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What was the other one Azure?

Bartending or something

I have somethings on my mind I have found out my mother has cancer and I don't know how to comfort myself thinking will my mother get well, what do I do?

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Perhaps people's faith just works differently, depending on their social circumstances. I've seen faith and religion do a lot for people in my community, way too much, and in too many good ways for it to simply be human cause or coincidence. So I do believe that God can solve your problems.

This is unfortunately the kind of gullibility and naivite that people in religious power use to convince people that God can solve your problems. We expect people to believe that there is a God high above who can SNAP HIS FINGERS and solve every disease, feed every hungry child, put to rest every fight in the WORLD and he chooses not to, and instead we must have 'faith' in him and he will work through 'mysterious ways'. I've seen religion do good things for people too. There is no doubt. But when you're talking about an omnipotent creator who could step in at any point, and instead chooses the 'slow burn' method to solve problems, and people STILL believe in him, thats not a sign of vast cleverness.

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The way I see it, any party system has the capacity to be completely corrupt. The founding fathers of America actually warned about a two party system.
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In India, we don't actually have a two party system. We have several hundreds of parties. Same with Sri Lanka. However, in all these systems, it inevitably ends up becoming a two party system. Because around election time, all the parties clamour together and form alliances and allegiances to get as many votes as possible.

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Hey guys, wanted to hop in and say I know I havent been around much the past few days. I havent forgotten you all again, just dealing with some intense family and financial bullshit. Things are gonna work out though <3

Best of luck with that, bro. You will always snark into our thoughts.

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I have somethings on my mind I have found out my mother has cancer and I don't know how to comfort myself thinking will my mother get well, what do I do?

Sorry to hear that. You need to stay strong. First you find out what level of cancer it is. Chances of surviving cancer are going up every day, with new revelations being made all the time. Your mother will probably need your support as much as possible right now. People with lowered levels of stress find it easier to power through these things. Is it a tumour they are going to operate? Or are you planning to start chemo? Or are they using other drugs? Either way, stay strong man. It will be fine.

Generalizing cops because of the actions of a couple hundred is alright.

Generalizing white people because of the actions of a couple thousand is even better.

Generalizing Islam because of the actions of several million is absolutely horrible and racist! Ugh!

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I have somethings on my mind I have found out my mother has cancer and I don't know how to comfort myself thinking will my mother get well, what do I do?

My mother had brain cancer that spread to her lymph-nodes. Even though she's the toughest women I've ever known, anyone can lose to cancer so I wasn't sure if she could beat it.

Your mother is going to go through stages, all you can do is be there for her. Express the utmost confidence that she's going to beat it, even if you aren't sure and be there when she needs you to be.

Good luck.

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Generalizing cops because of the actions of a couple hundred is alright.

Generalizing white people because of the actions of a couple thousand is even better.

Generalizing Islam because of the actions of several million is absolutely horrible and racist! Ugh!

You know, if us white guys want the moral high ground when it comes to racism.
We should do what no other race has done, and not bitch about it.

If you don't care, which you shouldn't, you're not giving them any power.

My father recently had cancer but fortunately it was the operable type, so he is fine now. Thats why I asked him what type of cancer it was.

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Generalizing cops because of the actions of a couple hundred is alright.

Generalizing white people because of the actions of a couple thousand is even better.

Generalizing Islam because of the actions of several million is absolutely horrible and racist! Ugh!

So you are saying the generalization of muslims around the world doesn't happen?

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I have somethings on my mind I have found out my mother has cancer and I don't know how to comfort myself thinking will my mother get well, what do I do?

She'll be fine, brother. My Aunt had breast cancer and totally killed that shit. Half the battle is mindset, man, so cherish her every day, and give her the support and love she needs to fight, and eventually, win.

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You know, if us white guys want the moral high ground when it comes to racism.
We should do what no other race has done, and not bitch about it.

If you don't care, which you shouldn't, you're not giving them any power.

> implying white people bitch about racism

bruv whaddafuck us white peeps just sit on the bench and get blamed for shit that happened ages ago, and even though there's some relapsing shit, we're just such easy targets because we've been the majority for so long.

It's like when somebody loses a game and they say "fucking stupid, broken game"

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So you are saying the generalization of muslims around the world doesn't happen?

I unno, i was just venting.

It's just that ISIS just killed another 21 people, and some other personal shit. I swear to god I'm becoming more xenophobic by the day, but I never thought I'd see the day where I'd think:

"All religion is kind of dumb, but Islam is especially fucking cancerous."

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> implying white people bitch about racism

bruv whaddafuck us white peeps just sit on the bench and get blamed for shit that happened ages ago, and even though there's some relapsing shit, we're just such easy targets because we've been the majority for so long.

It's like when somebody loses a game and they say "fucking stupid, broken game"

>You're white and you're bitching about it right now.

So what you get blamed for shit you had nothing to do with? Believe me, I feel you, my mother married an indian "the woop woop kind, not the dot dot kind."
Those people hated me automatically for being white, at first it was annoying and kind of got to me. I tried to explain that my family is newer to america than most blacks, we had nothing to do with the pilgrimage or the extermination or the decision making that went into their oppression. They didn't want to listen and here's why.

What it boils down to is racism is fucking stupid, and they're going to be racist if they want to.
So call them on it when you can, but otherwise, it's just much better to use the fuck it adjustment.

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A freaking horse??? out of nowhere? SERIOUSLY?....

MMMMmmm~ What a delightful line to take out of context

So I watched the "woman walking in nyc" video again, and somebody raised an interesting point:

That some white guy walked through the shittier parts of NYC, and while this girl got cat calls and shit in somewhat shitty neighborhoods, the white dude got "Hey, fuck you" and "Loser" and legit threats.

what say

Thank you for the comfort I feel a little better.

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Thank you for the comfort I feel a little better.

Good. Just remember that where this a smile, there is hope. Things will work out well.

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It's just that ISIS just killed another 21 people, and some other personal shit. I swear to god I'm becoming more xenophobic by the day, but I never thought I'd see the day where I'd think:

"All religion is kind of dumb, but Islam is especially fucking cancerous."

The problem is that Americans and most people around the world are completely unaware of one of the major happenings in the world right now. The Muslim Civil War. Yes, I said it. There is an ideological, physical, emotional and religious battle taking place in the Muslim world right now. Between moderate Muslims and fundamentalist radical Muslims. The problem is that moderate Muslims are all around the world, disorganized and too concerned with 'fitting into the rest of mainstream society' while fundamentalist radical Muslims are well-organized and more than willing to do terrible things to innocent people around the world to strike fear.

Now everyone here knows how I feel about Islam for the most part. I think ALL religions have crazy people and people who do insane things, but Islam must take responsibility for spawning MORE crazy people who do MORE despicable things than most other religions. I'm not saying Islam is a fundamentalist religion, but I'm saying Islam has done the least out of all mainstream religions to curb fundamentalism. Thats not an accusation, or an opinion, it is a statistical fact.

HOWEVER, up until recently, moderate Muslims maintained a silence on the issue but with recent happening like the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the common Muslim has stood up and condemned it. Fundamentalist Muslims wants a 7th Century caliphate to rule the world again, and they have been very vocal on the subject. They want moderate Muslims to turn into fundamentalist Muslims.

But how do you do that? You do it by creating an image of Islam so despicable to the outside world that even moderate Muslims are shunned by mainstream society. They are made victims of xenophobia in America and Britain and Australia. What is their natural response? Anger? They want to be embraced. They then become fundamentalist.

So essentially, by being xenophobic, by adopting a macho "I hate dem Hajis" attitude, you are essentially letting the terrorists win. The terrorists, whether they are Al Qaeda or ISIS know that Americans CANNOT come to terms with the fact that they are only a pawn in this civil war going on between Muslims. They know that Americans will see all Muslims as terrorists if they continue to commit heinous acts. Your American hatred for ALL Muslims is a much more potent recruitment tool for fundamentalists than anything else they have available to them.

It's not self-contained, and they're reaching out and slapping people in other countries.

Honestly though, it might be for the better because it gives the middle east a single, unified target and an opportunity to take issues into their own hands and lead themselves to a better world.

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It's not self-contained, and they're reaching out and slapping people in other countries.

Honestly though, it might be for the better because it gives the middle east a single, unified target and an opportunity to take issues into their own hands and lead themselves to a better world.

Its too late for that. Other countries have fucked it up too much because of oil and resources to attempt to walk away clean. Capitalism, the true American religion, is as much to blame as Islam for this (and I am saying this as a staunch 100% defender of Capitalism). The countries raped the muslims countries and turned them to the hands of fundamentalism must now stick around to rescue it.

My whole point is that it is not self-contained. Because Muslims are everywhere in the world. There are millions of muslims in the Philippines, in Jordan, in Indonesia, in India and even in America and Britain and the rest of Europe who stand up to ISIS and fundamentalism. Unfortunately the western powers have been shitty in recognizing and nurturing their willingness to be 'the good guys' because it is easier to group everyone together.

so it's the west's fault again!

whadda shocker, dude!

> mfw the United States is actually an exporter of oil