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To: SeekAndFind

The word ‘infidel’ is, by definition, a derogatory term, by anyone who would use it in a serious sentence.

Can you really think of a non-sarcastic way to use the word ‘infidel’ without meaning it as an insult?


20 posted on 05/28/2012 12:47:40 PM PDT by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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To: Steel Wolf
Can you really think of a non-sarcastic way to use the word ‘infidel’ without meaning it as an insult?

Jeff Dunham, via his puppet Achmed the Dead Terrorist seems to do a hysterically good job of it.

37 posted on 05/28/2012 1:11:52 PM PDT by upchuck (Need is not an acceptable lifestyle choice; dependent is not a career. ~ Dr. Tim Nerenz)
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To: Steel Wolf

“Can you really think of a non-sarcastic way to use the word ‘infidel’ without meaning it as an insult?”

I’ll start my multi-part mini-rant by responding to this first: The word, printed in both Arabic and English on my tee shirt and ball cap, is not an insult, but a source of pride.

Onward: A good friend of mine is a Chinese man, from a merchant family, who grew up in Indonesia. The history of their barbarism to the Chinese there - who keep their economy afloat, except when they are all killed of and looted by the natives every few years - is chilling to hear about. If this is a “moderate” Muslim country, I’d hate to be in an extreme one.

Lady Gaga. If she is a lady. Typical clueless showbiz phenomenon, probably unable make the connection between her in-your-face deviance and her support for would-be political tyrants who would round up and liquidate her kind if they finally came to power.


39 posted on 05/28/2012 1:17:38 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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