Riley24

We largely agree so there isn't a need for a lengthy debate. But no, I haven't read everything the guy has every read. He's famous for pointing out whats wrong with Islam as a doctrine and blaming terrorism on Islam. He's also made a grand effort to paint increasingly larger amounts of Muslims as radical and dangerous (which has been largely debunked, I believe). Why I consider him intellectually lazy is because "yeah, no duh". When I hear someone say that there are parts of the Quran that are barbaric, I think "yeah, no duh". There are parts of the Bible that are absolutely HORRIFIC, and in some cases even WORSE than the Quran. But when other people hear Harris's message, they rally behind him and fill the comments section with bigotry. Its become edgy and cool to talk about how much disdain you have for Islam, and that has real-world effects on Muslims who have absolutely nothing to do with anything that's going on thousands of miles away. I think Sam Harris and others (its not just him, I don't mean to single him out) are piggybacking off of the same Islamophobia that has existed since 9/11. No duh, Islam has strands of it that are barbaric and violent, but why do SO many people feel the need to constantly remind us of this obvious truth? It feels like they're more interested in marginalizing Muslims as "the enemy" than addressing the problems that actually cause terrorism. Its like when the demagogue republican politicians say "As president, I won't be afraid to say the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'". There's no need to harp on the fact that ISIS is an Islamic organization, that shouldn't be the focus. If you magically replaced the Quran with the Bible, they'd still be killing people, because they are poor and uneducated and looking for some kind of glory. The dogma is Islam is NOT what is to blame for the rise of extremism, its the economic and sociological situations. The intellectual response to a terrosist attack with Muslim perpetrators is "man, how do we address this in our foreign policy so we prevent these guys from being radicalized" not "Man, its always the fuckin Muslims. Maybe they SHOULD be frisked at the airport. And lets shut down immigration from those countries ASAP"

Based on my understanding, he totally lied to you. Some people HATE being filmed while they work, but that doesn't make it illegal. If you're on public property, you're absolutely allowed to film public employees. Its like when cops tell people they can't film them during a traffic stop or while arresting someone on a public sidewalk: total lie. The 1st Amendment protects your right to film on public property.

Lmaoo I'm on vacation in Penticton right now, seen a few RCMP units around town. Apprently there's a whole gang problem up in Kelowna? Never would've thought haha

I'll just say this: people who spend their time pointing to religion as the source of Islamic extremism and terrorism are intellectually lazy. That's my problem with people like Sam Harris. There are horrific things in the Quran AND the Bible, so to point to Islamic terrorism and say "see? Its always the Muslims that do it" is not a very enlightened way of thinking. The fundamental differences are economic and sociological, and the solutions are incredibly boring: education and secularism. Don't subjugate Muslims, don't label them as the enemy, and for the love of God can we please stop dropping tens of thousands of bombs and killing all of those civilians in the process. Its not working, and its only fueling terrorism.

For all the haters: I don't think thousands of departments are accidentally getting FPIUs and FPIs. The Taurus model has some mixed reviews in terms of comfort, but both are exceedingly popular and in high demand for good reason. Competition is out there, and they're losing. That being said, for Christ's sake...put some better rims on that expedition....