Fuck Religious Intolerance.
This guy from Brazil has started IMing me on MSN about my art and Ireland since he came here before. That's all fine and dandy, and the guy seemed like a nice guy...at first. Then, he suddenly starts flapping his gaping maw about Muslims, stating how they "don't fit into Western countries..."
Eduardo says:
Good for ya! Anyway, when I was in Eire it was the first time that I saw Muslims and I understood straight away why the Portuguese were happy when sent them back to Africa in the 15th century... "A Reconquista"
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
oh? What do you mean?
Eduardo says:
Muslims don't fit in Western countries...
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
*laughs* sure they do. My housemate is Muslim and she fits in fine here
Eduardo says:
... they wanna be different...
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
nah, she fits in fine
Eduardo says:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1039
Eduardo says:
so, ask her what muslims do in their countries against non-Muslims...
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
that's only Sweden, though
Eduardo says:
I saw the same in Canada.
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
she's from Malaysia. Malaysia is very easy going.
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
she doesn't even mind if I bring or cook pork in the house. She doesn't mind if you wear shoes in the house, either
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
she understands I'm not Muslim and we're good friends
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
making generalizations about all people of a religion is dangerous.
Eduardo says:
So, she doesn 't behave like one... just read the Quran to see what "the Prophet" thinks of non-Muslims...
Eduardo says:
... but i wasn't suppose to bat around, eh?
Eduardo says:
... about religion...
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
she shows respect to all people, Muslim or not, and she doesn't try to force her beliefs on others. When we speak, we don't talk about religion. We talk about normal things that housemates would talk about.
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
if she has any violent or hateful thoughts towards me, then she's never made any hint of it. She's very friendly.
Eduardo says:
Fine,so!
Eduardo says:
Am goin' now. Really nice to talk to you! Another day I bump into ya again, see ya!
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
bye
Yeah, great ending argument. Lemme guess, you left the iron plugged in at home? Right.
Fucking hell if I'm going to sit back and listen to that generalizing bullshit. My housemate is Muslim. She has NEVER EVER shown a shred of violence in any form. The first day I met her, she told me, "oh, I can't use any dishes that have touched pork, which is why I have my own. But you can cook pork if you want to, I don't mind." I understand how forbidden pork is in Islam, and... here my roommate is so understanding of other cultures, that she told her roommate that she didn't mind if she cooked pork in the house. Does that seem like someone who wants the whole world to change for her? No way.
I've had conversations with her about everything - school, travelling, how life is different in Galway and the US and Malaysia...she is a regular human being. She worries about her grades, she stresses about homework. She sets off the smoke detector with her cooking and laughs on her phone at 3:00 am. She is NOT some sort of 'kill all Westerners' person. Just because she worships a god by a different name and prays differently and eats different foods does not make her evil.
"Doesn't fit in Western countries"? Why don't you open your eyes and take a good, fresh breath of reality. She fits in Galway better than I do. She's here studying MEDICINE. Would I have the intelligence and patience to study medicine? No way! I barely have the patience to read novels for class! She "wants to be different"? So? I want to be different, too. She has her own way of living, and so do I. Show me anyone who DOESN'T want to deviate from at least ONE thing in their country. Just TRY.
Fucking ignorant assholes.
Eduardo says:
Good for ya! Anyway, when I was in Eire it was the first time that I saw Muslims and I understood straight away why the Portuguese were happy when sent them back to Africa in the 15th century... "A Reconquista"
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
oh? What do you mean?
Eduardo says:
Muslims don't fit in Western countries...
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
*laughs* sure they do. My housemate is Muslim and she fits in fine here
Eduardo says:
... they wanna be different...
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
nah, she fits in fine
Eduardo says:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1039
Eduardo says:
so, ask her what muslims do in their countries against non-Muslims...
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
that's only Sweden, though
Eduardo says:
I saw the same in Canada.
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
she's from Malaysia. Malaysia is very easy going.
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
she doesn't even mind if I bring or cook pork in the house. She doesn't mind if you wear shoes in the house, either
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
she understands I'm not Muslim and we're good friends
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
making generalizations about all people of a religion is dangerous.
Eduardo says:
So, she doesn 't behave like one... just read the Quran to see what "the Prophet" thinks of non-Muslims...
Eduardo says:
... but i wasn't suppose to bat around, eh?
Eduardo says:
... about religion...
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
she shows respect to all people, Muslim or not, and she doesn't try to force her beliefs on others. When we speak, we don't talk about religion. We talk about normal things that housemates would talk about.
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
if she has any violent or hateful thoughts towards me, then she's never made any hint of it. She's very friendly.
Eduardo says:
Fine,so!
Eduardo says:
Am goin' now. Really nice to talk to you! Another day I bump into ya again, see ya!
~*~Dancing Pompokolin~*~ says:
bye
Yeah, great ending argument. Lemme guess, you left the iron plugged in at home? Right.
Fucking hell if I'm going to sit back and listen to that generalizing bullshit. My housemate is Muslim. She has NEVER EVER shown a shred of violence in any form. The first day I met her, she told me, "oh, I can't use any dishes that have touched pork, which is why I have my own. But you can cook pork if you want to, I don't mind." I understand how forbidden pork is in Islam, and... here my roommate is so understanding of other cultures, that she told her roommate that she didn't mind if she cooked pork in the house. Does that seem like someone who wants the whole world to change for her? No way.
I've had conversations with her about everything - school, travelling, how life is different in Galway and the US and Malaysia...she is a regular human being. She worries about her grades, she stresses about homework. She sets off the smoke detector with her cooking and laughs on her phone at 3:00 am. She is NOT some sort of 'kill all Westerners' person. Just because she worships a god by a different name and prays differently and eats different foods does not make her evil.
"Doesn't fit in Western countries"? Why don't you open your eyes and take a good, fresh breath of reality. She fits in Galway better than I do. She's here studying MEDICINE. Would I have the intelligence and patience to study medicine? No way! I barely have the patience to read novels for class! She "wants to be different"? So? I want to be different, too. She has her own way of living, and so do I. Show me anyone who DOESN'T want to deviate from at least ONE thing in their country. Just TRY.
Fucking ignorant assholes.