Define "Evil"...

u keep inventin what to say in reaction to what is said as could justify else wrong if what u say could appear else as opposite, wat r u sayin man
u want to claim that spirit is the answer??? r u crazy freakin moron
u r lookin for science and proofs and facts ends to convince people that they are nothing to all that???

u r totally wrong and u have no right to quote my words when what u say has nothng to do with it

only truth so being honest and acceptin what is honestly too exist and matter, no spirit freakin liar
and that is why lies is the only issue now of possible existence that is never true

and for ur info, being honest to an extend that has no problem at all to admit and recognize truth existence as being else rights, is not a spirit moron it is superior to truth but not absolutely while it is the absolute right to exist as it wishs totally
dont dream about buyin or sellin this right for u and others

Just checking out the Reply to View ratios on threads.

They are pretty amazing.

This one has a little over 500 replies which is quite respectable but it has over 15,ooo views.

Roughly 14,500 people checked out the thread but had nothing to say?

no u r not free to do what u want before recognizin else freedom existence very clearly dont dare talk about another thing even if it never touched u right

things are objectively existin then before meanin being constant present right so objective abstraction about urself, u cant b a self fact existence if there is no else, self objective existence is only bc of reality needs which is bc of else existence, u wont have to exist objectively if there is no other existence, u r u subjectively and free much more true
u cant b free if else dont exist, freedom definition is in truth of else existence reason
u cant b one if zero dont exist but also if two is impossible
u cant b superior if any is not superior too, superiority exist only as constant thing, if else is inferior or nothing then ur superiority is in comparaison to what is not superior so never positively superoir exist while it means a reaction to else negatively as willin to reject it in pretendin being right
when there is else then superiority is to admit it and b real for objective value as existin fact superiority so u could pretend being relatively superior in truth superiority being objective

cat stevens is muslim from long time before, putin an old song of him singin liberty is show the hypocrit u r as evil fundamentalist one

Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. Edward A. Navajo —

It's has become more like Rex's journal than a discussion thread. Call me evil but this thread has become a bit dull.

(Let's hope for a flame war )

It is a paradox. I will explain things when I am ready. hehe

Though readers here already know much of the things I have said, I have still much more to reveal. Stories... insights, but let others try and explain too.

Evil requires the supernatural just like religion.

You can save your explanation for someone else, I was just having a hand at humor

Today evil has a different description than the past (Evil vs evil), and has its uses in value judgements we make about others and oneself.

You're free to believe whatever you want.

Gay Life in IRAQ (REPOSTED)

In one word: Terrifying! There is no law that prohibits same-sex activity, but death squads are targeting gays and transgender individuals in Iraq in horrifying fashion. Things have gone from bad to beyond worse for the LGBTI community since conservative Islamist forces have taken over in Iraq and especially now in the absence of any meaningful American oversight. Although conditions were hostile under Suddam Hussien’s regime, LGBTI individuals now seemingly have no place to turn.

Starting in 2008, reputable and alarming reports began to emerge that death squads were on the hunt for us in Iraq. Muslim clerics issued fatwas “urging the killing of lesbians and gays” with once cleric giving instructions to do so in the “most severe way possible.” And so began “homophobic killing spree[s]” by Islamist death squads. Since then, *hundreds* of gay or perceived to be gay individuals are believed to “have been kidnapped, tortured, and murdered.” The witch-hunts continue to this day in apparently a new wave of anti-gay violence. The BBC has “directed a renewed spotlight on the extreme peril that gay and transgender people face in Iraq” based on new reports of systematic killings (see BBC article posted as first “comment” to this Post).

BBC also reports that other LGBTI individuals claim they are routinely raped by the police at checkpoints. The US Department of State points to other forms of persecution and concludes in its Country Conditions Report of 2011 that “[s]ocietal discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, occupation, and housing [are] common,” and that “[m]ilitias [also] harassed and threatened persons with HIV/AIDS on the grounds that being infected was ‘evidence of sin.’” Sadly, discrimination and harassment seem to be the least of our problems in Iraq. We are being systematically mistreated, abused, or worse in Iraq by government officials, including the police, to say nothing about the Islamist militia groups.

Unfortunately, you must be in the United States or at one of its port of entries (for example, an airport) to apply for asylum. When you are in the United States, you can file an “affirmative” asylum application. Absent criminal history, you are generally allowed to be free (not detained) while your application is resolved, and the application process is generally quick taking four to six weeks unless you are in the appeals process (see post on The Basics On Gay & HIV+ Asylum of August 28 that is pinned to the top of this Page).

But the overwhelming majority of gays, lesbians, and transgender individuals living in places like Iraq will be unable to obtain a visa to travel to the US. It is especially difficult for a young male from the Middle East to obtain a visa based on current events. If anyone manages to get to a port of entry without proper entry documents and requests asylum, the US Government will consider the request a “defensive” asylum application and it will review that request and, if credible, the person can obtain asylum.

A “defensive” asylum claim is processed differently than an “affirmative” asylum claim. Most notably, any person that shows up at a port of entry without proper entry documents will be ‘civilly’ detained at one of the detention centers of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”). These places are effectively or in fact prisons (depending on the location) and, rather unbelievably, asylee applicants are often housed with convicted criminals. The US Government might detain these individuals until their asylum claim is resolved, which can take much longer than an “affirmative” asylum application. Someone claiming asylum at a port of entry is likely to wait over one year before he or she gets a hearing before an Immigration Judge.

Sometimes, however, the person is released from detention and allowed to be free until his or her asylum claim is resolved if he or she can show a credible fear of being persecuted if returned to his or her home country. Before ICE releases anyone from detention, however, it must believe that the person will show up at his or her hearings (not be a ‘flight’ risk), and, of course, not be a threat to the US in any way. It follows that individuals should seriously consider the consequences of showing up at a US port of entry without proper entry documents even if they face abuse in their home country.

Although every case is different, a gay national from Iraq (as well as most other Middle East countries) should know that he or she is generally eligible for asylum so long as he or she (1) submits a credible application that is well supported, (2) files within the 1-year filing deadline, and (3) does not have a criminal record. These applicants also must consider the current political climate and understand that their applications might be scrutinized accordingly.

It is important for anyone considering asylum to discuss his or her case with an experienced asylum attorney. I will be glad to speak with anyone who is considering asylum at no charge.

NOTE: Neither this nor any other Post on my Page is meant to attack any culture or religion. As some of you have correctly noted, fundamentalism specific to other religions is alive and well in many parts of the world and equally detrimental to the LGBTI community. Facebook removed this Post today and will again if the comments to the Post are abusive. Please comment accordingly.

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REFERENCES

United States Department of State, “Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Iraq,” Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2011), available at http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper.

Erasing 76 Crimes, “Iraq has become a death trap for gay men” by Colin Stewart (September 28, 2012), available at: http://76crimes.com/2012/09/28/iraq-has-become-a-death-trap-for-gay-men/.

BBC Two, World Service: News, “BBC World Service investigation with Newsnight reveals systematic deadly persecution of homosexuals in Iraq” (September 12, 2012), available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/newsnight-iraq-gay.html.

BBC News: Middle East, “Witch-hunt in Iraq” (September 11, 2012), available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19557895.

HuffPost: Gay Voices, “Iraq’s Gay And Lesbian Community Being Targeted By Death Squads: Report” (March 6, 2012), available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/06/iraq-gay-and-lesbian-community-death-squads_n_1324905.html.

SDGLN, “Iraqi death squads once again targeting gays and lesbians” (March 6, 2012), available at: http://sdgln.com/news/2012/03/06/iraqi-death-squads-once-again-targeting-gays-and-lesbians.

The Guardian, “Sexual cleansing in Iraq” by Peter Tatchell (September 25, 2008), available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/25/iraq.humanrights.

The Sun Worshipers

There was once a man who lived in a valley between two mountains, one mountain he called good and the other he called evil.

Each morning the good mountain would bring the sun and every evening the evil mountain would take it away.

This man lived many years watching the sun be given at morn and stolen at the twilight dim that he dreamed of a day where the sun would stay in the sky and shine more than merely an hour a day upon his face.

Yet the mountain that gave him the sun was very steep that even the birds would not rest in its peaks. The mountain which took his beloved sun was also seemingly too high to scale.

One day a prophet wandered down from the steep incline of the mountain which the man regarded all his life as evil. The man took it as an omen that this prophet must be evil... Yet the man pondered and scratched his head thinking that the evil mountain had always taken away the sun and now it seems to have given something in return, so the man hesitantly gave the prophet audience and listened to his tale.

The prophet said to the man, "I have traveled many a night’s journey to scale this great mountain." The man lifted his eyes and said, "You call this mountain great? I live for one hour a day where the sun shines upon my face and then this great mountain of yours takes the sun and this valley is once again cast into the shadows of this mountain you so humbly worship." The prophet was amazed because he finally began to see.

Tears came to the prophet's eyes and he cried for what seemed inexplicable. The Prophet said, "I now understand! I once lived in a valley just as you do and one day I thought I would seek out the source of the sunlight’s birth place.

So I set my own evil mountain to my back and climbed to the heights of the heavens to find the sun’s cradle. Once I reached the good mountain's summit I saw the earth give birth to the sun and it rose in the sky and it shown down on my face and there was so much light I nearly went blind. Yet I could only bask in the sun for a day and the sun continued upon its path crossed over my own evil mountain then was taken into the arms of the earth again."

The man began to realize that his evil mountain was this prophet's sacred mountain. Suddenly he began to feel ill in the pit of his stomach. He wondered if this prophet was an apparition sent only to blunt and buffet his own purpose in life.

The man fell to the ground at the feet of the prophet and said, "Please take me to the sun!" The prophet agreed and took the man by the hand and led him up the mountain he once thought to be evil. It is written the prophet and the man they chased the sun from valley to mountain seeking nothing but the warmth of the sun’s light upon their brow till the last twinkle of light left the sky.

Written by RexRed 2009

Man's definition of good and evil are worthless applications, because everything that happens is "nature" or natural. Loving and killing are natural to most living things, and most have subjective opinions about what they are.

Even a volcano that destroys its surrounding eventually is replaced with new vegetation.

Nature.

Ohhh REALLY?

Take a moment to consider then, Scott...

Is killing a dog a good thing?No, of course not. Then it must be absolutely evil.Even if it was mauling a small child? Well, then that's another story, isn't it? So, the dogs in the wrong, and killing it was good, and not evil- But what if that small child was a perceived threat to the dogs' newborn babies, whom the dog was trying to protect?

How much are you liking the colors black and white, then?

Draw a line from yourself to others... Then you might know to measure the scope of culture and the breadth of evil...

I can't help but believe there is hope still left in this world...

As Malala heals, thousands rally against Taliban
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/49409921

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/49409921#49409921

I put two links in hopes that one might actually work

LET FREEDOM RING!

Did God torment Job into submission?