canuckamuck

I can't understand why there isn't a consumer backlash against all of the personal info phishing by major software developers.

Thank you Thaimite for the tip about calibre

strapless

what the heck is a best with two backs?

(It followed horizontal bop, use your imagination.)

Little

The beast with two backs

Undervalued

The real story here is that whenever the Army get into power, they quickly show they are political amateurs.

And this is in a country where the bar for political performance is so low that worms bruise their shins on it..

Champagne

So if the whole world was under the control of Muslims, meaning all governments 100% Muslim.

And they no longer have to pretend to be moderates or appease western standards of rights and freedoms..

What kind of Islam would we have? Would it be ISIS style Islam, Saudi style, or Turkish style.

Sex

Double

How Much?

I want one, even though I don't need one.

He may have intended to only stay for a year, but now he has had a taste of the rarefied air of absolute power. Drifting through his days in a cloud of yes men and props form the old guard.

Stepping down will be very difficult indeed.

Becoming

Barf

The westerners that are the most fervent defenders of Islam are also the kind of people that lead the defense of all minority groups. These people defend the rights of woman, gays, alternate religions, among other issues. This is to their credit, they are well meaning and considerate people.

The conundrum is it they do not see that the greatest current and historical threat to the groups they defend, is alive and multiplying across the planet. A very real threat which is destroying the rights and freedoms of people in a global insurgency. Just think of how many rights have been compromised in our own societies since 9/11. NSA anyone? That is nothing.

These well meaning people are caught in a logic loop that has given such a priority to tolerance, rights, and individual expression. That they have no choice but defend the rights of even those who wish to burn it all down.

They cannot get past the mantra "not all Muslims support terrorism". Everything grinds to a halt at that statement. The libertarian mind cannot breach this deeply held conviction. And therefore cannot comprehend any steps towards resolution.

There has to be a way to demonstrate that the evil factions of Islam are so terrifying and so pervasive that the moderates cannot defeat it. They are hostages and slaves already. Self preservation trumps idealism. It makes no difference how peaceful and what good global citizens they majority of Muslims are. They will not poke their heads up in sufficient numbers to gain momentum. Furthermore their belief system is rooted in fundamental intolerance, they cannot in good faith reject the words of the prophet. And although most of them have learned to function in a global community. The Jihadists have built upon the literal translations of this message of violence and divine entitlement, and created a cult of death. And they will not tolerate any resistance. They will kill you with extreme prejudice. ISIS is vivid demonstration that evil is a thing, and it does take control, and it does comes to kill, steal, and destroy.

If Islam is a body, then ISIS is Ebola, and this body is not only in serious danger, all the other bodies face the same threat. With a disease you can isolate the victim. With jihadists we need a new solution. And we really need the defenders of humanity to wake the hell up and get on board. We don't have to tolerate everything. We don't have to tolerate the intolerant. You think conservatives are your enemy. Give your head shake before it gets chopped off - live on video.

ISIS and Islam are now linked to Ebola...

Are ISIS and Islam also linked with my bad breakfast from this morning ?

Yes that was my main point.

Good that you have no argument with with the rest of it

For the record I meant to say Jihadists were ebola in my metaphor)

Connoisseur

Pleasant

Their never going to get the coverage past the media censors.

Cap'n Crunch

Yes but we have no choice but to trust them and that makes trust irrelevant.

it doesn't matter anyhow. We lost that war already.

Well I will admit up front that I am out of my depth in the tech forums. But I have no doubt that whatever holdouts we had to personal computing will die in the next wave OP's. Windows 10 will be a great system no doubt, but I really wish people felt their privacy was more important. I got nothing to hide, but I still don't shower in the front yard.