Would gays, child molesters, criminals in general be better off under Islamic rule or US democracy?
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First, people who molest children are criminals. Gay people are just gay, but 99.9% of them don't molest children, in fact, most child molesters claim to be straight. I know this is one of those "why are you criticising the government?" questions that implies that if you don't like the government here, then you'll hate the government there, that's for damn sure, so shut up. Which misses the point: What makes Government in the West so great is that you can criticise and get away with it.\n\nIslamic law doesn't take kindly to gay people, and the US is sometimes homophobic, but I think it would still be a more pleasant place to be gay in.\n\nAs for child molesters and criminals, I don't know why you're interested in where they'd do better. I know I'm not terribly interested in being nice to child molesters, or most criminals. Islamic countries tend to be less lenient, but the US has the highest percentage of its population in jail of anywhere in the world. I guess it's a lottery in that respect.
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The US government's foreign policy dictates that democracy be spread around the world.  The World Court did try and hold the US for war crimes.  The US told the world court to 'stick it'.  I believe it was Colin Powell they wanted to try.\n\nIf you don't like democracy.  Good for you.  Just stay out of the US.  Thank you.
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no america is worse, not only does it wage senseless wars but it is a big hypocrite it talks about democracy and liberating defendless civilians whom they empowered their leader just to get their resources.\nat least iran acknowledges its thoughts openly . \n\np.s: if america really wants to spread "democracy" in the world, why aren't they in africa there are civil wars going on there for more than 20 years ???
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dont u fuk have anething better to do then try to cut up islam? ur one hurting white boy that i would fak up with pleasure .. stupid fuk
886554
Uhh....because this country was founded on people's right to do and be whatever they want.  Last time I looked "gays" were just as capable of being in the military as a heterosexual.  And as for Muslim's, I do believe we are allowed to practice whatever religion we so choose, kind of the reason we got away from England.  And not all Muslim's are extremists.
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If the Christian Right in the U.S. keeps going the way they are now, with wanting to limit free speech (ban books, tv shows, etc), control women's reproductive rights, impose religious beliefs in schools, etc, then the U.S. would effectively look just the same as an Islamist country.\n\n"And why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, and not notice the beam which is in your own eye?" Matthew 7:3 (WEY)
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Depends on where you are. In the US, especially in larger metropolitan areas out of the South, it's fairly easy to be gay and not get grief from others.\n\nIf you're in a society that's dominated by fundamentalist religions, like the US South or Iran or somewhere, then being out and gay isn't necessarily the easiest thing to do. In both places, it can potentially get you killed.\n\nNotice that it's never the gay people killing the fundamentalists...yet somehow, the gays are supposed to be in the wrong?
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Muslims want to run their country with the quran, not democracy. If the quran says to kill christians to get to heaven, thats what they will do.
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If we are going forward as a country with the notion that punishment should be heaped on punishment, and crime should be heaped on crime, then yes.  \n\nMy true belief is that we should just stick to the original crime and enforce the laws that are already on the books.  Yes it is horrible if a homosexual man is assaulted because he is homosexual, but when you boil it down, is it any more terrible than the little old lady that is assaulted because someone wants to take her purse?\n\nMy belief is our courts only need to enforce the laws on the books, but our politicians believe that more laws (justifying the politicians job) equal better life.  It is so not true, I doubt one victim has been saved because a criminal thought, "man, if I kick this guys a**, I'll get a year in jail, but if this guy is (insert race/gender/sexuality/religion) I'll get another year so I won't do it. \n\nThat just doesn't happen.
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Yep, I think there should be a law that if you are guilty of aggravated assault on a child under 10 you should get the death penalty.  It seems like other crimes ie murder, drug etc under specific circumstantces I could be capable of these things, and I think I am a reasonable human being but child molestation? I don't have in me to do that. People that do are special type a of deviant. Some will say that they can't help it or that its similar to homosexuality, meaning that it was considered against nature until recently and that people can not help who they are 'attracted' to. But this is bulls hit; children will never have the mental matureness to consent to sex. Adults do. They have free will and should make appropriate decisions.  Castration is an option but there are plenty of ways to violate a child without a penis. Life terms, what's the point, just wasting money, and rehibilatation does not seem to work. I wish everyone would stop being so PC and bending over backwards protecting the civil rights of criminals. As a society we need to protect our weakest members. A day doesn't pass by that I don't read about a child molestation somewhere in America, the more we hear about it the more normal it seems and this is a dangerous place to be as a 'civilized' nation.
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No.  In the same way that a citizen of a country should obey the laws of that country, a country of our world should obey the laws of our world.\n\nThe laws and conventions have been set out by the most powerful countries over the last century or so (since the League of Nations) and, luckily for us these countries have tended to be liberal democracies.  Liberal democracies usually protect each other and never go to war with each other anymore.  Canada, France, USA, Australia, Germany, UK etc will never fight against each other as long as they retain a freely elected government and liberal, open-minded society.\n\nThere are many corrupt and evil governments and rulers in the world, but the ones who have the most impact outside their own countries are almost always in Muslim countries.  Islam is a peaceful religion but demands of its traditionalist followers that they treat the word of God as law.  Traditionalist Sharia law is inflexible and makes little account for the change in technology, culture and society which has happened in the last 1300 or so years.  When a theocracy comes to power in the Middle East which declares Sharia law, the only flexibility they have is by massaging interpretation of the law to accommodate modern circumstances.  But no amount of interpretation can hide the underlying problems associated with human rights.  Islamic theocracies, hamstrung by their self-imposed constraints on governing, are often doomed to either collapse or resort to sacrificing the liberties of its citizens to preserve their rule and becoming increasingly more "fundamental".\n\nIran is an example of one of these "bad-guy" countries.  There is almost no attempt to conceal that Iran funds terrorists, most notably Hezbollah in Lebanon (against Israel).  They have publicly called for Israel to be wiped off the map.  The bad news is that the bad guys have audacity, resolve and versatility.  They do not pay heed to international rules such as the Geneva convention, and can send a suicide bomber into Tel Aviv or onto a train to Madrid without losing a minute of sleep.  The good guys are slowed by conscience.  We must do what is right or at least the lesser of two evils.  A leader consults his cabinet, congress, etc and must answer to his people and the international community.  However, while we are less versatile, we have the great advantage of technology.  It is for this reason that we cannot allow states which refuse to behave responsibly to start to match our level of military technology and be able to construct nuclear weapons.\n\nIran is unlikely to use its nuclear weapons when it develops them but then it is not out of the question.  The threat of Israel's nuclear deterrent may not work on leaders such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  Some fundamental Muslims have the ridiculous notion that a harem of virgins awaits them in heaven if they blow themselves up and scores of innocent "Zionist" civilians with them.  This idea could well be extended to a nation scale.  Most Iranians are good, peaceful Shi'a Muslims who do not want to die, but unfortunately they don't have the keys to the missile silo ...\n\nThe world may seem like it is in trouble, but as communication improves via media such as the internet, increasingly oppressed citizens will see images and hear stories of their so-called enemies in the Western world and learn that we are not all devils (although certain administrations are far from perfect).  This will in turn make them less likely to vote for parties such as Hamas or take to the hills to join Al-Qaeda and may even cause them to rise up against the powers that be in Iran.  In the meantime we must not confuse ordinary Muslims with fundamental Muslims.\n\nThe great irony is that to a Muslim, the idea of a suicide bomber is so much more abhorrent than the idea of a McDonalds on the high street in Riyadh, yet some fanatics justify purging the latter by embracing the former (broadly spe
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Within this decade, not likely. Yet, within a generation, based on immigration patterns allowed by European nations, and the prolific breeding patterns of Muslims (especially when compared to Europeans), then yes. It will be interesting to watch the 'social democracies' of Europe deal with it, as they are bred and voted out of existence. As all of their hard work and investments go into the wealth redistribution programs they now champion, and then are filtered away by the very political state they created, it will be laughable. They denounce the US, and its current actions, but they are a scant few years away.
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islam as a religion isnt the problem.radical extremist have hi-jacked a country and its people! slowly but surely neighboring countries have been handled the same way.I just want to clear up a misconception about suicide bombers.It isnt always suicide, when your family is held randsom and the only way to insure their safe release is to blow yourself up, come on,I would do the same. I am a democrat and not a huge Bush fan but we cannot stop trying to weed out the evil regimes. On this, I know it is the only way to give the gift of freedom that Americans and many other countries are born with and take for granted. breaking down walls and making sure that free trade and more than one ideology is the only solution.
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What may be (?) good for the US is by far not necessarily good for other countries. Before installing democracy in a country, that country must be qualified for democracy!\nAs we can see in many countries of the so-called third world, democracy american style there simply does not work. As a matter of fact, because of such democracy forced onto them, among others by the US, many of these countries ended up in plain chaos and anarchy!\nThe system of a country can work to the better of its people only, if this system developed from within and most always will fail, if it is forced onto a nation from outside (like from the US).\nLet the Americans live with their type of regime and give other countries a chance of their own! Eventually a nation may end up with a democracy even better than the one of the US, which is restricted to that check-mark on your poll-sheet!
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The US is supposed to be about freedom of religion.  Sure, you may get people yelling in your face, but at least you don't get thrown in jail anymore for being different.
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That depends on what it is you want to do.  It is pretty well agreed that child molesting is not a good thing and that you would be harshly judged for doing so.  Etc.  Murder, theft, and so on. There  has to be certain agreed upon standards of conduct in order for any society to survive.
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The GOP does take away a lot of US freedoms but it's not even close to as bad as what happens with the Mullahs in Iran.  Could it get as bad as Iran?  I hope not but you never know.