I don't have any problem with responsible, consenting adults choosing any system to arbitrate their differences, provided such system is voluntary and the choice is informed. If people want to have a sharia divorce court and the woman signs a statement that she is aware of her civil rights and is participating freely and without any duress, I'm satisfied. Issues involving minors and criminal matters should never heard in these courts.
And now we get into the sheer silly: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...Mouse-must-die-says-Saudi-Arabian-cleric.html According to Islam, Mickey Mouse must be killed!
My main problem isn't what the end result would be. It's that no nation anywhere should be propping up a system like Sharia, which is clearly backwards and sexist. Even if it's only civil cases, even if it's only between consenting adults, WHY would any Western nation want to encourage that type of thinking in their citizens? It will do nothing but continue to breed the same hateful, sexist thinking that has pervaded the community for years.
That's where Paladin and I got confused, ultimately both having the same view but coming from different directions on it. It's not that Sharia law is being supported, it's that there is no legal basis for excluding Sharia from the rules that already exist regarding arbitration.
That makes sense. Only the OP makes it sound as if this was a change; if existing rules suffice, why would the change be necessary? What a shame that el Chup is out of reach the one time his expertise would be truly helpful...
IMHO the gov't ministers responsible for this should all at this very moment be on trial for high treason. That's all I'll say on the matter.
MF, the use of mutually agreed alternatives to UK law in civil cases is almost a millennium old. So if you're that incensed give Tony Robinson a shout, I'm sure Time Team would be happy to help you locate those responsible. Hell, we could end up with Law and Order meets Reanimator.
So, I looked up what I was doing on my blog September 15th, 2008... ....yeah, I was having more fun than you guys. Condolences.
I was doing radio traffic reports out of Tampa for Sarasota, Orlando, Panama City, FL, Mobile, AL...talk about a shit job...
I was halfway through the tenure of the worst news director I've ever worked for. Still doing good work, but it was a fucking struggle.
I was using an M249 to make sure you all got to keep speaking English and have Liberty and Freedom and shit. NO SHARIA LAW HERE! You’re welcome.
I was putting together advertiser-friendly special sections and covering education on the side for a newspaper that's now been basically decimated by the vulture capitalists at Gatehouse/Gannett.
Side note, have I ever explained the weirdness of my SAW? So doctrinally in an Infantry unit the SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) gunner is supposed to be the second most senior member of the Team. In reality it is the most competent/best shot of the lowest ranking members of the Team. The M249 SAW is heavy and the couple hundred rounds of ammo are heavy. Anyway as the FNG (Fucking New Guy) that was decently competent and a damn good shot, less than two weeks after joining my company as a Replacement (in this case for Jasso who did too many Dusters and went crazy in the gym) I got given the SAW. But not just any SAW. A Canadian SAW. And I’m not just imagining that it was Canadian as like there was beaver fur on the buttstock or something. There was a for real Maple Leaf stamped on one side of the receiver and: Canadian Forces Canadines stamped on the other. Even had a weird serial number starting off 87AC instead of just god decreed normal serial numbering system of W then ten to twelve or so numbers. This was super annoying as we were Regional QRF (Quick Reaction Force) so weren’t often working out of Liberty but instead sent off to every bumfuck place having a problem that needed dealing with and so when I would try and check my weapon into an arms room (in the US military you must keep your weapon within arms reach at all times UNLESS it is checked into an arms room - do you know much it sucks to be carrying a machine gun around 24/7?) and the fucking armorers on these FOBs wouldn’t believe me when I read off my serial number. Because American weapons always start off with Whiskey. But I start off with Eighty Seven Alpha Charlie and these fucking FOBbits little minds are blown and they won’t take my weapon. Like FUCK MAN! I been out in the shit for three fucking weeks helping take back the AO YOUR FUCKING UNIT LOST. I didn’t ask for a Canadian Paratrooper SAW. But I didn’t go kill a moose for it either. I was obviously assigned it. Just fucking take it man. Take it. TAKE IT!
Nice story man, but according to wikipedia a M249 is a "light machine gun." Seems like a lot of fake news. Just keep it in your pocket or something. That's freedom. Wikipedia internet win is freedom.
And when the OP post was made I was waiting around for bar exam results while working on contract for the public defender's office pleading out misdemeanants all day.
Wow... no wonder Storm found so many groupies here. Between the cognitive dissonance in when contrasting the historic barbarity of Islam and Christendom (is the dress gold and white or black and blue?) and the empty virtue signals purporting to care about women's rights to autonomy...
Took a while to figure out what the defining differences between the M249 and the C-9/minimi are, as it seems they're essentially the same thing but we've never equipped the former. You implied it was the para version... possibly retrofitted? How and why it made its way into American inventory is anybody's guess...
Apparently around 15 September 2008 my wife and I were getting ready to have our patio re-done with flagstone. IIRC that was the last major thing from renovating the house.
You do realize stormfront is still around if you want to go discuss things with the white nationalist racists you find so interesting. No reason to be here since they have not changed since 2008. As for GB I was sorry to see it turn into the Iraq of europe like Paladin and the right wing feared would happen. But now that everyone is gay and trans in america because of satanic pizza with baby parts we can all see how good those interesting discussions are at predicting the future based on insecure whypipo fragility.
I was 3 years into my cancer. I was neutropenic (no white blood cells), got an infection, went to the ER as the docs told me to do, and they tried to send me home. I had to get into an argument with the attendee over my blood test - they were reading it wrong. My white blood cell count was .000008. They finally admitted me after I refused to leave, it was literally 12 hours.