Ocean11
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what's everybody listening to now?
Ocean11 replied to Dokumanju's topic in General off-topic discussions
I have a music challenge question. Can anybody tell me the name or artist of the music on the latest Yanmar fishing boat TV CM. It's a trancey sort of track that I know I might even have on my HD, but I can't remember what it is. It's killing me. -
Roof Rack
Ocean11 replied to farquah's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
farquah, does it have rails like this; If it does, I have a board rack that you might be interested in for the cost of postage and a small consideration. I think it's supposed to hold two boards, but I seem to remember cramming 4 on. -
Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
> I guess I am prejudiced, then we probably all are to some degree. That's not quite what I meant. I meant that the language you used suggests something beyond what the original speaker said, so by interpreting what he said without sufficient reason, you prejudiced the terms of subsequent discussion. Reading Harris does rather tend to encourage a tendency towards militant anti-religiosity. -
Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
You could supplement the Dawkins with The End of Faith by Sam Harris. I don't agree that he's calling for the 'destruction' of Israel, which suggests killing its inhabitants. For somebody who is discussing sensitivity to language, yours is also quite prejudicial. The solution which he proposes is not unreasonable on the face of it, and it's the one most likely to happen in the end (whenever that is). You know that people are now leaving Israel because they can't stand it any more... I'd listen to your friend if I were you. -
Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
Rag-Doll, there's no disingenuousness involved. On the contrary, that take is an example of ignorance and prejudice of Westerners. In the Islamic world, one can talk about the Zionist Entity and the regime occupying Al-Qods without actually including all Jews. Palestine used to be a region where Arabs and Jews mixed - and it's only through savage ethnic cleaning that that situation is being undone. What Ahmadinejad and before him Khomeini were talking about was undoing the state of apartheid in Palestine. States and regimes are different from peoples, and again, it is crass Westerners who -
My domain and business website is hosted by a company in the US at the moment and it's very cheap - about $40 a year, if that. But the mail provided is flaky, and they have zero support. So I checked out KDDI and their cheapest hosting deal is 3,200 yen per month - a much bigger hit. Can anybody recommend a good hosting service, either in Japan or overseas, that's cheaper than KDDI? Thanks.
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> Rock Lobster - The B-52's Trouble is with that, once you're committed, you're in for the long haul. When you're racking your brains for the right gesture to go with 'there goes a narwhal', it begins to feel like a life sentence. 'Tiger Feet' often proves regrettably irrestible in the same way. I find 'Good Thing Going' by Sugar Minott very enticing, but you don't hear it much.
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Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
Actually, yes, it was strictly true. She doesn't have an uncle Ahmed, and he wouldn't be able to get in anyway because the door is always locked. -
Actually seeing Spielberg's "Munich" rather whetted my appetite for some authentic James Bond. The bicycle pump guns were worthy of early Bond films.
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Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
> Are you sure that all muslim women wearing hijabs in their rooms are safe? No. Her uncle Ahmed might not have been listening closely enough at the mosque and may respond wantonly because of what he knew she was wearing under her khumur. It's an uncertain world, which is why religion makes up rules. -
Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
Not at all. The crux of the matter for any civilized behaviour is learning to strike a balance between provocation and response. More civilization tends to accumulate when people try not to provoke wantonly and try not to respond wantonly. The good Mufti was addressing one part of the equation, and most people are simply too prejudiced or stupid to understand what he said. -
Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: It seems fairly clear from the quote that he considers women who leave the home to be fair prey. Possibly also women who leave their rooms without wearing a hijab. You're committing a logical fallacy. What he says is strictly true. The opposite of what he says is not automatically open to the interpretation you and everybody else have supplied. It's rather shocking that such gross ignorance of rhetoric and logic should be the impetus behind immigration policy and blanket condemnations from the prime ministers of enlightened countries... -
> For me champagne is little dry (right word?) Me too. After the first couple of sips it has all the appeal of a glass of battery acid.
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Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
Ah, it's good to see the actual quote rather than reports of the quote (which in the case of Muslims are often lies and distortions. The Prez of Iran hasn't called for Israel to be wiped off the map either...) It's obviously a loose metaphor, not a precise analogy, so to understand it as 'immodestly dressed women are meat whom men can innocently rape' is plain stupid. Maybe Islamic discourse isn't as dumbed down and coarse as ours has become, so Muslims can understand that it's not a highly categorical statement. So let's put it in perspective. The Mufti makes a statement about the r -
Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
There's a bit more info about the details of the matter here . Quote: The wife of the former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mamdouh Habib, says she was present when Sheik Al Hilaly gave the controversial sermon last month. Maha Habib says there was nothing wrong with the sermon. "I have heard the speech that he has said," she said. "I have heard his words and I can understand and assure you the way I understood it that he wasn't talking to the Western people, he was lecturing us and telling us our duty towards being a Muslim and what is said in the Koran." It rather reminds me of the Po -
Quote: Originally posted by veronica: I feel sorry for a few girls at our place who eat almost nothing and drink even less... but still pay the same as Mr Kacho who drinks and eats like a pig non stpp for 3 hours. That's pretty harsh vron. Mr Kacho is only doing what he's supposed to - leading by example and doing his best to create the right atmosphere. And perhaps Mr Kacho has more, and worst stuff to forget than Miss OL. Have a heart.
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what's everybody listening to now?
Ocean11 replied to Dokumanju's topic in General off-topic discussions
Vivaldi. "Winter, Allegro non molto" is renaissance high-energy groove. It would make a fantastic soundtrack to a short snowboarding video, especially if the rockin' bits were extended slightly. The opening bit where you're putting your boots on and slithering to the lifts sounds really cold and wintery but with that building excitement. It even ends with the chattering of braking snowboards as a crew of increasingly fat gaijin haul up at the gondola again. -
rach, with Firefox you can also download a plugin that smells of chocolate.
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Bikini Parade planned for Sydney mosque.
Ocean11 replied to Mantas's topic in General off-topic discussions
If some bishop says something stupid, would it be fair for the offended then to go and offend unrelated churchgoers in their parish with a display calculated to be unacceptable even in a city shopping centre? -
Those smaller cars of yesterday were really nice shapes. I sometimes see old Datsuns around and marvel at their elegant, sporty lines. They might not have been as well-appointed as today's vehicles, but even with a patina of age on them, they look really spiffy. I spotted a Scimitar in Bristol harbour a few years back and couldn't take my eyes off it.
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rach, what's a quabble? Is it like a really bad quibble with a quarrel and a squabble? And, feel free, let your total lack of browser sophistication just hang right out in these threads. (Hint: You browser is probably the software you use the most, and being able to hide stuff you don't want to see, arranging topics and articles you want to read, and flipping between them with key commands is very nice. That's why folks use Firefox and Opera... For example, I chose to hide your 'ham' avatar because it always made me hungry - you can't do that in IE.)