After reading Sonnet 14, read Macbeth. I think that might clarify the poem for you. Nonetheless, I wouldn't read British nationalism into the sonnets--especially in light of the play Othello.
Allahu akbar means ''God is the Greatest''. It is the equivalent of the Halleluya that christians shout out. You are missing the whole point in this video. You should look at how many ''western'' people are becoming Muslims every day. This is not about immigration. It is an ideological alternative to what you are used to, and this feels threatening to some, and this is because of ignorance and fear. Look into Islam yourself:
@MrCropper Can't say that about Buddhism though. Without Buddhism, there would be no ancient Skepticism, which was founded by Pyrrho of Elis, who traveled with Alexander to India to study under the Buddhists or "naked philosophers". Also without Skepticism there's no Epicureanism, and no modified version of the atomic theory... in turn brought about quantum mechanics that is either deterministic or libertarian.
@MrCropper Actually, when you look at Confucianism, it's a self help guide to pursue knowledge and individuality. While Taoism is a self-help guide to the simple life. As for Buddhism, it's very similar to Epicureanism. Also Taoism and Confucianism have nothing to do with a god. The main books to look into are The Analetics and The Tao Teh Ching. On the contrary, I recommend looking into The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
The "sand monkeys" comment was blatantly racist and uncalled for. It is not an attack on ideas, it is an attack for simply being born with brown skin, living in an Arab nation or having Arab ancestry.
@MrCropper My girlfriend is a Syrian born Arab and also happens to be the one of biggest critics of Islam I have ever met.Her race has nothing to do with anything. Would you say "niggers" are harming America because you disagree with the policies of a black president ? I don't see how it would be any different.
@MrCropper I would't ever argue that you don't have the right to say anything.I just think it pointless.There are,in fact, many Arabs that want to see the Arab world progress pass the eleventh century.They want to live a western lifestyle, with western products,western technology,western ideas and western freedoms.Arab is not synonymous with Muslim anymore than white is synonymous with Christian.
@MrCropper It is collectivist in nature to criticize individuals for the groups to which they belong unless belonging as such represents a choice by those individuals which directly and necessarily reflect badly upon them, and "sand monkeys" is a slur meant not even to degredate an ideology, but merely an ethnicity. As such it is irrational and mildly repugnant. I do appretiate that you've started doing videos again, though. They are generally refreshing.
With all due respect, you should go out in the world instead of talking about it. You give me the impression of never having even set foot in the UK or Europe for that matter. Maybe I am wrong, but that's what comes across. Also, ''sand monkeys''? You really just removed any last shred of credibility you may have ever had. You reveal yourself as a bigot and racist.
I'm sorry, man, but did you just say "sand-monkeys"??? Uh, that's tremendously racist, and even if you didn't mean anything nasty by it, you have to *know* where that kind of talk is going to go on this website?
God dangit, what the hell can we actually do? Sometimes I want to not have any children at all, in order to spare them the life of a persecuted minority.
It was an unbiased, rational, and plausible statement; then you, for a reason I will never understand, degenerated it by "sand monkeys" and "Allahu Akbar".
@MrCropper They're not real courts. The decisions made are only final if everyone agrees on the result. If there's still a disagreement it can be taken to a real court, where it will be dealt with by the UK law. There is a real problem with misogyny, but like I said, women can take it to a real court. The solution is to try and promote an open and equal society, because telling muslim women "It's your family's culture or ours" will force them to pick a side, and you know which side.
@MrCropper Plus Sharia law isn't being properly enforced anywhere. All I can find on google is a story where an extremist group tried to declare Waltham Forrest a sharia law zone. The local community laughed at them and the local mosque said their views aren't welcome.
MrCropper. I am a long time fan of your content. I think you might be missing the historical parallels of medieval Christianity up to the collapse of the HRE with modern Islam. In my perspective, Islam is also going through a similar process, and similarly collapse in time. Most practicing-muslims who have emigrated to Western countries are simple looking for a better life and have mainly dissassociated with the more orthodox views of Islam (just as modern Christians have; see the parallels?).
@AndrewTheRed1 " I think you might be missing the historical parallels of medieval Christianity up to the collapse of the HRE "
I think there are far more parallells to the rise of Christianity destroying Rome. If Islam has its way, it will cause another Dark Age on the Christian pattern.
American's are the people most feared and hated in the world - not Muslims. The people who have killed the most people in the last 10 years are Americans. The people with the largest relative prison population are Americans (why are so many Americans in prison? - why are so many American so bad?)
Just stop pissing on peoples graves like you keep doing and maybe the world will stop hating you.
"Lots of people will tell you that Buddhism doesn't advocate violence"
I would tell such people to read Ayn Rand's essay , "Faith and Force: Destroyers of the Modern World" - from that essay: "There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic...Those who know they cannot win by means of logic have always resorted to guns."
@MrCropper What an absurd reduction. Nice job forcing Buddhism into your single, binary world view. Also, when did Ayn Rand become the arbiter of truth? Most teenage boys move beyond Ayn Rand obsessions after they experience the world on their own terms. Then again, the condition of living with one's parents may preserve childlike beliefs.
Lots of people will tell you that Buddhism doesn't advocate violence; that it was spread, not by the sword, but by those who traveled along the Silk Road to trade. Sri Lanka's Sinhalese Buddhist monks do support a strong military response to put down the Tamil Tigers' insurrection. Most people would say that's about ethnic conflict & not violent illiberalism inherent to the religion, though.
After reading Sonnet 14, read Macbeth. I think that might clarify the poem for you. Nonetheless, I wouldn't read British nationalism into the sonnets--especially in light of the play Othello.
Rattapax 3 weeks ago
@Rattapax Pakistani Pedophile Nationalists vs Gentle British Nationalists
um... i support the Brits
TwiztidcAsh 3 weeks ago
@TwiztidcAsh Okay, fine. I really don't care about that stuff. My point was that it is a misreading to find nationalism in the sonnets.
Rattapax 3 weeks ago
Allahu akbar means ''God is the Greatest''. It is the equivalent of the Halleluya that christians shout out. You are missing the whole point in this video. You should look at how many ''western'' people are becoming Muslims every day. This is not about immigration. It is an ideological alternative to what you are used to, and this feels threatening to some, and this is because of ignorance and fear. Look into Islam yourself:
The Essence of Islam Explained [Full Video]
Nebulous1982 3 weeks ago
@Nebulous1982 "Look into Islam yourself"
There is no god. All religion is equally false. Islam is bastardized Platonism, nothing more.
MrCropper 3 weeks ago
@MrCropper Can't say that about Buddhism though. Without Buddhism, there would be no ancient Skepticism, which was founded by Pyrrho of Elis, who traveled with Alexander to India to study under the Buddhists or "naked philosophers". Also without Skepticism there's no Epicureanism, and no modified version of the atomic theory... in turn brought about quantum mechanics that is either deterministic or libertarian.
CosmoShidan 3 weeks ago
@MrCropper Actually, when you look at Confucianism, it's a self help guide to pursue knowledge and individuality. While Taoism is a self-help guide to the simple life. As for Buddhism, it's very similar to Epicureanism. Also Taoism and Confucianism have nothing to do with a god. The main books to look into are The Analetics and The Tao Teh Ching. On the contrary, I recommend looking into The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
CosmoShidan 3 weeks ago
lmao sand monkeys! very funny!
HotElectonePlayer 3 weeks ago
Rape Muslim cunts!
TakisAthensGr 1 month ago
The "sand monkeys" comment was blatantly racist and uncalled for. It is not an attack on ideas, it is an attack for simply being born with brown skin, living in an Arab nation or having Arab ancestry.
ryan84160 1 month ago
@ryan84160 "The "sand monkeys" comment was blatantly racist and uncalled for."
True, but its funny, and the Moosies haven't won yet, so I'm still free to say it.
MrCropper 1 month ago
@MrCropper My girlfriend is a Syrian born Arab and also happens to be the one of biggest critics of Islam I have ever met.Her race has nothing to do with anything. Would you say "niggers" are harming America because you disagree with the policies of a black president ? I don't see how it would be any different.
ryan84160 3 weeks ago
@ryan84160 " I don't see how it would be any different."
It wouldn't, but I'm free to say it, even if I'm wrong and even if it offends you.
MrCropper 3 weeks ago
@MrCropper I would't ever argue that you don't have the right to say anything.I just think it pointless.There are,in fact, many Arabs that want to see the Arab world progress pass the eleventh century.They want to live a western lifestyle, with western products,western technology,western ideas and western freedoms.Arab is not synonymous with Muslim anymore than white is synonymous with Christian.
ryan84160 3 weeks ago
@ryan84160 Read 1984
- we live in similar dystopia
"Racism" = Thought-crime.
Being white (racist) is like... the greatest sin in the history
TwiztidcAsh 3 weeks ago
@TwiztidcAsh Being a racist is not a thought crime. You are free to be as much of a racist douche bag as you wish.
ryan84160 3 weeks ago
@ryan84160 "racist" = white person who resist black and brown violence
TwiztidcAsh 3 weeks ago
@TwiztidcAsh You are racially paranoid. Pop some valium and lay off the stormfront for a while.
ryan84160 2 weeks ago
@ryan84160 muslim, go kill some jews or gays...
typical muslim behaviour
TwiztidcAsh 2 weeks ago
@MrCropper It is collectivist in nature to criticize individuals for the groups to which they belong unless belonging as such represents a choice by those individuals which directly and necessarily reflect badly upon them, and "sand monkeys" is a slur meant not even to degredate an ideology, but merely an ethnicity. As such it is irrational and mildly repugnant. I do appretiate that you've started doing videos again, though. They are generally refreshing.
eggory 1 month ago
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With all due respect, you should go out in the world instead of talking about it. You give me the impression of never having even set foot in the UK or Europe for that matter. Maybe I am wrong, but that's what comes across. Also, ''sand monkeys''? You really just removed any last shred of credibility you may have ever had. You reveal yourself as a bigot and racist.
Eltercero 1 month ago 4
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FailLeviathanSailor 1 month ago
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I'm sorry, man, but did you just say "sand-monkeys"??? Uh, that's tremendously racist, and even if you didn't mean anything nasty by it, you have to *know* where that kind of talk is going to go on this website?
TehHermgirl 1 month ago 6
God dangit, what the hell can we actually do? Sometimes I want to not have any children at all, in order to spare them the life of a persecuted minority.
Fetchdafish 1 month ago
Demographic decline.
LibertarianRealist 1 month ago
It was an unbiased, rational, and plausible statement; then you, for a reason I will never understand, degenerated it by "sand monkeys" and "Allahu Akbar".
Suiton1 1 month ago
You will enjoy reading this essay: Quicunque Vult, or, A teenage journey to Islam (google it)
DawudIsrael1 1 month ago
Allah is the same word that Jesus used for saying God in Aramaic. He said "Allaha."
The comedian Dara O Briain has a video on Youtube called "why I don't do Islamic jokes" which you should watch. You don't know anything & it shows!
Also, you didn't mention Othello which is what you should have done since thats really the most relevant piece of Shakespeare to this issue.
DawudIsrael1 1 month ago
"Sand monkeys and Allah Akbar"
Its bullying prejudiced school teachers like you that push Muslims into extremism.
DawudIsrael1 1 month ago
There are no areas under Sharia Law in the UK.
TheDave 1 month ago
@TheDave "There are no areas under Sharia Law in the UK."
Please see: "Rapid Rise in UK Sharia Law Cases"
/watch?v=cKyfR0LMJho
And "Sharia hits Australia; Imams looking to expand using the UK model"
/watch?v=zVdpxqq4Tm0
Wake up.
MrCropper 1 month ago
@MrCropper They're not real courts. The decisions made are only final if everyone agrees on the result. If there's still a disagreement it can be taken to a real court, where it will be dealt with by the UK law. There is a real problem with misogyny, but like I said, women can take it to a real court. The solution is to try and promote an open and equal society, because telling muslim women "It's your family's culture or ours" will force them to pick a side, and you know which side.
TheDave 1 month ago
@MrCropper Plus Sharia law isn't being properly enforced anywhere. All I can find on google is a story where an extremist group tried to declare Waltham Forrest a sharia law zone. The local community laughed at them and the local mosque said their views aren't welcome.
TheDave 1 month ago
@TheDave
View this, and sleep well if your delusions remain intact:
Lars Vilks attacked by muslims in Sweden 2010
/watch?v=sTPrpikaeIs
MrCropper 1 month ago 5
@TheDave RussiaToday already expossed sharia-dominated areas in UK "No music, no Gays, No Kafirs".
I will give you translated article from danish newspaper, covering the ethnic cleansing of danes in Muslim Ghettos
FailLeviathanSailor 1 month ago
MrCropper. I am a long time fan of your content. I think you might be missing the historical parallels of medieval Christianity up to the collapse of the HRE with modern Islam. In my perspective, Islam is also going through a similar process, and similarly collapse in time. Most practicing-muslims who have emigrated to Western countries are simple looking for a better life and have mainly dissassociated with the more orthodox views of Islam (just as modern Christians have; see the parallels?).
AndrewTheRed1 1 month ago
@AndrewTheRed1 " I think you might be missing the historical parallels of medieval Christianity up to the collapse of the HRE "
I think there are far more parallells to the rise of Christianity destroying Rome. If Islam has its way, it will cause another Dark Age on the Christian pattern.
MrCropper 1 month ago
American's are the people most feared and hated in the world - not Muslims. The people who have killed the most people in the last 10 years are Americans. The people with the largest relative prison population are Americans (why are so many Americans in prison? - why are so many American so bad?)
Just stop pissing on peoples graves like you keep doing and maybe the world will stop hating you.
(I'm not a Muslim - just a Shakespeare lover )
glaatraa 1 month ago
I don't think all religion is inherently violent. A religion can be irrationally peaceful and benevolent.
EclecticSceptic 1 month ago
"MrCropper, have you considered classifying this video as a Video Response to Pat Condell?"
No. Good idea!
*goes to Pat's channel*
MrCropper 1 month ago
"Lots of people will tell you that Buddhism doesn't advocate violence"
I would tell such people to read Ayn Rand's essay , "Faith and Force: Destroyers of the Modern World" - from that essay: "There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic...Those who know they cannot win by means of logic have always resorted to guns."
Which side are Buhddists on?
MrCropper 1 month ago
@MrCropper What an absurd reduction. Nice job forcing Buddhism into your single, binary world view. Also, when did Ayn Rand become the arbiter of truth? Most teenage boys move beyond Ayn Rand obsessions after they experience the world on their own terms. Then again, the condition of living with one's parents may preserve childlike beliefs.
Eltercero 1 month ago
MrCropper, have you considered classifying this video as a Video Response to Pat Condell?
legendre007 1 month ago
"Do you think Islam is inherently violent?"
I think irrationality, and therefore religion, is inherently violent. All irrationality and all religion is violent.
MrCropper 1 month ago
@MrCropper : "all religion is violent"
Lots of people will tell you that Buddhism doesn't advocate violence; that it was spread, not by the sword, but by those who traveled along the Silk Road to trade. Sri Lanka's Sinhalese Buddhist monks do support a strong military response to put down the Tamil Tigers' insurrection. Most people would say that's about ethnic conflict & not violent illiberalism inherent to the religion, though.
legendre007 1 month ago
Do you think Islam is inherently violent?
barccy 1 month ago
"Illegalize"?
StuartGalore 1 month ago
No, it's "Allahu-Ackbar".
AtomicExplosion95695 1 month ago
or immigration laws
Spalg 1 month ago