Jamal

An odd question, and something of a reverse "what have the Romans ever done for us?" Yeah, apart for the forcible seizure of power, the banning of tra...

I agree, more or less. I did not mean to suggest that France's way has worked out better, although I do sympathize with the principle. The problem is ...

We had a poll and it looked like people didn't like likes very much so I turned likes off. Ideally I'd like likes for posts but not accruing to member...

You flag a post to report it to the mods for breaking the rules. Not that we have any rules right now. But you get the idea. :)

Evidence casts doubt on some of these purported factors. It turns out that European jihadists are very often well-educated, relatively wealthy, and in...

Well said. Of course, postmodern leftists and liberals would have us believe that Toussaint Louverture was merely aping the mores of his masters, tryi...

For you it is. Here's what this sounds like to me bert. Imagine a community of people called the lefters who have only one arm, the left one, and they...

Strange, I'm not seeing that. Maybe because I'm an admin. (Just noticed you said that yourself)

With "my threads", you would see the threads with the latest action at the top, even if you hadn't personally contributed for a long time. It's a conv...

Ah, I see what you mean. I'll ask.

Yes that's pretty much it, or part of it at least.

One problem I see with that suggestion: if we take the more apocalyptic pronouncements seriously, it seems they might embrace global warming as part o...

I've been looking for the flagging thing. Where is it?

Hm, I don't think you've grasped what Maajid Nawaz is saying, and what I have also been arguing. I may try to explain it more clearly later. One part ...

One of my central points, one that I've made several times, is that the politically correct liberal and left appeasement of Islamic reactionaries is j...

I'd like to leave a link to a more recent video of Maajid Nawaz. It would be interesting to see if anyone disagrees, and why. http://bigthink.com/vide...

It wasn't working at first because I had to enable it. I enabled it just for you.

I don't see the tension. Most Muslims don't want to live under an ISIS regime, but many young Muslims, whether Europeans or not, are attracted to ISIS...

They say they've fixed editing on mobile. I can't test it because I don't have access to a smartphone or tablet right now.

Yes they redeveloped the subscription system so that it actually sets up recurring payments through PayPal, and this has presumably nullified existing...

@"Baden", one part of the quotation from Rafael Behr that I thought was particular relevant was this bit: You had an exchange with discoii in which he...

These are the changes and new features: • Localisation support. Plush can now work in any language. • MailChimp integration. You can now send newslett...

You seem to be misunderstanding what it means to say that values are universal. It does not mean that they are established everywhere or completely. I...

@"Baden": to quickly respond to your post about the Rafael Behr's article, I'm not going to get into the ins and outs of whether it's a fair attack on...

Good one, I've added it to the list.

That's just the ones you've started. The idea of a "my threads" feature is to show you the discussions you've participated in.

The number under your name is now the number of posts, by the way.

They've fixed the members list.

Ok thanks. I've reported the bugs to support.

What kind of phone are you using: iPhone, Android, etc.?

I wonder if we're going to see a lot more of these: (Y)

So the software is updated now and I've disabled the reputation system. As I expected, there's no option to retain likes for posts--it's all or nothin...

Haven't got much time, but I saw this in the Guardian and thought of you guys. It's mainly a criticism of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party but it's releva...

I just want to note that I'm not the one going on about "Western values". This is an interpretation--a revealing one--of my mention of "secular values...

I don't think this is true. I think the differences in evidence here are exactly what are important, for reasons I've explained in this thread. I cann...

Quite possibly, and we should continually challenge anti-Muslim rhetoric and victimization. But I have another slogan that's consistent with it: "ISIS...

I don't really know why you're treating me as the foil for your lengthy criticisms of the War on Terror. Is it because I endorsed photo's proposals? I...

Where do you get this from? Don't take my refusal to engage with your post as an endorsement of the American military's bombing of a hospital.

The General Question Section 4 Is metaphysics possible at all? If Hume was right, the answer to this is no. And there wasn't much evidence to the cont...

It might make the discussion less acrimonious if we look at the findings of anthropologist Scott Atran, who has investigated radicalization. Aside fro...

When I criticized Western liberals for failing to show solidarity with those who are fighting ISIS, I had in mind not only those who are actually figh...

This is interesting, from anthropologist Scott Atran: Mindless terrorists? The truth about Isis is much worse

Again, I literally do not know where to begin. What are you talking about? What narrative?

Yes, because there is a battle of ideas.

I'm really not sure about what the West should do, and I entered this discussion not to argue for Western intervention but to criticize the views of W...

No, I described what ISIS are doing and what their motivations are. Again, it is frustrating to discuss this with people who want to think I'm saying ...

This is a good point. I did not mean to suggest that women had gained emancipation throughout Kurdish society.

I answered the question you keep saying I haven't answered: Otherwise your post is so confused I wouldn't know where to start.

I think there is a lot of truth in this. I don't know what can be done about it.

Yes, I pretty much agree, except for the "precisely why Paris got attacked" bit.