ending the Viet Nam War? The naked libdem4life Feb 2015 #80
No one has claimed religion is the sole purveyor of human cruelty. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #97
With all due respect, dropping incinerating materials intended to anhiliate citizens of a town libdem4life Feb 2015 #122
Fallacious argument. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #125
Who is WE? And no, it's really not academic at all. ISIS is at war, whether we acknowledge it or libdem4life Feb 2015 #133
That's what I asked you. And yes, it is fallacious. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #167
No, again, we lack the moral ground to be outraged and wag our fingers. If we did not do the same libdem4life Feb 2015 #183
Checkmate, Logic! Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #209
I believe your question was Who is We? "We" is a collective yet contextual personal pronoun. libdem4life Feb 2015 #210
Her name was/is Phan Thi Kim Phuc Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #182
Quite a remarkable woman. Thanks for the url. libdem4life Feb 2015 #184
"We" and by we I mean our elected leaders who claim to be Christians yet always ok sending Autumn Feb 2015 #218
Your "point" gives ISIS a pass. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #95
Which part of my 4th paragraph is unclear? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #111
If you think that fixes it, it doesn't. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #121
Nope. nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #124
I believe Manny is lamenting the lack of moral outrage in the popular media Maedhros Feb 2015 #132
If so, this is exactly the wrong time for that. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #134
There is no debate to be had over ISIS atrocities. Maedhros Feb 2015 #137
Everything isn't "all about us" (as in, self-centered as hell) Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #160
The United States is the #1 purveyor of violence in the world. Maedhros Feb 2015 #169
can you really prove that. i dont think you can arely staircase Feb 2015 #177
THANK You. whathehell Feb 2015 #144
Really? That's what he meant by "a few years back?" MADem Feb 2015 #170
Manny wrote "a few years ago"? Holy #%^*!!!!! MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #189
No, Manny wrote "a few years BACK." MADem Feb 2015 #193
Even worse. MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #194
How old are you? nt MADem Feb 2015 #195
I'm so glad I found this post and THANK YOU for writing this. Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #239
Has ISIS pulled somebody behind a truck yet? LannyDeVaney Feb 2015 #96
Don't give them any ideas./NT DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #105
Yes, but they had the One True God on their side. Just like ISIS does. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #99
Of course, Abe's religion doesn't work for psychopaths rock Feb 2015 #104
thank you. this was something I pointed out in another OP on the burnings. the roman niyad Feb 2015 #106
When you say a few years don't you mean hundreds of years ago? dilby Feb 2015 #113
I'm not justifying ANY of it. MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #116
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #120
That's why they called him "HONEST Abe". n/t Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #115
You love cancer. sibelian Feb 2015 #119
Italians used to do that a few years back. Kaleva Feb 2015 #123
Thanks for the post illustrating that civilization has made progress onenote Feb 2015 #127
+1 outside Feb 2015 #129
Unless of course the politicians say it's OK.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #241
heck, even Mexico was crucifying peasants in the 20s MisterP Feb 2015 #135
You make a great point, two wrongs do make a right. ileus Feb 2015 #136
Yes, that what I wrote MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #139
I understand the Romans crucified people... brooklynite Feb 2015 #138
Not what I wrote. MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #140
Seems you've had to reiterate Bobbie Jo Feb 2015 #159
Mea culpa MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #206
Well... Bobbie Jo Feb 2015 #212
Christians were burning people to death "a few years back"? What's your definition of a "few years"? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2015 #146
Next up "The Crusades!!!" ileus Feb 2015 #149
Close, but... I can't get there from here. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2015 #166
People can be very cruel. Believers and non-believers can be cruel. hrmjustin Feb 2015 #150
Obama agrees with you BeyondGeography Feb 2015 #153
Fortunately, understanding irony requires a minimum IQ MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #163
Thought you might enjoy this MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #190
Manny, here is a modern version of Christian Extremism: SomethingFishy Feb 2015 #180
Using religion to justify doing nothing when people are being brutalized is btrflykng9 Feb 2015 #187
What's unclear about paragraph 4? MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #188
It looks like President Obama has been reading DU, and your thread in the past few days. dissentient Feb 2015 #191
There's a perfectly-reasonable explanation, I swear... MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #192
Just a few years... n2doc Feb 2015 #201
+1000 MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #208
The Inquisition's auto-da-fe aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #217
Yes but then they eventually grew out of the stone age unlike some islamic countries glasshouses Feb 2015 #221
Thanks Obama! countryjake Feb 2015 #223
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