Well that clears that up, thank you for your candour. A couple of points of order if you don't mind. First, whilst we clearly share similar views and understand the subject, TDW and I aren't lovers. Not yet, anyway. As such, it'd be great if you could address me and not 'the two of us'. The view I hold is consistent with freethinking, secular humanists across the planet. I have no intention of dumbing down how I express these views and won't moderate them simply to avoid 'stirring up a hornet's nest'. To suggest that I would do that intentionally is unfair.
I made no contribution to the 'parking space' thread. I ignored it on the grounds that it couldn't possibly turn Islamacentric. As you say, an act of genius to swing it that way, although Dingdongler takes the credit and not Mr de Wonderful.
The Hawking thread had over 10k views and others were and are into four figures. The subject's contentious, topical and divisive but it's not going away. There's more than enough space in NSR for this discussion and we have a team of sensible moderators to, well, moderate it. It'd be great if you could calm the hornets using sensible, considered and persuasive counter arguments which furthered the debate and helped the, and I quote, "less intelligent", to see why I and others like me are wrong.
Islam mandates thought control, let's not let that happen in NSR.
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f1_fan
OK I'll bite.
While I think you have some genuine interest in the subject of how Islam can or can't fit in with Western society I also think you and your friend are enjoying the sport of stirinng up a hornet's nest in NSR particulalrly with people less intelligent than yourselves.
You two have been the prime contributors to at least half a dozen threads in the last week all eventually discussing the same issue. Doubtless some are legitimate, but the 'cafe bacon smell' one was no more than an excuse to bring up the same subject again.
And surely you have to admit that turning a thread about disabled parking spaces into a discussion about the provision of prayer rooms and hiow Muslims use them is not only a work of genius, but also bordeline obsessive subject matter wise.
I genuinely don't think you are bigots per se, but I think you enjoy your 'sport' a little too much. Just my opinion and I mean no offence by it, but as I said the other side of the coin is that this is NSR and not the most serious place on the Internet so I think you have to expect a little bit of gentle ribbing from the likes of DCI and others as you seem to be taking yourselves a little too seriously.
Peace be with you
