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Tre

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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #25 on: August 05, 2009, 03:44:32 AM »
Quote from: #1 Klaus fan on August 05, 2009, 03:01:52 AM
Ethiopians are muslims? 

The vast majority are Christians, but a lot of them are Muslims, yes. 

A little backstory...

I was at Six Flags last week and observed 2 Ethiopian men and 1 woman videotaping one of the rides from a position that didn't make any apparent sense.  I'm thinking, "Why would they choose that location from which to film?"  So, I snapped a few pictures of them.  I can't say exactly why I thought they were up to no good, but that's the climate of fear and paranoia that's been created. 

Of course amusement parks are great terrorist targets, but that doesn't mean that the little African family looking to preserve some memories of their day are involved in anything like that. 

When the young African boy and an older guy got off the ride and joined the others, I did feel a little bad about having been suspicious, but I never confronted them and I didn't do anything to infringe on their fun. 

So, I'm quite comfortable with what I've become.  :)  (the hyper-awareness thing could grow to become a problem for me, though)
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #26 on: August 05, 2009, 03:51:02 AM »
Paranoia is not racism.
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #27 on: August 05, 2009, 03:57:02 AM »
Quote from: Mars on August 05, 2009, 03:42:17 AM
really?

For sho'... Have you ever heard REAL COUNTRY TWANG? And man speaking so incoherently, with tobacco in his mouth, and spitting out at the same time...And they all wear bib overalls....

It's like this, "Whhhhar-a, I say, whhhhar-a, tha' boi Maaahrs from?"

"Dutchland"

"Wha, you say, Doooooch-lan?  WHellll, whhhar, deee haelllll is that?"

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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #28 on: August 05, 2009, 04:35:21 AM »
Quote from: M_Valencia on August 04, 2009, 11:12:59 PM
 It's not like you live in tel aviv or baghdad.  

I live in London and we've had the irish, the  Muslims and David Copeland blowing the place up.
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #29 on: August 05, 2009, 04:45:54 AM »
Quote from: Matt C on August 04, 2009, 10:26:52 PM
Racial profiling is probably the single best crime prevention strategy.

yes
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #30 on: August 05, 2009, 04:48:23 AM »
Quote from: tu_holmes on August 05, 2009, 12:43:03 AM
Serious question... Do we think someone is trying to blow up a gym now?

Of all the shit to blow up... A gym?

You think people in the UK thought the IRA was going to blow up a gym?

Just seems overblown to me.

Why not? They did attack a post box, a pub and a "Wimpy". So a gym would be just as soft a target.
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #31 on: August 05, 2009, 04:52:38 AM »
no it aint racist to recognize towel heads and dot heads
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #32 on: August 05, 2009, 05:08:59 AM »
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #33 on: August 05, 2009, 05:15:56 AM »
Is it racist to think a black guy driving a BMW stole it?
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #34 on: August 05, 2009, 05:19:41 AM »
Quote from: affy on August 05, 2009, 05:15:56 AM
Is it racist to think a black guy driving a BMW stole it?

What series?
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #35 on: August 05, 2009, 05:21:01 AM »
Quote from: affy on August 05, 2009, 05:15:56 AM
Is it racist to think a black guy driving a BMW stole it?
maybe in the shithole coutry where u live
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #36 on: August 05, 2009, 05:22:14 AM »
Quote from: bigdumbbell on August 05, 2009, 05:21:01 AM
maybe in the shithole coutry where u live
Isnt he American?
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #37 on: August 05, 2009, 05:22:42 AM »
There are no muslims where i live......
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #38 on: August 05, 2009, 05:24:10 AM »
Quote from: webcke on August 05, 2009, 05:22:42 AM
There are no muslims where i live......


webcke, fight, claw and scratch to keep it that way.
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #39 on: August 05, 2009, 05:24:41 AM »
Quote from: The Showstoppa on August 05, 2009, 05:24:10 AM

webcke, fight, claw and scratch to keep it that way.

We did, trust me........ ;D
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #40 on: August 05, 2009, 05:28:21 AM »
Quote from: WillGrant on August 05, 2009, 05:22:14 AM
Isnt he American?
how do you know that?
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #41 on: August 05, 2009, 05:37:44 AM »
Quote from: webcke on August 05, 2009, 05:24:41 AM
We did, trust me........ ;D

You are a great man, my friend......
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #42 on: August 05, 2009, 05:41:07 AM »
Quote from: The Showstoppa on August 05, 2009, 05:37:44 AM
You are a great man, my friend......

Thankyou my Aryan brother. Take care and fight the good fight.
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #43 on: August 05, 2009, 05:45:52 AM »
Paranoia=fear

racism=fear

letting a gym bag ruin your workout = fear
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #44 on: August 05, 2009, 05:49:45 AM »
Quote from: webcke on August 05, 2009, 05:24:41 AM
We did, trust me........ ;D

That was a great thing that happened in Cronulla, a year or so ago. Too bad other places / countries don't take the same stance :-\
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #45 on: August 05, 2009, 05:51:24 AM »
Quote from: kiwiol on August 05, 2009, 05:49:45 AM
That was a great thing that happened in Cronulla, a year or so ago. Too bad other places / countries don't take the same stance :-\

Coming up 4 years now. Time flies.

Good times.......i have very fond memories of it. Worked too......
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #46 on: August 05, 2009, 05:51:27 AM »
Quote from: kiwiol on August 05, 2009, 05:49:45 AM
That was a great thing that happened in Cronulla, a year or so ago. Too bad other places / countries don't take the same stance :-\

How is employment in Cronulla?  Maybe I need to relocate.
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #47 on: August 05, 2009, 08:39:25 AM »
some little scrawny tit deleted my black panthers thread yesterday? why?
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #48 on: August 05, 2009, 08:41:48 AM »
did you realize that you're a guy judging another guy?
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Re: Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
« Reply #49 on: August 05, 2009, 08:49:15 AM »
Quote from: Parker on August 05, 2009, 03:57:02 AM
For sho'... Have you ever heard REAL COUNTRY TWANG? And man speaking so incoherently, with tobacco in his mouth, and spitting out at the same time...And they all wear bib overalls....

It's like this, "Whhhhar-a, I say, whhhhar-a, tha' boi Maaahrs from?"

"Dutchland"

"Wha, you say, Doooooch-lan?  WHellll, whhhar, deee haelllll is that?"



haha, infidels of the highest order.
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