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  1. Butters
    No, but the context of the thread involves airplanes so individuals whose actions did not involve airplanes are irrelevant. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  2. Butters
    OK, so Irish Catholics are more likely to be terrorists than arabs, based on numbers killed. Not in this country. Kudos on the dead queen bit of trollery. I look forward to the introduction of Stalin and Mao into this thread. Funny how people don't like to remember the dark parts of their own history. They call it "out of context" or "trolling". I call it hypocrisy. It isn't that we don't like to remember the dark parts of our history, it is that the dark parts of our history don't apply to the context of the debate. It does not matter who killed however many people in the dark ages when we are discussing who is most likely to hijack an airplane. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  3. Butters
    Which works out to roughly 0.00000105% of the Global Muslim community. If we have a medicine A which has side effects in .00001% of users and medicine B which has side effects in .00005% of users. Even though both percents are small, medicine B is 5x more likely to produce side effects then medicine A. Thus it would be justified to watch users on medicine B more than medicine A. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    Lets change Arabs to Muslims to stay on topic. Not stating that wikipedia is accurate or contains all relevant information but reviewing the list of well-known hijackings on wikipedia shows 4 non-Muslims and 19 Muslims have hijacked planes in the US. The non-Muslim population is approximately 4.5 billion people. So 8.89x10^-8 % of non-Muslims have hijacked US planes. The Muslim population is approximately 1.5 billion people. So 1.27x10^-6 % of Muslims have hijacked US planes. So Muslims are more likely than non-Muslims to hijack planes in the US. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    OK, so Irish Catholics are more likely to be terrorists than arabs, based on numbers killed. No, it is not based on numbers killed. If the percent of Irish Catholics who commit terrorist acts is higher then the percent of Arabs who commit terrorist acts then Irish Catholics are more likely to be terrorists then Arabs. This is basic statistics. However, profiling should be based on context. If group A commits more terrorists attacks then group B but group A only commits terrorist acts against group C it would be bad profiling to suspect group A over group B in a terrorist act against group D. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    That's an excellent question, Bill. Nervous little old Catholic ladies have never caused the deaths of 1000s of innocent people. Likewise, when their ilk did so, it was dealt with from within. Queen Isabella of Castile (Roman Catholic) caused the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people. Yes, but you are not taking into account context. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    I constantly hear the statement, "If you don't know your history and learn from your history then you will repeat your history". Would knowing who did what not be considered knowing our history? Would profiling who might do what based on who did what not be learning from our history? I am not saying all people from a group can be judged by the actions of a smaller group within the group. I am saying that all people from a group can be judged in comparison to another group as to who is more likely to commit an action. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    Can you provide the information and sources? It would be relevant information if Japan had fighter planes over Pearl Harbor, or the Michigan Militia was parking vans in front of federal buildings, or ... Learn how to have a proper debate by yielding relevant information instead of making these types of comments (I never stated anything in regards to safety, I made a statement about inappropriate actions in regards to context). "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  9. Butters
    There is a difference between speaking a language and praying. There is a difference between a bomb and a hijacked plane used as a bomb (and given the context that you are on a plane). How many people have carried on parachutes and then blown up the plane? Me too. Me too. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    I am treating them as people who do not understand that different situations require different actions and their actions were inappropriate given the situation and recent events. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  11. Butters
    It wasn't one Muslim, it was six Muslims, and they (three of the six) were standing and praying together. Which group is responsible for hijacking the most amount of airplanes? Which group is responsible for for hijacking the airplanes on 9/11? "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  12. Butters
    Take a second job so that someone else doesn't have to take a second job to pay more for people to be on welfare. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  13. Butters
    Stop whining! Muslims standing in a plane praying together ... what did they think would happen? Not everyone knows everything about Islam and not everyone is going to know everything about Islam. Stop whining! "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    No way ! I thought we just wanted to go down really fast Wendy W. Alot of skydivers are willing to go down really fast but there are some sky divers who try to stay up as long as possible though ... "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    Actually, reaching the ground is not always a goal or the only goal (similar to reaching the top in climbing is not always a goal or the only goal). For some people in skydivng the goal is to not reach the ground, this goal has not been met, so for some people skydiving must be really hard. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    Rock climbing and sky diving are both sports ... after all this http://www.extremeironing.com/ is considered a sport. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  17. Butters
    What good is that if they can't show them off. Climbers love to show off their racks! "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    I don't think this is because they are rockclimbers. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  19. Butters
    Next time I want to insult someone I'll call them by your name. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  20. Butters
    This season has made me laugh so hard. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  21. Butters
    So if Jesus did come back what would it be and why? I think it would be bad because it would be the end of your life, my life, everyone and everything elses life, the seperation of family, friends, etc... and a whole lot of other negative things. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  22. Butters
    I believe ... We are animals and have evolved brains that contain information to survive in the environment (amongst and with other plants animals) and have evolved brains that promote the learning of information to survive and or thrive in the environment (amongst and with other plants and animals). PS: If you really want a question where are memories stored? "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  23. Butters
    To me betrayal is not absolutely wrong/immoral. i do not believe it would be wrong If I betrayed the trust of my boss who was committing a heinous crime. So we have come to the conclusion that morals do not prove the existence of God and morals are not absolute. So what is your point? #1 I NEVER said all morals are absolute. #2 I asked if there were absolute morals and if there were what would they prove? I theorized God. This is similar to NP-Complete problems. We can't prove there isn't a single solution but at the same time we can't find a single solution. (Not to mention there are people who believe that there exist absolute moral guidelines regardless of context and it is people who are arbitrary in following them.) If there were absolute morals than it would prove who is moral and who is immoral in the absolute and we could divide the population and ... "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
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    To me betrayal is not absolutely wrong/immoral. i do not believe it would be wrong If I betrayed the trust of my boss who was committing a heinous crime. So we have come to the conclusion that morals do not prove the existence of God and morals are not absolute. So what is your point? "The innocent shall suffer… big time." Ignignokt "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch
  25. Butters
    And my logic is flawed? By definition absolute can't be "close enough" I was not stating that it was absolute I was stating that it could be considered absolute. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch