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Submitted by Tschida on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 11:37am.
Found this while surfing around. I can't say that I am surprised, but I hope that she resurfaces soon.
Waris Dirie, a former model turned women's rights campaigner, has gone missing in Brussels, her manager Walter Lutschinger said Friday.
Read the rest here... http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/07/belgium.model.ap/index.html (for some reason when I highlight text the insert link function doesn't enable.) UPDATE
She was found hours after police announced they were launching a nationwide search for her. She had last been seen getting into a cab after a mix-up over a hotel in the early hours of Wednesday. Prosecutor's spokeswoman Estelle Arpigny said Dirie was being questioned by police about the disappearance and appeared to be in good health. She declined to give further details, saying it was unclear what had happened since Dirie vanished after leaving a Brussels nightclub.I am very glad she has been found alive. I will be interested to hear the story of what happened.
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Submitted by ashley on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 11:45am.Religious extremism
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 11:58am.I object to the "Islam" tag
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 12:10pm.likewise
Submitted by enpen on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 12:13pm.Larry coined it nicely. I think the tag should be something like "extremism".
"In principle, I am an anarchist. Kurt Vonnegut once said he was an agnostic who respects Jesus Christ. I am an anarchist who loves democracy." - Kenzaburo Oe
....
Submitted by Norm on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 4:35pm.Maybe I should put "Catholic" as a tag for all of my blogs? :)
Sorry Rob, you get stuck with "Atheist"
I don't feel stuck with atheist. I feel free with atheist.
Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 4:48pm.Dibs On
Submitted by JstPlnOnry on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 4:49pm.Christian!
"A point of view is only a view from a point..." ~ Unknown
Nitpicking
Submitted by Jeff Brigham on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 6:08pm.This is great. Now we can start nitpicking everybody's tags. It will help us ignore the subject. Don't cha love progress?
Jeff Brigham
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Extreme examples
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 1:29pm.Army of God (Warning their website contains graphic photos)
The Church of God with Signs Following is the name applied to Pentecostal holiness churches that engage in the practice of snake handling and drinking poison in their religious worship services, based on Mark 16:17-18.
Just a couple of examples.
Many people think circumcision is genital mutilation, also.
Voodoo is out there a ways, as are many other religions.
Speaking of out there....
Submitted by security_six on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 8:51pm.Embrace Slack!
The Church of the SubGenius
"si vis pacem, para bellum"
Update you tags dude
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 9:01am.Why Gug?
Submitted by JT on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 11:47am.Islam seems an appropriate tag. So do you just want more tags, or the removal of Islam?
"I de-clutch, you know." Juan Manuel Fangio when asked how he avoids flat-spotting his tires when he spins the car.
If Islam is the "appropriate" tag
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 12:18pm.Then "Christian" should be the appropriate tag for Fred Phelps. Unless you want the removal of Christianity, JT.
Think about it, is Christianity the operative word of Fred Phelps actions?
Appropriate?
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 12:31pm.Just because you say it's
Submitted by Jeff Brigham on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 6:12pm.Just because you say it's bigotry does not make it so.
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Just when you had a couple of people trying to understand, Jeff
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 8:07pm.You post that piece of stupidity - the "disclaimer" is what I speaking about.
Just the point that you feel the need says mountains about your intentions on this blog.
Thanks for the warning. I'll avoid all your posts until you finally succeed in permanent exclusion from the community.
Unfinished business
Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 8:35pm.Steven,I really do not
Submitted by Jeff Brigham on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 10:49pm.Steven,
I really do not regard this stuff as any "unfinished business" that I have to deal with. It's more of a pot that others have decided to start stirring again. Fine. Please remember that you and others have asked.
Thank you,
Jeff Brigham
"The best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists. That work continues.”
President George W. Bush
It unfinished
Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 11:11pm.You don't really have a choice.
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 12:57am.Gugliemo,
Submitted by Jeff Brigham on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 1:57am.Some of my fellow community members can have whatever opinions or "problems" as they like. As I can have opinions or "problems" as I like. I have never posted any photo of that sign on Olyblog. If you have objections to seeing it on Olyblog, contact the people who have posted it. I have nothing to apologize for. I would not suggest waiting for an apology either.
I don't like many opinions that are presented on Olyblog. But as part of the community, I must learn to work around that. So must you, don't you know.
Jeff Brigham
"The best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists. That work continues.”
President George W. Bush
Wow.
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 7:01am.There's your answer, Tschida, JT, Rebecca, and everyone else.
I have never posted any photo of that sign on Olyblog. If you have objections to seeing it on Olyblog, contact the people who have posted it.
See. It isn't his fault at all. What were we thinking?
Oh, no.
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 9:30am.If my use of that
Submitted by Jeff Brigham on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 11:02pm.If my use of that "disclaimer" is so upsetting to you, I will avoid using it in the future. I truly do wish that you would be equally upset when we have docents abusing their authority.
Also, please examine the posts above again. Tschida posts an article and instead of discussion of the article, we have nitpicking about a tag he put on it. I have noticed this on several instances when Tschida posts articles. He could post "The sky is blue and water is wet" and a number of people here would avoid any discussion or conversation and instead immediately nitpick something to attack him on. Let's work on that problem also.
Thank you,
Jeff Brigham
"The best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists. That work continues.”
President George W. Bush
Huh?
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 1:05am.You're just making crap up now. Tsch has posted a number of "sky is blue" posts without any nitpicking. Do you have examples otherwise? This is called projection.
Is the practice that Ms Dirie,
Submitted by JT on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 12:47pm.campaigns against a practice of Islam? Or is the basis more from Somali influence? If it is Islam or a sect of Islam then the tag is appropriate. Perhaps more tags would be better though. If it is more Somali, which is where I thought the practice came from, then Islam might not be the best choice.
Just like if the topic was about male circumcision, perhaps Jewish, Christian, etc. might be appropriate.
Not much about Phelps is Christian, so I don't see the link. Like back to my orginal question, if female genital mutilation, or female circumcision (as it frequently and incorrectly is referred to)is a practice of Islam, reporting it in a tag is not bigotry.
"I de-clutch, you know." Juan Manuel Fangio when asked how he avoids flat-spotting his tires when he spins the car.
Well, there goes the subjective meter again
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 3:27pm.According to Phelps and his followers they are Christian.
I would say that this woman wasn't following anything about Muslim tradition, unless I'm reading entirely wrong.
Here is a link to some info
Submitted by OperaGirl on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 4:03pm.Here is a link to some info on Female Genital Mutilation. Mostly happening in Africa and a few Asian and Middle East countries. WHO: FGM info
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~Ludwig van Beethoven
Nobody is talking about the issue, everybody is just arguing.
Submitted by Rob Richards on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 10:06am.