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We, Sir, Are Not Equal

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There is a little Dutch boy that is speaking his mind, very load and very often. He is the Dutch boy that has his finger in the dike, but he is not alone, many of his fellow Dutch citizens are now joining him in doing just that, and separating racism and plain common sense in the Netherlands today. Some say it is too late, some believe it is never too late, and I strongly believe that wherever there are people around, no matter what religion they used to subscribe before – if they will be introduced to the idea of real freedom will follow it naturally – for it is a basic human need that was not oppressed for many hundreds of years by many types and kind of ruthless nobles, kings, politicians and fascists.

Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders Has His Finger in the Dike

The little boys name is Geert Wilders, and he is most known for his strong opposition of Islam and its teachings, he almost always notes that he has no problem with people (Muslim or not) but that the ideology of Islam is a dangerous one, and even more, it is penetrating Europe from countries that are considerably less evolved (Mid East and Africa). Mr. Wilders claims that the liberal left had created a platform of an idea in which all societies are equal and should be treated in the same way, and he opposes this idea.

For it is clear that if thousands of people immigrate from one place to another that the place they are coming to has, at the very least in their eyes, much better conditions for them as well as a brighter and safer future for their children. If these people undergo great efforts and dangers to get out of the country in which they were born, to go and live in a different place, it must say something about that place that they are leaving. And we need not play guessing games, its clear that African and Mid Eastern countries do not have the advanced medical services, the liberal welfare state rules and the tolerant societies of the West.

If we were really equal we would have seen news items about young Christians, running drunk in the streets of some city in Saudi Arabia and setting a masque on fire, of Israeli Jews living in Tunisia raping 3 local Muslim girls after participating in a demonstration for charging the local prime minister with crimes against humanity. But we do not hear of these crimes, because they simply can not happen, not because police is so tight in those countries but because Christians are not allowed to be identified as such in Saudi Arabia, they can not drink because Islam forbids it, they can not pray because there are no Churches in this country, Israelis can not live in Arab countries (they can try but it would be brutal and short), Jews can not demonstrate and the local government does not support the idea that someone can publicly criticize any leader of the state.

We are not equal, and have not been so for a very long time.

Societies suffocated by the violent, crazed and maddened theories of Islam did not produce anything of significance to humanity. The oil they produce has not been discovered by Islam countries, the different things oil is used for have not been created by Muslims, they use drills and geologists that are not Muslim and have not been educated in Islamic countries, and once the well runs dry these ruling elite of these people will be in a very, very big problem.

Why #May27 Really Matters

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The social media servers are standing ready for tomorrow, as many of freedom lovers around the world. Tomorrow we might see the rebirth of the Egyptian revolution, and with it a renewed sense of dignity and respect for the people who wanted freedom and will not stop until they get it.

See, changing the name of a dictator or tyrant is not that difficult, once you place the old one in jail or hang him or her it is really only a question of time for the next in line to jump in and assume the position, robbing and locking people as they go. This pattern is so imprinted into the Arab Muslim society that it almost seemed like its going to be the same here, but for some reason it is not. The people of Egypt feel that they have done all of that work for nothing, and now they are getting something that is more of the same, or even worst – a paved road leading to the first extreme official Muslim brotherhood branch government.

So check out the social media pages, and do whatever you can to let people know that the people of Egypt want real freedom, that the women of Egypt want respect and change, that the atheists that started this revolution want to be a part of the new Egypt, and not to be locked or murdered, forgotten and abandoned.

From here the only thing I can wish the people of Egypt is that they will win this revolution, that things will really change, the religious fear mongering will not win the day and that they will join us in our call to move humanity forward to progress and leave religion behind us.

Thou Shall Have Free Speech!

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“…and on the first minute of the first hour of the first day, god created free speech and made man so he could think and express his thoughts freely, without fear of injury or assault, for his words are an expression of his mind, and if found offensive to the ears of the listener that listener could then reply and reject the thoughts of the free speaker, as well as just walk away from there”

Now the fact that its in quotation does not mean I found it anywhere, but isn’t it bluntly obvious that if anyone created human beings and their minds that this creator would like those little people to speak their mind and not keep it locked inside for fear of danger?

Almost all religions want to limit free speech, now we got governments joining in with great enthusiasm to tax the internet and to limit its users on the content they create and the thoughts that they describe. So now that all the proper authorities are aligned with creating things to tax, like the carbon tax and soon to come the internet taxation free speech will be limited and controlled, and of course will increase the ever growing flow of money to the governments and will continue naturally to the banks so they can cover the loses they take for managing working people money.

If a roman citizen from 100BC would have moved in to contemporary 2011 U.S. or Europe he would be amazed at the taxes people have ideas for, but he will also be amazed at how, without the clear show of aggression and brutality, people in power silence anyone who does not keep quite and speaks his or her mind, now that’s progress. Let us imagine a visit to London of 2950 in the future, where people are taxed for touching flowers and trees, because of the potential harm it might cause the plant in the process of photosynthesis, visits to governmental (or bank) owned lands in the countryside will be taxed for use of higher quality air and the global leader (world government, not easy to forget that one) can increase taxation on warmer or cooler regions of the planet.

And no one shall speak against it, for it is not only a sin to doubt the global leader but to raise suspicion and fear in the minds of the subdued and obedient citizens of the world.

Reject religions and anyone who tells you that you can not or should not challenge anything, doubt everything and be skeptic of anyone, do not conform to the moral standards of (the not-so-pious)  religious leaders. If you really love whatever it was that made you, the first thing you can do is to speak your mind and use your mouth.

God Loves You (Not You, You!)

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The idea that you can be special without doing anything special, without any effort or thought, just by being, is one we have to credit religions with. After all it is the Jewish faith that explicitly tells Jewish believers that they are the “chosen people” and that god has a special relationship with them, this has spread more in the last couple of years and being used by religious Jews on non religious ones to try and get them closer to this organized religion. It is not surprising that these religious Jews use things like “you are the son/daughter of god/the king” or “we are the people of the book” to put non religious people to shame, to try and morally oppress people who do not register the faith and to make them think that they should act or be diferent because god has special plans for them.

And this includes everyone, that is the beauty of it, Jewish murderers, rapists, thieves and lie tellers are all included in this pact, it is a categorically choice of god and no one can be excluded from it, if you are Jewish you are a part of the chosen people and you should act like one. What that actually means I have no idea, but rest assure that the behavior that is expected of Jews by Jewish religious leaders changes from one branch of this faith to the other, from Ashkenazim to Sapharadic (Jews from Western Europe and from Africa and Arabia) and from one political party to the other.

Same with Islam, only not as explicit as in the Jewish example, Islam does not tell his believers that they are chosen, or that they have a special relationship from birth with the almighty, mainly because Islam is a religion that is propagated and spread, so telling people that only if they were born Muslim they have this bond with god would not help much – new people will not join for fear of being excluded on this one, so Islam simply tells its followers that they are the best of all people.

It is important to note that Islam does refer to the Jews as the chosen people from time to time (only to be followed by a “kill them all” notion in later episodes) but there is no doubt that Islam – to the Muslim – is much better than being Jewish, because Muslims are told that they are the best people on earth, and that there is no one better.

And once again this is applied on everyone, the killers and the terrorists, the child molesters and the rapists… only that in Islam law you need to adjust your dictionary and learn that a rape (for example) is not really a rape if it one on one, it needs to have a few participants in it, you will also learn that a Muslim is allowed to lie freely in certain situations, and that stealing is really a question of how what and when.

So the Jews are the chosen people, and Muslim are the best of people, god loves them both and somehow you are supposed to make an educated conclusion and join only one of the religions, I am confused. Christians make it much easier, Jesus loves you, he died on the cross for your sins, even though you were born 2,000 after his death, so that shows you how much he loves you, now you only need to walk around with that guilt for the rest of your life.