ElPunto;965509 wrote: Less white men = less oppression in the world. East Asians will fill the vacuum as they have already done so in the form of economic dominance in SE Asia.

Tillamook;965478 wrote: I disagree. A totally unfounded assumption. There are many affluent countries as different as Taiwan and Saudi Arabia whose populations are still growing. This isn't about wealth, but culture. This is unique to Europe and North America, and to be more precise-- unique to the White race. Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea have some of the lowest fertility rates in the world. Muslim countries are not immune to this phenomena either as is evident with countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Dubai and Qatar which have fertility rates of 2.61, 2.09, 2.4 and 2.23 respectively. There has been several decades worth of intensive research on the subject, so to say that it is an unfounded assumption is peculiar.

warsamaale;965362 wrote: I'm afraid your right. Hispanics don't value education and personal achievement like other immigrant groups, eg the Asians and Blacks including Somalis will just fill the prisons as usual. I doubt it in the case of Asians. Indian, Filipino, and Chinese-Americans have the highest household incomes of ethnic groups in the United States. African Americans as Duufaan stated are also experiencing negative population growth when immigrants are factored out. Edit: @Warsamalee. Never mind, I misread your post.

Apophis;965034 wrote: Well put Reeyo. The liberals think they're nature's gift to humanity and only their way of thinking is the saviour of humanity. It's the height of ignorance. As a former liberal (now a hard core, Stalinist, conservative), the above was the way I used to think. To sum, we are living through a tyranny of the liberal ideology and it will pass, like a bad odour. I hope you haven't cast me for a modern liberal. I'm completely against any federal or even state entity attempting to define marriage, the only information that should be required for taxation purposes, is proof of cohabitation for a whatever length of time is deemed appropriate. Whether a religious institution chooses to recognize a marriage between two homosexuals, as some have, should be left up to that institution. The same goes for interracial marriages, cases of incest between two adults etc. You are forced to tolerate, not approve of, what anyone does so long as it does not breach your individual rights.

Alpha Blondy;964923 wrote: that's funny y'all. Blasphemy!

Google seems to be our generation's equivalent of Bell Laboratories, without the Nobel laureates. Which doesn't bode well for them as they'll likely be dismantled in the future as they'll be seen to cornering far too many markets. This idea seems like it could be put to great use in disaster response planning.

I'm trying to find the source, but I remember reading an article that mentioned that the amount that is recoverable was actually among the smallest of any of the finds in Africa, it pales in comparison to the reserves of Niger. Although what was unrecoverable then might be considered feasible now as market prices/demand and technology have changed over the past few decades.

N.O.R.F;964922 wrote: The culminated of a concerted campaign over 30 years. Slowly slowly we saw them in comedy shows and movies as funny 'likeable' characters setting up one platform after another where it is seen as perfectly normal by many in the west today. Bringing in such laws was only a matter of time. The same could be said of African Americans and the beginnings of their television presence in the '60s. The original Star Trek series is an excellent example as it featured one of the earliest interracial kisses on TV.

Naxar Nugaaleed;964688 wrote: Nothing to do with that subject at the moment, just going of off materials I have come across much earlier but will be happy to look into it when I have time. Xiin, waan ku gartay sxb, there was more of this is how things should be tone rather then this is what i believe in your argument. What am saying however is that there is a convergence between popular sentiment and logical understanding of the personal freedoms and equality that is inshrined in the constitution. Your views, in the sense ofAmerican popular opinion is very outdated, like I said that train has left the building a long time ago. What is being debated now, that the highest court in the land has found unconstitutional is the states unequal treatment of its citizens based on sexual oriention. If your arguemeny is that homosexuality is bad, that had its own place but it's a completely different arguement from the desicion of the Supreme Court today and Doma. Forgive the confusion but am just not sure of the case your making, is it homosexuality or the unconstitutionality of Doma. He's already stated that his religious beliefs form the basis for his disapproval of this ruling, meaning that it's unlikely that he'll evaluate this specific case on its merits.

Apophis;964626 wrote: Early man defined marriage and thus it's not something modernly defined. And I would argue the ceremony has a huge effects. And the so called “breakdown" of traditional family is a red herring. That was an error on my part. That last sentence was in response to your earlier post: Apophis;964599 wrote: As a Stalinist, I don't support these sort of backdoor shenanigans. The state should not be undermining the bedrock of society i.e, traditional family/values . Xiin, I'm with you but from a different path.

Apophis;964601 wrote: Marriage has always been the union of two people of opposite sex. To redifine it in such a fundamental way is to redifine what it is to be human. If your talking about the natural benefits that come with long term cohabitation, why define marriage to begin with? The ceremonies themselves have no tangible effects. The breakdown of the nuclear family in the west came long before any gay had the gall to pursue marriage equality.

xiinfaniin;964585 wrote: Abhorrent is the notion of sleeping with your own sex , your attempt to defend the act is lame . Are you contrarian ? Of course sleeping with your own sex is abhorrent to you, just as it is to me, but what does gay sex have to do with marriage laws? Unless gays have a warped idea of what constitutes chastity, I don't see how this will have any impact on a gay person's sex life.

xiinfaniin;964534 wrote: Because those who support this thing argue for it on the basis of individual rights. Just to point out the nonsense That's because most believe that a few abhorrent cases shouldn't be used as justification for denying the rights of many. The precedent for this case was set when laws regarding miscegenation were struck down and much of the arguments in support of the enactments mirrored your own.

xiinfaniin;964521 wrote: Rights to marry between two men ?, hell yes. Just like I would object the claim of right to marry a mother or daughter... I don't understand why you keep pulling out the incest card, is it only same-sex incest that concerns you?

A bit melodramatic, don't you think? Or do you fear that there is no longer any barrier to you becoming a turd-burglar?

When will the design and engineering of these projects become endemic? These developments are taking place in Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E, Kuwait and Qatar, all of whom are the worst performing countries at the International Mathematics Olympiad as well as in TIMSS/PISA testing for science and math. I know this isn't new issue and they've been discussed before, but it seems as if nothing is being done to rectify it. Even KAUST, which was highly-touted as bringing R & D to the middle east, relies almost solely on foreigners, many of whom would never consider Saudi Arabia their permanent home.

The world would be a safer place if all 'terrorizing' was conducted in this manner. Besides the complaints of melted corneas by the pious, there's little long-standing damage. However, it's a crude form of protest and the all of the wanted attention will be directed towards the brazen methods rather than the particular grievance.

Would it be far-fetched to say that an multi-clan child in Somalia would face more problems due to their background than a multiracial child in America? That seems to be the case with my family.

Leave it. Let it be further evidence to those who accuse me of dragging religion in to non-relevant discussions. A moderator, no less. I also find it hilarious that given the context of his post, he chose to affix the word Bantu to something he disagrees with. Edit: To Nin-Yaaban. You're in the right, SFG would've been a better acronym to use as this problem is not exclusive to any particular group.

underdog;962875 wrote: Blackflash, I think you're getting ahead of yourself. There are legitimate questions that the Toronto Police REFUSED to answer and have continued to gloss over with mass statistics. Do you realise that the police HAVE NOT shown ANY of the search warrants? 1) Which units were covered under the search warrants and which were not? "No comment" 2) Of the 42 guns and Taser, how many were seized from the Dixon address? "No comment" 3) of the 44 arrests, how many were apprehended at or live at the Dixon address? "No Comment" Joe Warmington is just another white tax payer who's been hearing "Somali gangs" for years and is happy to see tactical officers handcuffing young black kids just so that he can sleep better at night. True, from what I've heard, many of the arrested aren't even Somali. Forgive me if I'm wrong but I don't remember those sensible questions being raised in the articles or radio interviews I've heard, they're more along the lines of complaining about the way the raid itself was conducted, which as I've said before is exactly how these operations have always been carried out before. There was a similar raid in Edmonton a few years back that involved 100+ arrests in the 'dial-a-dope' rings and one of the raids was violently carried out in the conjoining townhouse, it was terrifying, but we focused instead on why our neighbour had been providing housing to someone charged with numerous drug offences and a rape conviction.

We're not separatists. We're federalists. Somalia can only go forward as a decentralized nation at this stage and it provides the greatest security from any future instability in the federal government. It's just the HAG trying to consolidate their spheres of corruption after realizing that inheriting Mogadishu isn't proving to be as lucrative as they once thought. There's really no reason for Mogadishu to be the center of Somalia anymore, it has no valuable natural harbor as in the case of Kismayo and offers little in infrastructure that can't be achieved in a few years by any of the other major cities in Somalia.

These large scale raids are nothing new and have been utilized throughout Toronto and the country for at least the past 5 years. Rather than complaining that you weren't given a heads up prior to search warrants being executed for charges as serious murder and attempted murder, why not question why so many decided to house many of these alleged criminals in the same homes as their elderly parent. Why not speak for the Dixon community rather than claim to speak for such a fractured ethnic community as ours? I don't agree with everything being said in the article as the the Sun is known for its hug-a-cop-blue-wall-circle-jerk articles, but much of is sensible enough.

TORONTO - It takes some nerve to put the blame for the failings of one’s own community on police when it is those brave men and women who prevented a disgusting situation from becoming deadly. But that’s what some so-called Somali-Canadian community leaders were trying to push Tuesday in the wake of Project Traveller. “After the raids, many Somalian community members felt victimized and traumatized as a result of the reckless manner in which the officers forcibly entered their homes,” community activist Mahad Yusuf told a news conference. “The community members are angry about the destruction of their property, the disrespectful comments made by police and the police brutality.” Really? How about all the lives they saved? How about the 42 guns seized and the Taser? How about the 100 rounds of ammunition? How about the $3 million in deadly drugs found near the playgrounds? How about the dismantling of vicious street gangs? How about the 44 arrests and 220 charges? How about a “thank you” for the Toronto Police? That’s what should have come Tuesday. Instead, for ending the building up of a war cache, all police got was spit on. At least Toronto Police, and the other agencies prepared to risk their own lives, did their part to stop this. Yusuf told reporters residents felt there was “excessive force” used. What the hell does that mean? There were almost four dozen guns in these buildings. How do you approach that reality if you are police? Also, there is a murder investigation under way and there have been three dozen young Somalia-born men slain in Canada in the past three years. Read More Why do the social pariahs who deem themselves the 'leaders' of the Somali community, scurry their way in to radio shows and other mediums after an already negative, highly publicized event like the Dixon raids?

I remember reading up on minted coins for the Somalia a while back and realizing that Somalia is well known in the coin collecting community for its crazy coin iterations.

warsamaale;962024 wrote: a black man is only 3/5 human anyways scientifically , not surprising Are you one of those eccentric few who feel they should be the most contemptible person in any particular discussion?