Life inside Islamic State

Started by Westmarcher, 05 March 2016, 10:01:24 AM

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Westmarcher

I read this whilst having my coffee this morning. Words fail me. What a courageous guy. Please take some time to look at this. Thanks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35728424
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

fsn

Wow! That's awful.

Genuinely harrowing.
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Techno

The BBC News channel showed (most/all of) that the other day.

Just awful.  :( :( :( :(

Cheers - Phil

FierceKitty

I love these chaps. They're valuable allies for atheism.
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Steve J


Westmarcher

Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 March 2016, 10:43:33 AM
I love these chaps. They're valuable allies for atheism.

Not North Korean atheism, I hope.  :P
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

FierceKitty

Being an atheist doesn't mean that one supports posturing dictators. In fact, quite the opposite, surely?
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Ithoriel

Everyone's an atheist ... it's just some of us disbelieve one more deity than everyone else.
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data

petercooman

Quote from: Ithoriel on 05 March 2016, 03:47:45 PM
Everyone's an atheist ... it's just some of us disbelieve one more deity than everyone else.

well said!